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11:00 AM ET, July 2, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that the Pentagon would put military tanks on display on Thursday in Washington as part of his plans to turn the annual Fourth of July celebration in the nation's capital into a salute to the country's military prowess.
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HuffPost:
RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump's Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration  —  What had been a nonpolitical, nonpartisan celebration on the National Mall will now likely be a multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-financed political rally, critics worry.  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Vets To Give Out Thousands Of USS John McCain Shirts At Trump's July 4 Event  —  “It's really a way to honor a family that ... has shown that the country is bigger than any one individual,” said Peter Kauffmann of VoteVets.  —  WASHINGTON ― Irked by President Donald Trump's plan to hold …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Trump's Fourth of July plans just keep getting worse  —  THIS PAGE in recent weeks has been graced with letters from readers recounting their memories of gathering on the Mall and watching the fireworks on the Fourth of July.  Claire O'Dwyer Randall remembered her father driving her family …
Reuters:
Trump plans tanks and flyovers at Fourth of July celebration in Washington
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Kamala Harris surges in Iowa as Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders suffer after debate  —  In night two of the Democratic debate, candidates bore down into issues, and each other.  Kamala Harris went after Joe Biden for his past on busing.  —  CONNECT  —  The first Democratic debate …
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Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Dear Kamala Harris, here's why Joe Biden worked with segregationists in the Senate  —  Harris criticized Biden for working with segregationist senators.  But she would have done the same.  It was then the only way to advance civil rights.  —  CONNECT  —  After hearing Sen. Kamala Harris …
CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides after first Democratic debates  —  Harris confronts Biden over busing, school desegregation  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have made steep gains after the first Democratic presidential debate …
Wall Street Journal:
Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes  —  Sneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoe after NFL star raised concerns about its symbolism  —  Nike Inc. is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after former NFL star-turned …
The Daily Beast:
Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials  —  Multiple officials in Washington were caught off guard by the news that Ivanka Trump had found her way into a conversation about nuclear weapons between her father and Kim Jong Un.  —  When Donald Trump and his advisors crossed …
Discussion: The National Interest
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton  —  A warmonger is the latest to lose his dignity to Donald Trump.  —  Say this for Donald Trump.  He may be transforming American politics into a kleptocratic fascist reality show and turning our once-great country into a global laughingstock …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Stephanie Grisham, Trump's New Press Secretary, Literally Pushes for Press Access
Sue Bird / The Players' Tribune:
So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend  —  Hi!!  Sue here.  This is my World Cup Semifinals preview.  The title was supposed to be “So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend (and 10 Other Things I Want You to Know Before the World Cup Semifinals)” but we ran out of space.  My bad.
Discussion: New York Post
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign announces $105M fundraising haul, blowing past Dem candidates
Discussion: Politico
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran  —  As President Donald Trump wrestled on the evening of June 20 with how to respond to Iran's downing of a U.S. drone, Jack Keane was making his second appearance of the day on the Fox News Channel.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump is incapable of accepting that most Americans don't like him
Discussion: Politico, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Far-Right Extremists Wanted Blood In Portland's Streets.  Once Again, They Got It.  —  It's not a surprise a conservative writer was bloodied in a street brawl in Portland ― far-right extremists have been freely hosting skirmishes there for years.  —  A conservative writer was injured …
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Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
How a Dubious Claim of Cement Milkshakes in Portland Became a Right-Wing Meme
Discussion: Althouse and VICE
Mike Baker / New York Times:
In Portland, a Punch and a Milkshake Rumor Feed a Fresh Round of Police Criticism
Discussion: Byline Times, Breitbart and Hot Air
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Democrats are learning the wrong lesson from Donald Trump  —  He ran as a moderate — and it worked.  —  Many progressives have what they believe to be a knock-down answer to nervous Nellies who fret that talking about desegregation busing, decriminalizing illegal entry into the United States …
Discussion: Crooked Media
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
AOC screamed at Border Patrol agents in ‘threatening manner’ during tour: Witnesses  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., screamed at federal law enforcement agents “in a threatening manner” during a visit to a Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, and refused to tour the facility …
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
American Pride Hits New Low; Few Proud of Political System  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, their pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup's first measurement in 2001.  While 70% of U.S. adults overall say they are proud to be Americans …
Discussion: Florida Politics and Axios
Washington Post:
Trump paints a dark picture of homelessness in cities: ‘We may intercede’  —  President Trump said Monday that he wanted to address the crisis of people on the streets, telling Fox News in an interview that his administration “may intercede” to clean up cities such as Washington, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Discussion: Slate
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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
‘We all suffer’: why San Francisco techies hate the city they transformed
Discussion: CityLab
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
The Energy 202: DNC will consider holding a climate debate amid protests  —  The prospect of a Democratic presidential debate focused on climate change just took a step closer to becoming reality.  But such a single-issue face-off is still far from being a done deal.
Discussion: New York Times
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence  —  America's vast spying apparatus was built around a Cold War world of dead drops and double agents.  Today, that world has fractured and migrated online, with hackers and rogue terrorist cells, leaving intelligence operatives scrambling to keep up.
Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Lawyers Who Visited Detained Migrant Children Say Border Officials Barred Them From Seeing the Sickest Kids, Who Were Held Separately  —  A group of lawyers that shone a light on “appalling” conditions at U.S. detention centers where migrant children were being held say border officials barred …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Punit Renjen / Popular Information:
Children are suffering. These companies are profiting.
Discussion: Roll Call
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Center for American Progress Puts ThinkProgress Up for Sale  —  News site launched during the Bush years is running millions of dollars short.  Its parent think tank says it will consider the editorial leanings of prospective owners.  —  ThinkProgress, the flagship news site of the Democratic …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
No One Picks Up the Phone, but Are Online Polls the Answer?  —  There's little transparency and not much evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of their approach.  —  The transition away from live interview telephone polling is well underway, and online polls now make up the principal source of data on national public opinion.
New York Times:
To Evade Sanctions on Iran, Ships Vanish in Plain Sight  —  A week ago, a small tanker ship approached the Persian Gulf after a 19-day voyage from China.  The captain, as required by international rules, reported the ship's position, course, speed and another key detail: It was riding high in the water, meaning it was probably empty.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris campaign lawyer hired Fusion GPS for Hillary Clinton  —  The former top lawyer for Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign who hired Fusion GPS to carry out controversial opposition research against then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016 is now working for a top 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful.
 
 
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New York Times:
Democrats Angered by HUD's Hiring of Trump Aide Who Quit After Racist Posts
Discussion: CNN
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats In No Hurry To Get Trump's Tax Returns
Human Rights Watch:
US: Asylum Seekers Returned to Uncertainty, Danger in Mexico
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
New rules will give AG William Barr more say over immigration courts
Billy House / Bloomberg:
A Reluctant Mueller Is Democrats' Best Shot to Revive Their Trump Investigations
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump looking ‘very strongly’ at delaying census
David North / CIS.org:
Two Major U.S. Corporations Stand Out in Their Immigration Policies: One Good, One Bad
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Another Dead Cyclist In The City