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6:25 PM ET, July 3, 2019

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Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘They started this too late’: Trump officials and allies anxious about July 4 fest  —  The White House and Republican National Committee have spent the past week scrambling to distribute VIP tickets to President Donald Trump's Fourth of July speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Maggie More / NBC4 Washington:
RNC Receives VIP Tickets to Trump's Fourth of July Celebration; DNC Does Not  —  Tanks for July 4th Celebration Come in on Trains  —  An official with the Democratic National Convention told NBC News the organization has not received tickets to the VIP section for President Donald Trump's Fourth …
New York Times:
‘Leave Tanks for Red Square’: Trump's July 4 Celebration Unsettles Military  —  WASHINGTON — With trouble spots from Iran to North Korea, the military's role in a Fourth of July celebration in Washington should be the least of the Pentagon's worries.  —  Yet some retired and active-duty …
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
How Is Trump's Parade Offensive? Let Me Count the Ways
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump's controversial “Salute to America” July Fourth event, explained
Discussion: USA Today, ABC News and CNN
The Hill:
Trump appears to contradict officials, says census citizenship question not abandoned  —  President Trump stirred confusion on Wednesday by saying that reports his administration is halting its effort to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census are “FAKE,” even though multiple departments …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Administration Said It Wouldn't Put A Citizenship Question On The Census, And Then Trump Blew It Up With A Tweet  —  One day after saying the 2020 Census would go ahead without a citizenship question, Trump tweeted Wednesday they were “absolutely moving forward” with it.
CNN:
Trump administration reverses course on census citizenship question  —  (CNN)In a major reversal, the Justice Department told a federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday that it has been “instructed to examine whether there is a path forward consistent with the Supreme Court's decision …
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Tweet Sows Confusion on Census
Prynard / Iowa Starting Line:
New Iowa Poll: Warren Leads, Harris And Biden Close Behind, Sanders Falls To 4th  — Home- 2019- July- 3- New Iowa Poll: Warren Leads, Harris And Biden Close Behind, Sanders Falls To 4th  —  We have a shakeup in Iowa.  —  Elizabeth Warren leads the pack in the Iowa Caucus …
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July 2019 Poll Results
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Harris scores in debate performance while electability keeps Biden in front
Discussion: twitchy.com and Washington Post
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC Guest Compares Betsy Ross Flag to Swastika, Burning Cross  —  ‘Those symbols are symbols of hate’  —  MSNBC guest Michael Eric Dyson compared the Betsy Ross American flag to the Nazi swastika and a burning Ku Klux Klan cross during an appearance Wednesday.
Discussion: twitchy.com and Instapundit
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating  —  The National Rifle Association aired an avalanche of TV ads and pushed its 5 million-plus members to the polls for Donald Trump in 2016, propelling him in the Rust Belt states that delivered him the presidency.  —  Now, the gun rights group …
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Washington Post:
Newtown massacre divided NRA leaders, foreshadowing split to come
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
It's a Question No One Says They Want to Ask.  But the Women Running for President Keep Hearing It.  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — Some people whisper it, some apologize for it, and some are very careful to mention their neighbors — their neighbors would be the ones to ask.
Discussion: CNN
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain, Feeling Like an ‘Exhausted, Defeated... Caged Animal,’ May Exit ‘The View’  —  Sources close to McCain tell The Daily Beast she feels like ‘a caged animal’ on the ABC talk show.  'It's getting to the point where it's not worth the emotional toll every week.'
Meredith Lerner / CREW:
Nauert Reported Earning Fox Salary While at State Department  —  Heather Nauert, a former State Department spokesperson and President Trump's original pick to replace Nikki Haley as the United States Representative to the United Nations, reported in her termination financial disclosure report …
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Politics Is Changing; Why Aren't the Pundits Who Cover It?  The Donny Deutsch problem in media.  —  In past weeks, the curtain has officially been raised on the vast and diverse field of candidates for the Democratic nomination, many of them politicians who would not have been seen …
more at Mediagazer »
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Court Orders Release of Sealed Docs About Jeffrey Epstein's Alleged Sex Ring  —  In a blow to the billionaire pedophile and his alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, a federal court ordered the release of sealed court records in a case brought by an alleged victim.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Don Jr. and Jared Really Dislike Each Other”: In the Trump Campaign, It's Son Versus Son-in-Law  —  Suspicion has turned to paranoia as Kushner pushes for 2020 hegemony.  “Don doesn't want to give Jared any excuses to delegitimize him,” says a person close to Don Jr.
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Democratic Presidential Candidates Need to Stop Taking Unpopular Stances  —  The Democratic presidential primary has worked to the party's disadvantage by maneuvering its candidates into unpopular positions.  This is not quite a crisis, but it is a serious danger that, if not redressed, could blow up in the party's face.
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Trump Facebook ads use models to portray actual supporters  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in Florida, a Hispanic man on a city street in Texas and a bearded hipster …
Daily Mail:
Alex Morgan mocked the English team by pretending to drink tea in her goal celebration  —  Now, there are many things you can tease my fellow countrymen for, from our silly accents and love of cricket to our badly maintained teeth.  —  But laughing at our fondness for tea crosses an unspoken line.
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Manslaughter Charge Dropped Against Alabama Woman Who Was Shot While Pregnant  —  Prosecutors in Alabama said on Wednesday that they were dropping a manslaughter charge against Marshae Jones over the death of the fetus she was carrying when she was shot in the belly.
Discussion: VICE, Vox, Mother Jones and Refinery29
BuzzFeed News:
These Bizarre Kamala Harris And Mark Zuckerberg Conspiracy Sites Are Run By A Montessori School Director  —  A network of websites and a popular YouTube channel spreading false conspiracies about Sen. Kamala Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, and other public figures is owned by a couple who operate …
Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic:
What a Pediatrician Saw Inside a Border Patrol Warehouse  —  MCALLEN, Texas—Inside the Border Patrol warehouse on Ursula Avenue, Dolly Lucio Sevier saw a baby who'd been fed from the same unwashed bottle for days; children showing signs of malnutrition and dehydration; and several kids who …
Malcolm Jones / The Daily Beast:
ICE Told Agents ‘Happy Hunting!’ as They Prepped for Raid  —  The documents detail ‘Operation MEGA,’ a nationwide raid targeting at least 8,400 people—as well as the excited, even giddy anticipation of immigration enforcement agents.  —  As federal immigration authorities put the finishing touches …
Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Trump's Fourth of July Parade to Include Flyover by Russian Air Force  —  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it “incredibly exciting news,” President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that his long-planned Fourth of July parade in Washington will include a flyover by Russian Su-24 fighter planes.
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Trump administration ending in-person interpreters at immigrants' first hearings  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to replace in-court interpreters at initial immigration court hearings with videos informing asylum seekers and other immigrants facing deportation of their rights, The Chronicle has learned.
Yahoo:
Black family fires contractor who shows up to job with Confederate flag on truck: ‘I cannot pay you’  —  A black family fired an independent contractor they had hired for a job after he drove to their home with a giant  —  Confederate flag affixed to his truck.
Associated Press:
Trump says U.S. should start manipulating the dollar  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China and Europe of playing a “big currency manipulation game.”  He said the United States should match that effort, a move that directly contradicts official U.S. policy …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Military chiefs have concerns about politicization of Trump's July 4th event  —  (CNN)Military chiefs have concerns about the politicization of President Donald Trump's July 4 event, a source with direct knowledge told CNN.  —  In the planning for the event, they had reservations …
Discussion: RedState, Althouse, Mediaite and Daily Kos
 
 
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Former Michigan governor withdraws from Harvard fellowship after backlash
Discussion: Mediaite and Balloon Juice
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Analysis: Three vying for the presidential nomination — and Texas bragging rights
Jacob Kornbluh / Jewish Insider:
Democratic Majority for Israel to launch PAC
Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
The Front Page and Buffalo Billiards Will Close By the End of August
Discussion: DCist
Bloomberg:
Elizabeth Warren Starts Winning Begrudging Respect on Wall Street
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump Approval Remains in Low 40s
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 Earlier Items: 
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Streaming Service Reeling After Misconduct Claim Goes Public
Alexandra Chaidez / CBS News:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises Brett Kavanaugh and reflects on gender equality
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Justice Department watchdog to investigate decision to cancel FBI headquarters plan
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Whatever happened to Breitbart? The insurgent star of the right is in a long, slow fade
New York Times:
Teenager Accused of Rape Deserves Leniency Because He's From a ‘Good Family,’ Judge Says
 

 
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