memeorandum: ‘Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil’ (Charles M. Blow/New York Times)

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:

Senator Duckworth and Most of the Press Are Lying about Trump's Speech — Senator Tammy Duckworth says that, during his address at Mount Rushmore on Friday, President Trump “spent all his time talking about dead traitors.” — This is a flat-out lie. It is entirely untrue. It is invented from whole cloth.

Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill

Associated Press:

Trump at Mount Rushmore — Progressives deride his defense of America's founding principles. — By The Editorial Board — At Mt. Rushmore, Trump uses Fourth of July celebration to stoke a culture war —Los Angeles Times — Trump Uses Mount Rushmore Speech to Deliver Divisive Culture War Message

Discussion: Power Line

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump doesn't have a clue what America is about

Discussion: Redstate

WGCL-TV:

Reward for info on shooting death of 8-year-old during violent night in Atlanta — ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) — An 8-year-old girl died after she was shot during a night of violence across metro Atlanta. — The shooting occurred just before 10 p.m. on University Avenue near I-75/85.

Discussion: WSB-TV, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Redstate, Twitchy and Power Line

WSB-TV:
Police search for shooter who killed 8-year-old girl near burned Wendy's

Discussion: National Review, Fox News, Louder With Crowder, IJR, The Gateway Pundit and The Sun

Jordan Lancaster / The Daily Caller:
'It's Over': Atlanta Mayor Says Protesters Should Clear Out After 8-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and WGCL-TV

Charles M. Blow / New York Times:

‘Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil’ — For Trump, the truth about patriarchal white supremacy defiles the American heroes who practiced it. — As Donald Trump gave his race-baiting speeches over the Fourth of July weekend, hoping to rile his base and jump-start his flagging campaign for re-election …

Discussion: The Federalist, Washington Post, Townhall and Fox News

Discussion: Samizdata, The Bulwark, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Unz Review, Raw Story and Vanity Fair

Allan Smith / NBC News:

How Lincoln Project anti-Trump Republicans got into his head. Spoiler: It was easy. … Seeking to defend President Donald Trump from questions over whether he actually reads his daily intelligence briefing, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters last week …

Discussion: Raw Story

democratandchronicle:

Frederick Douglass statue vandalized on anniversary of his famous Fourth of July Rochester speech — On the same weekend in which famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass 168 years ago delivered one of his most historically resonant speeches, a statue of Douglass was toppled from its base and left near the Genesee River gorge.

Discussion: RochesterFirst, Associated Press, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, New York Post, The Hill and Law & Crime

New York Times:

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus — Coronavirus cases per 10,000 people — Teresa and Marvin Bradley can't say for sure how they got the coronavirus. Maybe Ms. Bradley, a Michigan nurse, brought it from her hospital. Maybe it came from a visiting relative.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Blue Virginia and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Bloomberg:

Trump Support Withering in Areas Where Virus Cases Are Rising — Sunbelt and other Republican areas are now getting hit hard — Older voters most vulnerable are no longer supporting Trump — Coronavirus is skyrocketing in Republican-leaning Sunbelt and interior states …

Discussion: Raw Story

Aris Folley / The Hill:

7 men arrested after allegedly harassing Black family on Oregon beach — © Lincoln City Police Department/ Facebook — Police in Lincoln City, Ore., said this weekend that they arrested 7 men on various charges after a group of white people they were a part of allegedly harassed …

Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:

Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in COVID-19 boom — WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump's own ethics policy, according to a report.

Discussion: Political Wire

New York Times:

Iran Admits Serious Damage to Natanz Nuclear Site, Setting Back Program — A Middle Eastern intelligence official said Israel planted a bomb in a building where advanced centrifuges were being developed. — A fire at Iran's main nuclear fuel enrichment site caused significant damage …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and TASS

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:

Duckworth emerging as a contender to be Biden's running mate — As Joe Biden pushes ahead with his search for a running mate, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has quietly emerged as a serious contender, according to three people with knowledge of the selection process, one of several developing dynamics …

Discussion: The Federalist, National Review, Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Political Wire

Sara Nathan / Page Six:

Alan Dershowitz hasn't been seen at his favorite nude beach in months — Residents of Martha's Vineyard will be seeing a lot less of Alan Dershowitz this summer — in more ways than one. — The lawyer famously enjoys letting it all hang out on one of the island's nude beaches, Lucy Vincent Beach.

Courier-Journal:

Breonna Taylor warrant connected to Louisville gentrification plan, lawyers say — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Breonna Taylor's shooting was the result of a Louisville police department operation to clear out a block in western Louisville that was part of a major gentrification makeover …

Discussion: Raw Story

Just Security:

Unpacking the National Intelligence Council's Memo on Russian Bounty Operation — Over the July 4 weekend, the New York Times reported that Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe has produced a memorandum that, on the one hand, acknowledges the assessment by the CIA …

Politico:

Democrats smell a rout — and the chance to control redistricting in 2021 — Donald Trump's collapsing poll numbers have Democrats thinking bigger than just winning the White House and seizing the Senate — they're imagining a rout that extends all the way down the ballot.

DeNeen L. Brown / Washington Post:

Depicted kneeling before Lincoln, this enslaved man broke his own chains in pursuit of freedom — Decades before he was depicted in bronze kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln, Archer Alexander longed for freedom. — “Go for your freedom ef you dies for it,” said Alexander …

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Trump's Job Approval Rating Steady at Lower Level — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's approval rating is holding steady at a lower level after a sharp drop in late May and early June, with 38% of Americans currently approving of the job he is doing.

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:

Trump and Biden campaigns shift focus to coronavirus as pandemic surges — The Trump and Biden presidential campaigns now see the coronavirus response as the preeminent force shaping the results of November's election, prompting both camps to try to refocus their campaigns more heavily on the pandemic …

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

The hidden aftershocks of John Bolton's memoir as foreign government officials remain fixated — The news media has largely moved on, but foreign government officials remain fixated on John Bolton's memoir, “The Room Where It Happened.” — Why it matters: Bolton's detailed inside …

Associated Press:

Trump's bluster doesn't beat a virus, calm a restive nation — WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after noon on Feb. 6, President Donald Trump strode into the elegant East Room of the White House. The night before, his impeachment trial had ended with acquittal in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Discussion: Raw Story

Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: The last dash before the election — DRIVING THE DAY — IT'S ONLY JULY, so it seems silly to say that this is the last opportunity for a productive month in Washington before the election, but guess what: This is the last opportunity for a productive month in Washington before the election.

Discussion: New York Times and Wall Street Journal

Washington Post:

Coronavirus updates: Seven-day average case total in the U.S. sets record for 27th straight day — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.

Discussion: Slate and Daily Kos

Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:

The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism — The critics of progressive identity politics have got it all wrong: They're the illiberal ones. — It was always a given that 2020 would be a year to remember. Even so, it continues to surprise. It seems likely that June …

Michael Powell / New York Times:

Are Protests Unsafe? What Experts Say May Depend on Who's Protesting What — Public health experts decried the anti-lockdown protests last spring as dangerous gatherings in a pandemic. Health experts seem less comfortable doing so now that the marches are against racism.

Discussion: Instapundit

Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:

Trump campaign operative's letter to RNC illuminates GOP's problem in Nevada — President Donald Trump speaks during a Hope For Prisoners special graduation ceremony at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Clark/Hope For Prisoners)

Discussion: Raw Story

Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:

New York Election Officials Wade Through Absentee Ballots — ‘This is a circumstance of no rest for the weary,’ New York City Board of Elections's chief says — Two weeks after the polls closed for New York's primary elections, dozens of political campaigns still are actively pushing …

Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:

Reopening Schools Was Just an Afterthought — If American society is going to take one major risk in the name of reopening, ideally it should be to send children back to school. This issue is personal for me. I have three kids, one in college and two in a local public high school.