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11:20 AM ET, July 17, 2015

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Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Read Chattanooga Shooter's Blog  —  The killer of four U.S. Marines in Chattanooga maintained a short-lived blog that hinted at his religious inner life.  Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's blog had only two posts, both published July 13 and written in a popular style of Islamic religious reasoning.
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Chattanooga Gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez: ‘Life Is Short and Bitter’  —  HIXSON, Tenn. — He played whiffle ball in a suburban neighborhood of swim meets and gently sloping lawns.  He was a young man who was polite, who sometimes drove too fast, who was arrested on a drunken-driving charge.
Conor Berry / Union-News:
Chattanooga shooting: Springfield native Thomas Sullivan among Marines killed
Discussion: Reuters
Benny Johnson / Independent Journal Review:
Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez's High School Yearbook Quote Will Give You Chills
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Matthew Balan / NewsBusters:
CNN Analyst Unsure If Mass Shooter Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez's Name is Muslim
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Gateway Pundit
Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
CBS News:
4 Marines killed in attacks on Chattanooga military facilities
David Brooks / New York Times:
Listening to Ta-Nehisi Coates While White  —  The last year has been an education for white people.  There has been a depth, power and richness to the African-American conversation about Ferguson, Baltimore, Charleston and the other killings that has been humbling and instructive.
Discussion: Sadly, No! and RH Reality Check
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Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
David Brooks scolds Ta-Nehisi Coates: “I think you distort history”  —  The Times columnist displays more white privilege in one column than some white people experience in a lifetime  —  The New York Times' moral scold David Brook took time out from his career as a professional taxi cab passenger …
Discussion: Shakesville
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Wanna bet?  Trump makes wager after MSNBC host calls him liar  —  Donald Trump called into MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Thursday to wager a year of Lawrence O'Donnell's network salary after the MSNBC host accused Trump of lying on his financial disclosure forms.
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
A Note About Our Coverage Of Donald Trump's ‘Campaign’  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Editorial Director, The Huffington Post  —  After watching and listening to Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy for president, we have decided we won't report …
Politico:
The mystery of the Trump coalition  —  Pollsters can't get a read on his supporters.  —  Last weekend, Donald Trump added to his long list of bold claims by declaring himself the champion of a new “silent majority” of Americans.  —  While 17 percent of Republican voters isn't a majority …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Ted Cruz hurt most by Trump candidacy
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Says He's Thankful for Ted Cruz's Support
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
National Journal:
“If you were a total evil-conspiracy theorist, you'd think the Trilateral Commission got Trump …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Republicans criticize Confederate flags at Obama visit  —  Two Oklahoma Republican congressmen ripped protesters in their state who greeted President Obama in Oklahoma City by waving Confederate flags, calling their actions “disrespectful,” “embarrassing” and “inappropriate.”
Jordan Sargent / Gawker:
Condé Nast's CFO Tried To Pay $2,500 for a Night With a Gay Porn Star  —  David Geithner, brother of ex-Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, is currently the chief financial officer of Condé Nast.  This past weekend, he'd planned to go to Chicago—where he planned to meet …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Sanders makes play for black vote  —  Bernie Sanders is making a push for support from black and Hispanic voters as he seeks to intensify his challenge to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, has made a number …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton campaign touts endorsements ahead of Iowa cattle call
Discussion: ABC News
Sandra Bland / The Root:
Everything We Know About Sandra Bland  —  The 28-year-old Illinois native, who was on a road trip to Texas to start a new job, was found dead while in the custody of a local jail.  —  Sandra Bland was found dead Monday while in the custody of a Waller County, Texas, jail.
Discussion: Raw Story and Chicago Tribune
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abc7chicago.com:
Road trip for suburban woman ends in jailhouse death
Politico:
Small donor myth debunked  —  The heavily touted grassroots fundraising engines were largely spin, a POLITICO analysis shows.  —  Don't believe the small donor hype.  —  Suggestions by Hillary Clinton and other presidential candidates that their campaigns are being powered …
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Washington Post:
Clinton burns through millions as she assembles a political battleship
Discussion: BillMoyers.com and Prairie Weather
Politico:
Republicans plan new abortion push  —  They see a turning point following the release of a secretly filmed Planned Parenthood video.  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill are betting the secretly filmed Planned Parenthood video — depicting an executive allegedly discussing the sale of fetal organs …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Roll Call and Political Wire
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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Rick Perry turns Planned Parenthood question back on reporter
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Jeb Bush Says Laws on the Books Already Ensure Equal Pay  —  But backs new anti-discrimination measures for LGBT Americans  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush indicated Thursday that he thinks existing laws sufficient to ensure men and women are paid equally for the same work …
Discussion: Towleroad and Washington Blade
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Janie Har / Associated Press:
Jeb Bush Takes Uber to San Francisco Startup
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Tim Anderson / The Register:
Windows 10: You'll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT - unless you have Enterprise Edition  —  ‘You agree to receive automatic updates without notice’  —  Microsoft's licensing on the upcoming Windows 10 OS means that most users will find their systems updating on command from Redmond without any option to stop this.
Discussion: Guardian and The Verge
Fox News:
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Hillary Clinton sounds the alarm on meteorites
Discussion: Hot Air
Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
Racism Edges Up Again as Most Important U.S. Problem
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Hillary Clinton's economics: Suddenly it's 1947
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
Americans Don't Have the Right to Bear Any Arms
Discussion: The Federalist
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BuzzFeed:
If Men Were Treated Like Women In The Office: Featuring Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Declines To Support A National $15 Minimum Wage
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Scott Walker wants to drug test food stamp recipients. That shows why he'll never be president.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Guardian and Scott Trust leaders faced staff fury over the Observer sale; the Scott Trust plans to invest £5M in the new Tortoise/Observer business

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Omnicom is in advanced talks to buy Interpublic; the deal could be announced this week and value Interpublic between $13B and $14B, excluding debt

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
CBS files to dismiss or at least transfer Trump's $10B lawsuit over 60 Minutes' editing of its Kamala Harris interview to the SDNY, citing 1A protections

 
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