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8:35 AM ET, July 2, 2017

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cruella de Trump  —  WASHINGTON — So, with this latest toad jumping from our president's mouth, is Donald Trump acting like a sexist pig or simply a pig?  —  I proffer, a pig.  —  I have no doubt that he would attack a man's appearance in the same breathtakingly below-the-belt …
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
GOP's latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans are growing concerned that the staffs of Donald Trump and Mike Pence are starting to feud, the latest trouble to hit a White House that has spent months battling crisis after crisis.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
'I'm President and They're Not': Trump Attacks Media at Faith Rally  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump began his holiday weekend getaway with another denunciation of the news media, using a celebration of American veterans and freedom at an evening rally to thunder that he would not allow the “fake” media to stop his agenda.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump: Media working to convince GOP I should get off Twitter  —  President Trump continued to rip the news media on Saturday, saying the “fake and fraudulent news media” is trying to convince Republicans that he should not use social media.  —  The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard …
Associated Press:
Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in US  —  President Donald Trump vowed to support and defend religious liberty, telling a gathering of evangelical Christians that the threat of terrorism is “one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today.”
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Fox News:
Trump honors veterans at Celebrate Freedom Rally  —  President Donald Trump delivered an Independence Day address honoring American veterans — hundreds of whom came from the Washington, D.C. area to attend the “Celebrate Freedom Rally” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Discussion: The Week
D.A. / The Dustin Inman Society Blog:
The Dustin Inman Society has confirmed that at least one of the individuals recently arrested for a May, 2017 rape of a Gwinnett County mother is under an ICE hold  —  The Dustin Inman Society has confirmed that at least one of the individuals recently arrested for a May, 2017 attack on a Gwinnett County mother is under an ICE hold.
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Illegal Alien Allegedly Tazes, Scalds, Rapes Mom in Front of Children
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mark Krikorian / National Review:
Kate, We Hardly Knew Ye  —  Today is Kate Steinle Day, the second anniversary of a woman's murder by a repeatedly deported illegal-alien felon nestled in the warm embrace of San Francisco's sanctuary policies.  But she wasn't the first American to be killed by sanctuary-city ordinances, not even in San Francisco.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama plays behind-the-scenes role in rebuilding Democratic Party  —  Former President Obama is involved in discussions about the future of the Democratic Party, sources close to the former president tell The Hill.  —  Since leaving office, he has held meetings—on a by-request basis …
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
For Millions, Life Without Medicaid Services Is No Option  —  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Frances Isbell has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that has left her unable to walk or even roll over in bed.  But Ms. Isbell has a personal care assistant through Medicaid, and the help allowed …
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Trump says states are ‘trying to hide’ things from his voter fraud commission.  Here's what they actually say.  —  More than two dozen states have refused to fully comply with a sweeping and unprecedented White House request to turn over voter registration data, including sensitive information …
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Patricia McCarthy / American Thinker:
Joe and Mika, wallowing in the mud … The ever-execrable Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezenski are basking in the glory of mud of their own making; they think they are heroes of a kind because Trump tweeted something crass about them.  Indeed he did.  But it was well-deserved.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Phones for Dead People: GAO Report Uncovers Massive Fraud in ‘Obamaphone’ Program  —  A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that the infamous “Obamaphone” program, meant to provide low-income Americans phone and internet service, is riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse.
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
When Dad's the president — a look inside Ivanka Trump's complicated world  —  Ivanka Trump's office: clean, white, quiet.  A zone of punctual start times and promptly-offered water bottles, and a conference table at which she conducts meetings.  A short, winding walk away from her father's Oval Office downstairs.
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Crematory Is Booked?  Japan Offers Corpse Hotels as New Way of Dealing With Death  —  OSAKA, Japan — The minimalist rooms at the Hotel Relation here in Japan's third-largest city are furnished with plain twin beds.  Flat-screen televisions adorn the walls.  Plastic-wrapped cups and toothbrushes are provided in the bathrooms.
New York Times:
For Abused, Gay Iraqi in Turkey, U.S. Refugee Freeze is Cruelest Hit  —  ISTANBUL — For Mohammed, an Iraqi civil engineer, the cruelest experience of his life was not when his father tortured him for being gay.  —  It was not when Islamic State extremists took over the 26-year-old's hometown …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Lewandowski: Trump is the ‘Hemingway of Twitter’  —  President Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski called Trump the “Hemingway of Twitter,” this week, following his tweets about MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski.  —  “He's the Ernest Hemingway of Twitter,” Lewandowski said discussing Trump's recent Twitter attacks on Fox News.
Adam Wisnieski / City Limits:
Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs  —  During President Trump's first 100 days, the national conversation turned on big ideas: whether it was right to bar refugees, whether Obamacare was worth keeping, and more.  Over the past several weeks …
Daily Mail:
Wombs for men: Astonishing prospect as fertility doctors back operations on NHS so transgender women born as boys can have babies  —  Transgender women who were born male should be given womb transplants so that they can have children, leading NHS doctors have told The Mail on Sunday.
Adam Shaw / Breitbart:
Report: Bernie Sanders' Wife Tried to Have Disabled Residents Kicked Out of Group Home  —  The wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) reportedly attempted to evict disabled group home residents living on land where she was seeking to expand the Vermont college of which she was president.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Fox News and Mediaite
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
CNN screws up — again … Let's call this one “'F***!' news.”  —  We're told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper's broadcast.  —  Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's claim …
Discussion: Mediaite and IJR, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Liddy / ABC News:
25 shot, 3 others injured at Little Rock nightclub; no apparent connection to terror  —  At least 25 people were shot in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Saturday morning and three others suffered unrelated injuries, police said.  —  One of the injured was initially listed in critical condition …
 
 
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Peter Holley / Washington Post:
No, NASA is not hiding kidnapped children on Mars
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Targets Parents in New Immigration Crackdown
Discussion: RedState and Axios
Karlis Salna / Bloomberg:
Obama in Indonesia Takes Swipe at Trump on Paris Climate Accord
Washington Post:
Overwhelmed by immigrants, Italy threatens to bar the door to rescue ships
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Special counselor adds former Preet Bharara prosecutor to Russia probe: Reports
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Carl Bernstein calls for ‘different kind of reporting’ to take on ‘malignant presidency’
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Why Didn't Trump Mention Pride Month? We Asked 30 Times.
Edwin Mora / Breitbart:
Updated Ramadan Rage 2017 Final Death Count: 1,639 in About 30 Countries
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Nancy Coleman / CNN:
Escaped elephant takes a stroll through Wisconsin neighborhood
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Matthew Wright / Daily Mail:
Oklahoma police officer adopts boy saving him from abuse
David Roberts / Vox:
Blue America reaches out to the world, ignoring Trump
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
The opioid crisis is straining the nation's foster-care systems
Discussion: The Daily Caller
James Fanelli / New York Daily News:
Bronx hospital shooter sent chilling email rant to Daily News two hours before fatal rampage