Day 487 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama. #fakenews #TrumpLies
Day 274 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
Staff from the Capital Gazette, the newspaper where five employees were shot to death, are walking in the Fourth of July parade in Annapolis. Read why they're marching here. It's worth your time.
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Noblesville school shooting survivor Ella Whistler took part in the Carmel Fest parade today. This is Ella's first public appearance since she was shot seven times in May. wthr.com/article/ella-w…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to North Korea under pressure to produce tangible signs of progress as US intelligence reports cast doubt on Kim Jong Un's intention to dismantle his nuclear and missile programs cnn.it/2tUiqb9
Trump considered invading Venezuela last August, a senior admin official tells AP. apnews.com/a3309c4990ac45…
"The view from down here is different. In a 2018 rating of the 100 most dangerous cities in the U.S. based on FBI data, no border cities — not San Diego, not Texas cities such as Brownsville, Laredo or El Paso — appeared even in the top 60."
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At all hours in the detention center, Yeni González said, you could hear women crying. For comfort, they gathered and sang religious songs. “Quietly,” she said, so as not to attract the guards’ attention.
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Trump’s inauguration fund collected $500,000 from two private prison companies that house detained migrant families
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Woman arrested after scaling Statue of Liberty to protest Trump immigration policy
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US Border Patrol is boarding Canadian lobster fishing boats, in disputed waters claimed by Canada, and asking about illegal immigrants. Fishermen say they’ve never seen Border Patrol there before, only Coast Guard. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Puerto Ricans who have been temporarily housed in motels and hotels on the mainland after fleeing Hurricane Maria's devastation have been granted a 20-day extension by a federal judge.
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Buried in that dubious Fox News report that Trump tweeted about, the one claiming Obama granted citizenship to Iranians, is this quote from ex-Obama State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf: "This sounds like totally made up BS." money.cnn.com/2018/07/03/med…
USCIS is Starting a Denaturalization Task Force
Trump admin wants to re-examine “bad naturalization cases” to find U.S. citizens they say “should not have been naturalized, to revoke their citizenship, and then eventually deport them.”
Melania?
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Michael Cohen has removed all references to Trump from his Twitter bio. Subtle. nymag.com/daily/intellig…
Pfizer raised prices on about 100 drugs this week, despite Trump claiming in May that there would soon be massive decreases in drug prices. bit.ly/2KuPYHr
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has revealed to CNBC that last year he shorted shares in two more companies than previously had been reported.
That means, in total, Ross shorted shares in 5 companies as Commerce Secretary, according to CNBC.
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Two people found unconscious in southern England were exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent used to attack an ex-Russian spy in March, police say.
Of course, Trump will accept Putin's denial that Russia had anything to do with it.
Trump claimed that he's working with other motorcycle makers to offset the production Harley-Davidson is shifting overseas.
No motorcycle manufacturers would confirm to Bloomberg that they were talking with the Trump admin.
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German Chancellor Merkel on Trump tariffs:
"This has the character of a trade conflict ... It's worth every effort to try to defuse this conflict so it doesn't turn into a war. But this obviously takes two."
Trump is shooting U.S. manufacturing in the foot.
His policies have made it harder, not easier, for skilled workers to enter and remain in the country bloom.bg/2tTUFQv via @bopinion
Wait I thought cheap imports that push down prices were bad. Why does Trump hate our domestic oil production industry?
Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week.
Climate change deniers sure got quiet.
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Trump will host a campaign rally in Big Sky Country in an effort to corral his supporters behind Matt Rosendale, the Republican state auditor who hopes to quash Sen. Jon Tester’s hopes for a third term.
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For 1st time since Gallup began asking, fewer than half of US adults say they’re extremely proud to be Americans. The same groups expressing diminished patriotism - Democrats, non-whites, women, the young - show the most motivation to vote this fall cnbc.com/id/105309888
WATCH: Seth Meyers mocks Trump’s understanding of US history by retelling American Revolution as Trump hill.cm/Qo5m9S7
Seattle homeowner displays "Trump Counter" marking days until the end of Trump's presidency hill.cm/vhycv9y
On this #FourthofJuly2018, going back to basics: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
There is a dumpster fire in Washington, DC tonight.
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