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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:

How A Random GIF From Reddit Probably Ended Up On President Trump's Phone — Last Wednesday, a Reddit user named /u/HanAssholeSolo posted a GIF titled “Trump takes down fake news (Colorized, 2017)” to Reddit's largest pro-Trump subreddit, /r/The_Donald. — The post gained a few thousand upvotes and …

Discussion: Breitbart, Hollywood Reporter, Power Line, RedState, The Daily Caller, National Review, Daily Wire, Gizmodo and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »

Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:

CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story — CNN executives thought they were showing restraint by not identifying Reddit user HanAssholeSolo. But a strange contingency line has set off the pro-Trump social internet. — When a CNN reporter tracked down the Reddit user …

Discussion: Sputnik International, Washington Post, twitchy.com, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mediaite, Vox, IJR and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »

Greg P. / twitchy.com:

If BuzzFeed is correct, it appears CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy … According to an analysis by BuzzFeed, the CNN-WWE GIF that President Donald Trump tweeted last week was not the same as the one created by HanAssholeSolo, which means CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy:

Discussion: Questions and Observations, Chicago Boyz, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Instapundit

Keegan Hankes / Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch:

Daily Stormer Troll Army Threatens CNN Staffers Over Reddit User Behind Trump/CNN GIF — Andrew Auernheimer, the notorious hacker and Internet troll known as ‘Weev,’ rallied the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer's troll army for its latest campaign this morning, claiming that CNN was blackmailing a “teen shitposter.”

Discussion: The Federalist, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Daily Banter, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, more at Mediagazer »

Ricochet:

Trump Has Driven CNN Stark, Raving Mad — While the rest of America was celebrating Independence Day, CNN kept digging its own grave. — Furious over a silly video President Donald Trump posted Sunday, the flailing network sicced Senior Editor Andrew Kaczynski on its creator.

Discussion: RedState, Instapundit, TheBlaze, twitchy.com, CNN, Business Insider and Vox Popoli

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Does CNN owe racists anonymity?

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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
What the hell were you thinking, CNN?

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Times, Washington Free Beacon, Mother Jones, Raw Story and IJR

David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
What CNN's Threat To Dox A Redditor Tells Us About The State Of Journalism

Discussion: twitchy.com, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF

New York Times:

U.S. Vows Tougher Action on North Korea After Missile Test — SEOUL, South Korea — The United States responded Wednesday to North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test by conducting a rare joint missile exercise with South Korea and pushing to impose tougher United Nations sanctions …

Discussion: Telegraph, The Daily Signal, Washington Free Beacon, The Hill, Business Insider, Mediaite, RedState, The National Interest, TheBlaze, The Week, Gizmodo, AOL, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, Slate, Wall Street Journal and Just Security

Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Trump Warsaw Speech to Focus on Poland's National Example

Discussion: New York Times and The Daily Caller

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Poland busing in pro-government activists to cheer Trump: report

Discussion: Washington Post, Weekly Standard, Mediaite, Axios, Joe.My.God., New York Magazine and IJR

Washington Post:
At G-20 summit, it looks more and more like Trump against the world

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress and Politicus USA

Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Haley warns China on North Korea, says Beijing risks U.S. trade

Discussion: ABC News

CNN:
US: North Korea launched new kind of missile

Discussion: New York Magazine and Axios

United States Forces Korea:
Combined Statement on Alliance Response

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Hill, The Root, Politico, CNBC and Guns.com

Alexi McCammond / Axios: U.S. prepared to take action against North Korea

Motoko Rich / New York Times:
In North Korea, ‘Surgical Strike’ Could Spin Into ‘Worst Kind of Fighting’

Discussion: Washington Post, JustOneMinute, NPR, CNN, New York Magazine, TheBlaze and Shareblue

Ari Berman / The Nation:

The Trump Administration's Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly — In an unprecedented show of bipartisan resistance, 44 states are refusing to hand over private voter data to Kris Kobach. — On June 28, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the vice chair of Donald Trump's presidential commission …

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Vox, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Refinery29, Daily Kos, The Week, Fusion and Politicus USA, more at Techmeme »

Washington Post:

Why almost every state is partially or fully rebuffing Trump's voter fraud commission … In a rare display of bipartisanship, officials in nearly every state have said they will partially or fully refuse to comply with President Trump's voting commission, which has encountered criticism …

Discussion: Politicus USA

Celeste Katz / Mic:
Trump election integrity commission member: “We should have predicted” the backlash

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

The Hill:
Voter fraud commission may have violated law

Discussion: The Regulatory Review, Take Care Blog and Engadget

NBC News:

Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Crash-Landing, Newly Discovered Photo Suggests — A newly discovered photograph suggests legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished 80 years ago on a round-the-world flight, survived a crash-landing in the Marshall Islands.

Discussion: IJR, Refinery29, The Daily Caller, The Week and ABC News

Johnny Dodd / People.com:

Does This Photo Prove Amelia Earhart Survived Her Final Flight? — A recently-discovered photograph is turning the mystery surrounding Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance on its head, leading a handful of experts to believe the celebrated aviator and women's rights role model actually survived …

Discussion: Mashable, AOL, IndieWire, myfox8.com, WREG-TV and fox8.com

New York Times:

Aides' Biggest Worry on Trump's Europe Trip: A Meeting With Putin — WASHINGTON — President Trump has been briefed repeatedly. His advisers have alerted him to the web of potential risks, complex issues and diplomatic snags. — But even his top aides do not know precisely what Mr. Trump …

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Week, ABC, New York Magazine, The American Conservative, The Daily Banter, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, AOL, Balloon Juice, Mediaite and Shareblue

Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Stakes are high for Trump's meeting with Putin. Here's what to expect.

Discussion: The Guardian, Daily Kos and AOL

U.S. Department of Justice:

United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby — Cuneiform Tablets Were Falsely Labeled as Product “Samples” and Shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Two Corporate Affiliates — Earlier today, the United States filed …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:

NPR Tweeted The Declaration Of Independence And Some Trump Supporters Were Offended — In celebration of the 4th of July, National Public Radio tweeted out the Declaration of Independence in a series of more than 100 tweets on Tuesday. … Many people responded with praise for the historic document, and thanked NPR for sharing it.

Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story, Above the Law, Hot Air, The Week, Fusion and NPR

Bob Collins / NewsCut:
NPR's tweets expose a thin grasp of American history

Discussion: IJR

Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Trump Supporters Cry Bias After NPR Tweets the Declaration of Independence

Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite, RedState, IJR, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Joe.My.God. and The Root

Fox News:

Cruz's ObamaCare fix gets support from Hill conservatives — A low-flying proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz to overhaul a major component of ObamaCare is attracting the kind of conservative enthusiasm that could prove critical in the broader GOP push to repeal and replace the 2010 law.

Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post: ‘Repeal now, replace later’ will kill the GOP's health-care reform

Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:

U.S. Commandos Running Out of ISIS Targets … U.S. special operations forces have removed roughly 50 top ISIS leaders off the battlefield since President Donald Trump took office, down from 80 killed in the last six months of the Obama administration, according to figures obtained by The Daily Beast.

Discussion: New York Magazine, IJR, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Mother Jones

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:

Chelsea Handler to Debate Tomi Lahren Live at Politicon — Comedian and TV host Chelsea Handler will take on controversial conservative pundit Tomi Lahren in a live conversation later this month at Politicon, The Daily Beast has learned. The third annual political convention …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Julian Borger / The Guardian:

Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election — Questions raised as to whether Trump supports coordinated with Moscow to spread bogus stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton — The spread of Russian-made fake news stories aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton …

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Mediaite, Shakesville, Raw Story, Political Wire and Joe.My.God., more at Mediagazer »

Jon Levine / Mediaite:

A GOP Congressman Made a Selfie Video From Inside Auschwitz — It's as Bad as You Think — There are few places more hallowed than the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. More than a million people, mostly Jews, were killed there during the second world war, many in the camp's infamous gas chambers.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New Orleans Times-Picayune, YouTube, ABC News, AOL and IJR

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

Bernie Sanders is the Democrats' real 2020 frontrunner — He's staffing up, touring the country, and still drawing record crowds. — Amid a swirl of speculation about Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, and practically everyone else under the sun …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Renae Merle / Los Angeles Times:

Judge tells Martin Shkreli: Keep your mouth shut — Martin Shkreli arrives for the first day of jury selection in his federal securities-fraud trial June 26 in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP/Getty Images) — The Washington Post — Martin Shkreli, the boisterous former hedge-fund manager …

Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller