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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Secret Service investigating suspicious substance found in White House — A preliminary field test indicated the substance was cocaine. Authorities sent the sample to a lab for further testing. — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a suspicious substance that prompted a brief evacuation …
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Substance found in White House library tests positive for cocaine — The “unknown item” that forced a brief evacuation of the White House Sunday night and drew a Hazmat team from Washington, DC, Fire and EMS to the executive mansion initially tested positive for cocaine, according to a dispatch call made that evening.
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David Strom / HotAir:
Were you aware that the White House grounds were evacuated?
Were you aware that the White House grounds were evacuated?
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The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial, PJ Media, RedState and Fox News
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A viral left-wing Twitter account may have been fake all along — The Erica Marsh account shows how ‘rage baiting’ remains a powerful way to win attention and score political points — In eight months, Erica Marsh has become one of the most consistently viral left-wing voices on Twitter …
CNN:
Shooting in Fort Worth leaves at least 3 dead and 8 others wounded — A shooting that erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, left at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. — Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release …
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Tassanee Vejpongsa / Associated Press:
Gunman opens fire at random on Philadelphia streets, killing 5 before he is arrested, police say — A heavily armed gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire on the streets of Philadelphia on Monday night, seemingly at a random, killing five people and wounding two boys before surrendering, police said.
NBC News:
Four killed, two injured in Philadelphia shooting, police say — Police say a suspect with a semiautomatic rifle, handgun, body armor, and police scanner opened fire and continued shooting as officers pursued him. — Four people were killed and two others, both minors …
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time — The social network has never seen chaos quite like this. — Twitter may have just had its worst weekend ever, technically speaking. In response to a series of server emergencies, Elon Musk, the Twitter owner and self-professed free-speech …
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Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Elon Musk Suggests ‘Childless’ People Should Lose the Right to Vote
Elon Musk Suggests ‘Childless’ People Should Lose the Right to Vote
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Wall Street Journal:
Russia Discusses Prisoner Swaps With U.S. — In briefing on consular access for detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, Kremlin mentions discussions regarding exchanges of prisoners — Russia is in contact with the U.S. regarding prisoner swaps, a Kremlin spokesman said in a briefing …
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Kathryn Armstrong / BBC:
Ukraine war: Major Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack — Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian defence ministry says, forcing flights to be diverted from Vnukovo International Airport. — Five drones were reportedly used in Tuesday's attack …
MSNBC:
Seeing the erosion of our freedoms makes it hard to celebrate this Fourth of July — The Supreme Court, conservative governors and gerrymandered state legislatures are racing to shrink our fundamental rights and freedoms. — By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Federal judge halts new Florida law he calls ‘latest assault’ on voting — Democrats who voted against the law, as well as the groups that challenged it, hailed the decision. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Monday blocked a new Florida election law pushed by Republicans …
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Federal court blocks Florida election law
Federal court blocks Florida election law
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Riazat Butt / Associated Press:
The Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan — The Taliban are banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday. It's the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment.
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar / Reuters:
Taliban administration orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
The Hypocrisy of Mandatory Diversity Statements — Demanding that everyone embrace the same values will inevitably narrow the pool of applicants who work and get hired in higher education. — Last month, john D. Haltigan sued the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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Robby Soave / Reason:
UCLA Declined To Hire a Professor After Students Denounced His Mild DEI Criticism
UCLA Declined To Hire a Professor After Students Denounced His Mild DEI Criticism
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HotAir
Ed Whelan / National Review:
Foolish Arguments Against Standing in 303 Creative—Part 1 — It's been amazing to witness the flurry of foolish arguments that opponents of the simple and straightforward ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis have spewed over the past several days. — 1. Let's start with some background.
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Colorado Newsline, Reason and RedState
Dave Zirin / The Nation:
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” by Frederick Douglass — This is the perfect time to read the entirety of Frederick Douglass's famous speech, and not merely because of the date on the calendar. … What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Gun Violence Across America — Over the last few days, our nation has once again endured a wave of tragic and senseless shootings in communities across America — from Philadelphia to Fort Worth, Baltimore to Lansing, Wichita to Chicago.
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Michael Walsh / The Pipeline:
THE COLUMN: Grant, the Indispensable Man — These first few days of July are of importance to every real American. Not simply because the Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, the document in which the new United States …
Adriana Daniel / WAOW-TV:
Several people stuck upside down on fair ride — CRANDON, Wis. (WAOW) — Several people were suspended in the air after a fair ride stopped, leaving them hanging upside down for hours. — Several fairgoers were on the ride “Fireball”, when it suddenly stopped at the Forest County Festival in Crandon Sunday afternoon.
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David Neiwert / The Daily Beast:
How Wingnuts Made Violent Extremism the New Normal — From Ruby Ridge to January 6 and beyond, the radical right has unrelentingly attacked democratic norms for almost half a century. — I have been a witness to this march for over forty years. As a young newspaper reporter and editor working …
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Raw Story
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Republicans Are Divided on Impeaching Biden as Panel Begins New Inquiry — A vote to send the Homeland Security Committee impeachment articles against President Biden for his border policies has underscored rifts in the G.O.P. about whether to try to remove him, and for what. — Reporting from Washington
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Punchbowl News:
7/4/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — THE TOP … In more ways than one, Congress could play a decisive role in this year's NATO summit. — The annual gathering, which kicks off next week in Vilnius, Lithuania, was targeted as the aspirational deadline for all members …
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Political Wire
David Badash / Raw Story:
'We didn't want to live in fear': Exodus of workers begins as Florida's extreme anti-immigrant law goes into effect — Business owners in Florida are worried after Governor Ron DeSantis' new anti-immigrant law took effect on Saturday, forcing many migrant workers to flee the state and head north …
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Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect
Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect
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NBC News and Digby's Hullabaloo