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Axios AM: Mike's Big 6 — Twitter's debate winners and losers — Great trail pics — 3 stats capture our world

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Presented by The Boeing Company :   View in browser   Presented By The Boeing Company   Axios AM By Mike Allen · Jun 29, 2019 Happy Saturday from the Aspen Ideas Festival! Today's Smart Brevity count: 673 words ... 2.5 minutes! 👀 Watch for our special Deep Dive on smart cities later today. Was this email forwarded to you? Get your own! Sign up here .     1 big thing: Kamala Harris is debate's Twitter winner Data: Sprout Social. Chart: Naema Ahmed/Axios Sen. Kamala Harris drew more tweets than any other candidate in Thursday's debate, according to data provided to Axios' Neal Rothschild by Sprout Social. Why it matters: That online velocity is likely to translate beyond social media to polls, fundraising and other engines of momentum in the crowded field. What's going on: Tweets mentioning Harris' Twitter handle...

Election security: a laughing matter

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The Supreme Court will finally rule on DACA; Trump and Putin joke about Russia meddling in US elections.    Tonight's Sentences was written by Catherine Kim. TOP NEWS The Supreme Court will take up DREAMers' case Alex Wong/Getty Images The Supreme Court will finally take on a case to determine whether the Trump administration's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was illegal. The outcome could affect 700,000 immigrants. [ Washington Post / Robert Barnes ] DACA is a policy that allows unauthorized immigrants brought to the US as children to apply for a two-year, renewable permit that protects them from deportation and allows them to work legally. No path to citizenship is guaranteed. [ Blo...