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8:00 PM ET, July 16, 2016

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's speech introducing Mike Pence showed why he shouldn't be president  —  I do not know how to explain what I just watched.  —  It should be easy.  Donald Trump introduced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate.  There it is.  One sentence.  Eleven words.
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New York Times:
A Grounded Plane and Anti-Clinton Passion: How Mike Pence Swayed the Trumps  —  When mechanical problems grounded Donald J. Trump's private plane on Tuesday night in Indiana, Gov. Mike Pence seized the opportunity.  —  The jet-setting Mr. Trump had his three oldest children fly to meet …
Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Trump Had To Grab Tourists Off The Street To Fill The Room For VP Announcement  —  The crowd for Donald Trump's VP announcement was made up of Trump family, friends, and tourists who were pulled off of the street and allowed to come in and watch.  —  The crowd for Donald Trump's VP announcement …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Addresses Turkey Chaos: ‘We Wish Them Well’
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Turkey coup: Try to picture Donald Trump handling this well
Discussion: neo-neocon
CNN:
Pence ‘very supportive’ of latest version of Trump Muslim ban
Discussion: alan.com and Politico
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Pence: I'll Stand With Tump, Implement His Policies
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Towleroad
Associated Press:   POLITICAL OUTSIDER TRUMP INTRODUCING INSIDER MIKE PENCE
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
US would consider extradition request for exiled cleric  —  LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The Obama administration would entertain an extradition request for the U.S.-based cleric that Turkey's president is blaming for a failed coup attempt, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.
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New York Times:
Turkey Detains Thousands in Military in Bid to Regain Control  —  ISTANBUL — Turkey's government rounded up thousands of military personnel on Saturday said to have taken part in an attempted coup, moving swiftly to re-establish control after a night of chaos and intrigue that left hundreds dead.
Amana Fontanella-Khan / Guardian:
Fethullah Gülen: Turkey coup may have been ‘staged’ by Erdoan regime  —  Fethullah Gülen, the reclusive cleric blamed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoan for the failed coup in Turkey, believes the uprising by members of the country's military could have been “staged” by the government it aimed to overthrow.
Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
Fethullah Gülen: who is the man Turkey's president blames for coup attempt?  —  Cleric who leads global Hizmet movement from exile in Pennyslvania, US, is a critic of Recep Tayyip Erdoan and remains influential in Turkish affairs  —  The accusation by Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton will pledge on Saturday to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision within the first 30 days of her administration, an aide said Saturday.
Discussion: Power Line and RedState
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Clinton Vows Speedy Push to Overturn No-Limits Campaign Spending
Discussion: Politico
Stanley Fish / New York Times:
Professors, Stop Opining About Trump  —  PROFESSORS are at it again, demonstrating in public how little they understand the responsibilities and limits of their profession.  —  On Monday a group calling itself Historians Against Trump published an “Open Letter to the American People.”
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Althouse
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump-Pence campaign unveils new logo  —  and Mike Pence's campaign unveiled their new logo on Saturday, one day after a logo for the campaign was widely mocked on social media for appearing to be sexually suggestive.  —  The new image, which shows the two candidate's names over the slogan …
Discussion: Hot Air
The Hill:
Trump campaign solicits illegal foreign donations despite warnings  —  's campaign is still soliciting illegal donations from foreign individuals - including members of foreign governments at their official email addresses — weeks after the campaign was put on notice by watchdog groups.
Discussion: RedState and WhoWhatWhy
Sandra Pedicini / Orlando Sentinel:
Worker fired, rehired over tweet about gators at Disney World  —  Shannon Sullivan was disheartened by the sign she saw posted in the Walt Disney World break room.  —  If guests ask whether there are alligators in the water around the Magic Kingdom's Tom Sawyer Island, it told employees …
Discussion: Guardian and Associated Press
Noah Feldman / New York Times:
A Lesson for Newt Gingrich: What Shariah Is (and Isn't)  —  FORTUNATELY, no one is going to follow Newt Gingrich's unconstitutional and un-American plan for an inquisition to “test every person here who is of a Muslim background” and deport the ones who “believe in Shariah.”
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New York Times:
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New York Times:
ISIS Claims Truck Attacker in France Was Its ‘Soldier’  —  NICE, France — The Islamic State claimed on Saturday that the man who attacked the seaside city of Nice was one of the group's “soldiers.”  France's defense minister promptly blamed the terrorist network for inspiring the assault …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Track Palin Enters Plea Deal In Domestic Violence Case  —  Track Palin, Sarah Palin's son, entered a plea deal last week, in a domestic violence case that included charges that included him punching his girlfriend in the face, Alaska Dispatch News reported.  —  Police in Wasilla, Alaska arrested Track Palin in January.
Discussion: New York Daily News and Mediaite
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Chris Klint / Alaska Dispatch News:
Track Palin enters plea deal in January domestic-violence case
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Jenny Rowland / ThinkProgress:
GOP Platform Proposes To Get Rid Of National Parks And National Forests
Los Angeles Times:
Drive-by shooting injures 14 people at Bakersfield party
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
U.S. Troops at Turkish Air Base on Highest Force Protection Level
Discussion: Washington Post
Peter Stone / Guardian:
Mike Pence to appear at Trump-skeptic Koch brothers' fundraiser
Discussion: Associated Press
Jezebel:
Karen Pence, Your Future Second Lady, Sells the Least Useful Item In Existence
Discussion: Mashable and New York Times
Julie Pace / thenewstribune:
Eight years after hope and change, voters are angry, anxious
 Earlier Items: 
EndPlay / WSB-TV:
Warrant issued for former APD officer in shooting
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
The White House:
Remarks by the President at Diplomatic Corps Reception
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and Power Line
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump's secret weapon is Ivanka
New York Times:
A Cure for Trumpism  —  WHEN Donald Trump accepts the Republican …
Discussion: The Atlantic
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitch streamers are growing their audiences as they stream student protests, and some viewers and protesters see them as more trustworthy than traditional news

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

 
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