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8:30 AM ET, July 2, 2018

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New York Times:
Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation  —  MEXICO CITY — Riding a wave of populist anger fueled by rampant corruption and violence, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, in a landslide victory …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidential race  —  MEXICO CITY — Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who rallied voters with his battle cry against corruption and promises to the poor, won a resounding victory Sunday night in Mexico's presidential election, after the concession of his two top rivals.
Rebecca Fishbein / Jezebel:
Mexico City Will Elect Its First Woman Mayor
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: A leaked Trump bill to blow up the WTO  —  Axios has obtained a leaked draft of a Trump administration bill — ordered by the president himself — that would declare America's abandonment of fundamental World Trade Organization rules.  —  Why it matters: The draft legislation is stunning.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump stands firm on trade, even as foreign tariffs begin kicking in
George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his ‘first loyalty’  —  Michael Cohen — President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney and a former executive vice president at the Trump Organization — has always insisted he would remain loyal to the president.
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Associated Press:   Trump's former personal lawyer says he'll put family first
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
A bad week for Democrats gives rise to a big problem: Outrage could become an obstacle in midterms  —  Growing liberal agitation over a pivotal Supreme Court retirement and a simmering crisis about immigrant child separation have left Democratic leaders scrambling to keep the political outrage …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick  —  Democrats plan to make health care the central issue in their fight to oppose whomever Trump picks to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.  —  What they're saying: Here's Democratic leader Chuck Schumer framing …
Discussion: ABC News
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy's Legacy
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
After eyeing the exits, White House officials will likely stay through Supreme Court confirmation: Sources
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
National Journal:
Can Democrats Play the Long Game?
Discussion: Vox and Hot Air
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ex co-worker no fan of Democrat darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being hailed as the new face of the Democratic party after vanquishing Queens party boss Joe Crowley in Tuesday's primary, but one former co-worker isn't jumping on her bandwagon.
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The Intercept:
Data Suggest That Gentrifying Neighborhoods Powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Victory
Discussion: NY State of Politics
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:   Restless Democratic newcomers bringing change to House
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Expands Key Missile-Manufacturing Plant  —  New satellite imagery indicates Pyongyang is pushing ahead with weapons programs even as it pursues dialogue with Washington  —  SEOUL—North Korea is completing a major expansion of a key missile-manufacturing plant …
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Matthew Schmitz / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Purple’ Family Values  —  In the months leading up to Donald Trump's election, I noticed a divide in how my acquaintances spoke about his family values — or lack thereof.  —  People I knew from college or had met in New York expressed distaste for Mr. Trump's behavior.
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters … The gathering at a park gazebo in Huntsville, Ala., was by no means the largest of Saturday's nationwide protests against President Trump's “zero tolerance” border policies, though it was memorable for other reasons.
Discussion: Politico and POLITICUSUSA
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters:
Rubin: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Should Be Harassed Publicly As a ‘Life Sentence’  —  On Sunday's AM Joy, MSNBC contributor and Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared that Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves a “life sentence” of being harassed publicly as she asserted that the White House press secretary …
Wall Street Journal:
Top GOP Fundraiser to Stop Hush Payments Over Affair  —  Elliott Broidy says ex-model's lawyer breached $1.6 million deal that was arranged by Michael Cohen  —  A top Republican fundraiser will stop making payments to a former mistress who signed a hush-money agreement that was negotiated …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
‘A way of monetizing poor people’: How private equity firms make money offering loans to cash-strapped Americans  —  The check arrived out of the blue, issued in his name for $1,200, a mailing from a consumer finance company.  Stephen Huggins eyed it carefully.  —  A loan, it said.
Tom Fish / Dailystar.co.uk:
Holy smoke: Jesus used cannabis oil to perform ‘miracles’  —  JESUS used cannabis and was an early champion of its medicinal properties, a growing consensus of experts agree.  —  And acceptance of this theory could help promote the controversial drug's use in treating a range of illnesses.
Ericka Cruz Guevarra / OPB:
Man Killed By Armed PSU Officers Had Valid Concealed Carry Permit  —  Jason Erik Washington, the man killed by armed Portland State University officers early Friday morning, had a valid concealed carry permit at the time of his death.  —  Two of Washington's colleagues and at least one witness say Washington, 45, was black.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
John Fund / National Review:
Librarians Airbrush Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name from Award  —  Who's next?  Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Hemingway?  —  Politically correct radicals are now beating up on Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the beloved “Little House on the Prairie” children's books, which inspired …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
I never said that!  High-tech deception of ‘deepfake’ videos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hey, did my congressman really say that?  Is that really President Donald Trump on that video, or am I being duped?  —  New technology on the internet lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said.
MarketWatch:
Oil prices ease on concerns about higher global production  —  Oil futures kicked off the second half of the year with some losses on Monday, amid concerns global oil producers could bump up production more than investors expect.  —  Crude contracts pared bigger losses earlier stemming …
Discussion: Axios, Wall Street Journal, CNBC and Reuters
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch: The media mogul says goodbye to much of the company he built  —  It all started with a few glasses of wine and two media titans talking about how hard life is.  —  Rupert Murdoch, the 87-year-old founder and co-executive chairman of 21st Century Fox and News Corp., and Bob Iger …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Sponsors of Migrant Children Face Steep Transport Fees and Red Tape  —  LOS ANGELES — Marlon Parada, a construction worker in Los Angeles, already was worried when he got an urgent call from his cousin in Honduras, asking if he would agree to take in the cousin's 14-year-old daughter.
Discussion: AOL and Mother Jones
 
 
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
If Rod Rosenstein feels conflicted, he should simply recuse himself
New York Times:
In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Border Patrol Arrests Drop Sharply in June
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Did Satoshi Nakamoto Write This Book Excerpt? A Wired Investigation
Jessika L. / USA Today:
MS-13 beat me up and threatened to kill me. Then the US government took my kids.
Lucille Holt / Washington Post:
A white woman called police on a black 12-year-old — for mowing grass
Discussion: KTLA and New York Times
Clarice Feldman / American Thinker:
Is Trump the Most Fun President Ever?
Betsy Morris / Wall Street Journal:
The New Tech Avengers  —  An unlikely triumvirate of Silicon …
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Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
CSU leader Seehofer offers resignation amid migration row
Ann Marlowe / Fast Company:
How Cambridge Analytica fueled a shady global passport bonanza
New York Times:
Susan Collins, Pivotal Moderate, Says ‘Hostility’ to Roe Would Sway Her Vote
Los Angeles Times:
The Trump administration says it's a ‘myth’ …
Discussion: Raw Story
Christopher Carbone / Fox News:
19 ICE investigators call for agency to be disbanded in letter amid ‘abolish ICE’ protests
New York Times:
Make Way for Young Democratic Leaders
Discussion: NBC News, IJR and Politico
Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed:
Trump Created An Office To Highlight Immigrant Crime. A Year Later, The Results Are Underwhelming.
 

 
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