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BREAKING: DOJ Says It’s Been ‘Instructed’ To Try To Get Citizenship Question Back On Census

The Justice Department told a federal judge on Wednesday that it had been "instructed" to try to find a way to get the citizenship question back on the 2020 census, after the Supreme Court blocked its…
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BREAKING: DOJ Says It’s Been ‘Instructed’ To Try Get Citizenship Question Back On Census

The Justice Department told a federal judge on Wednesday that it had been “instructed” to try to find a way to get the citizenship question back on the 2020 census, after the Supreme Court blocked its previous effort to do so last month.

The update came after President Trump tweeted Wednesday that previous government statements that the administration was backing down from its census citizenship fight were incorrect. U.S. District Judge George Hazel convened a teleconference hearing on Wednesday as confusion swirled around the issue. Both the Justice Department and the Commerce Department had said on Tuesday that the forms had been sent off to printers without the question on it.

Jody Hunt, a top DOJ official, told the judge that the administration believed there may be a “legally available” path to getting the question re-added while still complying with the Supreme Court’s ruling, according to a transcript of the hearing obtained by TPM.

Hunt said the plan, if the government goes down that route, is to go directly to the Supreme Court to get instructions on how to streamline future proceedings over its efforts to re-add the question.
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Rap Legend Gov. Matt Bevin Drops Diss Track On Sen. Tim Kaine

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R), who’s running for reelection, posted a campaign video featuring a rap about his Democratic challenger, Andy Beshear.
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Kentucky Rap Legend Gov. Matt Bevin Drops Diss Track On Sen. Tim Kaine


Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is out with a new rap, and to be honest the video is all over the map.

Bevin (R), who’s running for reelection in the state’s 2019 gubernatorial race, posted a campaign video on Wednesday ripping his Democratic challenger, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA).

According to Bevin, Bashear had Kaine send out letters to help him with his campaign’s fundraising efforts.

This prompted Bevin to respond … in rhyme.

“Tim Kaine? Are you serious? You think the voters of Kentucky are delirious?” the governor sort-of rapped.

“Tim Kaine, if you remember, in October or maybe in September, a couple of years past tense he debated with our man, Mike Pence,” he continued. “Well, he may tell you he debated, but he got obliterated. Dominated. Annihilated. All his weak ideas eviscerated.”

How did Beshear’s campaign respond to this devastating burn?

“Once again Matt Bevin has embarrassed both himself and Kentucky,” Beshear campaign manager Eric Hyers said in a statement.
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July 4 Set To Be Politicized, Trumpian Show

With one day to go until July 4, the tickets have been doled out and all two tanks are in place for the President’s invitation-only Salute To America event.
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Trump’s July 4 Event Shaping Up To Be A Salute To Himself


With one day to go until July 4, the tickets have been doled out and the tanks are in place for the President’s invitation-only Salute To America event.



The event is relatively small and Trump’s wish for a grand military display has been significantly toned down, but it still marks an attempt at turning a traditionally neutral holiday into a partisan event.

“We’ve gotten used to this,” former Federal Election Commission general counsel Larry Noble told TPM. “It really does politicize the holiday.”

For the event, which is tacked on to the annual July 4 celebration on the national mall, The White House has doled out VIP tickets to the RNC. The committee argued that this did not stray from any norms, telling TPM that it had received tickets “just as the DNC did under Democrat Presidents. This is routine for events like the White House Christmas Open Houses, Garden Tours in spring and fall, etc.”

Trump’s re-election staff was also given passes to the event.

“As a courtesy, the campaign was provided tickets for staff and their families and friends, much like for the Easter Egg Roll or White House garden tours,” campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh told the Washington Post.

TPM found that the Maryland GOP was bragging about tickets to the event that it had received from the White House. And the Trump campaign emailed its supporters on Tuesday with an invitation to attend.

“We hope you’ll be able to attend as Americans from across the United States gather to celebrate our Nation’s Independence,” the message reads, before emphasizing that “the event is open to the public and not a campaign event.”



Noble told TPM that while the event appears to break only norm, not laws, in its current iteration, “it looks terrible.”

The legal distinction would come down in part to Trump’s behavior during his speech. If he uses the July 4 pulpit to harangue political enemies, discuss the election, or solicit donations somehow, that could render the hour-long Salute To America a Trump campaign event, according to Noble.

Aside from a speech from Trump, the event will feature military equipment, as was requested by the President.

The tanks themselves will not parade down Washington D.C. streets as Trump initially pitched, and but will sit on the national mall as Trump gives a speech, CNN reported. A number of aircraft, including a B-2 stealth bomber, the Blue Angels, and F-35 fighter jets, will also participate in a flyover. And a procession of troops is set to accompany the spectacle.

Photos from D.C. show the two M1A2 Abrams tanks — accompanied by Bradley Fighting Vehicles — sitting in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, as crews set up bleachers and bunting for Independence Day.



Trump’s tacked-on event with military fanfare and VIP tickets for Republican donors is being financed by federal money, as the President addressed in a Wednesday tweet.



The National Park Service is diverting $2.5 million to finance the event, the Washington Post reported. The money will come out of “entrance and recreation fees” that national park visitors pay into, and which are intended to fund improvements at the national parks themselves.

But the $2.5 million is a far cry from the reported $92 million that Trump’s earlier stab at a military parade would have cost. That effort was cancelled in August 2018 amid concerns over the massive price tag.
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Trump Literally Becomes Parody of Himself By Suggesting Putin's Jet Fly Over His July 4th Speech

President Donald Trump inadvertently made a parody news story come true, at least partially, by tweeting a suggestion that "Aircraft One" — which is the name of Vladimir Putin's presidential jet — perform a flyover at his 4th of July "Salute to America" event.
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Trump Literally Becomes Parody of Himself By Suggesting Putin’s Jet Fly Over His July 4th Speech

President Donald Trump inadvertently made a parody news story come true, at least partially, by tweeting a suggestion that “Aircraft One” — which is the name of Vladimir Putin‘s presidential jet — perform a flyover at his 4th of July “Salute to America” event.

On Wednesday, The New Yorker’s Andy Borowitz posted a parody news article with the headline “Trump’s Fourth of July Parade to Include Flyover by Russian Air Force.”

The item was an allusion to Trump’s relationship with Putin, as well as the conduct that led the FBI to open a counterintelligence investigation of Trump and his campaign.

On Thursday morning, Trump tweeted about his upcoming Tanksgivingextravaganza, and suggested that “Perhaps even Aircraft One will do a low & loud sprint over the crowd.”
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