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2:00 PM ET, July 12, 2016

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Bernie Sanders:
Portsmouth Organizing Event with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton  —  Let me begin by thanking the 13 million Americans who voted for me during the Democratic primaries.  Let me also thank the people here in New Hampshire who gave us our first big win and a special thanks to the people …
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NBC News:
Hillary Clinton's Lead Over Trump Shrinks After Controversial Week: Poll  —  Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump narrowed to 3 points this week after several days of controversy following FBI Director James Comey's recommendation that no criminal charges be brought against the former secretary …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Four reasons Bernie Sanders waited so long to endorse Hillary Clinton  —  Four days after Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic nomination in 2008, Hillary Clinton endorsed him.  Four weeks after Clinton effectively clinched her party's 2016 nomination, Bernie Sanders still hadn't endorsed her.
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton and Sanders unite for the war on Trump
Discussion: ABC News, Taylor Marsh and The Week
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders' endorsement of Hillary Clinton may be anticlimactic but could help her win swing states
Discussion: Mother Jones, Washington Post and Grist
CNN:
How the Clinton-Sanders unity summit came together and what it means for Democrats
Randy Furst / Star Tribune:
Minneapolis cops working Lynx game walk out over player comments, warm-up jerseys  —  Police union leader says walkout is justified.  —  Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working the Minnesota Lynx game at Target Center on Saturday night walked off the job after the players held …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Rebukes Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Deriding His Candidacy  —  Donald J. Trump on Tuesday assailed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court for speaking out on the presidential race, calling her disdainful remarks about his candidacy “highly inappropriate” and suggesting that she owed other justices an apology.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Wants Ginsburg Off The Supreme Court ASAP For Criticizing Him  —  Donald Trump chided Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a Tuesday interview with The New York Times after she gave multiple comments that were highly critical of his campaign.  —  “I think it's highly inappropriate …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP operatives dread Trump convention  —  Each presidential election year, Republicans eagerly await their national convention — a four-day celebration that draws thousands of GOP operatives, donors and lobbyists who are ready to party.  —  This year — the year of Trump — it's anything but a party.
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Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
John Kasich's Forlorn Hope
Discussion: FishbowlDC
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Beats Trump Among College-Educated in Bloomberg Poll  —  The presumptive Democratic nominee's lead extends to white voters with college degrees, a group Mitt Romney won in 2012.  —  McCormickJohn  —  Hillary Clinton is crushing Donald Trump among college-educated white voters …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The deadliest weapon against Donald Trump?  His own words.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Top Democrats are launching a new, $500,000 ad campaign today aimed specifically at winning over millennial voters and women in presidential swing states, and the chief weapon used in the spots is this …
Discussion: Jezebel and Political Wire
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Yale Dishwasher Loses Job For Smashing Window Depicting Slaves Picking Cotton
Discussion: alan.com
New York Times:
James Stavridis, Retired Admiral, Is Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton's Running Mate  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign is vetting James G. Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral who served as the 16th supreme allied commander at NATO, as a possible running mate, according to a person with knowledge of the vetting process.
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David Catanese / US News:
Pence, Flynn, Gingrich Are Trump's Finalists for Vice President
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Can Paul Ryan Still Sell the G.O.P. Agenda?  —  WASHINGTON — Paul D. Ryan, the reluctant House speaker, eager 2012 vice-presidential nominee and youthful answer to Hillary Clinton, should be sprinting toward the Republican convention, a bright, optimistic star poised to sell his party's agenda.
Discussion: New York Times
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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Unsealed Court Documents: Sandusky Abuse Allegation Was Reported To Joe Paterno In 1976  —  A newly unsealed report from a risk-management expert found six different instances where sexual abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky were either witnessed by other coaches …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Andy Robertson / Forbes:
‘Lego Disney Castle’ Intricately Recreates Disney Resort's Cinderella Castle In 4,000 Bricks  —  After news leaked yesterday, Lego Group today confirmed a huge 4,000 piece Lego replica of its iconic Disney Resort Cinderella Castle: set 71040 Disney Castle.  —  Having been impressed …
Discussion: WHTM-TV
CNN:
First on CNN: Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I would decline ‘any role’ with Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal told CNN Tuesday that he would decline “any role” offered by Donald Trump if contacted, but at this point the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's campaign has not reached out.
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Indicted Dem: Orlando victims would be alive if agents weren't investigating me  —  (D-Fla.) said Friday that if the Department of Justice had been investigating the Orlando nightclub shooter instead of her, the 49 people killed in the massacre there last month would still be alive.
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokemon here  —  Almost everywhere you turn, it seems like people have their eyes glued to smartphone screens playing Pokemon Go.  Since its launch last week, the app has quickly become a cultural phenomenon that has fans of all ages hunting around …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, WGN-TV and WHNT-TV
Leon Hendrix / WOOD-TV:
Berrien County courthouse shooter identified  —  COLOMA, Mich. (WOOD) — Larry Darnell Gordon has been identified as the man who took a deputy's gun inside the Berrien County Courthouse, fatally shooting two bailiffs and injuring two others.  —  The Coloma Township Police Department told …
Jamie Dimon / New York Times:
Why We're Giving Our Employees a Raise  —  WAGE stagnation.  Income inequality.  A lack of quality education.  Insufficient training and skills development.  —  Issues like these have led approximately two-thirds of Americans to believe that the next generation will be worse off than the last.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Are We on the Path to National Ruin?  —  San Antonio — I never really understood how fascism could have come to Europe, but I think I understand better now.  You start with some fundamental historical transformation, like the Great Depression or the shift to an information economy.
Tal Kopan / CNN:
GOP platform draft declares pornography ‘public health crisis’  —  Cleveland (CNN)The Republican Party will declare internet pornography a “public health crisis” under an amendment added to the draft party platform Monday at preliminary meetings in Cleveland.
 
 
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Abigail Robertson / CBN.com:
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Michelle Higgins / New York Times:
In New York, a Falling Market for Trophy Homes in the Sky
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Ali Meyer / Washington Free Beacon:
Most Obamacare Co-Ops Have Now Failed
Winnie Hu / New York Times:
Too Old for Sex? Not at This Nursing Home
Ben Sasse:
Two Kinds of Voting, Two Kinds of Disruption, and Two Kinds of Unrighteousness
Discussion: Hit & Run and Washington Times
Ned Parker / Reuters:
Exclusive: New Black Panther Party says to carry arms in Cleveland if legal
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Scott Adams' Blog:
When Persuasion Turns Deadly
Discussion: Althouse, The Week and Daily Kos
Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
Trump University Taught Students How to Exploit Disabled Homeowners
Associated Press:
A lot of holes in GOP presidential ground game in key states
Discussion: Hot Air
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