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3:55 PM ET, July 13, 2016

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Swing-state stunner: Trump has edge in key states  —  Did Donald Trump really just surge past Hillary Clinton in two of the election's most important battlegrounds?  —  New swing-state polls released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University show Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania …
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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton's lead over Trump shrinks dramatically  —  It's the first time she's dropped below 50 percent support  —  Clinton up 3 points against only Trump, by 5 in 4-way contest  —  The email controversy is taking a toll on Clinton  —  CLEVELAND  —  Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Battleground Polls: Clinton Holds Narrow Lead in Key States  —  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in Iowa and Pennsylvania, while the two are tied in the key battleground state of Ohio, according to a trio of new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.  —  In Iowa, the presumptive …
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Slump: Today is Hillary's Worst Polling Day in Months
Discussion: Political Wire and The Last Refuge
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Corey Lewandowski Is Still Being Paid By Donald Trump  —  The Network's Ethical Morass Is Worse Than We Thought  —  Blog ››› July 13, 2016 ››› MATT GERTZ  —  Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is still being paid …
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U.S. ELECTIONS:
Trump seeks $10 million from former aide in disclosure case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from a former senior campaign consultant, Sam Nunberg, alleging that Nunberg leaked confidential information to reporters in violation of a nondisclosure agreement.
Hadas Gold / Politico:   Trump campaign manager gets rough with Breitbart reporter
David Catanese / Associated Press:
Trump Family, Staff Divided Between Gingrich, Pence  —  The Donald is being pulled in two directions, but will make a decision Wednesday night or Thursday morning.  —  Donald Trump's top staffers are reportedly pushing him to choose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sessions to Indiana amid Trump VP speculation
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump advisers split on VP pick
Discussion: Political Wire, ABC News and 6abc.com
New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  —  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling.  —  Three times in the past week, Justice Ginsburg has publicly discussed her view of the presidential race, in the sharpest terms.
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Someone vandalized Richmond Police Memorial  —  RICHMOND, Va. — A red, spray painted X was discovered on the Police Memorial statue in Richmond Wednesday morning.  The words “JUSTICE FOR ALTON” were painted along the base of the memorial.  Red paint also covered the faces of the officer and child on the statue.
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Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Trump Says His Struggle Has Been Similar To What Black People Face.  It Hasn't Been.  —  Last night on Fox News, Donald Trump told Bill O'Reilly that he can relate to black Americans, because he, a white billionaire that is the son of a white millionaire, has also struggled against a rigged system.
Discussion: CNN
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump can ‘relate’ to black Americans because the system is rigged against him, too
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Donald Trump: I'd Like to Say I Know What it's Like to be Black Because the GOP Oppressed me in the Primary (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
Rodney Ho / Radio and TV Talk:
CBS46 producer fired over racist rants about Black Lives Matter on Facebook  —  FTVLive earlier today posted three Facebook rants by an Emmy-winning CBS46 photographer/producer Charles Beau Menefee in which he insulted the Black Lives Matter movement, calling them “unevolved, uncivilized turds” …
Discussion: FTVLive, Mediaite, The Root and theGrio
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
GOP Rep: Obama Reaped ‘What He Has Sowed’ With Dallas Shooting
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Post:
FBI agents signed NDA for matters involving Hillary's emails  —  More On:  —  In an unusual move, FBI agents working the Hillary Clinton e-mail case had to sign a special form reminding them not to blab about the probe to anyone unless called to testify.  —  Sources said they had never heard of the …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Heads Into The Convention With Barely Any Campaign At All  —  Many of the numbers listed for his state offices don't even work.  —  Elise Foley  —  Immigration & Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  As he heads for the Republican convention in Cleveland next week …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance  —  The chant erupts in a college auditorium in Washington, as admirers of a conservative internet personality shout down a black protester.  It echoes around the gym of a central Iowa high school, as white students taunt …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
In first, U.S. judge throws out cell phone ‘stingray’ evidence  —  For the first time, a federal judge has suppressed evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a stingray, a surveillance device that can trick suspects' cell phones into revealing their locations.
Discussion: Gothamist, ThinkProgress and The Week
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ACLU:
Stingray Tracking Devices: Who's Got Them?
Discussion: Common Dreams
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Luke Russert suddenly departs from NBC News  —  In a surprising announcement, NBC on Wednesday said that Luke Russert is leaving its news division.  —  Russert — the 30-year-old son of the late legendary “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert — is departing from political reporting …
Ameet Sachdev / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois seeks to shut down state Obamacare insurer; 49,000 to lose insurance  —  Jason Montrie, president and interim CEO of Land of Lincoln Health, says it's “frustrating that our consumers are being put in harm's way.”  —  Illinois moved Tuesday to take control of Land of Lincoln Health …
Discussion: Chicago Business, Hot Air and Forbes
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Paul Demko / Politico:
Obamacare's sinking safety net
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael Schaub / Los Angeles Times:
Reading while black: Canadian man stopped by police after reading a book in his car  —  Louizandre Dauphin was having a tough week.  —  The Bathurst, New Brunswick, director of parks, recreation and tourism says he'd been thinking about the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile …
Discussion: AOL, CBC News and Raw Story
Greg Meriwether / WAFB-TV:
The Investigators: New details show eerily similar incident involving Sterling, police  —  The 9News Investigators obtained a police report that details a previous arrest of Alton Sterling that is eerily similar to the incident that ultimately led to his death.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The (G.O.P.) Party's Over  —  This column has argued for a while now that there is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy.  At least a one-party autocracy can order things to get done.  —  A one-party democracy — that is, a two-party system …
New York Daily News:
Dallas cop shooter Micah Johnson purchased AK-47 in Target parking lot in 2014  —  Micah Johnson never balked at the $600 asking price for an AK-47 assault rifle.  The buy was arranged via Facebook, and consummated in the parking lot of a Target.  —  Seller Colton Crews forgot about the deal until …
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Guccifer 2.0 releases new DNC docs  —  Guccifer 2.0, the hacker who breached the Democratic National Committee, has released a cache of purported DNC documents to The Hill in an effort to refocus attention on the hack.  —  The documents include more than 11,000 names matched …
Bloomberg:
Liberal Online Daters Less Willing to Fall in Love With Conservatives  —  In an OkCupid survey, a quarter of respondents who are “looking for love” now say that having similar political beliefs is more important in making a good match than physical compatibility.  —  kellybare  —  andretartar
 
 
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
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Ben White / Politico:
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Salena Zito / The Hill:
Even at a funeral, dividing the nation is apparently good politics
 Earlier Items: 
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WATCH: Clinton nods 406 times during Sanders endorsement speech
Discussion: Heat Street
Carmelo Anthony / Guardian:
We athletes can no longer remain on the sidelines in the struggle for justice
Discussion: CBS Chicago, USA Today and Complex
John Dodge / CBS Chicago:
White Woman Walks In Black Neighborhood: I'm Sorry Black America
Discussion: Daily Wire, Raw Story and The Root
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Republican Senator Jeff Flake Explains Why Trump Can't Win
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An Open Letter on Identity Politics, to and from the Left
Jennifer Aniston / The Huffington Post:
For The Record  —  Let me start by saying that addressing gossip …