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11:40 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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
GOP's latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs
Discussion: Daily Mail
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump vows to support religious freedom  —  President Trump told a group of evangelical Christians late Saturday that his administration will always “support and defend your religious liberty.  —  “We don't want to see God forced out of our public square,” he said at a “Celebrate Freedom” …
Discussion: RedState
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Associated Press:
Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in US
Discussion: Business Insider
Fox News:
Trump honors veterans at Celebrate Freedom Rally
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA chief pushing governmentwide effort to question climate change science … The Trump administration is debating whether to launch a governmentwide effort to question the science of climate change, an effort that critics say is an attempt to undermine the long-established consensus human activity …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Counseled by Industry, Not Staff, E.P.A. Chief Is Off to a Blazing Start  —  WASHINGTON — In the four months since he took office as the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, Scott Pruitt has moved to undo, delay or otherwise block more than 30 environmental rules …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
How the Left Lost Its Mind  —  Last month, Democratic Senator Ed Markey delivered what seemed like an explosive bit of news during an interview with CNN: A grand jury had been impaneled in New York, he said, to investigate the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia.  —  The only problem: It wasn't true.
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
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
In Austin, the air smells of tacos and trees — and city-state conflict  —  AUSTIN — The grand old oak called Patsy Cline rises gracefully on three trunks.  Waylon Jennings leans lazily before angling back toward the sun.  And Willie Nelson, tall and broad, ascends on a torso three feet thick …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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 …
New York Times:
Justice Gorsuch Delivers  —  Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has had a rough couple of weeks.  Yet, however many setbacks he might suffer over health care reform or other parts of the Republican agenda, he knows he has already won the biggest fight of all: the theft …
Discussion: RedState
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
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon sails destroyer near disputed island in South China Sea, officials say  —  For the second time since President Trump took office, the Pentagon dispatched a U.S. Navy warship to sail near a disputed island claimed by China in the South China Sea, two U.S. defense officials told Fox News.
Discussion: Daily Mail
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.
Discussion: IJR, Raw Story and twitchy.com
Martin Matishak / Politico:
An inside view of the House Russia probe  —  It was late March, and Michael Bahar was being blocked from entering the White House, the latest in a series of surreal moments that month for the then-Democratic staff director of the House Intelligence Committee.  —  Bahar was not on the Secret Service's list of approved visitors.
Discussion: AOL
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
New Florida law lets any resident challenge what's taught in science classes  —  Any resident in Florida can now challenge what kids learn in public schools, thanks to a new law that science education advocates worry will make it harder to teach evolution and climate change.
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
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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Minyvonne Burke / New York Daily News:
UK woman found guilty at retrial for using fake penis, blindfold to trick female friend into sex
New York Times:
For Abused, Gay Iraqi in Turkey, U.S. Refugee Freeze is Cruelest Hit
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
No, NASA is not hiding kidnapped children on Mars
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Phones for Dead People: GAO Report Uncovers Massive Fraud in ‘Obamaphone’ Program
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
When Dad's the president — a look inside Ivanka Trump's complicated world
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Crematory Is Booked? Japan Offers Corpse Hotels as New Way of Dealing With Death
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Trump Administration Targets Parents in New Immigration Crackdown
Discussion: RedState and Axios
Daily Mail:
Wombs for men: Astonishing prospect as fertility doctors back operations on NHS so transgender …
Discussion: National Review
 Earlier Items: 
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’
Adam Wisnieski / City Limits:
Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs
Discussion: Axios
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Why Didn't Trump Mention Pride Month? We Asked 30 Times.
Nancy Coleman / CNN:
Escaped elephant takes a stroll through Wisconsin neighborhood
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Adam Shaw / Breitbart:
Report: Bernie Sanders' Wife Tried to Have Disabled Residents Kicked Out of Group Home
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Roberts / Vox:
Blue America reaches out to the world, ignoring Trump
 

 
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New York Times:
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