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7:55 PM ET, July 3, 2021

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Massachusetts police responding to group of ‘heavily armed men’ claiming to ‘not recognize our laws’ — Police said the men fled into the Wakefield woods carrying rifles and handguns. — A bizarre incident is playing out Saturday morning in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

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Associated Press:

11 people in custody after hourslong armed standoff on I-95 — WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) — An hourslong standoff with a group of heavily armed men that partially shut down Interstate 95 ended Saturday with 11 suspects in custody, Massachusetts state police said.

Discussion: WCVB, Reuters, Metro.co.uk and MyNorthwest.com

CBS Boston:

Wakefield Standoff Suspects Claim To Be Part Of Group Called ‘Rise Of The Moors’ — WAKEFIELD (CBS) — Interstate 95 in Wakefield was shut down by a standoff between Massachusetts State Police and a group of heavily armed men Saturday morning. The men claim to be part of a group called …

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Kerry J. Byrne / New York Post:

11 in ‘heavily armed’ fringe group arrested after standoff in Massachusetts — Eleven “heavily armed” members of a fringe group called Rise of the Moors were arrested on a Massachusetts highway Saturday following a bizarre nine-hour standoff with law enforcement that included hostage negotiators.

Discussion: Breitbart, NBC Boston and Fox News

NBC Boston:

11 Suspects Now in Custody Following Armed Standoff Off I-95 in Mass.: Police — All remaining suspects involved in an hours long armed standoff with police off Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts on Saturday morning have been taken into custody, state police said.

Discussion: Boston Herald, The Boston Globe, The Western Journal, UPI, ABC17NEWS and The Hill

Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:

FBI launches flurry of arrests over attacks on journalists during Capitol riot — Nearly six months after the U.S. Capitol riot, the Justice Department has begun arresting a new category of alleged criminals — those who attacked reporters or damaged their equipment as journalists documented …

Discussion: Common Dreams, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Salon and POLITICUSUSA, more at Mediagazer »

Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:

Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones — PHOENIX (AP) — They flaunted their participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on social media and then, apparently realizing they were in legal trouble, rushed to delete evidence of it, authorities say.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Raw Story and The Verge

Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:

A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite — In a Long Island town, neighbors now make assumptions, true and sometimes false, about people who conspicuously display American flags. — SOUTHOLD, N.Y. — The American flag flies in paint on the side of Peter Treiber Jr.'s potato truck …

New York Times:

In Case Against Trump's Company, Echoes of His Father's Tactics on Taxes — The first criminal prosecution involving the former president's business hearkens back to Fred Trump's $16,135 purchase of boilers in the 1990s. — Long before Donald J. Trump's company was accused of plotting detours around …

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Post, Raw Story, TaxProf Blog, Forbes and NewsHounds blog

Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
The First Glimmer of Accountability — The indictment unsealed on Thursday in New York does not charge Donald Trump personally.

Discussion: USA Today, NewsHounds blog and Washington Post

Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Charges: A Probe of Hush Money Moved to Fringe Benefits

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Daniel Hemel / The Atlantic:
The Trump Organization Is in Big Trouble

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New Yorker:

Britney Spears's Conservatorship Nightmare — How the pop star's father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held onto it for thirteen years. — On June 22nd, Britney Spears's management team started getting nervous. Spears, who is thirty-nine …

Discussion: Insider, Marginal REVOLUTION, PinkNews, Page Six, Mother Jones, Althouse, Metro.co.uk, UPROXX, Variety and Slate

Dan Goldberg / Politico:

‘Wasting my breath’: Southern faith leaders wary of promoting vaccines — Biden administration and state officials hoped that pastors would play an outsized role in promoting Covid-19 vaccines, but many are wary of alienating their congregants and are declining requests to be more outspoken.

Discussion: Raw Story

Caroline Vakil / The Hill:

DeSantis to forgo Trump rally in Sarasota — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will not be attending former President Trump's rally in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday amid ongoing recovery efforts following the deadly condo building collapse in Surfside, Fla. — “We can confirm that the Governor will not attend the rally in Sarasota.

Discussion: New York Times, The Western Journal, Insider, Washington Examiner and Townhall

David Jackson / USA Today:
In wake of indictments and with Ron DeSantis focused on condo collapse, Donald Trump holds Florida rally

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

Reuters:

‘Eye of fire’ in Mexican waters snuffed out, says national oil company — A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula early on Friday has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral.

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Wall Street Journal:

Yes, Trump Really Did Lose Michigan — The GOP state Senate debunks fraud claims, and it's worth a read. — By The Editorial Board — Donald Trump says fraud is the only reason he lost the 2020 election. Some even think Mr. Trump will be reinstated once the truth comes out.

The Guardian:

‘Idiotic’: Fury in Ukraine after female soldiers made to march in heels — Female troops were photographed practising for a parade wearing high heels, sparking outrage among lawmakers — Ukrainian authorities have found themselves buried in controversy after official pictures showed female soldiers practising for a parade in heels.

Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:

Hypocrite's Elegy: J.D. Vance Is an Avatar of GOP Corruption — The Senate candidate didn't just flip-flop on supporting Trump. Vance embraced the politics of anger and grievance and victimhood that made him loathe Trump in the first place. … When I interviewed J.D. Vance …

Discussion: New York Magazine, UPROXX and Joe.My.God.

Aaron Wherry / CBC News:

A hotter future is already here — and Canada is not ready — Like the pandemic, climate change causes the poor and the frail to suffer most. We need to prepare. — Two weeks ago, the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices released a report on the public health impacts of climate change …

Washington Post:

Widespread ransomware attack is affecting hundreds of businesses — Researchers said cybercriminals were demanding $50,000 from smaller companies and $5 million from larger ones — A supply-chain ransomware attack that hit hours before the beginning of a holiday weekend has already affected …

Discussion: The Guardian, UPI, CBS Denver, Raw Story and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

BBC:
US companies hit by ‘colossal’ cyber-attack

Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Post, The Record and CBS Denver

Terry Spencer / Associated Press:

Fewer people missing in collapse; nearby tower is evacuated — SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell Friday following a new review, but fears of another potentially catastrophic failure deepened after engineers found unsafe conditions …