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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 …
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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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A Presidential Smear — Trump imitates the Steele dossier in attacks on Joe Scarborough. — By The Editorial Board — Donald Trump sometimes traffics in conspiracy theories—recall his innuendo in 2016 about Ted Cruz's father and the JFK assassination—but his latest accusation …
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The Hill, CNBC, Progress Pond, The Nation, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Smearing Joe Scarborough Because Republicans Reward His Bullying — The United States is in the midst of its worst economic catastrophe in 90 years, and its deepest public-health crisis in more than 100, and the president is laser-focused on the co-host of a morning cable-news talk …
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Townhall and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
‘Ugly Even for Him’: Trump's Media Allies Recoil at His Smear of MSNBC Host
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Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Officially Declares That Hong Kong Is No Longer Autonomous — ‘It is now clear that China is modeling Hong Kong after itself,’ said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — WASHINGTON—The State Department has officially determined that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China …
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Pompeo officially declares Hong Kong ‘no longer autonomous,’ slams China intervention
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New York Times:
There Are 3 Things We Have to Do to Get People Wearing Masks
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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 …
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Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
“Close them down”: Trump threatens action against social media platforms — President Trump threatened to shut down or regulate social media platforms due to anti-conservative bias in a pair of Wednesday tweets — the day after Twitter's first fact-check against the president's claims on its platform.
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Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Trump threatens social media outlets with regulation, closure after fact check added to tweet
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Don't Blame Twitter — You can't mistake the pus for the infection.
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Variety, Raw Story and The Atlantic
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks him
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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.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Spectator USA
Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘Why are you not burying him?’: Trump allies fret over rising Biden threat — Some of President Donald Trump's political allies and donors are starting to get antsy. — With only five months until the November general election, several Trump advisers, campaign veterans and prominent Republicans …
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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 …
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 …
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The Federalist, Political Wire, Breitbart, Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Trump tweet throws House vote on government surveillance powers into doubt — Hurd slams FISA court abuses: ‘Absolutely outrageous’ — (CNN)A House vote to reauthorize national security surveillance authorities that have been expired since March was thrown into doubt on Wednesday following …
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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 …
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Politico
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.
FREOPP.org:
Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities Account for 43% of COVID-19 Deaths — A startling statistic has profound implications for the way we've managed the coronavirus pandemic. — Based on a new analysis of state-by-state COVID-19 fatality reports, it is clear that the most underappreciated aspect …
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Fox News, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Dispatch, TheBlaze and Disrn
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump administration to end Iran deal waivers in a blow to Obama-era pact — The Trump administration is ending sanctions waivers that allow Russian, Chinese and European companies to do work at sensitive Iranian nuclear sites, following an internal battle between Iran hawks and a more aggressive group …
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Disney World sets reopening date — New York (CNN Business)Disney World will reopen its gates, ending a multi-month closure of the park that left the Walt Disney Company reeling. — The Disney theme park, which employs some 70,000 people, plans to begin a phased reopening on July 11 …
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The Daily Caller
Big Jim / ProPublica:
The Billionaire Governor Who's Been Sued Dozens of Times for Millions in Unpaid Bills — Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia's richest man. Over the last three decades, lawsuits over unpaid bills have cost his constellation of companies more than $128 million in judgments and settlements.
Helen Branswell / STAT:
New research rewrites history of when Covid-19 took off in the U.S. — and points to missed chances to stop it — New research has poured cold water on the theory that the Covid-19 outbreak in Washington state — the country's first — was triggered by the very first confirmed case of the infection in the country.
Chip Brownlee / Alabama Political Reporter:
“We're surging:” Alabama reports largest COVID-19 increases to date — Alabama saw its largest single-day increase in new COVID-19 cases Monday, according to the state, as daily case counts continue an upward trend and hospitals across the state report increasing hospitalizations.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Marco Rubio zeroes in on Russia — not Obama — Donald Trump's allies on Capitol Hill are pushing aggressive new investigations targeting the president's political opponents. Marco Rubio isn't joining the fray. — As Rubio assumes the acting chairmanship of the Senate Intelligence Committee …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Rod Rosenstein slated to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has been scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 3 as part of the Republican-led inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation, the panel announced Wednesday.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Twitter Fact-checker Claimed Trump Admin Are ‘ACTUAL NAZIS’; Mocked ‘Fly Over’ States — The Twitter official responsible for the platform's fact-checking policy has tweeted that members of the Trump administration are “Nazis,” among other false and inflammatory statements on the platform.
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Richard Haass / Washington Post:
Trump's foreign policy doctrine? The Withdrawal Doctrine. — Richard Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “The World: A Brief Introduction.” — President Trump has been in the Oval Office for more than three years and has yet to claim a foreign policy doctrine of his own.
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The Daily Signal and The Nation
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Tech billionaires are plotting sweeping, secret plans to boost Joe Biden — Inside the experiments, data wars, and partisan news sites that Silicon Valley thinks can help Biden catch up to Trump. — Joe Biden has a problem. Silicon Valley billionaires think they have a solution.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
California DA launches investigation into Tara Reade testimony — The Monterey County District Attorney's office has launched an investigation into whether Tara Reade lied on the witness stand while acting as an expert witness. — Reade, under the name Alexandra McCabe …
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Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Tulsi Gabbard drops defamation suit against Hillary Clinton — Former Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard dropped her defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton Wednesday, citing the coronavirus pandemic and importance of defeating President Trump in November.
Associated Press:
Spike in South Korea virus cases shows perils of reopening — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As Mediterranean beaches and Las Vegas casinos laid out plans to welcome tourists again, South Korea announced a spike in new infections Wednesday and considered reimposing social distancing restrictions …
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