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Politics Insider for July 8: Pro-oil groups vs. environmentalists, legitimizing Ivanka, and keeping the premiers focussed

Stephen Maher: Fear-mongering about U.S.-backed environmental groups is a symptom of strain on the oil industry. Next will come demands for government support.

Trudeau’s latest turn at mental-health advocacy took to the stage—with a sense of humour, and a harnessing of her ’gift of the gab’

Maybe the U.S. president fell victim to a Teleprompter malfunction. Or maybe he didn’t know what he was talking about. Either way, we’ve got his back.

Anne Kingston: Canada can take a bow for enabling the president’s daughter’s rise under the vague, feel-good mantle of  ’women’s empowerment.’

Before You Go: Hilary Faktor pays tribute to her neighbours, as they prepare to move away, for 15 years of Harry Potter, tree forts and warm muffins

Anne Kingston: And we’re about to relive the Inauguration attendance lies again, too.

Image of the Week: Let freedom clang

Advocacy groups with pro-oil messages are scrambling to counter the union-backed groups that thrived in 2015

The president’s Fourth of July celebration at the Lincoln Memorial will feature tanks, fighter jets and fireworks. Watch it here.