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3:10 PM ET, July 3, 2018

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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach  —  “At the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn't know what was going on,” a former Ohio State wrestler said.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A top anti-Mueller Republican Congressman was just hit with a teen boy sexual abuse scandal
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and MSNBC
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Most want vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee before midterms  —  The survey also found most Democrats and independents said the next justice should be moderate, while 65 percent of Republicans want a conservative.  —  A majority of Americans believe the Republican-led Senate …
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Trump interviews Sen. Mike Lee about Supreme Court opening  —  SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump interviewed Utah Sen. Mike Lee on Monday about the coming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the Deseret News has learned.  —  Lee, who is in Utah, confirmed the telephone interview but would not elaborate on the conversation.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What the Supreme Court battle suggests about culture wars
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Here's who Trump should pick for the Supreme Court
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Isn't Remaking The Supreme Court. Leonard Leo Is.
Discussion: AOL, BloombergQuint and Common Dreams
David Lat / Above the Law:
The Supreme Court Sweepstakes: The Latest State Of Play — And The Case For Judge Kavanaugh
New York Times:
Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will encourage the nation's school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down  —  Scott Schools, a top aide to the deputy attorney general, is planning to leave the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with his decision.  —  The job title for Schools — associate deputy attorney general …
Washington Post:
Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access  —  Federal prosecutors concluded an 18-month investigation into a former congressional technology staffer on Tuesday by publicly debunking allegations — promoted by conservative media …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Raw Story, twitchy.com and Townhall
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Jessica Schneider / CNN:
Ex-House staffer, subject of conspiracy theories, pleads guilty to bank fraud charge
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Roll Call
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ex-Dem IT staffer slammed by Trump pleads guilty to bank fraud
Discussion: The Daily Beast
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump: ‘If not for me,’ United States would be at war with North Korea  —  President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would be at war with North Korea without his efforts and that conversations with the nation's leaders are “going well” — an assessment at odds with recent reports …
Emily Holden / Politico:
Pruitt ally decides which of his records see the light of day  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a former political fundraising ally in charge of an office that has been slow to release his most sensitive documents — including details about his meetings with industry lobbyists …
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Washington Post:
Pruitt aides reveal new details of his spending and management at EPA
Kristin Mink:
EPA head Scott Pruitt was 3 tables away as I ate lunch with my child.
NBC News:
New Trump admin order for separated parents: Leave U.S. with kids or without them  —  Rights advocates say the new directive prevents migrant parents who were separated from their kids under zero tolerance from asking for asylum in the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Following a court order to reunite …
Discussion: Boing Boing and Joe.My.God.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Reassigns Reporter in Leak Case  —  Ali Watkins, the New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Trump administration, will be transferred out of the newspaper's Washington bureau and reassigned to a new beat in New York, The Times said on Tuesday.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
New York Times reassigns reporter who dated Senate intelligence staffer at center of FBI probe
Discussion: twitchy.com
emptywheel:
Putting a Face (Mine) to the Risks Posed by GOP Games on Mueller Investigation  —  I'd like to put a human face — my own — to the risk posed by GOP gamesmanship on the Mueller investigation.  —  Sometime last year, I went to the FBI and provided information on a person whom I had come …
Decatur Daily:
Triple homicide leaves ex-wife dead after protection request denied  —  Before she and two others were shot dead near Ardmore on Sunday, Debra Ann Rivera twice had asked a judge to order her ex-husband to surrender his guns because of alleged abuse.  —  The request was denied both times.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ruth Graham / Slate:
Amy Coney Barrett Is Allegedly a Member of a Religious Group That's Been Called a “Cult”  —  Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, became a heroic figure to some religious conservatives during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last fall.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
SF's appalling street life repels residents — now it's driven away a convention  —  In a move that is alarming San Francisco's biggest industry, a major medical association is pulling its annual convention out of the city — saying its members no longer feel safe.
Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
Walmart boycott campaign launched after outcry over ‘Impeach 45’ clothing  —  Walmart has found itself on the receiving end of a torrent of outrage after it was discovered Monday that the superstore was selling anti-Trump “Impeach 45” apparel on its website.
Raina Lipsitz / The Nation:
Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn No-Show  —  Constituents held an impromptu rally and vented their anger at a cardboard cutout of the senator.  —  On Monday evening, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was scheduled to host a town hall at his reform synagogue, Congregation Beth Elohim (CBE) …
CBS Philly:
Protests Turn Violent As Demonstrators Arrested In Front Of Philadelphia ICE Building  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Protests turned violent as activists were taken into custody on the streets of Philadelphia on Tuesday as they were calling for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
Haim Saban Is Bad For Democracy  —  Last month, twelve Democratic senators signed a letter from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking the Trump administration “to do more to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.”
Scott MacFarlane / NBC4 Washington:
Man Assaulted Secret Service Officer Outside White House After Immigration Rally: Feds  —  A U.S. Secret Service officer was injured in an assault while on patrol outside the White House on Saturday shortly after the major immigration rally in Lafayette Park, according to newly filed federal court records.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Burgess Everett / Politico:
'I'd like to kill ‘em’: GOP takes on Trump tariffs  —  Republican lawmakers are losing their patience with the president's trade war, saying it's hurting their states and the party's chances in the midterms.  —  Republican senators are at their breaking point with Donald Trump's protectionist trade blitz.
Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's tweet on Harley-Davidson doesn't hold up  —  President Trump on Tuesday escalated his war of words with U.S. motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson, which recently announced plans to move some manufacturing overseas because of tariffs.  —  Now that Harley-Davidson is moving part …
Kate Irby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Congressman denied entry to California detention facility for children under age 14  —  PLEASANT HILL  —  The cry of a child could be heard just inside the nondescript, brown detention facility in Pleasant Hill, California, a San Francisco suburb, and Rep. Jeff Denham wanted to see for himself what was inside.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Secret ‘Roe v. Wade’ Film Now Shooting in New Orleans (Exclusive)  —  Nick Loeb, famous for battling ex Sofia Vergara over frozen embryos, is co-directing a pro-life story of the landmark Supreme Court case, with a cast including conservative stars Jon Voight, Robert Davi and Stacey Dash.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder and Daily Wire
CNN:
Deaths from bacterial disease in Puerto Rico spiked after Maria  —  By John D. Sutter, CNN Investigates, and Omaya Sosa Pascual, Center for Investigative Journalism  —  You can read this story in Spanish from our reporting partner, the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI).
Discussion: Vox
Indianapolis Star:
Indianapolis church ‘detains’ Jesus, Mary, Joseph to protest Trump's immigration policy … A scene of Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus on the lawn of Monument Circle's Christ Church Cathedral on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.  “I've had wonderful conversations with people passing by asking what does that mean and watching them figure it out.
 
 
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Maria Svart / New York Daily News:
After Ocasio-Cortez's victory, democratic socialists are just getting started
Discussion: Jacobin
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Oprah Winfrey says a 2020 presidential run ‘would kill me’
Brian Hook / US Department of State:
U.S. Department of State
Discussion: RedState
Lucas Grindley / Advocate:
Trans Woman Makes History, Will Compete for Spain in Miss Universe
Discussion: Daily Wire and Breitbart
Yahoo:
China firm develops ‘laser gun’
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump, the resistance, and the limits of normcore politics
Reuters:
Exclusive: China presses Europe for anti-U.S. alliance on trade
Discussion: Axios, The Week and Political Wire
Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
The still-coherent culture that is the United States
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Trump say his border wall is under construction. It's not.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump orders flags flown at half-staff to honor Capital Gazette victims
Discussion: AOL, HuffPost and Baltimore Sun
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Tom Arnold's Bonkers Strategy for Nailing Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Nailed It  —  Speaking of conspiracy theories, I love this tweet from Dan Rather:
Discussion: NewsBusters and Power Line