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1:45 AM ET, June 11, 2020

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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Tucker Carlson's Fox News Show Loses Disney & Other Advertisers Over George Floyd Killing & Black Lives Matter POV  —  Tucker Carlson may have one of the most watched shows on cable news, but the Fox News Channel host is losing advertisers - again.  —  Whereas in 2018, over 20 companies yanked …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Three corporations that say they support Black Lives Matter but sponsor Tucker Carlson [UPDATED]  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)  —  Over the last several days, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has used his platform to repeatedly attack and denigrate the Black Lives Matter movement.
James Doubek / NPR:   D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser: ‘Not At All’ Reconsidering Police Funding
New York Times:
Economics, Dominated by White Men, Is Roiled by Black Lives Matter
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
ABC News:
As Trump struggles to respond to crises, internal polling instills fear in advisers: Sources  —  Some advisers say the president needs a course correction before November.  —  One week ago President Donald Trump met with advisers from his 2020 re-election campaign, who greeted him with bad news.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
LeBron James and Other Stars Form a Voting Rights Group  —  “This is the time for us to finally make a difference,” the N.B.A. superstar said of the new group, which will aim to protect African-Americans' voting rights.  —  WASHINGTON — The N.B.A. superstar LeBron James and a group …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
A retired judge's sharp rebuke of William Barr confirms the worst  —  The latest development in the saga of Michael Flynn — disgraced former national security adviser, admitted criminal, conspiracy theorist and all-around sleaze — gives us yet more evidence of how completely President Trump …
Discussion: Townhall and The Crime Report
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
More than 1,250 former Justice Dept. workers call for internal watchdog to probe Barr role …
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump rejects calls to rename military bases honoring Confederate generals
Discussion: IJR
Jesse Reed / MSN:
NASCAR truck racer Ray Ciccarelli says he's quitting after Confederate flag ban  —  On Wednesday, NASCAR made a huge announcement regarding the Confederate flag.  Then, driver Ray Ciccarelli made an announcement of his own.  —  Ciccarelli is a 50-year-old racer.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
NASCAR bans Confederate flag at all events and properties
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Spun, ESPN and Breitbart
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
'I can't breathe,' Oklahoma man tells police before dying.  'I don't care,' officer responds.  —  Newly released body camera footage from an arrest in Oklahoma City last year shows a suspect saying “I can't breathe” before he died at a hospital.  —  In the May 20, 2019 footage …
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Senate Armed Services on collision course with Trump over Confederate names  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted to require the Pentagon to rename military bases and other assets named after Confederate generals, a move that puts the Republican-led panel on a collision course with the White House.
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon blindsided by Trump tweet on Confederate bases
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:   As Coronavirus Infections Climb, Washington Moves On to Other Business
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Will Return to Campaign Trail With Rally in Tulsa  —  The president is set to hold his first rally since the coronavirus shuttered most of the country, with polls showing Joe Biden establishing a significant national lead over his rival.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump will return …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and National Memo
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
HISTORY!  Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer  —  Barring the unexpected, Marjorie Taylor Greene is going to be elected the next representative from Georgia's 14th district.  And boy does she have some wild ideas.  —  A believer in a conspiracy theory the FBI classifies …
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Know The Signs: How to tell if your grandparent has become an antifa agent  —  Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment.  @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed.
CNN:
Noel Francisco to step down as US solicitor general, sources say  —  (CNN)US Solicitor General Noel Francisco is expected to resign from his role as the government's top lawyer before the Supreme Court in the coming days, according to two sources familiar with the move.
J.K. Rowling:
J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues  —  This isn't an easy piece to write, for reasons that will shortly become clear, but I know it's time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity.  I write this without any desire to add to that toxicity.
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Amrou Al-Kadhi / The Independent:   How Britain's colonial past can be traced through to the transphobic feminism of today
Chuck Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
The White House vs. John Bolton  —  Officials are attempting to use national security as a pretext to prevent the publication of his memoir.  —  President Trump doesn't want John Bolton to publish his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.”
Discussion: Breitbart and Axios
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Associated Press:
Jefferson Davis statue torn down in Richmond, Virginia  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A statue of Jefferson Davis was torn down along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night by protesters.  —  The statue of the president of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m …
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Courier-Journal:
Louisville police release the Breonna Taylor incident report.  It's virtually blank  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly three months after Louisville Metro Police officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her South End apartment, the department has released the incident report from that night.
Rich Lowry / Politico:
A Presidency Is a Terrible Thing to Waste  —  President Trump is in the midst of a polling swoon largely of his own making.  —  Gallup has his approval rating at 39 percent, and his rating in the RealClearPolitics average is down to 42 percent  —  It's true that events have taken a hand …
New York Times:
Aggressive Tactics by National Guard, Ordered to Appease Trump, Wounded the Military, Too  —  The world responded the evangelical guard the eyes of the world were gone.  The National Guard.  The actions that occurred this past week, were absolutely used to work.
Discussion: Raw Story
Slate:
Donald Trump's Increasingly Elaborate Bid to Create His Own America  —  On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump, whose unsurprising character defects still never fail to surprise, tweeted a Russian-sourced conspiracy theory claiming that the 75-year-old peace activist who remains hospitalized …
Discussion: Mediaite, Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Britain briefly suspends sending evidence to U.S. law enforcement, in move some see as a sign of fraying relationship  —  British authorities earlier this month told their American counterparts that they had suspended sending over all evidence in criminal cases because the United States still uses …
Mike Baker / New York Times:
‘Take Back Your City’ From Protesters, Trump Tells Seattle Mayor  —  The president tweeted that Mayor Jenny Durkan and Gov. Jay Inslee were being taunted by protesters.  Some demonstrators have used barricades to occupy several city blocks.  —  SEATTLE — President Trump renewed his threat …
Courier-Journal:
‘Change agent’ Charles Booker is best Democratic candidate in Kentucky Senate race  —  This is a historic time in our state and nation.  A time when young and old, black, white and brown are calling for change — not just incremental change, but sweeping reform that will usher in true equality and justice for all.
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Forceful clearing of Lafayette Square protest was defining moment for president and protests  —  The police crackdown to clear protesters from Lafayette Square last week looms as a defining moment in the national debate over race and law enforcement that has been sparked by the death of George Floyd.
Discussion: alicublog and New York Times
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Fired inspector general says he told aides about Pompeo probe so that they 'wouldn't be surprised'  —  Before he was fired last month, State Department Inspector General Steve Linick said, he told top aides he was investigating the personal conduct of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife …
Laura A. Bischoff / daytondailynews:
Lawmaker asks if ‘colored population’ not washing their hands as well as others behind COVID rates  —  During a hearing on whether to declare racism a public health crisis, state Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, asked if “the colored population” is hit harder by the coronavirus because perhaps …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg:
Patagonia CEO Steps Down, Search Begins For a Successor  —  Patagonia is searching for a new chief executive officer to lead the company as it emerges alongside the rest of retail from a lengthy shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.  —  CEO Rose Marcario is leaving Patagonia after six years on the job …
WLOS-TV:
City of Asheville votes to remove Confederate monuments  —  There were two major developments at Tuesday night's Asheville city council meeting — council members unanimously approved a joint resolution for the removal of Confederate monuments and Asheville's police chief announced sweeping changes to his department.
Glenn K. Beaton / The Aspen beat:
A report from the big white suburban guilty girls picnic march  —  Urban trekking around Denver the other day, I happened across a protest march of maybe a thousand people.  Here's what I observed.  —  The marchers were almost all white.  I saw fewer than a dozen black people and no Hispanics.
Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Sporting Power Couple Issues Rare Rebuke of Ruling Communist Party  —  Retired soccer star Hao Haidong and his wife, former badminton world champion Ye Zhaoying, are speaking out against Beijing's leadership  —  Two of China's most celebrated athletes have denounced the ruling Communist Party …
Christopher Wilson / Yahoo News:
Coronavirus infections appear to spike in U.S. even as they decline elsewhere  —  While many countries are seeing a decline in COVID-19 cases, infections in the United States appear to be spiking, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News.  —  In a Centers for Disease Control …
Discussion: Fox News, CNBC and Daily Kos
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
The Protests Come for ‘Paw Patrol’  —  A backlash is mounting against depictions of “good cops,” on television and in the street.  —  It was only a matter of time before the protests came for “Paw Patrol.”  —  “Paw Patrol” is a children's cartoon about a squad of canine helpers.
Discussion: Breitbart
Oregonian:
Police officers' personal information is being posted online, Homeland Security document says  —  WASHINGTON — Personal information of police officers in departments nationwide is being leaked online amid tense interactions at demonstrations across the U.S. over the police custody death …
Discussion: National Review
 
 
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Anne M. Peterson / Associated Press:
US Soccer repeals rule that banned kneeling during anthem
Discussion: The Hill and Just The News
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Repudiate the Anti-Police Narrative
Discussion: Power Line
NBC News:
Coronavirus is making a comeback in Arizona three weeks after governor lifted stay-at-home order
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
James Arkin / Politico:
Ossoff wins Georgia Senate primary, will face Perdue in general election
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
Voting debacle in Georgia came after months of warnings went unaddressed
Neha Lalchandani / Times of India:
Up to 10-year jail for cow slaughter in UP
Discussion: Breitbart
Jessie Van Berkel / Star Tribune:
Protesters topple Columbus statue on Minnesota Capitol grounds
Politico:
Quarantine fatigue: Governors reject new lockdowns as virus cases spike
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Cydney Yeates / Metro.co.uk:
‘America is at a tipping point’: Oprah Winfrey states US 'can't move forward without calling …
MSNBC:
How to stop Trump from delegitimizing the 2020 decision: election law expert explains
CNN:
Biden repeatedly pushed bill in Senate that critics said would have made investigating police officers …
Discussion: Redstate
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Speaker Pelosi wants Confederate statues in Capitol removed
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Zoom closed account of U.S.-based Chinese activist “to comply with local law”
Des Moines Register:
Iowa State Fair canceled for the first time since World War II
Discussion: Axios
Jeff Pegues / CBS News:
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin “bumped heads” while working at nightclub, former coworker says
 

 
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