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9:15 AM ET, July 5, 2017

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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
How CNN found the Reddit user behind the Trump wrestling GIF  —  (CNN)The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump's tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video and other offensive content he posted — one day after CNN identified …
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David Rothkopf / Washington Post:
The greatest threat facing the United States is its own president  —  David Rothkopf is the author of “The Great Questions of Tomorrow.”  He is a visiting professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a visiting scholar …
Discussion: CNN
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:   Former acting CIA chief: ‘No good option’ for dealing with North Korea
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
What Can Trump Do About North Korea? His Options Are Few and Risky
Washington Post:
North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration
John Bowden / The Hill:
U.S., South Korea respond to North Korea ICBM launch with ‘show of force’
Discussion: IJR
David Weigel / Washington Post:
At parades and protests, GOP lawmakers get earful about health care  —  EASTPORT, Maine — For the 15th year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) spent July 4 marching through this town of 1,331, a short boat ride away from Canada.  She walked and waved, next to marching bands and Shriner-driven lobster boats.
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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Lay Low on the Fourth, or Face Single-Minded Pressure  —  ALDERSON, W.Va — In normal times, the Fourth of July parade is a fat pitch down the middle for the grinning politician.  For instance, here was Senator Joe Manchin III, a Democrat facing re-election next year …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Karma Allen / ABC News:
NYC officer shot, killed while sitting in police car  —  An on-duty New York City police officer was killed early Wednesday after a man walked up to her patrol vehicle and fired shots through the window, authorities said.  —  Officer Miosotis Familia, a 12-year veteran assigned …
Discussion: The Root and The Daily Caller
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Ryan Martin / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana GOP asked Facebook for Obamacare horror stories.  The responses were surprising.  —  That will leave about 76,000 Hoosiers without coverage, but there may be other options for them.. Dwight Adams/IndyStar  —  The Indiana Republican Party posed a question to Facebook on Monday: “What's your Obamacare horror story?
Discussion: Axios, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Fusion
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Indiana GOP request for ObamaCare ‘horror stories’ goes wrong  —  The Indiana Republican Party has requested that the state's constituents share their “horror stories” with ObamaCare, the Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday.  —  “What's your Obamacare horror story?
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority of voters back Trump travel ban  —  A clear majority of voters supports President Donald Trump's travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Polling on the travel restrictions has varied wildly since …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Majority in new poll backs Trump's travel ban  —  A majority of voters backs President Trump's travel ban, according to a new survey.  —  A Politico/Morning Consult poll found 60 percent of voters support the State Department's “new guidelines which say visa applicants from six predominately …
Discussion: RedState
Mohammad Zia Adnan / New York Times:
Going to Hooters and Seeing America  —  It sounds like the beginning of an uncomfortable joke: Four brown kids of Pakistani descent — from Karachi, Dubai, London and Augusta, Ga. — walk into a Hooters on a recent Saturday afternoon.  —  They order cheese fries, mozzarella sticks and a plate …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Steve Bannon is out of Trump's doghouse  —  Not a lot of people in the White House are having fun these days.  But one top official is having a blast — inviting friends over for lunch, joking about good times from the campaign, plotting 2018 and even 2020.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Another big-time Trump donor eyes buying up Time  —  A supporter holds a copy of TIME magazine he had signed by Donald Trump.  —  Getty Images  —  MORE FROM: … There is now more than one conservative booster of President Trump with a fancy for buying Time Inc. — and its 94-year-old flagship newsweekly, Time.
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Weigh Higher Health Premiums' Possible Effect on Midterms  —  Republican senators are confronting a political challenge that is increasingly hard to ignore: Under their health-care overhaul, average premiums for a midlevel insurance plan would jump by 20% next January.
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 …
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada to compensate ex-Guantanamo inmate, opposition furious  —  Canada's Liberal government will apologize to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr and pay him around C$10 million ($7.7 million) in compensation, two sources close to the matter said on Tuesday, prompting opposition protests.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Robert Fife / Canadian Press:
Ottawa to offer Omar Khadr apology, $10-million in compensation
 
 
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Lawrence Meyers / Townhall.com:
Why They Hate Trump So Much  —  One of the reasons the Leftists …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How accelerating change is deepening our political divisions
NPR:
A July 4th Tradition: The Declaration Of Independence, Read Aloud
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Gizmodo
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
After Years of Growth, Automakers Are Cutting U.S. Jobs
David Brooks / New York Times:
What's the Matter With Republicans?
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 Earlier Items: 
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Months of Russia controversy leaves Trump ‘boxed in’ ahead of Putin meeting
Discussion: ABC News
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Christie: My poll numbers show I don't care about political optics
Discussion: RedState
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Biographer: Trump's media attacks motivated by self-preservation
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Democracy Now:
“What to the Slave is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech
Discussion: Common Dreams
Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Senators, Visiting Afghanistan, Warn Trump Over Diplomatic Vacancies
Associated Press:
The Latest: Illinois governor vetoes tax rise, $36B budget
Discussion: Politico and ABC News