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4:10 PM ET, July 3, 2015

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Brian Mahoney / Politico:
AFL-CIO leader tries to quell pro-Sanders revolt  —  The labor federation's rules don't allow its state and local leaders to endorse presidential candidates, Richard Trumka says as the Vermont senator surges.  —  Richard Trumka has a message for state and local AFL-CIO leaders tempted to endorse Bernie Sanders: Don't.
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders's Revolutionary Roots Were Nurtured in '60s Vermont
Discussion: Althouse
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is drawing bigger crowds than any other 2016 candidate
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Bloomberg View
George Takei / Facebook:
A few fans have written wondering whether I intended to utter a racist remark by referring to Justice Thomas as a “clown in blackface.”  —  “Blackface” is a lesser known theatrical term for a white actor who blackens his face to play a black buffoon.  In traditional theater lingo, and in my view and intent, that is not racist.
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Kelsey Harkness / The Daily Signal:
State Silences Bakers Who Refused to Make Cake for Lesbian Couple, Fines Them $135K  —  Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian finalized a preliminary ruling today ordering Aaron and Melissa Klein, the bakers who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, to pay $135,000 in emotional damages to the couple they denied service.
Art Swift / Gallup:
Smaller Majority “Extremely Proud” to Be an American  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Independence Day approaches, most in the U.S. say they are proud to be an American, including a slight majority, 54%, who are “extremely proud.”  The percentage saying they are “extremely proud” …
Janine Stanwood / WPLG-TV:
Courtroom school reunion between judge, suspect  —  Judge Mindy Glazer, suspect Arthur Booth attended middle school together  —  Author: Jeff Tavss, Executive Producer, jtavss@local10.com … MIAMI -  —  While most school reunions are held in hotel ballrooms or local gymnasiums …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney to host the Christies, Rubios at his New Hampshire home  —  BEDFORD, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's comeback journey begins here in New Hampshire, so the Republican presidential candidate is paying a visit to the last winner of the state's first-in-the-nation primary and one of its most famous summertime residents.
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Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Romney to host Christie in New Hampshire
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Claire Moser / ThinkProgress:
Koch-Backed Group Calls For No More National Parks  —  Claire Moser is the Research and Advocacy Associate with the Public Lands Project at the Center for American Progress.  You can follow her on Twitter at @Claire_Moser.  —  Just in time for the Fourth of July — when millions of people across …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Allum Bokhari / BREITBART.COM:
Reddit is in meltdown.  —  The hugely popular link-sharing site is in a state of virtual lockdown after the volunteers who run some of the site's biggest communities (known as “subreddits") went on the digital equivalent of a general strike.  This followed the sacking of Victoria Taylor …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history  —  The devil is not in the details.  It's in the entire conception of the Iran deal, animated by President Obama's fantastical belief that he, uniquely, could achieve detente with a fanatical Islamist regime whose foundational purpose is to cleanse …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
San Francisco Chronicle:
TV news crews robbed in S.F.; cameraman pistol-whipped  —  News crews from two television stations were robbed of cameras Thursday morning, and a camera operator was pistol-whipped by a man in a ski mask, as they reported on a homicide at Pier 14 in San Francisco.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Deadline, Rare and KTLA
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Bubba Watson Says He Will Paint Over Confederate Flag On ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’ Car  —  As the tide continues to turn against Confederate flags, two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson said Thursday that he too would remove the flag from one of its most visible cultural likenesses.
Discussion: al.com, Washington Post and The Week
Daniel Nussbaum / BREITBART.COM:
Illegal Aliens Disrupt Ann Coulter Book Signing, Author Fires Back  —  COSTA MESA, CA - Political commentator and author Ann Coulter was signing copies of her new book Adios America: The Left's Plan to Turn our Country into a Third World Hellhole at a Barnes and Noble Tuesday night when the calm …
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BostonGlobe.com:
State chemist's addiction may have affected more drug cases than previously known  —  For years, Sonja Farak was addicted to cocaine, methamphetamine, and amphetamines, the kind of drugs usually bought from street dealers in covert transactions that carry the constant risk of arrest.
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Obama administration spied on German media as well as its government  —  France: Spying ‘undermines’ trust with U.S. 02:17  —  Washington (CNN)An investigation by the German parliament is publicly raising questions as to whether the Obama administration not only spied on journalists …
 
 
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
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Greg Roumeliotis / Reuters:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

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Meta clashes with Canada's CRTC over the Online News Act by declining to publicly release information about its measures to block news content on its platforms

 
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