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1:20 PM 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 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
Discussion: Daily Kos and Vox
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
As U.S. and South Korea conduct military exercises, North Korea's leader taunts Trump over ICBM  —  BEIJING — Tensions over North Korea's July 4 missile test mounted Wednesday, with U.S. and South Korean forces conducting military exercises and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appearing to taunt the president of the United States.
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Associated Press:
Trump expresses frustration with China over NKorea support
Discussion: Politico
NBC4 Washington:
NJ Sand Sculpture Mocks Gov. Christie's Viral Beach Outing  —  The sand sculpture appeared in the wake of a state government shutdown largely blamed on the governor  —  Jersey Shore Sand Sculpture Mocks Gov. Chris Christie  —  A giant sand sculpture of Gov. Chris Christie lounging in a chair …
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Aida Chavez / The Hill:
Jersey Shore sand sculpture mocks Christie's beach trip
Discussion: Daily Wire and Raw Story
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: CNN, The Root and The Daily Caller
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New York Daily News:
NYPD officer fatally shot while sitting inside police vehicle in the Bronx, suspect killed
Discussion: twitchy.com
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
NPR Tweeted The Declaration Of Independence And Some Trump Supporters Were Offended  —  In celebration of the 4th of July, National Public Radio tweeted out the Declaration of Independence in a series of more than 100 tweets on Tuesday. … Many people responded with praise for the historic document, and thanked NPR for sharing it.
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Bob Collins / NewsCut:
NPR's tweets expose a thin grasp of American history
Discussion: IJR and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Zuckerberg: Universal basic income is a ‘bipartisan idea’  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea of creating a universal basic income in the United States.  —  During the Alaska leg of his 50-state speaking tour, Zuckerberg advocated for giving individuals a lump sum of money annually, calling it a “bipartisan idea.”
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Mark Zuckerberg:
Priscilla and I spent the weekend around Homer, Alaska as part …
Discussion: Business Insider
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 …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election  —  Questions raised as to whether Trump supports coordinated with Moscow to spread bogus stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton  —  The spread of Russian-made fake news stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton …
Jon Levine / Mediaite:
A GOP Congressman Made a Selfie Video From Inside Auschwitz — It's as Bad as You Think  —  There are few places more hallowed than the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.  More than a million people, mostly Jews, were killed there during the second world war, many in the camp's infamous gas chambers.
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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?
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Volvo Car Group Global Media Newsroom:
Volvo Cars to go all electric  —  Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business.
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Sherisse Pham / CNNMoney:
Volvo: Gas-only cars are history after 2019
Discussion: The Week
Stan Collender / Forbes:
The Big Hurt: Serious Pain Ahead For Trump & The GOP Congress  —  Given President Trump's recent tweet of a faked body slam of a journalist, I need to make it clear from the start that I'm talking about the political rather than the physical pain the Trump administration and the GOP majorities …
Nikil Saval / New York Times:
Hated by the Right.  Mocked by the Left.  Who Wants to Be ‘Liberal’ Anymore?  —  “Liberal” has long been a dirty word to the American political right.  It may be shortened, in the parlance of the Limbaugh Belt, to “libs,” or expanded to the offensive portmanteau “libtards.”  But its target is always clear.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Robert Leonard / New York Times:
Want to Get Rid of Trump?  Only Fox News Can Do It  —  KNOXVILLE, Iowa — President Trump's administration is in crisis, consumed by fears of what Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia's meddling in the election, might find.  Everyone's lawyering up — even the lawyers have lawyers.
New York Times:
Aides' Biggest Worry on Trump's Europe Trip: A Meeting With Putin  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has been briefed repeatedly.  His advisers have alerted him to the web of potential risks, complex issues and diplomatic snags.  —  But even his top aides do not know precisely what Mr. Trump …
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 …
Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio has gone four months with no Tampa office, so where is he keeping records?  —  TAMPA — Four months after his staff packed up and left its Tampa office, at the direction of a landlord frustrated by weekly demonstrations, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio still is looking for a home base in one of his state's largest metropolitan areas.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
 
 
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Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Commandos Running Out of ISIS Targets
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jennifer G. Hickey / Fox News:
Food stamp rolls plummet in states that restore work requirements
Bill O'Reilly / The Hill:
OPINION | Bill O'Reilly: How Trump will win his war against the media
Discussion: IJR
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Protesters Take Rep. Paulsen's Parade Spot After No-Show
Discussion: Shareblue and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Trump Replies on Paid Family Leave
Discussion: Politico, Axios and The Daily Caller
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Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
State Department Workers Vent Grievances Over Trump, Tillerson, Cite Longer-Term Issues
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Make government simple again
Lawrence Meyers / Townhall.com:
Why They Hate Trump So Much  —  One of the reasons the Leftists …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is the Democrats' real 2020 frontrunner
Mike Allen / Axios:
Steve Bannon is out of Trump's doghouse
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Another big-time Trump donor eyes buying up Time
 

 
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