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A.C. Thompson / ProPublica:
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
AOC screamed at Border Patrol agents in ‘threatening manner’ during tour: Witnesses  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., screamed at federal law enforcement agents “in a threatening manner” during a visit to a Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, and refused to tour the facility …
John Parkinson / ABC News:
CBP launches investigation into private Facebook group mocking lawmakers as they blast immigrant treatment
Discussion: Townhall
Associated Press:   Girl recalls poor care in Texas border station
CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris and Warren rise and Biden slides after first Democratic debates  —  Harris confronts Biden over busing, school desegregation  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren have made steep gains after the first Democratic presidential debate …
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris Looked Like Winners At The First Debates: Poll  —  Joe Biden's electability edge has eroded as Democratic voters see new options for taking on Trump, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll shows.  —  Last week's Democratic debates gave Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) …
Amy Chozick / Vogue:
Madam President? Five Candidates on What It Will Take to Shatter the Most Stubborn Glass Ceiling
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Biden wanted to follow Hillary Clinton's 2016 path. It might look more like 2008.
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Trump asks for military tanks on the Mall as part of grandiose July Fourth event  —  National Park Service acting director P. Daniel Smith faces plenty of looming priorities this summer, from an $11 billion backlog in maintenance needs to natural disasters like the recent wildfire damage to Big Bend Park.
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New York Times:
Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that the Pentagon would put military tanks on display on Thursday in Washington as part of his plans to turn the annual Fourth of July celebration in the nation's capital into a salute to the country's military prowess.
HuffPost:
RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump's Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration  —  What had been a nonpolitical, nonpartisan celebration on the National Mall will now likely be a multimillion-dollar, taxpayer-financed political rally, critics worry.  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Vets To Give Out Thousands Of USS John McCain Shirts At Trump's July 4 Event
Discussion: The Guardian and Political Flare
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:   Trump's latest Fourth of July celebration demand is something else
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
New study shows Russian propaganda may really have helped Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies have long insisted that Russian's 2016 propaganda campaign on social media had no impact on the presidential election.  —  A new statistical analysis says it may well have.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Stephanie Grisham, Trump's New Press Secretary, Literally Pushes for Press Access  —  WASHINGTON — Stephanie Grisham, the new White House press secretary, returned from the Demilitarized Zone with a bruise on her arm after physically pushing North Korean officials to clear a way for American journalists …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Tests Her Diplomatic Chops and Riles a Legion of Critics  —  Set against a tense, eerie silence in the landmine-riddled mountains separating South and North Korea, the Demilitarized Zone may be the highest-stakes negotiation site on earth.  It's not the sort of place for mistakes.
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Center for American Progress Puts ThinkProgress Up for Sale  —  News site launched during the Bush years is running millions of dollars short.  Its parent think tank says it will consider the editorial leanings of prospective owners.  —  ThinkProgress, the flagship news site of the Democratic …
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father's Campaign?  —  Joe Biden's son is under scrutiny for his business dealings and tumultuous personal life.  —  In today's political culture, people running for President may announce their candidacy on the steps of their home-town city hall or on …
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The New York Review of Books:
An Open Letter to the Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum  —  Omer Bartov, Doris Bergen, Andrea Orzoff, Timothy Snyder, and Anika Walke, et al.  —  On June 17, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, posted an Instagram live video discussing the detention camps along …
Discussion: Splinter and CNN
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
More Than 140 Holocaust, Genocide Experts Think Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Allowed to Call Migrant …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Exclusive: Democrats investigating whistleblower claims Pompeo's security picked up Chinese food and his dog  —  Washington (CNN)Democrats on a key House congressional committee are investigating allegations from a whistleblower within the State Department about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Trump's House allies lie in wait for Mueller  —  Democrats have been dying to hear directly from special counsel Robert Mueller for months, but they're not alone.  President Donald Trump's GOP allies in Congress are salivating at the chance to bruise Mueller's reputation and cast doubt on the integrity of his work.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The new GOP attacks on Mueller will backfire on Trump — bigly
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
Alison Rourke / The Guardian:
Unwantedivanka: awkward moment at G20 prompts slew of Trump parodies  —  Photoshopped images show president's daughter as interloper at historic moments  —  Ivanka Trump's prominent role at the G20 summit over the weekend, and her presence at the Korean demilitarised zone with her father …
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Harvard's appointment of former Gov. Rick Snyder sparks social media backlash  —  LANSING — News that Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government has named former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder a senior research fellow has sparked a social media backlash.  —  Many have expressed outrage …
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Hickenlooper finance director flees to Beto  —  The national finance director for John Hickenlooper's presidential campaign is departing and joining rival Beto O'Rourke's effort, O'Rourke's campaign told POLITICO on Monday.  —  The aide, Dan Sorenson, is leaving the former two-term Colorado governor …
Discussion: New Yorker and Political Wire
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats In No Hurry To Get Trump's Tax Returns  —  We're six months into Democratic control of the House, and they still haven't sued over the president's secret tax returns.  —  WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump is the first president in 40 years not to disclose his personal income tax returns …
Matt Bors / Medium:
The Future of The Nib, Again  —  It was reported Friday that First Look Media made the decision to end funding for The Nib along with shuttering the web magazine Topic.com at the end of July.  That is true and something that I've been dealing with the results of for a few weeks now.
Patrick Redford / Deadspin:
Another Dead Cyclist In The City  —  Around 9:30 a.m. on June 24 in Manhattan, cyclist Robyn Hightman rounded the corner from 23rd Street onto Sixth Avenue, where they were struck by a large white delivery truck and thrown off their bike into the middle of the street.
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
King of Viral Outrage: How Ryan Saavedra Gamed Twitter and Poached Content to Rise in Conservative Media  —  Conservative writer Ryan Saavedra endured a rough few months in 2017.  He was out at Breitbart News shortly after he responded to a terrorist attack by calling for new crusades in the Middle East.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump fumes about Cuomo, New York A.G. over state investigations  —  “Cuomo uses his Attorney General as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes,” Trump tweeted.  “They sue on everything, always in search of a crime.”  —  President Donald Trump on Monday accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
 
 
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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Far-Right Extremists Wanted Blood In Portland's Streets. Once Again, They Got It.
Discussion: Portland Mercury, VICE and Fox News
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
11,467 Colorado parolees can now vote after new law goes into effect
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Roy Moore ‘likely failed’ polygraph test, Corfman says
Scott Rasmussen:
POST-DEBATE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY POLL (JUNE 28-30, 2019)
Discussion: Power Line
Michele Goodwin / New York Times:
Alabama Isn't the Only State That Punishes Pregnant Women
John J. Mearsheimer / New York Times:
Iran Is Rushing to Build a Nuclear Weapon — and Trump Can't Stop It
Alexander Heffner / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Counting on the Media to Help Re-Elect Him—Will They Oblige?
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
What the last Nuremberg prosecutor alive wants the world to know
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump told the troops he gave them their first raise in years. He didn't.
VICE:
Marianne Williamson Knows You Think She's a Joke. But Her Campaign Isn't.
Discussion: Breitbart
OpenSecrets.org:
Russia paid radio broadcaster $1.4 million to air Kremlin propaganda in DC
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Freak summer hailstorm buries Mexican city under five feet of ice
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Journalism Job Cuts Haven't Been This Bad Since the Recession
Discussion: Politico
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
Do the Republicans Even Believe in Democracy Anymore?
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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