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8:10 PM ET, July 7, 2018

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New York Times:
North Korea Criticizes ‘Gangster-Like’ U.S. Attitude After Talks With Mike Pompeo  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” …
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
Cost of one of those ‘expensive’ U.S.-South Korea military exercises? $14 million
Discussion: Axios
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:   After talks, NKorea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands
Bill Frist / Washington Post:
The Senate I led put country over party.  This one must do the same for Robert Mueller.  —  Bill Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon, former U.S. Senate majority leader and senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center.  —  When I retired from the U.S. Senate in 2007 as its majority leader …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Trump is hinting at concessions to Putin. So what do we get back?
Discussion: LewRockwell
Victoria Nuland / New York Times:   In Two Summits, a Moment of Truth for Trump
Danielle Ohl / capitalgazette.com:
‘Wendi Winters saved my life’: Capital Gazette staff say their fallen colleague charged the shooter  —  Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper.  —  dohl@capgaznews.com  —  When a man with a shotgun shattered the glass door …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Trump lawyers call Comey ‘Machiavellian’ in note to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year to the special counsel, casting him as “Machiavellian,” dishonest and …
Discussion: Hill Reporter, Axios and Mediaite
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
'It's a Terrible Vote': Red-State Democrats Face an Agonizing Supreme Court Choice  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic senators running for re-election in Trump Country face an agonizing choice over President Trump's coming Supreme Court nominee: Vote to confirm the pick and risk demoralizing Democratic voters ahead …
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New York Times:
Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy  —  Obesity affects 40 percent of adults and 19 percent of children in the United States and accounts for more than $168 billion in health care spending each year.  Sugary beverages are thought to be one of the major drivers of the obesity epidemic.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Mueller WILL NOT Present Collusion Evidence At Manafort Trial  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that his prosecutors will not present evidence regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia at an upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Discussion: Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
Tim Graham / NewsBusters:
Mrs. Jimmy Kimmel: I Said ‘What The F***?’ to Stop Hillary Pantsuit Jokes  —  The August issue of the women's magazine Glamour is the Comedy Issue, so they rounded up female comedy writers for all the liberal late-night shows to address diversity in the writers' room and how feminism pervades the late-night scene.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez draws Bronx cheer for misleading campaign bio  —  The Democratic Socialist candidate seeking to represent New York's 14th Congressional District is facing backlash over her working class “Bronx girl” campaign narrative.
Discussion: lohud.com and The Gateway Pundit
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Democratic Socialism Is Dem Doom
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
Court Order To Reunite Migrant Children And Parents Reveals How Little Planning Went Into Separation Policy  —  The Trump administration's struggle to meet a judge's order reveals the extent of its lack of planning when it implemented its zero tolerance policy.  —  Reporting From Los Angeles
Discussion: Politico
Shant Shahrigian / New York Post:
‘Irate’ man arrested for threats against Trump supporters, local politician  —  A Long Island man was arrested Friday for threatening to kill supporters of President Donald Trump and Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin - then nearly hitting a Zeldin campaign staffer with his car, according to Suffolk County police.
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Daily News
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alan Dershowitz Is Enjoying This  —  In an interview with The Times, Mr. Dershowitz talks about McCarthyism (Martha's Vineyard-style) and why nuance doesn't exist in politics anymore.  —  CHILMARK, Mass. — This is what McCarthyism evidently looks like on Martha's Vineyard.
Discussion: Mediaite and Esquire
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
GOP Freedom Caucus members refuse to back Jim Jordan on the record as more abuse accusers come forward  —  House Republicans are refusing to publicly defend Tea Party firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as more details come to light about the congressman's role in the Ohio State University sexual assault scandal.
Discussion: CNN, POLITICUSUSA and New York Times
Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘I was shocked it was so easy’: meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you're gay  —  Psychologist Michal Kosinski says artificial intelligence can detect your sexuality and politics just by looking at your face.  What if he's right?  —  Vladimir Putin was not in attendance, but his loyal lieutenants were.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Chris Glorioso / NBC New York:
Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained While Visiting Son-in-Law at Fort Drum, Family Says  —  Concepcion and Margarito were stopped by military police at the gates of Fort Drum on July 4, their children say  —  Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained at Army Base
Discussion: Mother Jones
Dan Merica / CNN:
GOP candidate in Kansas: ‘Outside of Western civilization, there is only barbarism’  —  (CNN)A Republican congressional candidate in a Kansas race Democrats are targeting in November told an audience at a party meeting this month that “outside of Western civilization there is only barbarism.”
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
This Italian Town Once Welcomed Migrants.  Now, It's a Symbol for Right-Wing Politics  —  Macerata once had a reputation for tolerance.  But the killing of a woman and a revenge shooting made the Italian town a symbol of rising right-wing politics.  —  MACERATA, Italy …
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Reports of denied dental care mount after Bevin's Medicaid cuts  —  Louisville group speaks out against Gov. Matt Bevin's cuts to Medicaid cuts on Monday, Marty Pearl, The Courier Journal  —  Two advocacy groups on Thursday called on the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to ensure children …
ProPublica:
A Day After Report, Violent White Supremacist Loses Job With Defense Contractor  —  One day after being exposed as a member of a violent white supremacist group, Michael Miselis has lost his job as an aerospace engineer.  In an email, company spokesman Tim Paynter told ProPublica and Frontline that Miselis …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4  —  “What does July 4th mean to me?  Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.  —  For the Wisconsin Republican, it meant, specifically, the freedom to spend July 4 in Moscow with seven …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Politico
 
 
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Matt Rosoff / CNBC:
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James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Ivanka Checks the ‘Fact Checker’
CNN:
US service member killed in Afghanistan in apparent insider attack
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TMJ4:
George Webb employee seriously injured after attack from man who went behind counter [VIDEO]
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Harry Enten / CNN:
2018 may have the largest gender gap on record
Discussion: HuffPost
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Associated Press:
Philippine president says he'll resign if anybody can prove God exists
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