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6:20 PM ET, July 3, 2018

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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach  —  “At the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn't know what was going on,” a former Ohio State wrestler said.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A top anti-Mueller Republican Congressman was just hit with a teen boy sexual abuse scandal
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Daily Kos and MSNBC
Janet Garrett / Janet Garrett for Congress:   Statement on Allegations Regarding Jim Jordan's Role in Ohio State Sexual Abuse Scandal
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Pruitt directly asked Trump to replace Sessions with him  —  (CNN)Embattled Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Scott Pruitt directly appealed to President Donald Trump this spring to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and let him run the Department of Justice instead, according to three people familiar with the proposal.
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Emily Holden / Politico:
Pruitt ally decides which of his records see the light of day
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and Washington Post
New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will encourage the nation's school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down  —  Scott Schools, a top aide to the deputy attorney general, is planning to leave the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with his decision.  —  The job title for Schools — associate deputy attorney general …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Rescinds 24 Guidance Documents  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced that, consistent with his November 2017 memorandum prohibiting the Department from making rules without following the procedures required by Congress, he is rescinding 24 guidance documents …
Discussion: NPR, HuffPost and neo-neocon
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Bipartisan Senate Panel Gives Middle Finger to Devin Nunes … The Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have said the NSA, CIA, and FBI got it wrong when they assessed that the point of Russia's 2016 election interference was to harm Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump.
Discussion: Politico
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Martin Matishak / Politico:
Senate Intelligence Committee backs assessment of Russia election meddling  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday backed the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to aid President Donald Trump and is continuing its efforts to undermine U.S. democracy.
Discussion: Axios
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:   Senate panel backs up intelligence agencies, says Russia aimed to help Trump in election
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:   Senate panel upholds finding that Russia backed Trump, contradicting House
Washington Post:
Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access  —  Federal prosecutors concluded an 18-month investigation into a former congressional technology staffer on Tuesday by publicly debunking allegations — promoted by conservative media …
Discussion: twitchy.com, Gizmodo, Raw Story and Townhall
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Most want vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee before midterms  —  The survey also found most Democrats and independents said the next justice should be moderate, while 65 percent of Republicans want a conservative.  —  A majority of Americans believe the Republican-led Senate …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump: ‘If not for me,’ United States would be at war with North Korea  —  President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would be at war with North Korea without his efforts and that conversations with the nation's leaders are “going well” — an assessment at odds with recent reports …
emptywheel:
Putting a Face (Mine) to the Risks Posed by GOP Games on Mueller Investigation  —  I'd like to put a human face — my own — to the risk posed by GOP gamesmanship on the Mueller investigation.  —  Sometime last year, I went to the FBI and provided information on a person whom I had come …
NBC News:
New Trump admin order for separated parents: Leave U.S. with kids or without them  —  Rights advocates say the new directive prevents migrant parents who were separated from their kids under zero tolerance from asking for asylum in the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Following a court order to reunite …
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Walmart boycott campaign launched after outcry over ‘Impeach 45’ clothing  —  Walmart has found itself on the receiving end of a torrent of outrage after it was discovered Monday that the superstore was selling anti-Trump “Impeach 45” apparel on its website.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump supporters are boycotting Walmart over “Impeach 45” merchandise
Discussion: Arizona Republic and Bloomberg
Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
McConnell says there isn't much federal government can do about school shootings  —  DANVILLE  —  In 2018, at least 26 students have died in five school shootings in America.  Two of those deaths came in a shooting at Marshall County High School in Kentucky.
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Daily News:   McConnell says the federal government can't do much about school shootings
The Intercept:
Immigrant Mothers Were Moved Outdoors During Kirstjen Nielsen's Secretive Visit to Detention.  They Shouted for Help to No Avail.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen made a series of secretive visits to South Texas immigrant detention centers on Friday.
Discussion: ProPublica
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Reassigns Reporter in Leak Case  —  Ali Watkins, the New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Trump administration, will be transferred out of the newspaper's Washington bureau and reassigned to a new beat in New York, The Times said on Tuesday.
Decatur Daily:
Triple homicide leaves ex-wife dead after protection request denied  —  Before she and two others were shot dead near Ardmore on Sunday, Debra Ann Rivera twice had asked a judge to order her ex-husband to surrender his guns because of alleged abuse.  —  The request was denied both times.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ruth Graham / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Is Allegedly a Member of a Religious Group That's Been Called a “Cult”  —  Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, became a heroic figure to some religious conservatives during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last fall.
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers come to Moscow, raising hopes there of U.S.-Russia thaw  —  MOSCOW — Republican members of Congress sounded a newly conciliatory tone in meetings with Russian lawmakers and officials here on Tuesday in a rare visit to Moscow and a preview of the looming summit between President Trump …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
SF's appalling street life repels residents — now it's driven away a convention  —  In a move that is alarming San Francisco's biggest industry, a major medical association is pulling its annual convention out of the city — saying its members no longer feel safe.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Rhode Island Dems in uproar as party seeks to oust three progressive women  —  The party is standing by a lawmaker who has been charged with sexual assault and perjury.  It also backed a former lawmaker who has been arrested several times.  —  WASHINGTON — As it tries to fend off a progressive insurgency …
Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
A psychologist just revealed the horrifying truth about Trump's malignant narcissism  —  Scott interviewed A Duty to Warn psychologist and founder Dr. John Gartner who is leading the charge to warn America about the malignant narcissist that Republicans put into the Oval Office with a minority of the popular vote.
TMZ.com:
Kevin Spacey Investigated for 3 New Sexual Assaults in London  —  Kevin Spacey is now being investigated for 6 sexual assaults in London ... after 3 new men have come forward with allegations against the actor.  —  According to the Metropolitan Police ... a man came to them in April claiming …
Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
U.S. Allows ZTE to Resume Some Business Activities Temporarily  — Commerce's authorization order valid from July 2 to Aug. 1  — Lawmakers to start working on compromise on ZTE deal next week  —  The Trump administration is letting ZTE Corp. resume some business activities …
Discussion: The Verge
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
Haim Saban Is Bad For Democracy  —  Last month, twelve Democratic senators signed a letter from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking the Trump administration “to do more to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.”
Discussion: Mediaite
Raina Lipsitz / The Nation:
Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn No-Show  —  Constituents held an impromptu rally and vented their anger at a cardboard cutout of the senator.  —  On Monday evening, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was scheduled to host a town hall at his reform synagogue, Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) …
Graham Rayman / New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Off-duty cop slams into car in hit-and-run, punches victim who chased him down  —  An off-duty cop plowed into a car and took off in Brooklyn, and when the irate victim chased him down, he socked the man in the face, police said Tuesday.  —  Tanvir Ahmed, 28, smashed into another car …
Discussion: Raw Story and Gothamist
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Radical Democrats Are Pretty Reasonable
Arizona Republic:
Court ‘overstepped’ in challenge to Joe Arpaio's pardon, Justice Department says
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
An ICE Raid Leaves an Iowa Town Divided Along Faith Lines
Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire Behind LaCroix Accused of Improper Touching by Two Pilots
Discussion: Vox and Eater
abc7chicago.com:
Man arrested in shooting of 2 workers at Kansas elementary school
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Leader Warns Trump: Don't Hire Bill Shine, Roger Ailes' Former Fox News Henchman
Discussion: Mediaite
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week
Discussion: Grist and The Daily Caller
Carmen Chau / FOX 61:
EXCLUSIVE: Norwich police investigating race-related attack on mother and toddler
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Scott MacFarlane / NBC4 Washington:
Man Assaulted Secret Service Officer Outside White House After Immigration Rally: Feds
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump, the resistance, and the limits of normcore politics