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8:05 AM ET, July 3, 2019

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Washington Post:
Biden holds lead in Democratic presidential contest as Harris is praised for debate performance, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows  —  Former vice president Joe Biden leads his Democratic rivals in the campaign to win the party's presidential nomination, continuing …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Bernie Sanders 2020 is in big trouble  —  (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is in trouble.  —  While much of the attention in post-debate polling has focused on the drop of former Vice President Joe Biden, Sanders' polling looks far worse.
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Harris scores in debate performance while electability keeps Biden in front  —  A wide advantage in perceived electability boosts Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but he lags in having new ideas, is challenged by Bernie Sanders and faces a debate-energized Kamala Harris …
Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Surges in 3 Polls After Strong Debate Performance
Washington Post:
At border, grim realities of crisis collide with 2020 campaign politics  —  Homeland Security officials thought they finally were getting a handle on the crisis at the Mexican border, after warning for months that agents and holding cells were beyond “the breaking point.”
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
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Madeline Holcombe / CNN:   Authorities search the Rio Grande River for a missing 2-year-old
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Calls AOC a Liar for Claim That Migrants Are ‘Drinking Out of Toilets’
Geneva Sands / CNN:   Watchdog finds extreme overcrowding in Border Patrol facilities in unannounced inspections
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
The Boldly Public Anti-Americanism of the American Left
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Signal
New York Times:
Teenager Accused of Rape Deserves Leniency Because He's From a ‘Good Family,’ Judge Says  —  The family court judge also said the victim should have been told that pressing charges would destroy the accused's life.  —  The 16-year-old girl was visibly intoxicated, her speech slurred …
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Park Service diverts $2.5 million in fees for Trump's July Fourth extravaganza  —  The National Park Service is diverting nearly $2.5 million in entrance and recreation fees primarily intended to improve parks across the country to cover costs associated with President Trump's Independence …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
MSNBC not planning to air Trump's July Fourth celebration live  —  President Donald Trump's takeover of the Fourth of July celebration at the National Mall won't completely take over the cable airwaves.  —  MSNBC, for one, doesn't plan to carry his “Salute to America” live …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon grapples with how to move tanks from a Washington rail yard to the National Mall
Discussion: Slate and Associated Press
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Trump Administration Drops Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census  —  The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would be printing forms for the 2020 census without a question asking about citizenship, abandoning its quest to add the query after being blocked last week by the Supreme Court.
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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 …
Donald Woutat / Los Angeles Times:
Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang who later rescued Chrysler, dies at 94  —  Lee A. Iacocca, an ambitious immigrant's son and salesman extraordinaire whose blunt and swaggering persona dominated the automobile industry like nobody since Henry Ford, died Tuesday.  He was 94.
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Charlotte W. Craig / Detroit Free Press:
Lee Iacocca dies: Father of Mustang, rescuer of Chrysler was 94
Discussion: Detroit News
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Buttigieg introduces national service plan  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will unveil a 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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Tim Reid / Reuters:   Democrat Buttigieg proposes expanded national service plan to unify country
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Government Watchdog Finds Squalid Conditions in Border Centers  —  WASHINGTON — Overcrowded, squalid conditions are more widespread at migrant centers along the southern border than initially revealed, the Department of Homeland Security's independent watchdog said Tuesday.
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
These Pictures Reveal How Immigrants Are Crammed Into Small Spaces At Border Patrol Facilities  —  The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General on Tuesday released its final report on overcrowding at several border facilities in the Rio Grande Valley …
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Andy Ngo / Wall Street Journal:
A Leftist Mob Attacked Me in Portland  —  I have been targeted by Antifa and its allies for my critical reporting of their violent extremism.  —  Portland, Ore.  —  'No hate!  No fear!" chanted the left-wing crowd as they marched downtown Saturday.  I walked to the front of the line …
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Kids Aren't Alright  —  #UnwantedIvanka and the equally omnipresent Jared aren't just meme-able jokes, they're conduits for graft and possible threats to national security.  —  Add to Pocket  —  The annual G20 summit is a dry, diplomatic affair that rarely offers viral moments.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Oh, to Be Ivanka!  —  So many hot spots, so little time.
John Solomon / The Hill:
Russian oligarch's story could spell trouble for Team Mueller  —  Sometimes it is the quiet, elusive ones who come back to haunt you.  And for ex-special prosecutor Robert Mueller, one of those might be a Russian billionaire named Oleg Deripaska.  —  The oligarch who once controlled Russia's …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Mike Pence Cancels a Trip to New Hampshire, and a Mystery Ensues  —  Within the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence is known as a port of calm and stability amid the churn of chaos.  So on Tuesday, when he abruptly abandoned a planned trip to New Hampshire after he had already boarded Air Force …
Discussion: Hot Air, CNN and Washington Press
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 …
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.”
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 …
Washington Post:
How fears of ‘mainlandization’ fuel Hong Kong's mass protests  —  The city turns out to protest when China attempts to exert influence.  —  Each year on July 1, Hong Kongers gather to mark the 1997 handover to Chinese rule — some to protest, others to commemorate.
George Washington Memorial Parkway / NPS.gov:
Stationary Map of July 4th Events Areas  —  George Washington Memorial Parkway includes parks along the Potomac River in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.  Check for closures on July 4.  —  National Capital Parks-East is a collection of small parks and historic places throughout DC.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Axios
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Mark Kelly raised $4.2 million during his second quarter, exceeding first quarter haul  —  Democrat Mark Kelly, the retired astronaut who is hoping to unseat Republican Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona's 2020 Senate race, raised $4.2 million during April, May and June, exceeding his first-quarter fundraising.
 
 
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The Biggest Threat to America Is Us
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Have We Seen The Last Of Eric Swalwell?
Nathalie Tocci / Politico:
Get ready for a strong EU
New York Times:
Trump and R.N.C. Raised $105 Million in 2nd Quarter, a Sign He Will Have Far More Money Than in 2016
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Trump plans rally in North Carolina on same day as Mueller testimony
Discussion: Washington Post
Kenneth B. Mehlman / New York Times:
Why Gay Rights Is a Republican Value
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Packing the July 4 Fireworks Because He's Afraid of Getting Booed
Discussion: CODEPINK and New York Times
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Corporate America Tilts Left
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 Earlier Items: 
Tarbell:
Journalists, Pundits And Retired Politicians Put On A Show For Lobbyists
Kartikay Mehrotra / Bloomberg:
U.S. Blocked on Plan to Deny Bail to Jailed Asylum Seekers
Discussion: Splinter
BostonGlobe.com:
Protesters shut down traffic in Boston over detention centers
Shira Feder / The Daily Beast:
Broward County Sheriff's Office Loses Law-Enforcement Accreditation
Conrad Duncan / The Independent:
June was hottest month ever recorded on Earth, European satellite agency announces
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Hickenlooper campaign in shambles