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2:30 PM ET, July 2, 2019

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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
House Democrats sue Trump administration over president's tax returns  —  House Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration seeking access to President Trump's tax returns.  —  Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee …
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New York Times:
House Files Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Trump Tax Returns  —  WASHINGTON — The House filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to force the Treasury Department to turn over President Trump's tax returns, escalating a fight with an administration that has repeatedly dismissed as illegitimate the Democrats' attempt …
Discussion: Townhall and BuzzFeed News
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats In No Hurry To Get Trump's Tax Returns
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
House Democrats sue Trump administration for president's tax returns
Washington Post:   House Democrats are filing a lawsuit for Trump's tax returns, seeking access to financial records
CNN:
House Democrats file lawsuit to obtain Trump tax returns
Discussion: WHNT-TV, The Root and KTLA
Wall Street Journal:   You Filed Returns. The IRS Compiled the Data. Here's How the New Tax Law Is Working.
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Tanks arrive in D.C. for Trump's Fourth of July celebration  —  NBC News spotted the tanks in the southeast section of the city on Tuesday, just days before the event.  —  WASHINGTON — Tanks for President Donald Trump's “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration were seen arriving …
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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.
Nick Givas / Fox News:   ‘Morning Joe’ guest hits Trump for planning ‘obscene’ Fourth of July military parade
HuffPost:
RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump's Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration
Washington Post:
Trump's Fourth of July plans just keep getting worse
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Algemeiner.com
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Vets To Give Out Thousands Of USS John McCain Shirts At Trump's July 4 Event
Discussion: USA Today, VICE and POLITICUSUSA
NBC10 Boston:
Mike Pence Called Back to White House, NH Visit Canceled  —  A spokesperson for the vice president originally said Air Force 2 was turned around due to an “emergency,” but the organizers of the event are now characterizing it as a “diversion”  —  Vice President Mike Pence's New Hampshire event …
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Pence cancels New Hampshire event to return to White House  —  Washington (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence canceled a previously scheduled event in New Hampshire on Tuesday to return to the White House, White House officials told CNN, though the reason for scrapping the event was not immediately clear.
Discussion: Mediaite
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Pence's plane called back to DC for unspecified emergency
Discussion: Washington Post
Sue Bird / The Players' Tribune:
So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend  —  Hi!!  Sue here.  This is my World Cup Semifinals preview.  The title was supposed to be “So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend (and 10 Other Things I Want You to Know Before the World Cup Semifinals)” but we ran out of space.  My bad.
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Kamala Harris surges in Iowa as Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders suffer after debate  —  In night two of the Democratic debate, candidates bore down into issues, and each other.  Kamala Harris went after Joe Biden for his past on busing.  —  CONNECT  —  The first Democratic debate …
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Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Dear Kamala Harris, here's why Joe Biden worked with segregationists in the Senate  —  Harris criticized Biden for working with segregationist senators.  But she would have done the same.  It was then the only way to advance civil rights.  —  CONNECT  —  After hearing Sen. Kamala Harris …
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Harris surges past Warren to claim third place in post-debate poll
Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Nike Nixes ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes  —  Sneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoe after NFL star raised concerns about its symbolism  —  Nike Inc. is yanking a U.S.A.-themed sneaker featuring an early American flag after former NFL star-turned …
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Whose Flag Is It Anyway?  —  It's ours.  All of ours.  —  Mark this down as Peak Corporate Performative Wokeness.  The Wall Street Journal reports: … The backlash was quick and harsh.  Arizona Governor Doug Ducey fired off a Twitter thread, announcing that he has …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Democrats are learning the wrong lesson from Donald Trump  —  He ran as a moderate — and it worked.  —  Many progressives have what they believe to be a knock-down answer to nervous Nellies who fret that talking about desegregation busing, decriminalizing illegal entry into the United States …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:   The Moochers of Middle America
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
An Unnecessary Primary Panic?
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times
Yusra Murad / Morning Consult:
Majority Backs ‘Medicare for All’ Replacing Private Plans, if Preferred Providers Stay
Discussion: The Guardian
New York Times:
Trump and R.N.C. Raised $105 Million in 2nd Quarter, Outdoing Obama  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee on Tuesday said they had raised $105 million in the second quarter of this year, dwarfing what President Barack Obama raised …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Sanders campaign raises about $18 million over past three months
Discussion: One America News Network and CNN
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Raises $18 Million in 3 Months, Trailing Buttigieg
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The Fox News general who ‘spooked’ Trump out of attacking Iran  —  As President Donald Trump wrestled on the evening of June 20 with how to respond to Iran's downing of a U.S. drone, Jack Keane was making his second appearance of the day on the Fox News Channel.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Hickenlooper campaign in shambles  —  Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper's senior team urged him last month to withdraw from the presidential race gracefully and run for Colorado's Senate seat or pursue other opportunities, a source familiar with the situation told POLITICO.
Carrie Cordero / Washington Post:
Why Ivanka Trump didn't belong anywhere near the DMZ or the G-20 summit  —  Who benefits most from her government role — the American people or her family?  —  Since President Trump took office, the White House has been pushing the boundaries of what the American public will tolerate …
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The Daily Beast:
Ivanka's North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials
Amanda Arnold / The Cut:
How Much Did Ivanka Embarrass Herself at the G20 Summit?
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Welcome Humiliation of John Bolton  —  A warmonger is the latest to lose his dignity to Donald Trump.  —  Say this for Donald Trump.  He may be transforming American politics into a kleptocratic fascist reality show and turning our once-great country into a global laughingstock …
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Trump believes the ‘filth’ of homelessness is ‘destroying a whole way of life’
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump in Asia: 'We're the Hottest Show in Town'
Discussion: New York Magazine
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
American Pride Hits New Low; Few Proud of Political System  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Americans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, their pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup's first measurement in 2001.  While 70% of U.S. adults overall say they are proud to be Americans …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Proud Boys and Allies to Rally in D.C. to Capitalize on ‘Trumpstravaganza’  —  ‘We are expecting a lot of Trump supporters, and especially battle-ready Trump supporters,’ All Out D.C. organizer Jesse Sparks said.  —  Washington, D.C.'s Fourth of July week will go from a sweaty fete of fireworks …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Netflix Has a Talk Show Problem  —  Netflix upended the entertainment business by successfully moving into nearly every genre — scripted dramas, comedies, stand-up specials, documentaries, reality shows and feature films.  But one type of programming has proved tricky for the streaming giant: the talk show.
 
 
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Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Drug prices in 2019 are surging, with hikes at 5 times inflation
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
The Hill keeps using photos from 2014 (who was president then?) to hit Trump on migrant detentions
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Issues & Insights:
Bernie Vs. Bernie: Who Has Improved More Lives, Marcus Or Sanders?
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Joseph Cox / VICE:
China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border
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Customs beagles sniff out illegal snails
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
The Energy 202: DNC will consider holding a climate debate amid protests
Discussion: New York Times and VICE
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
No One Picks Up the Phone, but Which Online Polls Are the Answer?
New York Times:
To Evade Sanctions on Iran, Ships Vanish in Plain Sight
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Spies fear a consulting firm helped hobble U.S. intelligence
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump looking ‘very strongly’ at delaying census
 

 
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
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