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2:35 PM ET, July 3, 2019

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Maggie More / NBC4 Washington:
RNC Receives VIP Tickets to Trump's Fourth of July Celebration; DNC Does Not  —  Tanks for July 4th Celebration Come in on Trains  —  An official with the Democratic National Convention told NBC News the organization has not received tickets to the VIP section for President Donald Trump's Fourth …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
How Is Trump's Parade Offensive?  Let Me Count the Ways  —  The restraint of a superpower was one of the ways in which America used to be great.  Now a civic holiday is an occasion for self-aggrandizement.  —  Donald Trump's planned Fourth of July celebration of himself has so many things wrong …
Prynard / Iowa Starting Line:
New Iowa Poll: Warren Leads, Harris And Biden Close Behind, Sanders Falls To 4th  — Home- 2019- July- 3- New Iowa Poll: Warren Leads, Harris And Biden Close Behind, Sanders Falls To 4th  —  We have a shakeup in Iowa.  —  Elizabeth Warren leads the pack in the Iowa Caucus …
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Harris scores in debate performance while electability keeps Biden in front
Discussion: Washington Post
Focus on Rural America:
July 2019 Poll Results
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
It's a Question No One Says They Want to Ask.  But the Women Running for President Keep Hearing It.  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — Some people whisper it, some apologize for it, and some are very careful to mention their neighbors — their neighbors would be the ones to ask.
Discussion: Bloomberg and CNN
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Wants Tanks on the National Mall.  What Could Go Wrong?  —  Hello, comrades!  Happy Fourth of July, or should I say, Happy 45th President of July!  How fortunate we are to see our Tremendous Nation's military hardware as we celebrate the 240th-ish anniversary of something or the other …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump says his Fourth of July fest won't come with a big price tag
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
The tanks for Trump's July Fourth ‘Salute to America’ have rolled through Washington before
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  —  Twenty young children had just been gunned down by an assault rifle in their classrooms in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012, and inside the hardened bunker of the National Rifle Association, rattled officials were wrestling with rare feelings of self-doubt.
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
Why Is Everyone So Upset About the Betsy Ross Flag?  —  There's a pretty long history of the flag being used by extremist right-wing movements — and a recent move by Nike has brought that into the spotlight  —  Conservatives absolutely love to hate Colin Kapernick, and a recent controversy …
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC Guest Compares Betsy Ross Flag to Swastika, Burning Cross
Discussion: Washington Times
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Trump Jr. blasts Nike with photo of Soviet-style shoe design: ‘More in line with their views’
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Colin Kaepernick Just Showed How We Can End Corporate Welfare
Discussion: Refinery29, Daily Wire and IJR
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.'
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Buttigieg introduces national service plan  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will unveil his proposal to dramatically expand national service programs during a town hall here on Wednesday.  —  The plan, which Buttigieg's campaign is calling …
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Pete For America:
A New Call to Service  —  Policy Proposal  —  Pete often …
Discussion: Vox, ThinkProgress and Axios
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Trump Facebook ads use models to portray actual supporters  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in Florida, a Hispanic man on a city street in Texas and a bearded hipster …
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 …
The Hill:
Trump appears to contradict officials, says census citizenship question not abandoned  —  President Trump stirred confusion on Wednesday by saying that reports his administration is halting its effort to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census are “FAKE,” even though multiple departments …
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.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Whatever happened to Breitbart?  The insurgent star of the right is in a long, slow fade  —  In January 2017, Breitbart.com was flying high.  Donald Trump, the candidate it had backed during the 2016 campaign, was sworn in as president.  Its former executive chairman, Stephen K. Bannon …
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.
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Military chiefs have concerns about politicization of Trump's July 4th event  —  (CNN)Military chiefs have concerns about the politicization of President Donald Trump's July 4 event, a source with direct knowledge told CNN.  —  In the planning for the event, they had reservations …
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Joe Biden's campaign says it raised $21.5 million in Q2  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign said Wednesday that it raised $21.5 million during the second quarter of 2019 from over 256,000 donors.  —  The big picture: Biden's haul falls solidly in the middle of the Democratic heavy-hitters …
Discussion: Politico
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Joe Biden Raises $21.5 Million for 2020 Presidential Bid
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Justice Department watchdog to investigate decision to cancel FBI headquarters plan  —  The Justice Department's inspector general will investigate the FBI's role in dropping plans a decade in the making to move its headquarters to the Washington suburbs, he told Congress in a letter Tuesday.
Discussion: Politico
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Streaming Service Reeling After Misconduct Claim Goes Public  —  The network said it has “resolved” a claim that host Britt McHenry leveled against co-host Tyrus.  She has hired an employment lawyer.  —  Late last year, Fox News launched its ambitious foray into the future of digital media …
Discussion: Mediaite
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump Approval Remains in Low 40s  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating, which has been fluctuating between 40% and 43% since early May, was 41% in the second half of June, and includes 29% who strongly approve.  Fifty-four percent of Americans disapprove …
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
MSNBC reporter claims Trump administration has treated migrants ‘more inhumanely’ than anyone else  —  Jacob Soboroff, a correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News, criticized President Trump's administration, arguing that it had been the worst for handling migrants at the southern border.
Discussion: Reuters, Townhall, Vox and Breitbart
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
A Crime by Any Name  —  The horrors detailed in the press were hard to believe.  —  Detainees described overcrowding so severe that “it was difficult to move in any direction without jostling and being jostled.”  The water provided them was foul, “of a dark color, and an ordinary glass would collect a thick sediment.”
Brianna Hamblin / WHSV-TV:
Charlottesville City Council votes to remove Thomas Jefferson holiday  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Charlottesville City Council voted to officially remove Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13, as a holiday.  —  At a city council meeting on Monday evening, councilors voted to to remove the day as a city holiday.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Federal Judge Blocks Barr's Attempt to Deny Asylum Seekers Bail  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked an order by Attorney General William P. Barr that would have kept thousands of migrants detained indefinitely while waiting for their asylum cases to be decided.
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Splinter
 
 
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Erielle Davidson / The Federalist:
Democratic Deputy Chair Meets With Far-Left U.K. Leader Accused Of Anti-Semitism
CNN:
Fact-checking Trump's false claims about Afghanistan on Fox
Discussion: UPI, Al Jazeera and Fox News
Jon Murray / Denver Post:
New poll has good news for Gov. Jared Polis but says Sen. Cory Gardner faces an uphill climb in 2020
Discussion: Political Wire
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Patriotism To Partisanship: Trump Inserts Himself Into July 4th Celebrations
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Some Democrats Talk About Cosmetic Surgery Insurance. It Doesn't Exist.
 Earlier Items: 
Alexandra Chaidez / CBS News:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises Brett Kavanaugh and reflects on gender equality
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Kids Aren't Alright  —  The annual G20 summit is a dry …
Discussion: Washington Post
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The Biggest Threat to America Is Us
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
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A Leftist Mob Attacked Me in Portland
Donald Woutat / Los Angeles Times:
Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang who later rescued Chrysler, dies at 94