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8:25 PM ET, June 12, 2020

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Associated Press:
Biden's VP list narrows: Warren, Harris, Susan Rice, others  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Axios:
John Bolton's forthcoming book includes multiple allegations about Trump misconduct in office  —  In a memoir coming June 23 that the White House has tried to delay, former national security adviser John Bolton will offer multiple revelations about President Trump's conduct in office …
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Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump was in no rush to move into the White House.  That's when she renegotiated her prenup, a new book says.  —  When Melania Trump stayed behind in New York after her husband's presidential inauguration, she said it was because she didn't want to interrupt their then-10-year-old son Barron's school year.
Politico:
Bolton rips Trump: ‘Getting reelected was the only thing that mattered’  —  President Donald Trump repeatedly endangered national security — and committed a series of potentially impeachable offenses — to boost his reelection prospects, former national security adviser John Bolton argues in a forthcoming White House memoir.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
East Wing rips book saying Melania Trump renegotiated prenup before moving to White House
HHS News Releases:
HHS Finalizes Rule on Section 1557 Protecting Civil Rights in Healthcare, Restoring the Rule of Law, and Relieving Americans of Billions in Excessive Costs  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump finalizes rollback of LGBTQ patient protections
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
‘Trump thought I was a secretary’: Fiona Hill on the president, Putin and populism  —  She was the White House's top Russia expert catapulted to fame by Trump's impeachment.  She reflects on her journey from County Durham to Washington  —  In the last days before Washington was locked down …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:   Fiona Hill: ‘I knew more about what was going on in the Kremlin’
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Voter turnout soared in Georgia despite massive primary day problems  —  Despite massive problems at the voting booth, Democratic turnout in Georgia's primaries skyrocketed — with three times as many votes cast in the Senate primary as in 2016.  —  With 91 percent of the vote in as of Friday …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘Scares me to death’: Georgia Republicans fret voting-access issue could sink Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
'We're going to have a catastrophe': US faces November election fiasco
Discussion: Washington Post
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Prosecutors Move To Drop Their Own Case After Evidence Issue.  The Judge Wants Answers  —  Prosecutors wove a simple narrative: The man in their sights had engaged in shady dealings involving a foreign adversary.  But the case fell into disarray after allegations the government had cheated …
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New York Times:
New York Voters Can Send Some Promising New Faces to Congress  —  Here are our endorsements in the congressional primaries.  In-person voting begins June 13.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Discussion: Raw Story and Slate
Faith Karimi / CNN:
Two hairstylists who had coronavirus saw 140 clients.  No new infections have been linked to the salon, officials say  —  (CNN)No cases of coronavirus have been linked to two Missouri hairstylists who saw 140 clients last month while symptomatic, county health officials said.
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Tulsa Health Department:
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Discussion: Snopes.com and Los Angeles Times
KJRH:
THD urges caution on gatherings as COVID-19 cases reach record daily high
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CBS News
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Is There Still Room for Debate?  —  In the last couple of weeks, as the purges of alleged racists have intensified in every sphere, and as so many corporations, associations, and all manner of civic institutions have openly pledged allegiance to anti-racism, with all the workshops, books …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump says he'll leave office peacefully if he loses in November  —  President Donald Trump sought to brush aside fears he might not leave office willingly if November's election doesn't go his way.  —  “Certainly, if I don't win, I don't win,” he told Fox News' Harris Faulkner in an interview that aired Friday.
Discussion: Breitbart and Comedy Central
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump says he'll ‘go on and do other things’ if he loses in November
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
White House divide on Floyd response, as some push Trump for tougher tactics  —  WASHINGTON — With less than five months before voters head to the polls, President Trump finds himself in an uncertain position: caught between advisers urging him to calm a country in the grips of a pandemic …
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:
Fired Florida scientist builds coronavirus site showing far more cases than state reports  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. - Florida's former top coronavirus data scientist has launched a website showing far more COVID-19 information than she said the state allowed her to report as an employee …
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Chris Persaud / Palm Beach Post:   Fired scientist Rebekah Jones builds coronavirus dashboard to rival Florida's
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘There is no emergency’: W.H. economic advisers shrug off feared ‘second wave’ of coronavirus  —  The White House's top economic advisers on Friday shrugged off concerns of a potential “second wave” of the coronavirus, reflecting President Donald Trump's eagerness to continue reopening broad swaths …
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CBS News:
Pence says he didn't accompany Trump to St. John's Church “out of an abundance of caution”  —  Vice President Mike Pence didn't join President Trump for the walk to St. John's Church “out of an abundance of caution,” he told CBS News Radio in an interview Friday.
Rolling Stone:
Lady Antebellum Is Now ‘Lady A.’ But So Is a Blues Singer Who's Used the Name for 20 Years  —  They're using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time," says the original Lady A, a 61-year-old black singer who's released multiple records under the name
Mariame Kaba / New York Times:
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police  —  Because reform won't happen.  —  Ms. Kaba is an organizer against criminalization.  —  Congressional Democrats want to make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct; Joe Biden wants to give police departments $300 million.
The Tennessean:
Nashville autonomous zone ‘will not be tolerated,’ Gov. Bill Lee says as one is planned for state Capitol  —  Hours before some activists plan to take over a public space outside the Tennessee state Capitol and stay for an undetermined amount of time, Gov. Bill Lee issued a warning Friday that autonomous zones “will not be tolerated.”
Discussion: Fox News and TN.gov
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CNN:
Top Pentagon policy nominee has a history of Islamophobic and offensive comments  —  (CNN)The White House's nominee for a top position at the Pentagon has a history of making Islamophobic and inflammatory remarks against prominent Democratic politicians, including falsely calling former President Barack Obama a Muslim.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Loses More Advertisers  —  Disney, Papa John's, Poshmark and T-Mobile backed away from “Tucker Carlson Tonight” after the host's comments about Black Lives Matter protests.  —  On Monday's segment of his prime time show, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson cast doubt …
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden picks a fight with Trump over the Confederacy  —  Joe Biden said Friday that he supports scrubbing Confederate leaders' names from all military assets, putting him at odds with President Donald Trump who this week came out in opposition to renaming the 10 military bases named after Confederate soldiers.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Atlantic, KEYT-TV and CNN
Douglas Brinkley / New York Times:
Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind  —  In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”  —  A few years ago, sitting beneath shade trees in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., I had a two-hour discussion …
Discussion: Variety and Rolling Stone
Naomi O'Leary / The Irish Times:
Face masks highly effective against Covid-19, new evidence suggests  —  Three separate studies find routine wearing of face masks can curb spread of coronavirus  —  Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health has said that compliance by the public in relation to use …
PNAS:
Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19  — Article - Figures & SI - Info & Metrics - PDF  —  Significance  —  We have elucidated the transmission pathways of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by analyzing the trend and mitigation measures in the three epicenters.
Discussion: CNN, Reason and Los Angeles Times
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
‘Fawlty Towers’ Episode to Be Reinstated After John Cleese Attacks its Removal  —  UPDATED: An episode of sitcom “Fawlty Towers” removed from a streaming site for containing “racial slurs” is to be reinstated.  John Cleese had attacked the decision to remove the episode as “stupid,” …
Discussion: The Age, The Federalist and Breitbart
John Karalis / Union-News:
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh declares racism a public health crisis, diverts police overtime money to community programs  —  Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Friday declared racism to be a public health crisis in the city.  —  “The health impacts of historic and systemic racism are clear in our COVID-19 case numbers,” Walsh said.
Discussion: The Hill
Gabriella Borter / Reuters:
Minneapolis City Council resolves to replace police with community-led model  —  (Reuters) - The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a community-led public safety system to replace the police department following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the city's police.
Shivali Best / mirror:
Conspiracy theorists claim Mayan calendar was wrong and ‘world will end on June 21’  —  Conspiracy theorists claim that the Mayan doomsday calendar was wrong, and that the world will now end on June 21 2020  —  From the coronavirus pandemic to an influx of terrifying murder hornets …
Associated Press:
Treasury chief refusing to disclose recipients of virus aid  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Building ramparts of secrecy around a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has moved from delay to denial in refusing outright to disclose the recipients of taxpayer-funded loans.
Discussion: The Hill
The Daily Beast:
Will Bill Barr Go to Jail When This Is All Done?  —  In Ep. 16 of The New Abnormal, former DOJ prosecutor Glenn Kirschner takes down Bill Barr.  Plus, Rick and Molly chat election predictions, Confederate flag truthers and more.  —  Attorney General Bill Barr was in on Trump's scheme to bribe and lean on Ukraine's president.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Jared Council / Wall Street Journal:
Facial Recognition Companies Commit to Police Market After Amazon, Microsoft Exit
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
London Breed pushes San Francisco reforms: Police no longer will respond to noncriminal calls
Discussion: Fox News, sfmayor.org and The Hill
Bloomberg Law:
Oil, Logging, Mining Ordered as New Focus for Forest Service
Discussion: Axios and fs.usda.gov
Senator Tom Cotton / The American Mind:
Senator Tom Cotton Takes On the Woke Mob
Discussion: Power Line
Raga Justin / The Texas Tribune:
UT-Austin football players demand school rename buildings named after racist figures, donate to Black Lives Matter
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Ballasy / Just The News:
Nine of 11 statues of Confederate leaders Pelosi wants removed from Capitol were Democrats
John Anderer / Study Finds:
Political Polarization Peaking In America?  Voters Embrace ‘All Or Nothing’ Mentality Along Party Lines
Jenna Grande / CREW:
CREW Files Criminal Complaint Against Mike Pompeo
 Earlier Items: 
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ethics probe into Rep. Alcee Hastings ends after disclosure he married aide
Discussion: The Hill
The National Pulse:
EXC: Biden Promised He'd ‘Make Good’ On U.S. Paying China Despite China Owing U.S. 1.6 TRILLION
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
The Oscars Will Add a Diversity Requirement for Eligibility
Discussion: Los Angeles Magazine
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
The 75-year-old man shoved to ground by Buffalo police suffered brain injury, lawyer says
Washington Post:
Pandemic deepens economic pain at Trump's company, already suffering from a tarnished brand
Discussion: Mother Jones
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Tom Cotton Op-Ed and the Cultural Revolution
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Has Trouble Addressing Black Lives Matter
Discussion: Raw Story