By Steve Rhodes
* New York Times: In A Fox-Inspired Tweetstorm, Trump Offers A Medley Of Falsehoods And Misstatements.
* Washington Post: One-Third Of The World’s Population Lives In A Declining Democracy. That Includes The United States.
* Jezebel: Trump Is Getting Rid of Guidelines That Encouraged Racial Diversity In College Admissions.
* The Hill: HHS Enters Damage Control Mode Over Family Separations.
* NPR: Plea Deal For Former Congressional IT Staffer Debunks Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories.
* National Review: Record-Low Number Say They’re ‘Extremely Proud’ To Be American.
Happy Fourth of July!
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New on the Beachwood . . .
Janene Gordon, Postal Inspector
“Watch and listen to some of the trials and tribulations of blazing a trail for women in federal law enforcement.”
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How Not To Get Shot . . .
. . . and other advice from white people.
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The Ex-Cub Factor
Whoa, Carlos Zambrano and Dexter Fowler.
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July 4 Means Something Very Different When It’s Celebrated In Britain!
It all comes down to exactly how you understand the origins and cause of the American Revolution.
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
Why The Oldest Building In Chicago Isn’t The Oldest.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Wait, the guy who wrote the “Jimmy Butler is fed up with Karl-Anthony Towns” article that has everyone in Minnesota worked up is JOE COWLEY?!
He was someone baseball writers mocked as being a professional troll 15 years ago. Butler may not stick around, but Cowley is a disaster.
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) July 3, 2018
See the Beachwood TL for the entire conversation about Sun-Times sportswriter Joe Cowley, including a couple posts from our vault.
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Cps promised this info at the end of last week but instead released it at 4:45 before holiday… https://t.co/l1jzRVnZwY
— Sarah Karp (@SSKedreporter) July 4, 2018
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Woah. So more employers are exploiting a loophole in Chicago’s minimum wage ordinance — now at $12/hour — and hiring more teens, who they can pay just $7.75/hour. One of the findings in report by @LER_Illinois https://t.co/nkz0wLXlFn pic.twitter.com/0bm8qOviwL
— Melissa Sanchez (@msanchezMIA) July 3, 2018
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From a day care center 👀 https://t.co/HDjg4nqOVG
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 3, 2018
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I subscribe to the Strib print version (three times for family members!) and block ads on my included digital subscription. Their ads, etc make page loading awful. Ad-blocking is only workaround. https://t.co/YrQDWHnOtI
— David Brauer (@dbrauer) July 4, 2018
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“How Round Earthers Need to Not Alienate the Flat Earthers” by the New York Times Opinion Section https://t.co/EXW0yyFdlK
— David Brauer (@dbrauer) July 4, 2018
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Round and round.
Posted on July 4, 2018