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9:25 AM ET, July 5, 2017

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF  —  (CNN)The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump's tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video and other offensive content he posted — one day after CNN identified …
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David Rothkopf / Washington Post:
The greatest threat facing the United States is its own president  —  David Rothkopf is the author of “The Great Questions of Tomorrow.”  He is a visiting professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a visiting scholar …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:   Former acting CIA chief: ‘No good option’ for dealing with North Korea
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few and Risky
Washington Post:
North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration
John Bowden / The Hill:
U.S., South Korea respond to North Korea ICBM launch with ‘show of force’
Discussion: IJR
CNN:
US military analysis suggests North Korea launched a ‘probable’ ICBM
David Weigel / Washington Post:
At parades and protests, GOP lawmakers get earful about health care  —  EASTPORT, Maine — For the 15th year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) spent July 4 marching through this town of 1,331, a short boat ride away from Canada.  She walked and waved, next to marching bands and Shriner-driven lobster boats.
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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Lay Low on the Fourth, or Face Single-Minded Pressure  —  ALDERSON, W.Va — In normal times, the Fourth of July parade is a fat pitch down the middle for the grinning politician.  For instance, here was Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat facing re-election next year …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Karma Allen / ABC News:
NYC officer shot, killed while sitting in police car  —  An on-duty New York City police officer was killed early Wednesday after a man walked up to her patrol vehicle and fired shots through the window, authorities said.  —  Officer Miosotis Familia, a 12-year veteran assigned …
Discussion: The Root and The Daily Caller
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Ryan Martin / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana GOP asked Facebook for Obamacare horror stories.  The responses were surprising.  —  That will leave about 76,000 Hoosiers without coverage, but there may be other options for them.. Dwight Adams/IndyStar  —  The Indiana Republican Party posed a question to Facebook on Monday: “What's your Obamacare horror story?
Discussion: Axios, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Fusion
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Indiana GOP request for ObamaCare ‘horror stories’ goes wrong
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Majority in new poll backs Trump's travel ban  —  A majority of voters backs President Trump's travel ban, according to a new survey.  —  A Politico/Morning Consult poll found 60 percent of voters support the State Department's “new guidelines which say visa applicants from six predominately …
Discussion: RedState and Scared Monkeys
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority of voters back Trump travel ban  —  A clear majority of voters supports President Donald Trump's travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Polling on the travel restrictions has varied wildly since …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Steve Bannon is out of Trump's doghouse  —  Not a lot of people in the White House are having fun these days.  But one top official is having a blast — inviting friends over for lunch, joking about good times from the campaign, plotting 2018 and even 2020.
Mohammad Zia Adnan / New York Times:
Going to Hooters and Seeing America  —  It sounds like the beginning of an uncomfortable joke: Four brown kids of Pakistani descent — from Karachi, Dubai, London and Augusta, Ga. — walk into a Hooters on a recent Saturday afternoon.  —  They order cheese fries, mozzarella sticks and a plate …
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Lawrence Meyers / Townhall.com:
Why They Hate Trump So Much  —  One of the reasons the Leftists are so angry at President Trump isn't so much because he won, even though Leftists are incapable of being gracious losers.  It's that they were told that the Second Coming of Typhoid Mary would occur, and like all children, are mad that Papa CNN and Mama MSNBC were wrong.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is the Democrats' real 2020 frontrunner  —  He's staffing up, touring the country, and still drawing record crowds.  —  Amid a swirl of speculation about Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, and practically everyone else under the sun …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Another big-time Trump donor eyes buying up Time  —  A supporter holds a copy of TIME magazine he had signed by Donald Trump.  —  Getty Images  —  MORE FROM: … There is now more than one conservative booster of President Trump with a fancy for buying Time Inc. — and its 94-year-old flagship newsweekly, Time.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How accelerating change is deepening our political divisions  —  This is the first edition of “Fault Lines,” a new weekly column from CNN Senior Political Analyst Ronald Brownstein that analyzes the changing political landscape.  —  This column takes its name from its intention …
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada to compensate ex-Guantanamo inmate, opposition furious  —  Canada's Liberal government will apologize to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr and pay him around C$10 million ($7.7 million) in compensation, two sources close to the matter said on Tuesday, prompting opposition protests.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Robert Fife / Canadian Press:
Ottawa to offer Omar Khadr apology, $10-million in compensation
 
 
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Make government simple again
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Weigh Higher Health Premiums' Possible Effect on Midterms
NPR:
A July 4th Tradition: The Declaration Of Independence, Read Aloud
Discussion: The Week, Gizmodo and Raw Story
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
After Years of Growth, Automakers Are Cutting U.S. Jobs
David Brooks / New York Times:
What's the Matter With Republicans?
Discussion: Hot Air and Scripting News
 Earlier Items: 
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Months of Russia controversy leaves Trump ‘boxed in’ ahead of Putin meeting
Discussion: ABC News
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Biographer: Trump's media attacks motivated by self-preservation
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Democracy Now:
“What to the Slave is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech
Discussion: Common Dreams
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Senators, Visiting Afghanistan, Warn Trump Over Diplomatic Vacancies
Diane Dietz / Statesman Journal:
Oregon Republicans shrug off politics, extend benefits to undocumented children
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2023 compensation package was worth $49.7M, up 26.5% from the year prior, with $23.1M in stock awards

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Interviews with over a dozen current and former WAMU staffers and contractors show management's contradictory, unclear messaging about its closure of DCist

 
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