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7:00 PM ET, July 4, 2019

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Justin Amash / Washington Post:
Our politics is in a partisan death spiral.  That's why I'm leaving the GOP.  —  Justin Amash, an independent, represents Michigan's 3rd Congressional District in the House.  —  When my dad was 16, America welcomed him as a Palestinian refugee.  It wasn't easy moving to a new country, but it was the greatest blessing of his life.
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David Montgomery / Washington Post:
John Kasich: ‘I think members of the Republican Party are in a coma right now’
Discussion: The Hill
Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Amash leaves the Republican Party, saying politics is ‘trapped in a partisan death spiral’
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Michigan Poll: Justin Amash Underwater Beneath 20 Percent, Trails Challenger by Double Digits
Discussion: Big League Politics
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
This July 4th Has Everything: Tanks, Trump—and Scandal  —  Qanon, MAGA, Baby Trump balloons have all descended on the nation's capital.  —  After two years of trying, President Donald Trump is finally getting the military pageantry he has so desperately wanted.
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Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
Forget the tanks.  Trump's violation of the Lincoln Memorial is the real offense.  —  The Mall is a place of public reconciliation.  —  Although originally conceived as a wide avenue in Pierre L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city, the Mall and its surrounding parks were configured …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
More about that Fourth of July parade
Discussion: Instapundit
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Robespierre's America  —  We need to reclaim the spirit of 1776, not the certitudes of 1789.  —  I was walking through an airport terminal trying to catch a connecting flight last Saturday when I spotted a writer I had never met but whose work I admire.  He greeted me with a look of fatherly concern …
Heidi Vogt / Midland Reporter-Telegram:
Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal says if his soldiers were ‘forced to come on a holiday’ to ‘stand in the sun’ for Trump's military parade, he would've stood with them  —  David Choi, provided by  — Retired US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal gave a diplomatic answer to a question …
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Antiwar group brings massive diaper-wearing Trump balloon to Washington Monument  —  The antiwar organization Code Pink brought its 20-foot-tall, diaper-clad balloon of an infant Donald Trump to the Washington Monument on Thursday to protest the president's planned “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration.
Discussion: Reuters
New York Times:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Bring Their Debate Stage Fight to Iowa  —  INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — Joseph R. Biden Jr. expressed frustration Thursday at Senator Kamala Harris's pointed criticism about his 1970s-era opposition to busing, arguing that Democrats should “be talking about the future.”
Discussion: American Thinker
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bad news for Bernie has his backers getting antsy
Discussion: USA Today, CNBC, NBC News and Vox
Anna Kaplan / The Daily Beast:
Harris, Like Biden, Comes Out Against Federal Busing Mandate
Discussion: Mediaite
Axios:
Scoop: Trump considers executive order on citizenship question  —  President Trump is considering an executive order to try to move forward with a citizenship question on the 2020 census, top sources tell Jonathan Swan and me.  — “We didn't come this far just to throw in the towel,” …
Rob Merrick / The Independent:
Brexit: Labour crashes to fourth in poll for first time as frontbencher admits voters fleeing party  —  Just 18 per cent of public backs Jeremy Corbyn's party and only 25 per cent of Remain voters - down from 48 per cent at start of year  —  Labour has crashed to fourth place in a poll for the first time …
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Anchorage Has Never Reached 90 Degrees.  That Could Change This Week.  —  In more than 100 years of Anchorage history, weather stations have never recorded a single 90-degree reading.  If current forecasts hold, it could happen multiple times in the coming days.
Megan Sheets / Daily Mail:
Pentagon officials 'are concerned Trump's July 4 parade could be too political' - despite the president's claim that military chiefs are ‘thrilled’ to be taking part in the event  — An insider says the military's top brass have been hesitant about accepting Trump's invitation to the event at the National Mall on Thursday
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
White House staff forced to hand out VIP tickets to Trump's Fourth of July rally to anyone who will take them  —  The big-Republican donors that were offered tickets from the White House couldn't make it — so the White House is begging for anyone at this point.
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Why nearly 350,000 workers in mostly red states aren't seeing wage increases, even though their local lawmakers passed them  —  For most of her 13 years working the grill and cash register at McDonald's, Bettie Douglas earned just over $7 an hour.  Then in 2017, the St. Louis resident's hourly pay rose …
CREW:
CREW Requests Documents into Fourth of July Fireworks Donation  —  Following reports that Phantom Fireworks CEO Bruce Zoldan both donated $750,000 dollars worth of fireworks to President Trump's Fourth of July celebration and successfully lobbied the president to not implement tariffs …
Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
The Justice Department's New Brief in Texas v. United States  —  Last week, the Fifth Circuit asked the parties to Texas v. United States—the broadside challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act—to submit letter briefs on whether anyone had standing to appeal.
Discussion: ACA Signups
Washington Post:
After Confederate statues, America's culture war targets Betsy Ross and a founding father  —  As the nation has celebrated its birthday with displays of its contemporary power and prestige this week, two of its cherished historic symbols came under fire — its first flag and its third president.
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump often is wrong about military matters  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In his Fourth of July remarks, President Donald Trump will be celebrating the armed forces and showcasing what he's done for them.  But in recent days, he has falsified his record on military matters on several fronts.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Southerners, Facing Big Odds, Believe in a Path Out of Poverty  —  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A widening income gap and sagging social mobility have left dents in the American dream.  But the belief that anyone with enough gumption and grit can clamber to the top remains central to the nation's self-image.
Kathleen E. Powers / Washington Post:
Surprised by those Fourth of July tanks?  Here's what political science can tell us about nationalism, patriotism and public opinion.  —  Nationalism doesn't always involve militarism.  And patriotism is different from both.  —  President Trump will celebrate the Fourth of July …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New Republic
 
 
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T.H. Breen / New York Times:
George Washington Would Hate Trump's July 4 Parade
Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
Special prosecutor assigned to investigate police shooting in South Bend, Indiana
Discussion: Politico
Financial Times:
Boris Johnson is poised to become prime minister. Is he up to the job?
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
It's the Cruelty, Stupid
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
It's Not Nice to Lie to the Supreme Court
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Trump's undocumented former employees want to be spared deportation.  So they've asked the president for a meeting.
Discussion: Axios, CNN and KTLA
Dom Phillips / The Guardian:
Outcry after reports Brazil plans to investigate Glenn Greenwald
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
This Fourth of July, why patriotism is worth defending
 Earlier Items: 
George WillMax Boot / Washington Post:
Trump's Fourth of July salute to himself will only hurt him
NPR:
A July 4 NPR Tradition: A Reading Of The Declaration Of Independence
Discussion: Balloon Juice
The Babylon Bee:
Imperial AT-ATs Begin Arriving In Capital For Military Parade
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Grapple With a Sprawling Primary Field, and No One to Shape It
The Times of Israel:
Kushner hints Palestinian refugees won't return, says Trump ‘very fond’ of Abbas
CNN:
What you need to know about Antifa
Discussion: Big Think