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12:35 PM ET, July 4, 2023

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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.
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 …
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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Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Musk's Twitter rate limits could undermine new CEO, ad experts say
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Federal court blocks Florida election law  —  A federal court blocked a Florida election law Monday that would've imposed more limitations on voter registration efforts in the state.  —  In a 58-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker agreed with the plaintiffs that the new state 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
Robby Soave / Reason:
UCLA Declined To Hire a Professor After Students Denounced His Mild DEI Criticism  —  Yoel Inbar is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.  He was slated to join the University of California at Los Angeles as a tenured professor of psychology …
Discussion: HotAir
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
The Hypocrisy of Mandatory Diversity Statements
Discussion: Althouse
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.
Discussion: Colorado Newsline, Reason and RedState
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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?
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Lewis Kamb / NBC News:
DeSantis is squeezing the sunshine out of Florida's public records law, critics say  —  Ron DeSantis is the only Florida governor known to use “executive privilege” to keep records hidden, experts say, and recently signed a law barring release of his travel records.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Hackwhackers
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Deborah Acosta / Wall Street Journal:
Migrant Workers Flee Florida as New Immigration Law Takes Effect
Discussion: NBC News and Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Atomic Agency Clears Japan to Release Fukushima Water  —  The International Atomic Energy Agency's final report declared the treated water from the destroyed nuclear plant safe, but critics continue to demand more transparency.  —  Motoko Rich reported from Tokyo and Choe Sang-Hun from Seoul.
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
Oligarch Fridman Bemoans a Life ‘Destroyed’ by EU Sanctions  —  The life of Mikhail Fridman, one of Russia's original oligarchs, was “destroyed” after he was hit by European Union sanctions following the Kremlin-led invasion of Ukraine, his attorney told an EU court.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jack Forrest / CNN:
Biden nominates controversial former Trump-appointee to Public Diplomacy Commission  —  President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former President Donald Trump with a controversial past in Latin America to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Sophie Mann / Daily Mail:
Bud Light is now cheaper than WATER at some retailers after $20b Dylan Mulvaney disaster - as some stores report a 50% decline in sales year-on-year after marketing gimmick gone wrong  — Sales troubles continue to abound for Bud Light as some retailers reveal the once popular beer is now selling for less than cases of water
 
 
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David Neiwert / The Daily Beast:
How Wingnuts Made Violent Extremism the New Normal
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
The GOP field is more diverse than ever. The GOP isn't heralding the achievement.
Emily Schultheis / Foreign Policy:
Germany's Far Right Sees Its Opening (Again)
Financial Times:
Marine Le Pen seizes on French riots in push to outflank Emmanuel Macron
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Mark Sweetman / Bloomberg:
Ukraine Recap: Kharkiv Region Shelled as NATO Chief Extends Term
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Times:
Obama White House looped in Hunter Biden in email to his VP dad about Ukraine
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Nick Schager / The Daily Beast:
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
The NYT says the Tech Guild is ending its strike after a weeklong stoppage; during the strike, dozens of tech workers crossed the picket line

Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gary Lineker plans to step down from soccer show Match of the Day after 26 years, but extends his BBC Sport contract; he is the BBC's highest-paid presenter

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Nicholas Carlson unveils Dynamo, a video-focused company that aims to make “cinematic” stories, and raised $3.4M from Henry Blodget, Jessica Lessin, and others

 
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