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1:40 AM ET, July 18, 2015

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Nick Denton:
Taking a post down  —  Yesterday evening, Gawker.com published a story about the CFO of Conde Nast texting an escort.  It was an editorial call, a close call around which there were more internal disagreements than usual.  And it is a decision I regret.  —  The story involves extortion …
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Gawker:
A Statement From the Gawker Media Editorial Staff  —  Our union drive has expressed at every stage of the process that one of our core goals is to protect the editorial independence of Gawker Media sites from the influence of business-side concerns.  Today's unprecedented breach of the firewall …
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Gawker Is Removing Story About Condé Nast CFO  —  Yesterday, Gawker published a post about the CFO of Condé Nast attempting to pay a gay porn star for a night in a Chicago hotel.  Today the managing partnership of Gawker Media voted, 5-1, to remove the post.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Gawker Removes ‘Gay-Shaming’ Post That Set The Internet Aflame  —  Gawker CEO Nick Denton announced Friday afternoon that he ordered the website to remove an article that sparked widespread accusations of needless “gay-shaming” and blackmail of a publishing executive.
WKYC-TV:
Chattanooga shooter worked at Perry Nuclear Power Plant; Medra Marketing  —  Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez may have recently lived and worked in Cleveland suburbs  —  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The man who opened fire at two military facilities in Chattanooga, killing four Marines and injuring three others, is Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez.
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Twitchy and NBC News
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WOWT-TV:
Chattanooga Shootings Investigated as Act of Terrorism
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Rand Paul may hold up highway bill over Planned Parenthood  —  Sen. Rand Paul is the latest lawmaker to throw a wrench into delicate transportation bill negotiations, suggesting he might hold up the legislation over the controversial Planned Parenthood video that surfaced this week.
Discussion: LifeNews.com, Daily Kos and Roll Call
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Ted Cruz hurt most by Trump candidacy
Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Winners and Losers in the First Big Cash Grab of the 2016 Presidential Race
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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.
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Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
David Brooks scolds Ta-Nehisi Coates: “I think you distort history”
Discussion: Shakesville
New York Post:
Minivan likely carrying paintball guns, not assault rifles, cops say  —  A group in Staten Island photographed toting what appeared to be assault rifles Friday morning were likely carrying paintball guns and not the lethal weapons, cops said.  —  The four young men and a woman wearing …
St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Waller County authorities release more details in jail suicide  —  The Texas Department of Public Safety has asked the FBI to assist in the investigation into the death of the 28-year-old woman who apparently hanged herself in a jail cell in Waller County on Monday.
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John M. Annese / Staten Island Advance:
Michael Grimm gets 8 months in prison at sentencing  —  STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Former Republican Rep. Michael Grimm has been sentenced to eight months in prison.  —  Grimm, whose federal tax fraud conviction last December ended his career as Staten Island's Congressional representative …
Discussion: 7online.com and PoliticusUSA
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Tom Hays / Yahoo Politics:
Ex-NY Congressman Grimm gets 8 months of prison in tax case
Discussion: Politico
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Liberals and Wages  —  Hillary Clinton gave her first big economic speech on Monday, and progressives were by and large gratified.  For Mrs. Clinton's core message was that the federal government can and should use its influence to push for higher wages.  —  Conservatives, however — at least those who could stop chanting “Benghazi!
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump's Appeal?  G.O.P. Is Puzzled, but His Fans Aren't  —  LACONIA, N.H. — There are many, many things Donald Trump would like you to know about how he would run the country.  As he told a standing-room-only crowd here the other night, turning America around would be a lot like running …
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Beast, Hot Air and Politico
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
White House Hosts 110-Year-Old World War II Veteran Emma Didlake  —  President Obama welcomed the nation's oldest known veteran to the White House — hosting the barrier-breaking 110-year Emma Didlake in the Oval Office Friday afternoon.  —  The president lauded Didlake …
Discussion: Associated Press and WKRN-TV
Julia La Roche / Business Insider:
Goldman Sachs' newly minted billionaire CEO Lloyd Blankfein grew up in the projects of Brooklyn  —  Goldman Sachs' CEO Lloyd Blankfein is officially a billionaire.  —  The bank CEO now has an estimated $1.1 billion net worth thanks to the rise in Goldman's stock price.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Bloomberg Business
Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code:
Google Hires Tech Team From Homejoy, Readies Leap Into Home Services Market  —  Google is preparing to stomp into yet another market: Home services.  To do so, the search giant is scooping up the technical team behind Homejoy, the startup that connected online users with professional cleaners.
Melissa Pamer / KTLA:
3,500-Acre North Fire in Cajon Pass Burns Homes and Vehicles, Shuts Down 15 Freeway  —  A dangerous, fast-moving wildfire spread through the Cajon Pass on Friday afternoon, damaging several homes and threatening about 50 others after jumping the 15 Freeway and destroying some 20 vehicles stopped on the pavement.
Discussion: LAist, WTVR-TV and WGN-TV
 
 
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Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. deputies union ties pier killing to sheriff's order
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Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
Greece and Europe: Is Europe holding up its end of the bargain?
Discussion: Slantpoint and New York Times
Alister Doyle / Reuters:
Mass killer Breivik to study at Oslo University, from jail
Discussion: NPR
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Uber's New Fake Feature in NYC Derides Regulators
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: McCain will lose his primary
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Angela Greiling Keane / Bloomberg Business:
Obama to Send Off Stewart in Seventh Daily Show Appearance
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Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
I have my doubts Bill Cosby's a rapist
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems float compromise linking Confederate flag to voting rights
Discussion: Daily Kos
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
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