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Axios AM: Mike's Summer 6 — Top Dems see danger on ICE — When voters give up

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Presented by The Boeing Company:   View in browser   Presented By The Boeing Company   Axios AM By Mike Allen · Jun 30, 2018 Good Saturday morning. Situational awareness: "Liberal activists, parents and first-time protesters motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border plan to rally in hundreds of cities nationwide [today] to press President Trump's administration to reunite the families quickly," per AP . "More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across the country, from immigrant-friendly cities like Los Angeles and New York City to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming under the banner Families Belong Together."     1 big thing: Top Dems fret about sudden party push to abolish ICE Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/Axios   Top Democ

Paper and Fire

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Friday, June 29, 2018 - The Day's Most Fascinating News from Dave Pell Friday, June 29, 2018 1 PAPER AND FIRE For years, the editors and reporters at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland managed to publish a thriving local newspaper, staying ahead of one American trend. Sadly, they couldn't stay ahead of another as the epidemic of gun violence burst into their newsroom. With five people dead and more injured, the survivors of the attack chose to do what they always do. Reporter Chase Cook summed it up. " I can tell you this: We are putting out a damn paper tomorrow ." And so they did. + Aside from covering a topic that hit so close to home, the one thing that changed about the newspaper on Friday was the opinion page. It was blank. Today, we are speechless . + "I remember telling our attorneys, 'This is a guy