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9:55 AM ET, July 5, 2018

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Chris Strohm / BloombergQuint:
Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe  —  (Bloomberg) — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
Ali Winston / FRONTLINE:
He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance?  —  In partnership with: … There likely isn't such a thing as a “typical” violent white extremist in America in 2018.  Still, Michael Miselis — a University of California …
Jonathan Zimmerman / New Republic:
Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Remake American Politics  —  In his satirical 2004 American history textbook, comedian Jon Stewart joked that the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling had settled the abortion issue once and for all.  “The Court rules that the right to privacy protects …
Discussion: AOL and POLITICUSUSA
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Liberal Democrats mount campaign against Trump's Supreme Court nominee by targeting two Republican senators
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
Joe Galli / WOAI:
Viral video: Teen says he was attacked for wearing ‘Make American Great Again’ hat  —  Police are investigating after a teen says he was verbally attacked and assaulted at a Whataburger for wearing a Make America Great Again hat.  —  In the video, you can see a man throw a drink …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Democrats Underperforming With Hispanic Voters  —  Despite the president's hard-line immigration policies, Republican candidates are running competitively in many Hispanic-heavy states and congressional districts.  —  Democrats counting on President Trump's hard-line immigration policies …
Associated Press:
Liberty Island evacuated after statue base climber, banner  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Several people who hung a banner from the Statue of Liberty's pedestal calling for abolishing the federal government's chief immigration enforcement agency were arrested on July Fourth shortly before a person scaled the statue's base, forcing its evacuation.
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Washington Post:
Trump's trade war with China is finally here — and it won't be pretty, analysts say  —  BEIJING — Some said the day would never come, that it was all a bluff.  But as the Independence Day fireworks cool in Washington, the eve of the trade war has arrived in China's capital …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Confident Trump not planning for Dem House takeover  —  Alumni of President George W. Bush's second term are getting flashbacks: Democrats are favored to take over the House, spelling a raft of headaches for a Republican president.  —  The big picture: What's true today was also true in 2006.
Discussion: Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
How Trump Went From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Dismissing North Korean Nuclear Advances  —  WASHINGTON — When the North Koreans were shooting off missile tests and detonating new, more powerful atomic bombs last year, President Trump responded with threats of “fire and fury” and ordered the military …
Bethany Minelle / Sky News:
Trump ‘angry baby’ blimp gets green light to fly over London during president's visit  —  A giant balloon dubbed “Trump baby” has been given the green light to fly near parliament during the president's UK visit.  —  London mayor Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority has approved a request …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and NewsWars
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
The Left Can't Come To Grips With The Loss Of Power  —  Key Trump administration officials have been confronted at restaurants.  Rep. Maxine Waters urged protesters to hound Trump officials at restaurants, gas stations or department stores.  —  Progressive pundits and the liberal media almost daily …
Mike Allen / Axios:
How Trump will make his Supreme Court pick  —  It'll be more about personality than pedigree.  —  What we're hearing: A White House official involved in the vetting process tells me that President Trump's Supreme Court pick will come down to “who he feels most comfortable with in a personal setting.”
Financial Times:
UK business leaders invited to dine with President Trump  —  About 150 business leaders have been invited to an undisclosed location to dine with Donald Trump when he makes his first visit to Britain as US president next week.  —  The black-tie dinner on Thursday night will be hosted by Theresa May …
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Twitter Keeps Falling for the Same Liberal Troll … The tweet was an obvious troll, by a fake doctor with a profane name.  —  “When Trump supporters come to my office at the Mayo Clinic, I love misdiagnosing their healthy pregnancies as ectopic so they have to abort their white fetuses …
Mark Shanahan / BostonGlobe.com:
The Martha's Vineyard crowd strikes back at Alan Dershowitz  —  For years, former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz and some of his high-profile pals have spent summer afternoons opining on the porch at the Chilmark General Store on Martha's Vineyard.  —  Not this summer, and maybe never again.
Discussion: Instapundit and Axios
Dan Lyman / NewsWars:
San Francisco Logs Over 16,000 Feces Complaints in One Week  —  Over 16,000 complaints have been logged with the City of San Francisco regarding ‘feces’ in the last seven days.  —  A website and related app that allows local residents to request maintenance or non-emergency services …
Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Wilbur Ross stock holdings rose in value during improper divestment delay  —  Commerce secretary's personal assets under scrutiny  —  U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, pictured at the 2017 SelectUSA Investment Summit.  Commerce Department  —  likes  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears …
Canadian Press:
U.S. Border Patrol questions crews of at least 10 fishing vessels in Canadian waters  —  GRAND MANAN, N.B.—A little-known cross-border dispute that has simmered between Canada and the United States since the late 1700s is now approaching the boiling point.  —  In the past two weeks …
Discussion: The Week
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Ohio State sex assault victim claims GOP Rep. Jim Jordan witnessed doctor committing ‘lewd acts’ in showers  —  Appearing on CNN while the rest of the country was celebrating July 4th, a former wrestler who has come forward with tales of sexual abuse by an Ohio State University doctor told …
Associated Press:
Sanctioned Russian oligarch linked to Cohen has vast US ties  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before Viktor Vekselberg was tied to a scandal over the president and a porn star, the Russian oligarch had been positioning himself to extend his influence in the United States.
Dan Rather:
My country 'tis of thee...  sweet land of liberty...  to thee I sing...  And today, sing I do.  I also sing America the Beautiful.  And I recite the Pledge of Allegiance.  These are rituals that harken back to my childhood and which I have sought to pass on to my family, as they were passed on to me.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:   America needs more patriotism
Washington Post:
The Fourth of July White House concert used to be a sea of stars.  For Trump, it's a drought.  —  He could barely contain himself.  Jimmy Fallon, then just a few months into his new gig as host of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” stood on the South Lawn for the Obama administration's first Independence Day celebration in 2009.
Discussion: Bustle and Daily Wire
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Associated Press:
Trump praises military for keeping US ‘safe, strong, proud’
Discussion: ABC News, WREG-TV and Breitbart
 
 
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