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11:45 PM ET, June 30, 2018

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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls to abolish immigration enforcement agency  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday opened a new front in the immigration debate, diverting attention away from his administration's treatment …
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New York Times:
As Trump Consolidates Power, Democrats Confront a Rebellion in Their Ranks  —  WASHINGTON — The pitched battle looming over the Supreme Court, along with a jolt to the Democratic leadership at the ballot box last Tuesday, is threatening to shatter the already fragile architecture of the Democratic Party …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Guardian
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Millennial Socialists Are Coming
Discussion: Townhall
Rory Cooper / The Daily Beast:   A Lesson for Democrats From a Republican Dethroned by the Tea Party
Axios:
Top Democrats see danger on sudden party push to abolish ICE
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
Rage at the End of Justice Kennedy's Camelot  —  If John F. Kennedy's presidency was, for Democrats, a kind of three-year “Camelot,” then Anthony M. Kennedy's three-decade tenure on the Supreme Court was also, for Democrats, a kind of judicial Camelot.  A place where progressive rights …
Discussion: New York Times and National Review
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Washington Post:
‘We have to pick a great one’: Inside Trump's plan for a new Supreme Court justice  —  President Trump is driving to execute the same playbook in selecting a new Supreme Court nominee that last year delivered swift confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, following a methodical course in hopes …
Michael Wines / New York Times:   Kennedy's Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open  —  In 2016, Vladimir Putin reaped two of his greatest foreign policy triumphs in quick succession.  The United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union, advancing a longstanding Russian goal of splitting Western allies that have long been united against it.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Politico
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Chris Riotta / The Independent:
Russian TV boasts about electing Trump ahead of summit with Putin  —  'What trouble did we cause?  We just elected Trump, that's all,' a Russian news presenter said  —  The Independent US  —  POPULAR VIDEOS  —  Russia's state-owned television shows have mocked the outcry …
Washington Post:
North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program, U.S. officials say  —  U.S. intelligence officials, citing newly obtained evidence, have concluded that North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile, and instead is considering ways to conceal the number …
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Alex Stokes / WHNT-TV:
Former teacher in custody after pulling out a gun at Huntsville immigration policy protest  —  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Huntsville City Schools teacher is in custody after police said he pulled out a gun at a protest in Big Spring Park.  “He pulled out a gun.  I saw him holding it out in front of him.
Discussion: Raw Story, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment  —  WASHINGTON — On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm.  —  The court's five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow.
Discussion: RedState
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump falsely claims he never told House Republicans to vote for immigration bill  —  President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Saturday that he never encouraged House Republicans to vote for an immigration bill, despite tweeting such an encouragement three days earlier.
Discussion: Associated Press
Cindi Leive / New York Times:
Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours)  —  Several months ago, I appeared on a morning TV show alongside Cecile Richards, then the president of Planned Parenthood.  Our topic had been women's activism, and we'd both spoken in equal amounts.  But when I checked Twitter later …
Discussion: VICE News
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election  —  Republican Michael Cloud won the special election Saturday to replace former Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold, comfortably taking a majority of votes to avoid a runoff.  —  Nine candidates from multiple parties competed on the same ballot Saturday.
Discussion: CQ.com
Los Angeles Times:
From L.A. to N.Y., hundreds of thousands join nationwide rallies to protest Trump's immigration policies  —  From Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities and small towns across America took to the streets Saturday to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies.
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
‘We care’: Family separation protests flood US cities
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
New York Times:
Protests Across U.S. Call for End to Migrant Family Separations  —  WASHINGTON — Protesters marched into Lafayette Square opposite the White House on Saturday and chanted “families belong together” to counter President Trump's “zero tolerance” immigration policy, and were joined in declaring …
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Washington Post:
Thousands march in Washington in wilting heat to protest Trump's immigration policy
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are in turmoil  —  Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off that they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Maxine Waters responds to death threats: ‘You better shoot straight’  —  (D-Calif.) has addressed a series of recent death threats she said she has received, telling would-be threateners to “shoot straight” during an immigration rally on Saturday.  —  “I know that there are those who are talking …
NBC News:
Thousands across U.S. join ‘Keep Families Together’ march to protest family separation  —  “I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this,” said Jess Morales Rocketto, who works for the National Domestic Workers Alliance.  —  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of marches took place across …
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
‘The Blue Wave Came’: G.O.P. Reels as Little Havana Picks a Non-Hispanic Democrat  —  MIAMI — Little Havana awoke recently to an unexpected new reality: The iconic neighborhood, the traditional heart of South Florida's proud Cuban exile community, would no longer be represented on the county commission by a Cuban-American Republican.
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Let's raise a pint to putting our political differences aside  —  OHIOPYLE, PA. — For eight years Jim Oppman has prided himself on arriving at the Wilderness Voyageurs Beer and Gear Festival before anyone else, staking his place first in line before the crowds rush in.
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Yelp reviewers give Canadian restaurant one-star reviews after it kicks out Trump supporter  —  Reviewers flooded the Yelp page of a Canadian restaurant with one-star reviews after a manager was fired for kicking out a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.
CBS News:
Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Trump rally  —  Susan Sarandon was one of the roughly 575 people arrested during a Capitol Hill protest of President Trump's immigration policies and family separations at the southern border on Thursday.  The group, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal …
The Hill:
Authoritarian threats to American democracy demand urgent action  —  Two years after the Russian government attempted to undermine the 2016 presidential election, the United States still does not have a comprehensive strategy to address the threat posed by foreign interference in our democracy.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Conservative Hugh Hewitt makes surprise announcement MSNBC has pulled plug on his show  —  MSNBC has cancelled that weekly television show hosted by right-wing pundit Hugh Hewitt, the conservative explained at the end of his final show on Saturday.  —  “This has been the last Hugh Hewitt Show on Saturday mornings,” Hewitt explained.
 
 
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Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
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