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4:25 PM ET, July 7, 2018

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New York Times:
North Korea Criticizes ‘Gangster-Like’ U.S. Attitude After Talks With Mike Pompeo  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Secretary of State Pompeo leaves North Korea with promise of more talks but no tangible breakthrough  —  TOKYO — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came away from a two-day visit to North Korea on Saturday without meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or securing a breakthrough in efforts …
Associated Press:
The Latest: North Korea says Pompeo talks ‘regrettable’  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to North Korea (all times local):  —  North Korea says high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were …
Idrees Ali / Reuters:
Cost of one of those ‘expensive’ U.S.-South Korea military exercises? $14 million
Discussion: Axios
Bill Frist / Washington Post:
The Senate I led put country over party.  This one must do the same for Robert Mueller.  —  Bill Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon, former U.S. Senate majority leader and senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center.  —  When I retired from the U.S. Senate in 2007 as its majority leader …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4  —  “What does July 4th mean to me?  Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.  —  For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Politico
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump is hinting at concessions to Putin. So what do we get back?
Discussion: LewRockwell
Associated Press:
Trump lawyers call Comey ‘Machiavellian’ in note to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year to the special counsel, casting him as “Machiavellian,” dishonest and …
Discussion: Axios, Hill Reporter and Mediaite
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New York Times:
Shifting Strategy, Trump's Lawyers Set New Conditions for Mueller Interview
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
'It's a Terrible Vote': Red-State Democrats Face an Agonizing Supreme Court Choice  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic senators running for re-election in Trump Country face an agonizing choice over President Trump's coming Supreme Court nominee: Vote to confirm the pick and risk demoralizing Democratic voters ahead …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
GOP Freedom Caucus members refuse to back Jim Jordan on the record as more abuse accusers come forward  —  House Republicans are refusing to publicly defend Tea Party firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as more details come to light about the congressman's role in the Ohio State University sexual assault scandal.
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
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Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘I was shocked it was so easy’: meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you're gay  —  Psychologist Michal Kosinski says artificial intelligence can detect your sexuality and politics just by looking at your face.  What if he's right?  —  Vladimir Putin was not in attendance, but his loyal lieutenants were.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Democratic Socialism Is Dem Doom  —  A political novice who calls herself a “democratic socialist” wins an unexpected Democratic Party primary victory, and now political taxonomists are racing to explain just what the term means.  Here's my definition: political hemlock for the Democratic Party.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez draws Bronx cheer for misleading campaign bio
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and lohud.com
Danielle Ohl / capitalgazette.com:
‘Wendi Winters saved my life’: Capital Gazette staff say their fallen colleague charged the shooter  —  Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper.  —  dohl@capgaznews.com  —  When a man with a shotgun shattered the glass door …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt's Last Day  —  WASHINGTON — In the final hours of Scott Pruitt's tenure as administrator, the Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing …
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Politico:
New EPA chief in 2016: Trump's a ‘bully’
paragon-re.com:
2018 YTD: A Wild Ride for San Francisco Real Estate  —  By any measure, the heat of the San Francisco market in the first half of 2018 has been among the most blistering ever.  Probably only 3 or 4 other periods over the past 50 years have seen a comparable intensity of buyer demand vis a vis …
Discussion: CBS San Francisco
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Matt Rosoff / CNBC:   San Francisco house prices grew the fastest ever in the first half of 2018 as the tech boom shows no signs of slowing
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alan Dershowitz Is Enjoying This  —  In an interview with The Times, Mr. Dershowitz talks about McCarthyism (Martha's Vineyard-style) and why nuance doesn't exist in politics anymore.  —  CHILMARK, Mass. — This is what McCarthyism evidently looks like on Martha's Vineyard.
Discussion: Mediaite and Esquire
Washington Post:
‘A little steel in the spine’: Rod Rosenstein, facing mounting criticism from Congress, is starting to fight back  —  As lawmakers took breaks during a tense congressional hearing last week to vote on a resolution meant to shame him, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein casually worked the room …
Chris Glorioso / NBC New York:
Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained While Visiting Son-in-Law at Fort Drum, Family Says  —  Concepcion and Margarito were stopped by military police at the gates of Fort Drum on July 4, their children say  —  Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained at Army Base
Discussion: Mother Jones
Associated Press:
Philippine president says he'll resign if anybody can prove God exists  —  MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists.
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
They Came Here to Serve.  But for Many Immigrants, the Army Isn't Interested.  —  Recruit Zhang, an immigrant from China, joined the United States military on the promise that enlisting would lead to American citizenship.  He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and was handed an Army T-shirt.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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New York Times:
Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy  —  Obesity affects 40 percent of adults and 19 percent of children in the United States and accounts for more than $168 billion in health care spending each year.  Sugary beverages are thought to be one of the major drivers of the obesity epidemic.
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's list of judges isn't a nightmare all-star team of Neil Gorsuches.  Here's what Dems can hope for  —  President Trump isn't expected to unveil his pick for the Supreme Court until Monday, but already the leading contenders are drawing fire — from within the conservative fold.
 
 
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James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
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CNN:
US service member killed in Afghanistan in apparent insider attack
Discussion: Axios
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Obama holdover drops legal claim to take over Trump's CFPB
Jeh Charles Johnson / Washington Post:
Abolishing ICE is not a serious policy proposal
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George Webb employee seriously injured after attack from man who went behind counter [VIDEO]
Discussion: Breitbart and IJR
Harry Enten / CNN:
2018 may have the largest gender gap on record
Discussion: HuffPost
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The Guardian:
Theresa May faces Tory anger over soft Brexit proposal
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
New York jury convicts two men for trading on hacked press releases
Los Angeles Times:
Southern California sets all-time heat records as broiling conditions bring misery
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