— Steve Metz (@steven_metz) July 1, 2019
??BREAKING: Chairman @RepCummings announces full committee hearing next week w/ Acting #DHS and #CBP Heads on the inhumane separation and treatment of immigrant children at the #southernborder. Full Release?? https://t.co/zFuwUQsilS pic.twitter.com/Mpv6ajvvlu
— Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) July 2, 2019
MSNBC will NOT air Trump's July 4th event live ??
This will certainly hurt @realDonaldTrump's ego ??
Let's make this story go viral! ??https://t.co/WzDlJgKBzT
— The Hummingbird ?? (@SaysHummingbird) July 2, 2019
…A spokesperson for the network told Politico it potentially will air parts of the event during Thursday’s newscasts, which will continue normally with “The Beat with Ari Melber” airing live at 6 p.m. ET and “Hardball with Chris Matthews” at 7 p.m…
Fox News, meanwhile, will air the entirety of Trump’s special July Fourth celebration during a live two-hour “Special Report” with Mike Emanuel as guest host that is set to broadcast at 6 p.m. CNN, meanwhile, did not immediately respond to a request for comment but is currently set to air a documentary on white nationalism at 7 p.m., according to Politico…
And, speaking of Mr. Jefferson…
Charlottesville will hold an annual day "recognizing the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans" instead of celebrating Thomas Jefferson's birthdayhttps://t.co/aa7r3FUqR0
— Axios (@axios) July 3, 2019
Per local media WTOP:
… On Monday, the Charlottesville City Council voted to drop Jefferson’s birthday as a city holiday. In a separate vote, they created a new day of celebration called Liberation and Freedom Day.
Spencer said the new official holiday — which will be celebrated on March 3 — “Commemorates that day in 1865 when Gen. Philip Sheridan’s troops rolled through town and found a population that was majority African American — and although emancipation for most of them probably didn’t occur on that day, it was the opening salvo for a lot of Charlottesvillians’ freedom.”…
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