July 5, 2018

Thursday Top Headlines

Fourth of July shenanigans, Facebook censorship, Democrats’ future, and more.

  • Commander-in-chief thanks military families “for keeping America safe, strong, proud, mighty and free” (Washington Examiner)

  • “Our most fundamental values are under attack”: Democrats issue bleak July Fourth statement (USA Today)

  • How ironic: Trump protester shuts down Liberty Island (National Review)

  • Facebook flags Declaration of Independence as hate speech (The Washington Times)

  • Facebook slammed for “censorship” of country group’s patriotic song (Fox News)

  • How Facebook is fact-checking conservative sites into oblivion (PJ Media)

  • AG Jeff Sessions rescinds 24 more Obama-era “guidance documents” that circumvented rule-making process (CNS News)

  • DNC Chief Tom Perez: socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “the future of our party” (Breitbart)

  • Senate Democrats stall Trump nominees at record rate compared to predecessors (The Daily Signal)

  • As Trump weighs options, Mike Pence meets with Supreme Court contenders (Washington Examiner)

  • Mueller taps more prosecutors to help with growing Trump probe (Bloomberg)

  • Democrat introduces bill to abolish ICE, says agency is “ripping at the moral fabric of our nation” (Fox News Insider)

  • College graduates feel less patriotic than non-college graduates (The College Fix)

  • Your tax dollars at work: Feds blow up dummies on Mall to warn against celebrating the Fourth with fireworks, sparklers (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • Humor: The Bee explains: A brief history of America (The Babylon Bee)

  • Policy: Clearing up misconceptions about health savings accounts (Hoover Institution)

  • Policy: Eliminating identity politics from the U.S. Census (The Heritage Foundation)

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