- Damien Hirst shark that sold for about $8m is fourth 2017 work dated to 1990s (theguardian.com)
- Right-wing media escalate violent rhetoric around civil war and tyranny following Trump’s fourth indictment (mediamatters.org)
- A Small South Carolina Town’s Fourth of July: Flags, a 5K and Trump’s Attacks on American Institutions (nytimes.com)
- McCarthy Gains Ground in Speaker Bid but Still Falls Short (nytimes.com)Just What Do McCarthy’s Antagonists Want, and Why Won’t They Budge? (nytimes.com)Debacle Over House Speaker Election May Raise National Security Concerns (huffpost.com)‘You Want this Job Too Much… It Makes You Weak!’ Joe Scarborough Demands Kevin McCarthy Tell Holdouts ‘Go to Hell!’ (mediaite.com)House Speaker Fight Shows Election Deniers Who Tried To Overthrow Democracy Still Control GOP (motherjones.com)The terrible outcome that looks likely if the fringe runs Congress (cnn.com)The Chaotic House That SCOTUS Built (slate.com)Matt Gaetz Threatens to Resign Over McCarthy’s Speaker Fight (msn.com)Gaetz Declares, ‘Trump Is Wrong’ to Back McCarthy: ‘HR Wasn’t Always His Strong Suit’ (mediaite.com)House Adjourns After Day 3 With No Resolution on Speaker; Hakeem Jeffries Wins Plurality for 11th Time in a Row (washingtonpost.com)Kevin McCarthy Grasps for Deal With Fascist Faction as House Speaker Fight Enters Fourth Day (nytimes.com)
House Adjourns for a Few Hours After 13 Failed Votes
- Deployment of US troops along US-Mexico border will stretch into a fourth year, Pentagon announces (stripes.com)
- Fox melts down while awaiting Trump’s fourth indictment: “Stalin would be proud” (mediamatters.org)
- Inside the Preventable Deaths That Happened Within a Prominent Transplant Center (propublica.org)
- NYC judge shoots down Trump’s fourth bid to delay E. Jean Carroll’s original defamation lawsuit to pursue ‘frivolous’ appeal (nydailynews.com)
- Republican Party Ridiculed After Tweeting Wrong Flag for Fourth of July (newsweek.com)
Nothing is ever gone. Delete all you want. Liberia wants their flag back. pic.twitter.com/Wqjg9IIbBH
— Resister in GA 🟧 (@ResisterInGA) July 4, 2023 - U.S. GDP rose 2.9% in the fourth quarter, more than expected even as recession fears loom (cnbc.com)U.S. Economy Records Solid Growth (nytimes.com)