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4:30 PM ET, June 30, 2017

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Washington Post:
Donald Trump is not well  —  President Trump launched personal attacks against us Thursday, but our concerns about his unmoored behavior go far beyond the personal.  America's leaders and allies are asking themselves yet again whether this man is fit to be president.
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The Daily Beast:
Jared Kushner Told Joe Scarborough: Talk to President Trump About ‘Enquirer’ Dirt … On Friday, MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough made the explosive claim that three of President Donald Trump's most senior White House aides “warned” the couple that the tabloid The National Enquirer …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
What Really Happened Between Donald Trump, the Hosts of Morning Joe, and the National Enquirer  —  As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump used his close alliance with the National Enquirer to attack his enemies.  Now that he's President, he's continuing to benefit from the tabloid's support.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Scarborough, Brzezinski say White House used National Enquirer as threat  —  Trump tweets insults at MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski  —  MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski claim President Trump and his White House used the possibility of a hit piece in the National Enquirer to threaten them.
Fox News:
Trump, Kushner never blackmailed Scarborough, source says  —  A top White House aide never suggested a quid pro quo during a call with Joe Scarborough regarding an upcoming National Enquirer Story, a source told Fox News - despite Scarborough's claim Friday morning that a Trump adviser recently tried …
Jay Caruso / RedState:
Joe Scarborough: I Updated NBC Executives in Real Time About National Enquirer Threat
John Bowden / The Hill:
Kushner told ‘Morning Joe’ hosts to apologize to Trump or tabloid story would run: report
Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Why Trump's offensive tweets don't get him kicked off Twitter
Mary-Ellen Deily / Washington Post:
Why I've decided to unfollow @realDonaldTrump
Discussion: Vox, New York Post and Mediaite
Ari Berman / The Nation:
The Trump Administration Is Planning an Unprecedented Attack on Voting Rights  —  We are witnessing the beginning of a nationwide voter-suppression campaign, led by the White House and enabled by Congress and the Department of Justice.  —  Four things happened yesterday that pose a grave danger to voting rights.
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Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kris Kobach wants every U.S. voter's personal information for Trump's commission
German Lopez / Vox:
Trump's “election integrity” commission wants every voter's name, party ID, and address
Justin Wingerter / Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma election board won't turn over Social Security numbers to voter fraud panel
Discussion: Washington Post
John Harwood / CNBC:
Killing Obamacare without a replacement doesn't appeal to McConnell  — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is unlikely to allow debate to extend past July 21, according to a GOP strategist.  —  Senate Republican leaders know that chances of passing their health bill are slim …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Senator Ben Sasse:
Sasse Sends Plan B to Trump: If No Agreement Next Week, Repeal First and Spend August on Replace
Discussion: New York Times and National Review
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump repeal idea would lead to 26 million uninsured
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
After the president's tweet, I must withdraw my support for everything but his agenda  —  I stand with my colleagues in Congress to say: The president's tweet is beneath the dignity of the office.  —  This is not making America great.  —  The president has at last done the unthinkable …
Discussion: CNN, Lawyers, Guns & Money and IJR
David Dayen / The Intercept:
California Single-Payer Organizers Are Deceiving Their Supporters.  It's Time To Stop.  —  In the days since California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon shelved for the year SB562, which intends to establish a state single payer health care system, he's been subject to mass protests and even death threats.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Clio Chang / New Republic:   What Killed Single-Payer In California?
The Intercept:
Here's The Audio Of Donald Trump's Private RNC Fundraiser At His Own Hotel  —  President Donald Trump kicked off his re-election campaign's financing efforts with a major fundraiser at his own Washington hotel Wednesday night, excluding media but charging attendees $35,000 each.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump overrules cabinet, plots global trade war  —  With the political world distracted by President Trump's media wars, one of the most consequential and contentious internal debates of his presidency unfolded during a tense meeting Monday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, administration sources tell Axios.
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
3 Doctors Shot Inside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center  —  At least three doctors were shot inside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx on Friday afternoon, according to a Fire Department official.  —  Shortly before 4 p.m., J. Peter Donald …
Emily Holden / E&E News:
Pruitt will launch program to ‘critique’ climate science  —  U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is leading a formal initiative to challenge mainstream climate science using a “back-and-forth critique” by government-recruited experts, according to a senior administration official.
Aida Chavez / The Hill:
Trump scolds reporters for nearly knocking over Oval Office table … President Trump on Friday scolded reporters for nearly knocking over an Oval Office table as they jostled for room during his meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.  —  “Fellas, easy.
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
A Handmaid's Tale of Protest  —  In state capitals and street protests, women's rights activists have been wearing red robes and white bonnets based on “The Handmaid's Tale,” the 1985 novel that is now a series on Hulu.  —  Silent, heads bowed, the activists in crimson robes and white bonnets …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
How Donald Trump Decides to Fire Someone  —  “Donald Trump — think about how he talks,” a senior White House official told me recently.  This person then mimicked the president's manner of speaking: “How do you think Mike Pence is doing as vice-president?  Is Mike Pence doing a good job?
Discussion: The Week and Washington Monthly
CNN:
First on CNN: House panel to interview former Trump adviser in Russia probe  —  House panel probes Trump campaign adviser  —  (CNN)The House intelligence committee, moving rapidly to interview a series of major witnesses in July, plans to bring forward another former Trump adviser to question …
Hilary Brueck / Forbes:
Denied: Afghanistan's All-Girl Robotics Team Can't Get Visas To The US  —  Their robot may have permission to travel, but six teenage Afghan inventors are staying put this summer.  —  They've been rejected for a one-week travel visa to escort their robot to the inaugural FIRST Global Challenge …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Verge
Palm Beach Post:
Relatives fear Facebook posts led to woman's death  —  Makeva Jenkins worked her way from homelessness to financial success in just two years.  She was proud of herself, and late Wednesday evening she wrote about her hard work on her Facebook page, while still taking time to encourage others.
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
J. Lester Feder / BuzzFeed:
Trump Administration Appoints Anti-Transgender Activist To Gender Equality Post  —  “To put it simply, a boy claiming gender confusion must now be allowed in the same shower, bathroom, or locker room with my daughter,” wrote the new senior adviser for women's empowerment at USAID.
Discussion: Shakesville and Fusion
New York Times:
Parliament in Germany Approves Same-Sex Marriage  —  BERLIN — Lawmakers in Germany voted on Friday to allow same-sex marriage after a brisk but emotional debate in Parliament, setting the stage for the country to join more than a dozen European nations — including Ireland, France and Spain — in legalizing such unions.
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Against his parents' wishes, this terminally ill infant will be allowed to die … For months and months, Charlie Gard's parents have been fighting for his life.  —  Charlie has a rare genetic condition and resulting brain damage that has robbed him of his ability to move his arms and legs, eat or breathe on his own.
 
 
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Henry Belot / ABC:
Blind recruitment trial to boost gender equality making things worse, study reveals
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Yasmeen Serhan / The Atlantic:
Marine Le Pen's Financial Scandal Continues
Discussion: Axios
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congesswoman compares transgender soldiers to North Korea, Putin, and ISIS
Discussion: Raw Story and FRC
Jeff Daniels / CNBC:
Ex-CIA agent says US sanctions against Chinese bank aiding Pyongyang ‘extremely long overdue’
Michael Kruse / Politico:
How Gotham Gave Us Trump
Discussion: CityLab
Kevin Carey / New York Times:
DeVos Is Discarding College Policies That New Evidence Shows Are Effective
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out.
Discussion: The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Logic of Trump's Sexist Attacks
Discussion: CNBC, CNN, Townhall.com and Breitbart
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
Nets Dedicate 28X More Coverage to Trump Tweet than Kate's Law Passing House
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Caleb Hannan / Politico:
The Short, Unhappy Life of a Libertarian Paradise
Eitan D. Hersh / New York Times:
The Problem With Participatory Democracy Is the Participants
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
NASA Denies That It's Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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