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BY THE WAY ... The man whose face is covered up appears to be Vince McMahon, the husband of Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon. See the original clip from 10 years ago http://bit.ly/2t5V2Yx Good Sunday morning. TWO QUOTES THAT CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION... -- BARACK OBAMA in Jakarta, Indonesia, per the AP: "'I wasn't worried about what was in the newspapers today,' former President Barack Obama said Saturday during a nostalgic visit to Indonesia's capital, his childhood home. 'What I was worried about was, 'What are they going to write about me 20 years from now when I look back?'" http://bit.ly/2uxxI3E -- MITCH MCCONNELL , per the AP, in Kentucky: "'If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date!' Trump wrote early Friday. Later that day, McConnell told reporters after an event in his home state of Kentucky that the health bill was challenging but 'we are going to stick with that path.' He added: 'It's not easy making America great again, is it?'" http://bit.ly/2t5w6jF PRESIDENT TRUMP at the "Celebrate Freedom" rally honoring veterans last night at the Kennedy Center: "My administration is transferring power outside of Washington and returning it to where it belongs, the people. The fake media is trying to silence us but we will not let them. The people know the truth. The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House, but I'm president and they're not. ... "The fact is the press destroyed themselves because they went too far. Instead of being subtle and smart, they used the hatchet and the people saw it right from the beginning. ... The dishonest media will not stop us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of the American people. Their agenda is not your agenda." -- DESPITE THE BLUSTER, we'd venture to say President Trump has given nearly as many interviews to the New York Times and Washington Post since winning the presidency in November than Barack Obama did in eight years. Right? -- @maggieNYT: "POTUS used July 4 vets event to attack the press/first amendment: 'The fact is the press destroyed themselves because they went too far.'" -- QUICK NOTE: Imagine if Barack Obama used a veterans event to attack the press. THE NEW WALL STREET JOURNAL -- SAM WALKER, the deputy enterprise editor at the WSJ (@samwalkers): "Are WH attacks on TV media 'news'? I dunno... These @shaneharris scoops definitely are: http://on.wsj.com/2sfE2vT ... http://on.wsj.com/2tyk4QM" FOR POSTERITY -- @realDonaldTrump at 3:41 p.m.: "My use of social media is not Presidential - it's MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make America Great Again!" ****** a message from the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs (CAPD): A new study found that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) reduced spending in Medicare Part D by 58 percent in 2014, driving down costs for the government, taxpayers, and beneficiaries. The study forecasts that PBMs will save $1,800 per Medicare beneficiary, per year over the next ten years. Learn more at affordableprescriptiondrugs.org ****** IVANKA WATCH -- "When Dad's the president -- a look inside Ivanka Trump's complicated world," by WaPo's Monica Hesse and Krissah Thompson: "Ivanka Trump's office: clean, white, quiet. A zone of punctual start times and promptly-offered water bottles, and a conference table at which she conducts meetings. A short, winding walk away from her father's Oval Office downstairs. She does not necessarily appreciate daily schedules. Neither does her father. When Ivanka needs to see the president, she stops by. When he needs to see her, he calls. When he wants her opinion, he asks for it and she gives it, but without expectation that it will be followed.She sees her role as not to persuade, but to inform and support ... "Anyone who has invested in her the ability to change her father clearly doesn't understand the dynamic that has always governed their relationship and also the dynamic of a president and his staff. After all, she works for him. ... When she disagrees with her dad, she asks herself whether the issue was a campaign promise or not. If it was, she readily suppresses her own wishes. She believes that doing otherwise would undermine what the American people voted for. She asks herself why her opinion is more right than the 46 percent of the country who put her father in office." http ://wapo.st/2tzSAKq NOTHING TO SEE HERE -- "With health bill looming, senators aren't rushing into the July Fourth spotlight," by WaPo's Paul Kane: "Sen. Susan Collins will celebrate the Fourth of July within view of the Canadian border, at a remote northeastern Maine town's annual parade. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will appear on the other end of the continent in an old timber town on an isolated Alaskan island. These two Republican senators, critical swing votes in the debate over health-care legislation, are not exactly