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Dara Lind / Vox:
Trump's reported Supreme Court finalists: Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Raymond Kethledge  —  The president will announce his nominee Monday night (unless he tweets it out first).  He'll probably pick one of these three.  —  President Donald Trump plans to announce his pick …
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Washington Post:
Schumer urges Trump to tap Merrick Garland for Supreme Court  —  Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone call earlier this week to nominate federal Judge Merrick B. Garland, then President Barack Obama's third nominee to the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Sen. Ted Cruz / Fox News:
Mike Lee is the best choice for the Supreme Court  —  President Trump is scheduled to announce one of the most important decisions of his presidency on Monday: the name of his second nominee to the Supreme Court, to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.  —  This will be a defining moment for President Trump's legacy.
Jonathan Zimmerman / New Republic:
Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Remake American Politics  —  In his satirical 2004 American history textbook, comedian Jon Stewart joked that the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling had settled the abortion issue once and for all.  “The Court rules that the right to privacy protects …
Discussion: Daily Wire, AOL and POLITICUSUSA
Susan Faludi / New York Times:   Senators Collins and Murkowski, It's Time to Leave the G.O.P.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Liberal Democrats mount campaign against Trump's Supreme Court nominee by targeting two Republican senators
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Ali Winston / FRONTLINE:
He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance?  —  In partnership with: … There likely isn't such a thing as a “typical” violent white extremist in America in 2018.  Still, Michael Miselis — a University of California …
Bethany Minelle / Sky News:
Trump ‘angry baby’ blimp gets green light to fly over London during president's visit  —  A giant balloon dubbed “Trump baby” has been given the green light to fly near parliament during the president's UK visit.  —  London mayor Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority has approved a request …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
London mayor approves baby Trump blimp to fly over city during visit
Discussion: CNN, KTLA and CBS Sacramento
Chris Strohm / BloombergQuint:
Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe  —  (Bloomberg) — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
NBC New York:
Mom Shoots Man Trying to Steal SUV With Kids Inside: Cops  —  The mother shot the man in the head when he refused her orders to stop the vehicle, police say  —  Mom Shoots Kidnapper in the Head: Police  —  A mother shot a man who tried to steal her SUV while her two toddlers were still inside …
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KDFW:
Mom shoots man who took her car with kids inside
Discussion: 10NEWS
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Twitter Keeps Falling for the Same Liberal Troll … The tweet was an obvious troll, by a fake doctor with a profane name.  —  “When Trump supporters come to my office at the Mayo Clinic, I love misdiagnosing their healthy pregnancies as ectopic so they have to abort their white fetuses …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
How Trump will make his Supreme Court pick  —  It'll be more about personality than pedigree.  —  What we're hearing: A White House official involved in the vetting process tells me that President Trump's Supreme Court pick will come down to “who he feels most comfortable with in a personal setting.”
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Washington Post:
Trump's trade war with China is finally here — and it won't be pretty, analysts say  —  BEIJING — Some said the day would never come, that it was all a bluff.  But as the Independence Day fireworks cool in Washington, the eve of the trade war has arrived in China's capital …
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NPR:
Star Spangled Indicator
Tara Francis Chan / Business Insider:
As Trump targets trade, a Chinese factory says it's been hired to make flags for Trump's 2020 campaign
Discussion: IJR and Talking Points Memo
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
White Fight  —  Under the Trump administration, even naturalized citizens are now a target.  The government agency that oversees immigration applications is hiring lawyers and immigration officers to review cases of immigrants suspected of obtaining citizenship through fake identities or other false information on their applications.
Joe Galli / WOAI:
Viral video: Teen says he was attacked for wearing ‘Make American Great Again’ hat  —  Police are investigating after a teen says he was verbally attacked and assaulted at a Whataburger for wearing a Make America Great Again hat.  —  In the video, you can see a man throw a drink …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The messy reality of Donald Trump's poll numbers  —  He's playing a strong hand, poorly.  —  On June 25, Axios's Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei took readers inside Donald Trump's “winning, cynical plan.”  They argued that “the more President Trump does, says and tweets outrageous things …
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
The Left Can't Come To Grips With The Loss Of Power  —  Key Trump administration officials have been confronted at restaurants.  Rep. Maxine Waters urged protesters to hound Trump officials at restaurants, gas stations or department stores.  —  Progressive pundits and the liberal media almost daily …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
For The First Time, Democrats Are Outspending Republicans On Obamacare Ads
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Democrats Underperforming With Hispanic Voters  —  Despite the president's hard-line immigration policies, Republican candidates are running competitively in many Hispanic-heavy states and congressional districts.  —  Democrats counting on President Trump's hard-line immigration policies …
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Facebook flags Declaration of Independence as hate speech  —  In the week of America's Independence Day, the algorithms of Facebook decided that the Declaration of Independence was hate speech.  —  The Liberty County Vindicator, a community newspaper between Houston and Beaumont …
Daily Mail:
Three poachers are EATEN by lions after the men broke into South African nature reserve to slaughter rhinos for their horns  —  A gang of poachers who broke into a South African game reserve to hunt rhinos came off second best when they were attacked and eaten by a pride of hungry lions.
Jeff Daniels / CNBC:
‘We are the casualty:’ US pig farmers brace for second round of pork tariffs from China, Mexico  — U.S. pork producers are about to be hit by a second batch of hefty retaliatory tariffs from China and Mexico that has some large producers predicting they will lose big money.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Daily News:
Who is Therese Patricia Okoumou, the woman who tried to scale the Statue of Liberty to protest immigration policy?  —  The woman arrested for scaling the base of the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday as part of a protest against U.S. immigration policy is an immigrant herself and an active participant …
Washington Post:
Senate, House GOP at odds over rare rebuke of Trump on national security  —  GOP lawmakers went to the White House last month to hear President Trump's case for lifting U.S. sanctions on the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE.  But even as Trump tried to convince his skeptical listeners …
Discussion: MSNBC
Caroline O. / Arc Digital:
Pro-Trump & Russian-Linked Twitter Accounts Are Posing As Ex-Democrats In New Astroturfed Movement  —  #WalkAway from this deceptive propaganda campaign  —  As pundits, politicians, and other Very Serious People spent last weekend admonishing “the left” for not being civil enough in their approach …
Discussion: Raw Story
consilium.europa.eu:
Russia: EU prolongs economic sanctions by six months … On 5 July 2018, the Council prolonged economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until 31 January 2019.  —  This decision follows an update from President Macron and Chancellor Merkel to the European Council …
Canadian Press:
U.S. Border Patrol questions crews of at least 10 fishing vessels in Canadian waters  —  GRAND MANAN, N.B.—A little-known cross-border dispute that has simmered between Canada and the United States since the late 1700s is now approaching the boiling point.  —  In the past two weeks …
Discussion: The Week
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
RI Dem Party rescinds 2 controversial Assembly endorsements  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Bowing to heavy pressure from progressives locally and nationally, the Rhode Island Democratic Party on Thursday rescinded its endorsement of two controversial General Assembly candidates.
Discussion: Political Wire
Roger Meyers / National Review:
Judge Kethledge Faithfully Applies Immigration Laws  —  Judge Raymond Kethledge is a committed originalist and textualist, which means he shows no favoritism to either side in any case, and instead applies the law as it is written.  Judge Kethledge uses this sound approach to judging …
Washington Post:
Is it great to be a worker in the U.S.?  Not compared with the rest of the developed world.  —  By Andrew Van Dam July 4 Email the author  —  The U.S. labor market is hot.  Unemployment is at 3.8 percent, a level it's hit only once since the 1960s, and many industries report deep labor shortages.
Discussion: Common Dreams
BBC:
Amesbury poisoning: Russia using UK as ‘dumping ground’  —  The home secretary has accused Russia of using Britain as a “dumping ground for poison” after a second incident involving the nerve agent Novichok.  —  Charlie Rowley, 45, and Dawn Sturgess, 44, collapsed at a house in Amesbury …
 
 
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Online Campaign to Whitewash the History of Donald Trump's Russian Business Associates
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Perry / Associated Press:
Kim Dotcom loses latest legal bid to avoid US extradition
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
Workers in this town may become victims of Trump's trade war, but they're behind him ‘no matter what’
Goldman Sachs:
Drew Faust Joins Goldman Sachs Board of Directors
Eddie Cruz / KAJA-TV:
Mugshot of mother accused of selling children released
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Protests Shutter a Show That Cast White Singers as Black Slaves
Discussion: Canadian Press, The Root and Daily Wire
New York Times:
How Trump's Policy Decisions Undermine the Industries He Pledged to Help
David M. Drucker / Vanity Fair:
“The House Is Tired of Getting Burned”: As the Border Crisis Festers, Republicans Fear Trump …
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Wilbur Ross stock holdings rose in value during improper divestment delay
Financial Times:
UK business leaders invited to dine with President Trump
Discussion: Politico
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The centrist heavenly chorus is off-key
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Ohio State sex assault victim claims GOP Rep. Jim Jordan witnessed doctor committing ‘lewd acts’ in showers
Associated Press:
Sanctioned Russian oligarch linked to Cohen has vast US ties
Dan Lyman / NewsWars:
San Francisco Logs Over 16,000 Feces Complaints in One Week
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Confident Trump not planning for Dem House takeover
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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