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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Administration Said It Wouldn't Put A Citizenship Question On The Census, And Then Trump Blew It Up With A Tweet  —  One day after saying the 2020 Census would go ahead without a citizenship question, Trump tweeted Wednesday they were “absolutely moving forward” with it.
Associated Press:   US still looking for way to ask about citizenship on census
The Hill:
Trump appears to contradict officials, says census citizenship question not abandoned
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tweet Sows Confusion on Census
Discussion: Big League Politics
Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘They started this too late’: Trump officials and allies anxious about July 4 fest  —  The White House and Republican National Committee have spent the past week scrambling to distribute VIP tickets to President Donald Trump's Fourth of July speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
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New York Times:
Washington Prepares for a July 4 Spectacle, Starring and Produced by President Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Two Bradley armored vehicles rumbled into place on Wednesday in front of the Lincoln Memorial, to be joined later by two Abrams tanks parked nearby.  Cranes were putting into place the scaffolding for Jumbotron screens.
Matt Cohen / Mother Jones:
Pentagon Guidance to Troops in Trump's July 4th Event: Say I Love My Tank  —  Tanks are rolling into to Washington, DC, tomorrow for Donald Trump's “Salute to America,” a revised version of Washington, DC's annual Fourth of July celebration that the president promises will be the “show of a lifetime.”
Washington Post:
Inside the effort to build suspense — and crowds — for Trump's Fourth of July
Discussion: Daily Kos, Axios and Mediaite
Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:
Trump defends cost of July 4th ‘Salute to America’ event despite extra millions expected
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Politics Is Changing; Why Aren't the Pundits Who Cover It?  The Donny Deutsch problem in media.  —  In past weeks, the curtain has officially been raised on the vast and diverse field of candidates for the Democratic nomination, many of them politicians who would not have been seen …
Associated Press:
Harris says busing should be considered, not mandated  —  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Kamala Harris said Wednesday that busing students should be considered by school districts trying to desegregate their locations — not the federal mandate she appeared to support …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘We have a predator living in the White House’: Harris sharpens attacks on Trump  —  Kamala Harris on Wednesday debuted a new line of attack against President Donald Trump, saying that her background as a prosecutor made her uniquely suited to take on “a predator” like the president.
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
Breck Dumas / TheBlaze:
ABC, CBS, and NBC announce they will snub President Trump's ‘Salute to America’ celebration  —  Major networks opting to run shows like ‘Jeopardy!’ in lieu of live coverage of the Fourth of July event  —  What are the details?  —  The Daily Mail reported that the networks will stick …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Border agency knew about secret Facebook group for years  —  Customs and Border Protection officials have been aware for up to three years that a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents was posting offensive messages — far longer than previously reported.
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Malcolm Jones / The Daily Beast:
ICE Told Agents ‘Happy Hunting!’ as They Prepped for Raid
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Appeals court: Trump can't use Pentagon cash for border wall  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump's ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court declines to green-light Trump border wall projects  —  A divided federal appeals court panel has declined to remove a major roadblock to President Donald Trump's plan to spend more than $8 billion for border wall construction despite Congress agreeing to give him only a fraction of that sum.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don Jr. and Jared Really Dislike Each Other”: In the Trump Campaign, It's Son Versus Son-in-Law  —  Suspicion has turned to paranoia as Kushner pushes for 2020 hegemony.  “Don doesn't want to give Jared any excuses to delegitimize him,” says a person close to Don Jr.
Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic:
What a Pediatrician Saw Inside a Border Patrol Warehouse  —  MCALLEN, Texas—Inside the Border Patrol warehouse on Ursula Avenue, Dolly Lucio Sevier saw a baby who'd been fed from the same unwashed bottle for days; children showing signs of malnutrition and dehydration; and several kids who …
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Trump administration ending in-person interpreters at immigrants' first hearings  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to replace in-court interpreters at initial immigration court hearings with videos informing asylum seekers and other immigrants facing deportation of their rights, The Chronicle has learned.
Discussion: Splinter
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC Guest Compares Betsy Ross Flag to Swastika, Burning Cross  —  ‘Those symbols are symbols of hate’  —  MSNBC guest Michael Eric Dyson compared the Betsy Ross American flag to the Nazi swastika and a burning Ku Klux Klan cross during an appearance Wednesday.
Discussion: RedState, twitchy.com and Instapundit
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Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Trump's Fourth of July Parade to Include Flyover by Russian Air Force  —  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it “incredibly exciting news,” President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that his long-planned Fourth of July parade in Washington will include a flyover by Russian Su-24 fighter planes.
Mike Wright / Telegraph:
Anyone with more than 30,000 social media followers considered a celebrity, advertising watchdog rules  —  Anyone with more than 30,000 social media followers is now considered a celebrity and subject to advertising rules, a watchdog has ruled in a landmark case.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating  —  The National Rifle Association aired an avalanche of TV ads and pushed its 5 million-plus members to the polls for Donald Trump in 2016, propelling him in the Rust Belt states that delivered him the presidency.  —  Now, the gun rights group …
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Washington Post:
Newtown massacre divided NRA leaders, foreshadowing split to come
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Court Orders Release of Sealed Docs About Jeffrey Epstein's Alleged Sex Ring  —  In a blow to the billionaire pedophile and his alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, a federal court ordered the release of sealed court records in a case brought by an alleged victim.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Manslaughter Charge Dropped Against Alabama Woman Who Was Shot While Pregnant  —  Prosecutors in Alabama said on Wednesday that they were dropping a manslaughter charge against Marshae Jones over the death of the fetus she was carrying when she was shot in the belly.
Meredith Lerner / CREW:
Nauert Reported Earning Fox Salary While at State Department  —  Heather Nauert, a former State Department spokesperson and President Trump's original pick to replace Nikki Haley as the United States Representative to the United Nations, reported in her termination financial disclosure report …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Stop Taking Unpopular Stances  —  The Democratic presidential primary has worked to the party's disadvantage by maneuvering its candidates into unpopular positions.  This is not quite a crisis, but it is a serious danger that, if not redressed, could blow up in the party's face.
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain, Feeling Like an ‘Exhausted, Defeated... Caged Animal,’ May Exit ‘The View’  —  Sources close to McCain tell The Daily Beast she feels like ‘a caged animal’ on the ABC talk show.  'It's getting to the point where it's not worth the emotional toll every week.'
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Needs His Base to Burn With Anger  —  But has he raised the political temperature too high for his own good?  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  For Democrats seeking to pry loose moderates and conservatives in 2020 …
 
 
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Miles Parks / NPR:
To Gerrymander Or Not To Gerrymander? That's The Question For Democrats
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump Fed nominee Judy Shelton once advocated for ‘open borders’ with Mexico
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Times and Observer
Issues & Insights:
Kamala 2020 Makes Obama 2008 Look Positively Right Wing
Elana DeLozier / The Washington Institute …:
UAE Drawdown May Isolate Saudi Arabia in Yemen
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
What the Democrats' Turn Leftward Means for the Party's Chances in 2020
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Former Michigan governor withdraws from Harvard fellowship after backlash
Discussion: Mediaite and Balloon Juice
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Associated Press:
Trump says U.S. should start manipulating the dollar
Discussion: Political Wire
BuzzFeed News:
These Bizarre Kamala Harris And Mark Zuckerberg Conspiracy Sites Are Run By A Montessori School Director
Daily Mail:
Alex Morgan mocked the English team by pretending to drink tea in her goal celebration
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump Approval Remains in Low 40s
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Streaming Service Reeling After Misconduct Claim Goes Public