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11:40 PM ET, July 5, 2019

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump just admitted something he probably shouldn't have about the census citizenship question  —  President Trump just explained why he thinks we need a citizenship question on the census.  But in doing so, he seems to have said the quiet part out loud — and conceivably could have undercut the Justice Department's legal case.
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New York Times:
Trump Considering an Executive Order to Allow Citizenship Question on Census  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge on Friday that they would press ahead in their efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, but indicated they did not know yet what kind of rationale they would put forward.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Vox
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump rages over his latest failure to corrupt our democracy  —  Earlier this week, President Trump abruptly declared that his administration will keep up its efforts to rig the 2020 Census — which appears driven by naked partisan purposes — even after Justice Department lawyers waved the white flag.
New York Times:
Two Years Into Trump's Presidency, Obama Remains a Top Target for Criticism  —  WASHINGTON — It took all of one minute and nine seconds for President Trump to go after his predecessor on Friday — just one minute and nine seconds to re-engage in a debate that has consumed much of his own …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ says it will continue to explore path for citizenship question as Trump considers executive order
Discussion: PJ Media Home and Fox Business
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo News:
Trump blames rain and teleprompter for his July 4 speech gaffe  —  President Trump on Friday blamed inclement weather and a malfunctioning teleprompter for flubbing part of his Independence Day speech.  During the rain-soaked “Salute to America” event, Trump
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump faults rain, teleprompter for flub about ‘airports’ during American Revolution  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that a teleprompter mishap led to his much-mocked July Fourth flub in which he talked about defending airports during the American Revolution.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Ilya Somin / Reason:
The Case Against the Case Against the American Revolution
Discussion: Summit News
HuffPost:
Trump Begins Long Golf Weekend, Bringing Taxpayers' Tab To $108 Million  —  The candidate who used to hammer Barack Obama for golfing too much is on track to play two and a half times as much as his predecessor and at three times the cost to taxpayers.  —  President Donald Trump began a three …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:   Trump says he doesn't know if his golf clubs still have undocumented workers
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Democratic congresswoman secretly sending staff into Mexico to coach asylum-seekers  —  A Democratic congresswoman is sending staff to Mexico's northern border town of Ciudad Juárez to find migrants returned from El Paso, Texas, under the “remain in Mexico” policy …
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CNN:
2nd Customs and Border Protection-connected secret Facebook group shows mocking images
Discussion: Fox News
Prynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Joe Biden Interview: “Talk About The Future” In Dem Primary  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden closed out his busy 4th of July day in Iowa with a trip to a baseball stadium, greeting newly-naturalized U.S. citizens and taking in the I-Cubs game with Iowa activists.
New York Times:
Kamala Harris Raised Close to $12 Million in 3 Months, Lagging Top Rivals  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Kamala Harris of California raised less than $12 million in the past three months, her campaign said on Friday, a total that leaves her well behind her top rivals in the Democratic presidential primary's money race.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Nicole Gaudiano / Politico:   Biden would name a teacher as education secretary, wouldn't appoint his wife
Dan Merica / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Joe Biden says he wasn't prepared for Kamala Harris to confront him the way she did
Shero and a Scholar:
Breakdown of Trump's 4th of July Failures  —  A lot of people decided to ignore Trump's planned “festivities” yesterday in protest of him commandeering the holiday for his own campaign and ego purposes.  I was planning on ignoring everything, too, but so many ridiculous and concerning things happened …
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Ryan Grim / Washington Post:
Haunted by the Reagan era  —  Past defeats still scare older Democratic leaders — but not the younger generation  —  Newly elected Democrats in the House of Representatives spent June 27 with the sinking feeling that it was happening again: Their party was going to cave to President Trump …
Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
Trump Couldn't Ignore the Contradictions of His Foreign Policy Any Longer  —  Vyacheslav Molotov served in senior positions in the Soviet Union for more than a quarter century, including 10 years as Stalin's foreign minister.  He was dismissed in 1949 when he fell out of favor with Stalin …
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CNN:
Fact-checking Trump's South Lawn remarks on Obama and China tariffs
Discussion: Political Flare
Chuck Jones / Forbes:
Trump Is Falling Almost 1 Million Jobs Short Vs. Obama  —  I cover technology companies, worldwide economies and the stock market  —  The U.S. Bureau of Labor announced that the economy added 224,000 jobs in June vs. expectations of 160,000 and May's revised result of 72,000.
Discussion: Mother Jones and UPI
Cameron LeBlanc / Fatherly:
Border Pediatrician Says “Severe Trauma” Is Being Done to Kids in Custody There  —  A pediatrician on the front lines says that terrible conditions in Border Patrol facilities are causing long-term psychological damage.  —  The physical danger of overcrowded, underresourced detention …
Discussion: Press Herald
DW.COM:
US denies German-Iranian father visa needed to attend son's funeral  —  The US consulate accused a German-Iranian father of using his late son's funeral as an excuse to migrate to the US.  Seyed Shahram Iranbomy was denied the visa he needed to attend.  He's lived in Germany for 40 years.
Fox News:
Reluctant witnesses in FISA abuse probe agree to talk to DOJ inspector general  —  Key witnesses sought for questioning by Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz early in his investigation into alleged government surveillance abuse have come forward at the 11th hour, Fox News has learned.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Strong job growth is back: Payrolls jump in June well above expectations  —  KEY POINTS  — Nonfarm payrolls rose 224,000 in June, well above market expectations of 165,000, according to the Labor Department.  —  Trump: Fed doesn't know what it's doing
Ellen Ioanes / Business Insider:
Russian state TV hosts mocked Trump's July 4 event as ‘low energy’  — President Donald Trump's July 4 festivities featured military flyovers, Bradley fighting vehicles, and M1A2 tanks.  —  Russian state media mocked President Donald Trump's “Salute to America” July 4th event, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Bloomberg:
Libya Uncovers Alleged Russian Plot to Meddle in African Votes  —  Libyan security forces have arrested two men accused of working for a Russian troll farm seeking to influence elections in the oil exporter and other African countries.  —  A letter from the state prosecutor …
 
 
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Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
Boris Johnson Backed A Singapore-Style Tax Free Port At Bristol 6 Weeks After Receiving £25,000 …
Kelsey Piper / Vox:
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New York Times:
For Recording Her Boss's Lewd Call, She, Not He, Will Go to Jail
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