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3:05 AM ET, July 18, 2016

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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Baton Rouge Shooter Gavin Eugene Long Was Nation Of Islam Member, Railed Against ‘Crackers’ On YouTube Channel [VIDEO]  —  A Youtube account operated by Gavin Eugene Long and discovered by The Daily Caller reveals key insight into what might have motivated the 29-year-old black man …
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The White House:
Statement by the President  —  I condemn, in the strongest sense of the word, the attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge.  For the second time in two weeks, police officers who put their lives on the line for ours every day were doing their job when they were killed in a cowardly and reprehensible assault.
New York Times:
Baton Rouge Shooting Jolts a Nation on Edge  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — A gunman fatally shot three law enforcement officers and wounded three others here on Sunday before being killed in a shootout with the police.  The attack's motive was unclear as of Sunday evening, leaving an anxious nation …
NBC News:
Suspected Baton Rouge Shooter Hinted at Defense of ‘Justice’  —  Baton Rouge mayor: Three officers killed 6:40  —  At least three Baton Rouge police officers were killed and three others injured Sunday morning, the city's mayor and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Associated Press:
Obama Urges Americans to Tamp Down Inflammatory Rhetoric  —  Confronting another killing of police officers, President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions as a violent summer collides with the nation's heated presidential campaign.
John Eligon / New York Times:
Black Lives Matter Leader Calls for End to Violence
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
The Daily Beast:
Slain Baton Rouge Cop's Haunting Facebook Plea: 'Please Don't Let Hate Infect Your Heart.'
CNN:
Source: 7 officers shot; 3 feared dead in Baton Rouge
Donald J. Trump / Wall Street Journal:
Live Updates: Police Shootings in Baton Rouge
Discussion: Bearing Arms, The Hayride and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Three Police Officers Killed in Baton Rouge Shooting; One Suspect Is Dead
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, speak to Lesley Stahl in their first joint interview  —  The following is a script from “The Republican Ticket” which aired on July 17, 2016.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's answer on Mike Pence's Iraq vote is really something  —  One section of the first joint interview by the presumptive Republican ticket reveals a great deal about the man at its top.  —  CBS's Lesley Stahl asked Donald Trump if he would send troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State.
Discussion: The Week, New York Times and alan.com
Danny Freeman / NBC News:
Donald Trump Reminds Me of Bernie Madoff, Tom Vilsack Says
Discussion: AOL
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Cleveland Police Association President Steve Loomis: Obama “Has Blood On His Hands”  —  Detective Steve Loomis said that the shootings of police officers, from Dallas to now, started with what he deemed as a completely false narrative that police are ‘racist.’
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Cleveland police union asks for suspension of ‘open carry’ in wake of Baton Rouge, ahead of RNC  —  Witness describes Baton Rouge police shootout scene  —  Cleveland, Ohio (CNN)The head of one of Cleveland's largest police unions is calling on Ohio Gov. John Kasich to temporarily restrict …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump's Convention More of a Family Affair
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Washington Post
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Cleveland Police Calling for Open Carry Ban at RNC After Baton Rouge Shootings
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Manafort Confirms Christie Was ‘Livid’ He Wasn't Picked To Be Trump's VP  —  New Jersey governor Chris Christie was reportedly enraged he didn't earn the VP spot, according to a top Trump campaign official.  —  While minding my own business at the Starbucks inside the Westin hotel this morning …
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Susan Wright / RedState:
Months of Servitude With No Payoff Has Left Chris Christie “Livid”
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
2016 GOP Convention:
2016 GOP Convention Program Announced  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jeff Larson, CEO of the 2016 Republican National Convention, today released an updated program for the “Make America Great Again” convention, July 18-21, in Cleveland.  —  Veterans, political outsiders, faith leaders …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump stood on a  —  debate stage in downtown Detroit, surrounded by haters he was determined to dispatch: Liddle Marco to his right, Lyin' Ted to his left, Megyn Kelly at the moderator's table straight ahead, and — somewhere out there, in a darkened living room 1,500 miles away — me.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump to roll out potential Cabinet picks at convention: report  —  Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  reportedly plans to roll out the names of potential Cabinet members this week, after his vice presidential announcement failed to generate the enthusiasm he was hoping for, The Huffington Post reported.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Roger Stone: Trump To Name Prospective Cabinet at RNC
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All  —  “The Art of the Deal” made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business.  Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and regrets it.  —  Last June, as dusk fell outside Tony Schwartz's sprawling house, on a leafy back road in Riverdale …
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Clinton Beats Trump Among Latinos 76 Percent to 14 Percent  —  Donald Trump remains overwhelmingly unpopular with Latinos, a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll shows, with only about one in seven Latino voters say they support the presumptive GOP nominee.
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John Raby / Associated Press:
West Virginia GOPer: My Call For Clinton's Execution Was ‘Hyperbole’
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Nick Cohen / Guardian:
Labour has the stench of death - meet the killers
Discussion: Observer
 Earlier Items: 
Ryan Girdusky / Red Alert Politics:
BlackLivesMatter activist: We need a military coup if Trump wins POTUS
Daily Mail:
'Bring more weapons... It's good. …
Discussion: The Sun, Power Line and Pamela Geller
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
In Cleveland, a dazed GOP marches toward a Trump nomination
Discussion: The Resurgent
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