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6:00 PM ET, July 1, 2017

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Mtait / Lawfare:
The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians  —  View of the Kremlin from the Bolshoy Kammeny Bridge (Alexander Gusev)  —  I read the Wall Street Journal's article yesterday on attempts by a GOP operative to recover missing Hillary Clinton emails with more than usual interest.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Now We Have a Roadmap to the Trump Campaign's Collusion with Russia  —  Most of the commentary surrounding the Russia scandal has treated the possibility that Donald Trump's campaign deliberately colluded with Moscow as remote, unfounded speculation.  The new reporting that has broken …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Activist Who Sought Clinton Emails Cited Trump Campaign Officials  —  Peter W. Smith listed Bannon, Conway and Clovis, besides Flynn, in a recruiting document; his purpose isn't clear and there's no indication he asked for or received any coordination with them.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Still No Collusion Evidence
New York Times:
President Trump, Melting Under Criticism  —  Maybe we should all take a moment to feel a little sorry for Donald Trump, who reacted to criticism on Thursday by tweeting a stream of coarse insults at the television journalist Mika Brzezinski.  —  After all, he so clearly lacks the toughness …
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Penny Starr / Breitbart:
Mika in NYT Interview: Dina Powell Is in White House Because of Me
Discussion: IJR
Eugene Scott / CNN:
GOP senators to McConnell: Cancel August recess  —  GOP delays health care vote amid opposition  —  (CNN)A group of Republican senators are requesting August recess be canceled or shortened to give the party more time to make progress on its legislative agenda.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump proves to be an unreliable ally to Republicans in the health-care fight
Discussion: Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump goes after states on voter data: ‘What are they trying to hide?’
The Hill:
24 states refusing to provide voter data to Trump election panel
Tom Liddy / ABC News:
25 shot, 3 others injured at Little Rock nightclub; no apparent connection to terror  —  At least 25 people were shot in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Saturday morning and three others suffered unrelated injuries, police said.  —  One of the injured was initially listed in critical condition …
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CBS News:
Science division of White House office left empty as last staffers depart  —  WASHINGTON — The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week, sources tell CBS News.
James Fanelli / New York Daily News:
Bronx hospital shooter sent chilling email rant to Daily News two hours before fatal rampage  —  Just twohours before his deadly rampage at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, shooter Henry Bello ranted to the Daily News in an email — blaming the medical center for ruining his dreams of furthering his career.
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
CNN screws up — again … Let's call this one “'F***!' news.”  —  We're told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper's broadcast.  —  Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's claim …
Naaman Zhou / The Guardian:
Volvo admits its self-driving cars are confused by kangaroos  —  Swedish company's animal detection system can identify and avoid deer, elk and caribou, but is yet to work against the marsupials' movements  —  Volvo's self-driving car is unable to detect kangaroos because hopping confounds its systems, the Swedish carmaker says.
Discussion: Telegraph and Mashable
Darren Boyle / Daily Mail:
Salford student union president calls for Islamic takeover  —  A Muslim student union leader has claimed she would like to ‘oppress white people’ and has suggested there would be an Islamic takeover if more people read the Koran.  —  Zamzam Ibrahim, who was elected President …
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
‘I Want This to Get Over’: After Congressional Shooting, Complex Grief for a Gunman's Widow  —  BELLEVILLE, Ill. — He flung dishes at his wife, roared at the television, erupted during an outing at a local brewery.  Suzanne Hodgkinson became so concerned with her husband's growing anger that she wrote to his doctor asking for help.
Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite
Randy Ludlow / The Columbus Dispatch:
Statehouse showdown: Kasich vetoes lawmakers' Medicaid freeze  —  Gov. John Kasich is welcoming a showdown with fellow Republicans in the General Assembly over his decision to expand Medicaid health-care coverage to low-income Ohioans.  —  Kasich used his line-item veto late Friday to kill …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support  —  For months, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have privately counseled their more militant members to forswear talk of impeaching President Trump …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Tillerson argued with a second White House aide  —  The secretary of state, who blew up at Trump's personnel chief over the slow pace of filling political posts, also had a West Wing dispute with senior aide Stephen Miller.  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson argued with senior White House …
Kate Morrissey / Los Angeles Times:
An Oceanside minister supported Trump.  Now, he's getting deported  —  Jorge Ramirez, second from left,and his family, from left: daughters Betsabe Ramirez and Abisag Ramirez, wife Silvia, and son Caleb Ramirez.  (San Diego Union-Tribune)  —  Jorge Ramirez, an Oceanside minister and immigrant …
Matthew Wright / Daily Mail:
Oklahoma police officer adopts boy saving him from abuse  — Officer Jody Thompson of the Poteau Police Department in Oklahoma has adopted 10-year-old John and his baby sister Paizley  — In 2015, Thompson responded to a physical child abuse call having previous experience investigating …
Collier Meyerson / The Nation:
Nina Turner: It Is Not Our Job to Fit Into the Democratic Establishment  —  The new president of Our Revolution on race, class, electoral strategy and whether we'll feel the Bern in 2020.  —  Nina Turner is a “proud home girl” of Cleveland, Ohio where she was a state senator from 2008 to 2014 …
Edwin Mora / Breitbart:
Updated Ramadan Rage 2017 Final Death Count: 1,639 in About 30 Countries  —  The final fatality tally for jihadi attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan increased to 1,639, primarily fueled by victims who succumbed to their injuries, reveals an updated Breitbart News count of terror incidents during the period.
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
 
 
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Why Didn't Trump Mention Pride Month? We Asked 30 Times.
Discussion: Advocate
Nancy Coleman / CNN:
Escaped elephant takes a stroll through Wisconsin neighborhood
Discussion: IJR
Ellen Cagle / Kansas City Star:
Kansas universities, students express preparedness for guns on campus starting Saturday
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CBSSports.com
Los Angeles Times:
On the eve of Garcetti's inauguration, soaring ambition meets a sober reality
David Roberts / Vox:
Blue America reaches out to the world, ignoring Trump
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
The opioid crisis is straining the nation's foster-care systems
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Bowden / The Hill:
Watchdog says State Dept. failing to adequately track foreign aid
Discussion: RedState
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie adds government shutdown to his legacy
Discussion: Reuters, New York Magazine and The Week
New York Times:
A Way to Own Your Social-Media Data
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland.
Discussion: Washington Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The biggest winner in the current health-care debate: Single-payer
Discussion: Salon
Sean Illing / Vox:
I think health care is a right. I asked an expert to tell me why I'm wrong.
Rachel Kurzius / DCist:
Russian-Funded News Station Replaces Bluegrass on 105.5 FM
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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