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Yael Halon / Fox News:
Zuckerberg knocks Twitter for fact-checking Trump, says private companies shouldn't be ‘the arbiter of truth’  —  Mark Zuckerberg on Twitter fact-checking Trump: Private companies shouldn't be the arbiter of truth  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called out Twitter for attaching …
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump's Mental State Collapses Over Twitter Fact Check  —  Trump is referring to himself in the third person: … Trump is spreading more Joe Scarborough murder conspiracies: … Trump threatened Twitter: … All of these events happened within one hour.
Daniel Villarreal / Newsweek:
Zuckerberg Says Twitter Is Wrong to Fact-Check Trump
Discussion: Disrn
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?
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.
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Conservative Activists Lose Lawsuit That Accused Twitter, Google and Facebook of Censorship  —  A federal court dismissed activist Laura Loomer's lawsuit against several tech platforms on Wednesday.  The complaint alleged a far-flung conspiracy to censor conservative speech.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Appeals court ruling suggests little legal traction for Trump's anti-Twitter campaign
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Social media bias lawsuits keep failing in court
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
What Would Happen if Twitter Banned Trump?
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
For a numbers-obsessed Trump, there's one he has tried to ignore: 100,000 dead  —  President Trump has spent his life in thrall to numbers — his wealth, his ratings, his polls.  Even during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, he has remained fixated on certain metrics — peppering aides …
Discussion: The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
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Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
Why does Trump get away with everything?
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
'There's no stigma attached to wearing a mask': McConnell makes plea in favor of face masks
Discussion: fox8.com and Politico
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
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 …
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
Nick Swartsell / Dallas Morning News:
Longtime Texas congressman Sam Johnson, POW in Vietnam, dies at age 89  —  Staunch conservative served 28 years in Congress and seven years in the Hanoi Hilton after being shot down.  —  WASHINGTON— Retired congressman Sam Johnson, a conservative stalwart whose service to country spanned seven years …
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The Texas Tribune:
Former U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, a Vietnam War veteran, has died
Discussion: The Hill
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Supreme Court: Lack of immunity to coronavirus alone isn't enough for mail-in ballot  —  Although the court sided with state Attorney General Ken Paxton's interpretation of what constitutes a disability, it indicated that it is up to voters to assess their health and determine if they meet …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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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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.”
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The real nightmare scenario for this fall's elections  —  When people raise fears about nightmare scenarios in this fall's elections, they're usually talking about something big and dramatic — President Trump trying to postpone or cancel the election; or Trump refusing to accept the election results in some way.
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
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.
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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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.
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.
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times:
He was part of Amazon's coronavirus hiring spree.  Two weeks later he was dead  —  When Harry Sentoso got called back to work at an Amazon delivery center in Irvine in late March, he was excited.  —  He had been working in Amazon warehouses on and off for two years, always hoping to get a full …
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 …
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
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
 
 
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Gabrielle Union Breaks Silence on 'America's Got Talent,' Works Toward a More Inclusive Hollywood
Washington Post:
Live updates: As U.S. deaths reach 100,000, experts say coronavirus might never go away
Discussion: The Hill
CREW:
Palm Beach County Voted to Grant Trump's Golf Club a Rent Deferral
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump brags about getting Republicans elected. Research suggests his endorsements cost 15 seats.
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
Masks Sold by Former White House Official to Navajo Hospitals Don't Meet FDA Standards
Washington Post:
Coronavirus may never go away, even with a vaccine
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
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed finds new challenge for the economy: Workers who don't want to come back to their jobs
Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:
Seattle Judge Throws Out COVID-19 ‘Hoax’ Suit Against Fox News
Discussion: TVNewser
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
“The Partisanship Comes Through Very Slyly”: Bret Baier Has Some Skeptics
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Disney World sets reopening date
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump administration to end Iran deal waivers in a blow to Obama-era pact
Discussion: National Review
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
CNBC Segment Explodes as Andrew Ross Sorkin Accuses Joe Kernen of Being in the Tank for Trump …