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12:25 AM ET, June 30, 2018

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Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
The America We Thought We Knew Is Gone  —  Because countries are not people, it's tricky to translate whatever “loving one's country” means—it's quite abstract—into the language of heartbreak.  It sounds melodramatic.  What can heartbreak mean as a civic matter?  And yet it is what I feel.
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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump says he's cut his Supreme Court short-list down to five candidates including TWO women and he'll announce a nominee July 9 - but he doesn't plan to ask any of them about Roe v. Wade  — President is under pressure from conservatives to pick a reliably right-wing Supreme Court justice …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Announce Supreme Court Nominee July 9  — President says his Supreme Court finalists include two women  — Five top candidates said to be federal appeals court judges  —  President Donald Trump said Friday he has narrowed down his search for a nominee to fill …
Washington Post:
Top Supreme Court prospect has argued presidents should not be distracted by investigations and lawsuits  —  U.S. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy who is viewed as one of the leading contenders to replace him, has argued that presidents …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Has Narrowed List of Possible Supreme Court Picks to Five
Discussion: Washington Times
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he is considering two women for Supreme Court, will announce pick July 9
Discussion: Vox, Politico, Hot Air and NBC News
Katherine Burgess / Wichita Eagle:
HHS official to abortion opponents: 'We're just getting started'
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:   Trump's on a hot streak: Court rulings, vacancy, summit plan
NBC News:
North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say U.S. officials  —  “Work is ongoing to deceive us on the number of facilities, the number of weapons, the number of missiles,” said one U.S. official  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies believe that North Korea …
Daily Mail:
Comedian John Melendez ‘hoax calls President Trump on Air Force One and chats with him about controversial family separation policy while pretending to be a New Jersey senator’  —  A voice sounding very much like that of President Donald Trump is heard in a phone call a comedian claims …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's White House has been a money-making machine  —  Although Donald Trump handed over control of his businesses to his sons, the president still collects on their profits.  Here's how Trump's White House is a money-making machine.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Prank caller patched through to Trump on Air Force One  —  The host of “The Stuttering John” podcast, John Melendez, got President Trump on the phone yesterday by pretending he was New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez.  “This is how easy it is to infiltrate the administration.”  Melendez said in the podcast episode.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Why a new chief of staff wouldn't change Trump's White House
New York Times:
‘Shaken’ Rosenstein Felt Used by White House in Comey Firing  —  WASHINGTON — In the days after the F.B.I. director James B. Comey was fired last year, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, repeatedly expressed anger about how the White House used him to rationalize the firing …
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Summer of Rage  —  It shouldn't have been such a shock.  After all, many of those most painfully poleaxed by the news of Anthony Kennedy's retirement on Wednesday were the same ones who'd always understood the stakes; we knew that this was the risk, we've been scared for a long time.
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The Babylon Bee:   Democratic Socialist Candidate's Primary Win Revoked After All Her Votes Forcibly Redistributed
Washington Post:
U.S. assessing cost of keeping troops in Germany as Trump battles with Europe  —  The Pentagon is analyzing the cost and impact of a large-scale withdrawal or transfer of American troops stationed in Germany, amid growing tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to people familiar with the work.
Discussion: The Local, AOL and Talking Points Memo
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Resigns in Disgust After Trump Anti-Europe Rants  —  James Melville is the latest in a string of career diplomat resignations over Trump's comments and policies.  —  The U.S. ambassador to Estonia, James D. Melville Jr., a career diplomat and member …
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
G.M. Says New Wave of Trump Tariffs Could Force U.S. Job Cuts  —  General Motors warned Friday that if President Trump pushed forward with another wave of tariffs, the move could backfire, leading to “less investment, fewer jobs and lower wages” for its employees.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
New York Times:
Russians Offered Business Deals to Brexit's Biggest Backer  —  LONDON — Arron Banks, a British financier who bankrolled the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, has long bragged about his “boozy six-hour lunch” with the Russian ambassador eight months before the vote.
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Inconvenient Legal Troubles That Lie Ahead for the Trump Foundation  —  Barring an unexpected change, the Donald J. Trump Foundation will be defending itself in a New York courtroom shortly before this fall's midterm elections.  The proceedings seem unlikely to go well for the institution …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Daily Beast:
Abolish ICE?  Not So Fast, Says Congressional Hispanic Caucus in New Talking Points. … The preeminent coalition of Hispanic lawmakers on Capitol Hill is pushing back against mounting calls for abolishing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, arguing that lawmakers should instead focus …
Discussion: Washington Post
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HuffPost:
Our Hate Mail  —  Are these trolls?  Actual threats?  How can anyone tell the difference, anyway?  —  Up until the moment on Thursday he allegedly murdered five Capital Gazette employees, Jarrod W. Ramos was in many ways a kind of media consumer known to every journalist in America.
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Hamilton Nolan / Splinter:
We Get Voicemails  —  This week I wrote something that got …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Associated Press may have led FBI to Manafort storage locker  —  A meeting last year where Associated Press reporters discussed with federal officials the news outlet's investigation of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's finances may have led the FBI to a storage locker the bureau raided, an FBI agent testified Friday.
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Reuters:   Manafort assistant gave FBI access to storage locker: testimony
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
12-year-old black kid gets cops called on him for cutting neighbors' grass  —  A 12-year-old black child had the police called on him simply for mowing the lawn as part of his summer business.  —  News 5 Cleveland reports that 12-year-old Reginald Fields was mowing the lawn of Lucille Holt …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Vote for the Democrat’ over the GOP Nazi  —  CHICAGO — Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday urged residents of a Chicago-area congressional district to vote for a Democrat if they must, to avoid giving even one vote to an avowed Nazi who won the GOP nomination.
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Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump appointee guts UN document on racism, says leaders don't have duty to condemn hate speech  —  Washington (CNN)A Trump administration appointee to the State Department tore into standard UN documents that condemn racism as a threat to democracy.
Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Canada makes retaliatory tariffs official: ‘We will not back down’  — Canada's plan taking effect next week will include imports of U.S. products such as yogurt, caffeinated roasted coffee, toilet paper and sleeping bags.  —  Canada's foreign minister announced Friday that Ottawa plans …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Vox
U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Arrested for Threatening to Murder Family of FCC Chairman  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was arrested today in Los Angeles on charges of threatening to kill the family of Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, for Pai's role in repealing regulations relating to net neutrality.
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Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Man charged with threatening to kill Ajit Pai's family
Discussion: Law & Crime
Lam Thuy Vo / BuzzFeed:
They Played Dominoes Outside Their Apartment For Decades.  Then The White People Moved In And Police Started Showing Up.  —  “This used to be a bad neighborhood.”  Two areas of New York City that have recently gentrified have a corresponding high rate of quality-of-life complaints, which sometimes draw the police.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
Congressman: Rosenstein Is Spying On Me  —  Republican Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert believes government personnel working for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are spying on his office, he told WMAL's “Morning on the Mall” Friday.  —  “I don't doubt for a minute that he has people who have been looking into my background.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Romaissaa Benzizoune / New York Times:
How to Be a Hoejabi  —  A couple of years ago, Nadia Ali made international news for being a Muslim porn star.  She was banned in Pakistan and began to receive death threats.  (How many porn stars can say that they have graced ISIS's personal hit list?)  So I don't think the conservative Muslim world liked her.
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Death in a Hollywood Sex Dungeon: How a Top Agency Executive's “Mummification” Ritual Ended in Tragedy  —  For years, WME vp Skip Chasey has led an openly double life as a “master” in L.A.'s BDSM community.  But a role-playing encounter involving plastic wrap went horrifically wrong …
 
 
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Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran's rulers face discontent as U.S. pressure mounts
Discussion: Sean Hannity
U.S. Department of Justice:
Twenty-Four Alleged MS-13 Members Facing Federal Indictment for Violent Racketeering, Murder …
Discussion: WTOP and twitchy.com
James T. Areddy / Wall Street Journal:
Son of U.S. Envoy to China Used Trump Ties to Lure Business
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Williams / Orlando Sentinel:
UCF professor accused of stalking student: ‘Be happy that somebody likes you this much to stalk you’
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Fox News:
Nunes calls for testimony from 17 FBI, DOJ officials on government surveillance abuse
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast Blames Widespread Service Outage on Cut Fiber Line
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
WHAT'S WRONG WITH NANCY? Pelosi trips over ‘soy beans,’ asks reporter to ‘repoot’ question
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jerrod Kingery / KEYE:
Thieves empty bank account of 112-year-old Richard Overton, oldest living WWII vet
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Trump's Pentagon Quietly Made A Change To The Stated Mission It's Had For Two Decades
Discussion: Mother Jones
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
The White House Is Becoming A Ghost Town. Trump Loyalists Worry It's Going To Get Worse.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama: ‘You are right to be concerned’
 

 
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