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4:20 AM ET, July 1, 2019

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
‘Surreal’: Ivanka Trump plays a prominent role in her father's historic Korea trip  —  Few Americans alive today have set foot inside North Korea, the isolated, nuclear-armed dictatorship sometimes called the Hermit Kingdom.  —  On Sunday, Ivanka Trump became one of them …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Balloon Juice and YouTube
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New York Times:
In New Talks, U.S. May Settle for a Nuclear Freeze by North Korea  —  SEOUL, South Korea — From a seemingly fanciful tweet to a historic step into North Korean territory, President Trump's largely improvised third meeting on Sunday with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, was a masterpiece of drama …
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson: Leading a Country ‘Means Killing People’  —  'You've got to be honest about what it means to lead a country, it means killing people,' Carlson said, while speaking to Fox & Friends from South Korea.  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on Sunday that part of “what it means to lead a country” is “killing people.”
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump's press secretary bruised after jostling with North Korea security over media, report says
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
'It's only fake news': Even on a historic day, Trump complains about media coverage
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:   Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Spotted at DMZ With Trump for Interview
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says sanctions remain on NKorea
Discussion: Mediaite
The Independent:
Trump becomes first sitting US president to enter North Korea as he shakes hands with Kim Jong-un
Discussion: Daily Wire and Politico
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
‘Her ambition got it wrong about Joe’: Harris faces debate backlash  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Kamala Harris might be reveling in her sudden burst of attention after roasting Joe Biden over racial issues on the debate stage last week, but a backlash is already brewing.
Discussion: Axios
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Juana Summers / Associated Press:
Harris lands 2020 endorsement from 2 Black Caucus members  —  BALTIMORE (AP) — Two more members of the Congressional Black Caucus are backing Kamala Harris's bid for the presidency: Reps. Bobby Rush of Illinois and Frederica Wilson of Florida.  —  Endorsements from the caucus …
Discussion: Axios
CNN:
Biden's ‘gay waiter’ comment on LGBTQ rights falls flat in Seattle  —  Washington (CNN)People gathered at a 2020 presidential fundraiser for Joe Biden Saturday pushed back against the former vice president's claim that just a few years ago people in Washington state would have let a homophobic comment slide, saying “Not in Seattle!”
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Harris Stands by Decision to ‘Speak the Truth’ on Race Matters
Discussion: Axios
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Kamala Shotguns Joe Sixpack
Discussion: Althouse
Axios:
Cory Booker says Biden can't talk “honestly” about his past mistakes on race
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Anti-Trump fever takes threatening turn  —  The toxicity of the resistance to President Trump has risen in recent days, with the nation's most respected newspapers publishing rationalizations for denying Trump supporters public accommodation and for doxxing career federal employees …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Living In an Age of Hate [Updated]  —  Byron York takes a dispassionate look at today's political/cultural landscape, which is beginning to resemble the one that preceded the Civil War: … Advocacy of incivility and violence isn't coming only from the zany far left.
Washington Post:
‘The enigma of the entire Mueller probe’: Focus on origins of Russian investigation puts spotlight on Maltese professor  —  Shortly after Joseph Mifsud's efforts to help connect a Trump adviser with the Kremlin were detailed in court filings, an Italian reporter found him at a university in Rome …
Steven Overly / Politico:
Facebook unveils plans to fight misinformation about census  —  Facebook on Sunday announced it's developing a plan to stop misinformation aimed at keeping people from participating in the 2020 census, the results of which will shape American political districting for a decade.
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Naomi Nix / Bloomberg:
Facebook to Ban Census Interference to Allay Undercount Worries
Discussion: Splinter
Zach Carter / HuffPost:
What The Hell Is Nancy Pelosi Doing?  —  House Democrats have lost their moral compass.  —  On Thursday morning, a reporter asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) what her party planned to do about writer E. Jean Carroll's recent rape allegation against President Donald Trump.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Inside the Trump campaign's plan to re-energize evangelicals  —  President Trump's re-election campaign is developing an aggressive, state-by-state plan to mobilize even more evangelical voters than supported him last time, campaign officials tell Axios.  —  Why it matters …
Katherine Lam / Fox Business:
Billionaire Bernie Marcus to donate majority of fortune, support Trump for re-election  —  Billionaire Bernie Marcus has already given more than $2 billion to upwards of 300 organizations, and he said he plans to donate the majority of his fortune while he's still alive and support President Trump …
Stephen Kinzer / BostonGlobe.com:
Soros and Koch brothers team up to end US ‘forever war’ policy  —  BESIDES BEING BILLIONAIRES and spending much of their fortunes to promote pet causes, the leftist financier George Soros and the right-wing Koch brothers have little in common.  They could be seen as polar opposites.
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
How the first U.S. city with no daily newspaper will help Trump in 2020  —  In the American Heartland, the white working class was riled up.  They were angry about immigrants — so many of whom didn't even bother to speak English — and the economic advancement of African Americans.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sarah Sanders is exploring a book deal after White House departure  —  Sarah Sanders is likely to hit the speaking circuit and write a book after leaving the White House on Friday, and she'll move to Arkansas in August as the prelude to a possible 2022 run for governor, sources tell Axios.
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Under Fire for Not Stopping Antifa Protests  —  Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's hands-off policy when it comes to Antifa protestors came under scrutiny on Saturday after journalist Andy Ngo was assaulted by masked Antifa assailants.  —  Wheeler, who is also police commissioner …
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Michelle Malkin / gofundme.com:
Protect Andy Ngo Fund
 
 
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Chris Coons / The Atlantic:
Democrats Need to Talk About Their Faith
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Donald Ayer / The Atlantic:
Why Bill Barr Is So Dangerous
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Axios:
Report: U.S. is underestimating Putin's “grand strategy” for Russian dominance
Detroit Free Press:
Former Gov. Rick Snyder named Harvard fellow
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Federal judge: Let doctors into child migrant detention centers, quickly
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Hey Dems, Take It From This Ex-Centrist: We Blew It
CNN:
Why calling Bernie Sanders a ‘radical’ is nonsense
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Stop the Knee-Jerk Liberalism That Hurts Its Own Cause
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