memeorandum: Trump deletes tweet after complaints of anti-Semitic imagery (Jeremy Diamond/CNN)

4:10 PM ET, July 3, 2016

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Mic:

Donald Trump's “Star of David” Hillary Clinton Meme Was Created by White Supremacists — LIKE MIC ON FACEBOOK: — Donald Trump tweeted a meme Saturday that used dog-whistle anti-Semitism to announce that his political rival, “Crooked Hillary,” had “made history.”

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MY D**K IS ABOUT TO BE DIAMONDS — Clinton Foundation Hacked, juicy secrets about to come. and so am I — “The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers in a dragnet of the U.S. political apparatus ahead of the November election …

Discussion: Mediaite and Politicus USA

ThinkProgress:

3 White Supremacists On Twitter That Inspire Donald Trump — Donald Trump courted controversy on Saturday when he tweeted an anti-Semitic attack against Hillary Clinton. Mic later revealed that the attack originated from an white supremacist on Twitter. — This shouldn't be a surprise.

Discussion: alan.com and Politicus USA

Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:

Donald Trump's ‘Star of David’ Tweet About Hillary Clinton Posted Weeks Earlier on Racist Feed — Donald Trump Tweets Image of Hillary Clinton Along With Star of David 1:26 — A meme of Hillary Clinton posted on Donald Trump's official Twitter account featuring what critics interpreted …

Discussion: RedState and Mediaite

J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Sources: Hillary Clinton Not Expected to Face Charges in Federal Email Probe

Discussion: Breitbart and Vox Popoli

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump deletes tweet after complaints of anti-Semitic imagery

Discussion: The Hill, Politicus USA, Washington Monthly, The Resurgent and RedState

Kristen East / Politico:
Trump tweets image depicting Clinton, cash and the Star of David

Discussion: The Verge, Althouse, Vox, Boing Boing, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA and Mediaite

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

The Myth of Cosmopolitanism — NOW that populist rebellions are taking Britain out of the European Union and the Republican Party out of contention for the presidency, perhaps we should speak no more of left and right, liberals and conservatives. From now on the great political battles …

Discussion: National Review, Overcoming Bias and Althouse

Dean Schabner / ABC News:

Man Severely Injured by Explosion in New York's Central Park

Discussion: CBS New York, Gothamist, New York's PIX11, Daily Kos and Complex

New York Daily News:

Blast in Central Park near Elie Wiesel's funeral severs man's foot; police suspect fireworks mishap (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) — A blast in Central Park severed the left foot of a young man visiting New York from Virginia Sunday, witnesses said. — The NYPD's bomb squad was investigating …

Discussion: The Last Refuge

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Sherrod Brown passes on VP question — Sen. Sherrod Brown wouldn't answer whether he's been contacted by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign about the vice presidential slot, while his New Jersey counterpart Cory Booker wouldn't deny he was being vetted.

Discussion: whorunsGov

Eugene Scott / CNN:
Booker stokes speculation about Clinton VP job

Discussion: Washington Post, National Review and whorunsGov

Fox News:
Trump calls for charges against Clinton after FBI interview in email investigation

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and BizPac Review

NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Interviewed by FBI About Private Emails While Secretary of State

Discussion: Gothamist, AOL, Washington Post, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, LawNewz and The Gateway Pundit

CNN:

Car bombs target Baghdad shopping districts, 126 dead — (CNN)Iraq's capital was once again the scene of bloody carnage this weekend, with two separate car bombs killing at least 126 people. — The first detonation occurred Saturday on a busy shopping street in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada …

Discussion: Jezebel and The Week

Murtada Faraj / Associated Press: Iraqi officials: 91 people killed in 2 bombings in Baghdad

BBC:
Iraq violence: IS bombing kills 79 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and RedState

New York Times:
Bombing Kills More Than 80 in Baghdad

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Daily Caller

Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:

Republican leader resigns, blasts Tennessee GOP — A member of the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee says he's resigning his position, blasting state party leaders and questioning the direction of the Tennessee Republican Party on his way out. — In his resignation letter …

Discussion: Raw Story

Patrick Healy / New York Times:

‘President Hillary Clinton?’ She Wants Progress on Immigration and to Drink With G.O.P. — Should she win the presidency, Hillary Clinton would quickly try to find common ground with Republicans on an immigration overhaul and infrastructure spending, risking the wrath of liberals …

Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Utter Inconsequence of Hillary's Veep

Discussion: Daily Kos

The Independent:

A Muslim man on his way to morning prayer has been shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas. — Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesperson for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque near Bellaire, told news local news agencies the victim was a doctor, who had parked along the street …

Discussion: Al Jazeera English and The Week

Orlando Sentinel:

Records: Father of toddler attacked at Disney by alligator said two gators involved — Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings ID'd the child as Lane Graves, son to Matt and Melissa Graves of Elkhorn, Neb. He said he believed the boy was drowned. His body was intact.

Discussion: Associated Press and New York's PIX11

Daily Mail:

What planet are you on, Leo? DiCaprio flies his LA friends 6,000 miles around the world so they can listen to his speech on GLOBAL WARMING — When Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio hosts a reception for a string of A-list stars, supermodels and wealthy philanthropists later this month …

Discussion: Fox News Insider

Ians / The New Indian Express:

Dhaka terrorists were highly educated: Police — DHAKA: The terrorists who massacred 20 foreigners and Bangladeshi at a popular cafe here were highly educated and most came from wealthy families, a minister said on Sunday. — “They are all highly educated young men and went to university.

Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit and NewsBug

John Wagner / Washington Post:

Clinton and Trump are about to draw the battle lines in their fight for North Carolina — RALEIGH, N.C. — Politically turbulent North Carolina, where Barack Obama won in 2008 and then Republicans rose up to engineer a conservative revolution, has suddenly emerged as a focal point in the presidential race.