Day 485 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama. #fakenews #TrumpLies
Day 272 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injured 546 and Congress has taken NO action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget
Legal experts tell McClatchy that it's likely Mueller's investigators, who are looking at the NRA's funding as part of the Russia probe, secretly gained access to the NRA's tax returns from the IRS.
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Trump denies request to lower flags to half-staff to honor Capital Gazette shooting victims
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News station in New Mexico goes dark for 90 minutes after an intruder enters building.
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When asked by @MatthewNussbaum why Trump tweeted he backed Goodlatte II on Wednesday and then tweeted the opposite on Saturday, Sarah Sanders said Trump didn't lie and then went on to blame Democrats.
Trump's census citizenship question could lead to massive undercount of needy children, a new report says. yahoo.com/news/trumps-ce…
He’s not paying for the wall, either
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency has quietly resumed late-night deportation of Mexican citizens, according to human rights activists, despite a 2016 agreement with the Mexican government that halted the controversial practice.
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"Nothing was as hard as this," Mauricio Posadas Andrade said about being separated from his son, allowing himself to show some of the emotion he had contained since arriving at the detention center. "They reached in & tore out a piece of my heart." politico.com/magazine/story…
The Trump admin is denying bond to some parents who have been separated from their children and are eligible to apply for asylum, two Texas immigration lawyers tell Mother Jones. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
The backlog of pending applications for immigrants legally in the country trying to become U.S. citizens has "skyrocketed" under Trump, increasing more than 87% since 2015, according to a new report from an immigrant rights organization.
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Health and Human Services no longer seems to be providing the specific number of undocumented migrant children held in its custody as a result of the Trump admin's family separation policy.
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The official White House account is now falsely accusing a United States Senator of “supporting” gang members.
Somebody's afraid of Kamala!
Kamala Harris fires back at White House for using its official Twitter account to say she supports "animals of MS-13"
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In response to @MariaBartiromo,
Trump indicates he sees his responsibility as to his base, not the whole country.
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Michael Cohen is "frustrated," according to Vanity Fair. "Washington is actively pushing him away as opposed to protecting him or welcoming him back in."
"I have no one watching my back," Cohen has told friends. "I just did what I was told."
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In his 1st interview since the FBI raid, Michael Cohen 'strongly signaled his willingness to cooperate with Mueller' and SDNY prosecutors.
"My wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty," Cohen told ABC. "I put family and country first."
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Asked if Trump knew about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting before it happened, Michael Cohen declined to answer.
"I can't comment under advice of my counsel due to the ongoing investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of NY." abcnews.go.com/Politics/micha…
Michael Cohen, asked if Trump directed him to make that hush payment to Stormy Daniels or promised to reimburse Trump:
"I want to answer. One day I will answer," Cohen said. "But for now, I can’t comment further on advice of my counsel." abcnews.go.com/Politics/micha…
The government now officially has access to 1,310,365 items seized in the Michael Cohen raid, and that’s only the beginning.
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BuzzFeed News has allegedly obtained the Michael Cohen documents that were recovered from his shredder and reconstructed by the FBI.
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Michael Avenatti on the new Michael Cohen interview: "This is Michael Cohen trying to send a message to the president that he wants the president to pay his legal bills or he’s going to flip. He’s playing games with the American people." @MSNBC
Top Republican donor Elliott Broidy will end hush money payments to his onetime mistress Shera Bechard, a situation arranged by Michael Cohen, claiming a breach of their nondisclosure agreement, WSJ reports. wsj.com/articles/top-g…
Trump says he interviewed four Supreme Court candidates Monday, plans to meet 2-3 more.
American voters agree 63–31% with the Roe v. Wade decision, according to @QuinnipiacPoll.
Republicans disagree with the decision 58–36%. Every other listed party, gender, education, age and racial group agrees.
Richard Blumenthal says that Trump's Supreme Court pick "ought to recuse" themselves from Russia decisions. cbsnews.com/news/sen-richa…
Internal records obtained by AP show that Konstantin Kilimnik, indicted alongside Paul Manafort for alleged witness tampering, played a bigger role in formulating pro-Russia strategy with Manafort than was previously understood. apnews.com/f498ec3fec8c41…
Comedian who allegedly prank-called Trump: If I duped Jared Kushner, so did the Russians.
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The Senate Intel Committee is still trying to set up an interview with Trump dossier author Christoper Steele.
Richard Burr told BuzzFeed News that there are "weekly" contacts with Steele.
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Trump has written "sharply worded letters" to the leaders of several NATO allies, including Germany, Belgium, Norway and Canada, taking them to task for spending too little on their own defense and warning that the U.S. is losing patience. nytimes.com/2018/07/02/wor…
WATCH: All avoid saying the acronym for the Fair And Reciprocal Trade Act (F.A.R.T.)
Anita Dunn: "There are scores of elementary school children across the country that are about to take an interest in trade law"
WATCH: Dutch prime minister interrupts Trump as he praises tariffs: "It's not positive"
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The Chamber of Commerce, typically aligned with the GOP, is launching a campaign today to oppose Trump's trade tariff policies.
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Ivanka Trump went on TV today and bragged about how "people who have been out of the workforce are coming back off the sidelines."
The workforce participation rate is actually slightly down since Trump took office.
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has revealed to CNBC that last year he shorted shares in two more companies than previously had been reported.
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Two of Scott Pruitt’s top aides provided new details to congressional investigators about his push to find a six-figure job for his wife, enlist staffers in performing personal tasks and seek high-end travel despite aides' objections. WaPo reports. washingtonpost.com/national/healt…
Here's video of a woman with her son confronting Scott Pruitt in a restaurant urging him to resign because of his scandals.
Alan Dershowitz says defending Trump has made him a discrimination victim: "I have experienced this firsthand on Martha’s Vineyard. Old friends are shunning me and trying to ban me from their social life."
#Snowflake
Getty Images paid Melania Trump a cut of the money it made licensing photos of her taken before she was FLOTUS, per @NBCNews. The deal w Getty required the photos be used for "positive stories only," something Getty didn't tell other outlets.
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A record low 47% in the U.S. say they're "extremely proud" to be American. nbcnews.com/card/poll-reco…
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
Another way families are being separated: A new wave of workplace raids. One 12-year-old was left behind and is staying in a mostly abandoned trailer park. He wrote to ICE: "I can’t live without my Mom. I don’t have anybody but her."
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“In a Norwalk trailer park of 74 homes known as Little Mexico...aid workers estimate that more than 90 children are missing one parent and at least 20 are left with no parent at all.”
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Elizabeth Warren and 10 Democratic colleagues are asking federal officials for anonymized lists of all migrant children and adults who were separated at the border; how long they have been detained and where; and whether family has been contacted. washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…