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11:05 PM ET, July 5, 2017

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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 …
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The Hill:
Voter fraud commission may have violated law  —  President Trump's voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states.  —  The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity asked all 50 states …
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  —  A member of President Donald Trump's commission on election integrity said the panel should have known the American public would have been outraged by a request for voters' personal information.
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 …
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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 …
Keegan Hankes / Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch:
Daily Stormer Troll Army Threatens CNN Staffers Over Reddit User Behind Trump/CNN GIF
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Does CNN owe racists anonymity?
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
If BuzzFeed is correct, it appears CNN's Andrew Kaczynski outed the wrong guy
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 …
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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 …
Washington Post:
At G-20 summit, it looks more and more like Trump against the world  —  President Trump and key global leaders are on a collision course ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Germany this week, with Trump's unapologetic “America First” mantra on trade and climate change running into emboldened, and increasingly united, opposition overseas.
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New York Times:
U.S. Vows Tougher Action on North Korea After Missile Test
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
U.S. prepared to take action against North Korea
Discussion: CNN
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Trump Warsaw Speech to Focus on Poland's National Example
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Haley warns China on North Korea, says Beijing risks U.S. trade
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
ABC News:
North Korean missile advances put new stress on US defenses
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
New York Times:
Trump Aides' Biggest Worry About Europe Trip: Meeting With Putin  —  WARSAW — President Trump arrived in Europe on Wednesday for three days of diplomacy that will culminate in a meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, which has the potential for global repercussions and political fallout back home.
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center:
Condition Update: Rep. Steve Scalise Progress  —  Congressman Steve Scalise has been readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to new concerns for infection.  His condition is listed as serious.  We will provide another update tomorrow, July 6.
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David Caplan / ABC News:
Rep. Scalise ‘out of bed’ and ‘getting better,’ says fellow congressman
Discussion: Raw Story
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: RedState, The Daily Caller and IJR
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Own Government Admits Trump Is Lying About Obamacare's ‘Death Spiral’  —  President Trump likes to says things like, “Obamacare's dead, it's gone.”  More traditional Republicans — i.e., ones who don't talk like characters in Goodfellas — express the same idea in more highbrow terms.
Discussion: Mother Jones and IJR
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
‘Repeal now, replace later’ will kill the GOP's health-care reform  —  When King Solomon proposed splitting the baby, he knew that actually splitting the baby would have killed it.  It was a ruse to save the child.  Yet some Republican senators don't seem to understand that splitting …
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Fox News:
Cruz's ObamaCare fix gets support from Hill conservatives
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.
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Dems try new slogan: ‘Have you seen the other guys?’ … The campaign arm for House Democrats on Wednesday tried out a new slogan: “I mean, have you seen the other guys?”  —  The sticker slogan, one of several floated as part of a fundraising effort by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee …
Bloomberg.com:
Walter Isaacson Says Media Exacerbates Political Divide  —  Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute president and CEO, discusses the political divide in the U.S. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu, Joe Weisenthal and Julia Chatterley on “What'd You Miss?”  (Source: Bloomberg)
Discussion: Mediaite
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
CNN Just Published A Fake Quote From Abraham Lincoln  —  CNN tweeted out quotes from notable Americans for the Fourth of July.  Here was one of the quotes they tweeted from Abraham Lincoln:  —  The quote, which is also displayed at the Newseum, was interpreted as yet another attack from the media giant against the president.
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
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking ‘pro-Trump’ to new heights  —  One America News is an obscure TV channel struggling to emerge from the cellar of the cable ratings, but it is nonetheless one of President Trump's favorite media outlets.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Seth Rich Murder Conspiracy Is Being Used to Sell Face Cream … Trump campaign email vendors are marketing an anti-aging cream with the help of conspiracy theories surrounding the 2016 murder of a Democratic Party staffer.  —  The ad hawking the wrinkle-fighting formula is very clearly a scam.
Discussion: Raw Story
Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:
Poland Prepares ‘Absolutely Huge’ Welcome for Trump  —  Poland plans an elaborate reception for Donald Trump this week as he gives a major speech in a Warsaw square.  Behind the effort is a recognition that Mr. Trump has the potential to change the balance of power in Europe.
 
 
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Dan Boylan / Washington Times:
DNC email server most wanted evidence for Russia investigations
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police express frustration after more than 100 shot in violent Fourth of July weekend
Discussion: Fusion
Tyler Fisher / Politico:
Trump Organization renews rights to TrumpTowerMoscow.com
Discussion: Daily Kos
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Dems' new pitch to voters: A ‘Better Deal’
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Booth / American Prospect:
Getting Serious About 2018  —  A worker updates a countdown calendar …
Discussion: Balkinization
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
9th Circuit judges: Minors who enter U.S. illegally may not be confined without court hearings
Discussion: The Root
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Justice Department anti-fraud expert resigns, disturbed by Trump's ‘stunning’ conduct
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
David Petraeus's damning nonresponse on Trump's fitness to serve
Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly and Shakesville
New York Times:
Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
White House gender pay gap more than triples under Trump
Nikil Saval / New York Times:
Hated by the Right. Mocked by the Left. Who Wants to Be ‘Liberal’ Anymore?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is the Democrats' real 2020 frontrunner
Discussion: New York Magazine
 

 
From Mediagazer:

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

 
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