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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years  —  The Republican spokeswoman has said it shouldn't be available to everyone.  —  For a week, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has defended President Donald Trump's assault on vote-by-mail, insisting …
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Christian Cooper, That Central Park Incident and His Feelings About Her Fate  —  Christian Cooper is already back birding at Central Park.  “I'm not excusing the racism,” he said.  “But I don't know if her life needed to be torn apart.”  —  His binoculars around his neck, Christian Cooper …
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
The Central Park Dog Case Is Covington 2.0  —  Once again, further evidence upended the narrative of a viral video — but not before someone's life and reputation were destroyed.  —  Funny thing about viral videos: They don't necessarily give the full and complete context for what happened, do they?
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Tech billionaires are plotting sweeping, secret plans to boost Joe Biden  —  Reid Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Dustin Moskovitz, and Laurene Powell Jobs, Silicon Valley's new power set, are instrumental to fulfilling Democrats' four-year-long quest to oust Donald Trump.  Getty Images
Washington Examiner:
Trump's slanderous attack on Joe Scarborough is incompatible with leadership  —  Nearly two decades ago, when Joe Scarborough was a conservative Republican member of Congress from Florida, his office suffered a tragedy.  One of his staff, a 28-year-old woman, named Lori Klausutis …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Smearing Joe Scarborough Because Republicans Reward His Bullying
Discussion: The Verge and Townhall
The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Preps New Weapons Sale To Saudi Arabia  —  Congress has rejected weapons sales to the Saudis.  The now-fired State Department inspector general was looking into them.  Team Trump is going for a sequel anyway.  —  When State Department inspector general Steve Linick was abruptly fired …
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CNN:
Pompeo is trying to do another arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Congress must stop him.
Discussion: Axios
Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84  —  He worked hard to shock the country into dealing with AIDS as a public-health emergency.  But his confrontational approach could sometimes overshadow his achievements.  —  Larry Kramer, the noted writer whose raucous …
CNN:
Pompeo says Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, jeopardizing billions of dollars in trade  —  Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he certified to Congress Wednesday that Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from China — a decision that could result …
Discussion: Spectator USA and National Review
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The Guardian:
Revealed: conservative group fighting to restrict voting tied to powerful dark money network  —  Honest Elections Project, part of network that pushed supreme court pick Brett Kavanaugh, is now focusing on voting restrictions  —  A powerful new conservative organization fighting to restrict voting …
Discussion: NBC News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:   Is the MyPillow guy the future of the Republican Party, or is he just dreaming?
Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:
Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What's next?  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Twitter has taken the unprecedented step of adding fact-check warnings to two of President Donald Trump's tweets that falsely called mail-in ballots “substantially fraudulent” and predicted a “Rigged Election.”
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump's Mental State Collapses Over Twitter Fact Check
Avie Schneider / NPR:
Trump Threatens To Shut Down Social Media After Twitter Adds Warning To His Tweets
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
The U.S. death toll has reached 100,000.  —  Each of those deaths is represented as a ray of light.  —  The pandemic has exposed the nation's vulnerabilities and dangerous divide.  —  Senior editor reporting on a wide range of topics  —  One hundred thousand Americans dead in less than four months.
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Former Pelosi Aides Cash in as Coronavirus Lobbyists  —  Former aides to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) have raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars this year as registered lobbyists on coronavirus-related issues and legislation, according to federal disclosure records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
Discussion: Washington Times
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:   ‘An ego trip’: Pelosi blasts Trump's insistence that Republican convention occur
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court ruling suggests little legal traction for Trump's anti-Twitter campaign  —  A ruling that emerged from a powerful federal appeals court in Washington on Wednesday morning is strong evidence that the courts are unlikely to be receptive to President Donald Trump's claims …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Conservative Activists Lose Lawsuit That Accused Twitter, Google and Facebook of Censorship
Discussion: The Verge
Barbara McQuade / Just Security:
Eli Lake's Omissions and Misleading Facts in Defense of Michael Flynn  —  Eli Lake's essay in Commentary about the “railroading” of Michael Flynn has been lauded lauded by one commentator as “the best summary of the pro-Flynn argument you'll ever read,” and deemed “a comprehensive breakdown on Flynn's side of the case.”
Zachary Brennan / Politico:
Fauci: Hydroxychloroquine not effective against coronavirus  —  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci on Wednesday became the first Trump administration official to say definitively that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for the coronavirus, based on the available data.
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Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:   Fauci Warns About Hydroxychloroquine and In-Person Party Conventions
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
Why does Trump get away with everything?  —  In January 2016, Donald Trump said something unintentionally profound: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters.”  We'll hopefully never find out whether Trump really could get away with murder.
Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
The unluckiest generation in U.S. history  —  Millennials have faced the worst economic odds, and many will never recover  —  After accounting for the present crisis, the average millennial has experienced slower economic growth since entering the workforce than any other generation in U.S. history.
Jessica Garate / KRQE-TV:
Did the governor break her own rules?  —  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) -Did Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham play by her own rules during the public health order?  KRQE News 13 has learned in April, when she ordered non-essential businesses to shut down and lectured all New Mexicans to stay home …
USA Today:
103-year-old Massachusetts woman beats coronavirus, celebrates with Bud Light  —  EASTON, Mass. - Shelley Gunn describes her Polish grandmother, Jennie Stejna, as having a feisty spirit.  Stejna certainly displayed that spirit as the 103-year-old woman recently survived a bout with the coronavirus.
Business Insider:
The Trump campaign's new chief of staff was arrested on campaign finance charges in 2016 after cops busted her boyfriend for cocaine and found incriminating texts on his phone  — Stephanie Alexander was named chief of staff of Donald Trump's re-election campaign on Tuesday.
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump Said, ‘I Have the Best Words.’ Now They're Hers.  —  Why lip-sync impressions like Sarah Cooper's turned out to be the best way to satirize this president.  —  Donald Trump has some ideas about fighting the coronavirus.  “We hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet …
Discussion: Progress Pond
Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:
Seattle Judge Throws Out COVID-19 ‘Hoax’ Suit Against Fox News  —  A nonprofit watchdog group in Washington state had “laudable” aims, a Seattle judge said Wednesday, but he threw out its lawsuit targeting Fox News.  —  “WASHLITE's professed goal in this lawsuit — to ensure …
Discussion: TVNewser
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Coronavirus Coverage
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
CNBC Segment Explodes as Andrew Ross Sorkin Accuses Joe Kernen of Being in the Tank for Trump During Crisis: ‘100,000 PEOPLE DIED!’  —  A CNBC debate over the stock market completely exploded early Wednesday, with two Squawk Box hosts throwing down in a vicious debate which saw one accusing …
Washington Post:
Coronavirus may never go away, even with a vaccine  —  Embracing that reality is crucial to the next phase of America's pandemic response, experts say.  —  There's a good chance the coronavirus will never go away.  —  Even after a vaccine is discovered and deployed, the coronavirus …
New York Post:
New book claims Bill Clinton had an affair with Ghislaine Maxwell  —  Bill Clinton had an affair with British-born socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of helping recruit underage victims for notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to a blockbuster new book.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A congressman caught in the 1970s Abscam sting is now at the heart of a Philly election fraud probe, sources say  —  A central question lingered after federal authorities last week disclosed that a South Philadelphia poll worker had admitted taking bribes to stuff ballot boxes in local elections:
Discussion: Political Wire
CREW:
Palm Beach County Voted to Grant Trump's Golf Club a Rent Deferral  —  The Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a motion to grant a portion of President Trump's West Palm Beach golf resort a rent deferral due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a document obtained by CREW.
ProPublica:
Masks Sold by Former White House Official to Navajo Hospitals Don't Meet FDA Standards  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The Indian Health Service acknowledged on Wednesday …
 
 
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
House Dems forge ahead on FISA vote despite GOP opposition
Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump brags about getting Republicans elected. Research suggests his endorsements cost 15 seats.
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia governor aims to roll back more coronavirus restrictions
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Trump Tower's 2010 Profits Magically Grew By $3 Million In New Loan Filings
USA Today:
China's hidden targeting of Donald Trump one reason Facebook needs new cybersecurity approach
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed finds new challenge for the economy: Workers who don't want to come back to their jobs
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
“The Partisanship Comes Through Very Slyly”: Bret Baier Has Some Skeptics
 Earlier Items: 
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Disney World sets reopening date
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Tulsi Gabbard drops defamation suit against Hillary Clinton
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump administration to end Iran deal waivers in a blow to Obama-era pact
Discussion: National Review
Big Jim / ProPublica:
The Billionaire Governor Who's Been Sued Dozens of Times for Millions in Unpaid Bills
Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
One America News was desperate for Trump's approval. Here's how it got it.
Paul Bentz / HighGround:
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Discussion: The Hill
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Jennifer Carroll Foy Jumps Into Virginia Governor's Race, Hoping To Make History