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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals - Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans, including a majority of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Grotesque Tulsa Trip — A racist president trolls his enemies with a rally on Juneteenth. — Most people — or, at any rate, most readers of The New York Times — remember Donald Trump's response to the white nationalist riot in Charlottesville, Va., as a particularly low point in a presidency full of them.
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Vanity Fair, The American Independent, NPR and CNN
Reuters:
Trump on Juneteenth rally: ‘Think about it as a celebration’
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POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump rally attendees must agree not to sue campaign over potential coronavirus exposure
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IJR, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Truthout and Patterico's Pontifications
NBC News:
Man charged in deputy ambush scrawled extremist ‘Boogaloo’ phrases in blood — Steven Carrillo, accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in Santa Cruz County, California, wrote the words on the hood of a car, prosecutors said — Steven Carrillo, a California man who was charged with murder …
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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.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
How Fox News lost the Black Lives Matter debate — A nation turns its back on Murdoch … Support independent voices — Channeling his deepest white privilege fury, Tucker Carlson opened his Monday night Fox News show with an angry, 25-minute, race-baiting monologue about Black Lives Matter …
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New York Times, The Wrap and Slate
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Starbucks bans employees from wearing anything in support of Black Lives Matter
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Fox News, The Sun and Louder With Crowder
Charles Love / City Journal:
False Prophets … If you really want to help black America …
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The Federalist, spiked and Breitbart
New York Times:
As Americans Shift on Racism, Trump Digs In — With much of the country acknowledging that protesters' frustrations are justified, the president increasingly sounds detached from many voters in the political middle and even some of his allies. — WASHINGTON — NASCAR is demanding that its fans …
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NBC News, Daily Kos, Washington Post, The Bulwark and Blue Virginia
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Hates Losers, So Why Is He Refighting the Civil War—on the Losing Side? — A week of protest, pandemic, and political unrest in the capital. — It was a small moment in a week of craziness, but there is nothing like the rage of Donald Trump when a media outlet publishes a poll proclaiming him an almost-certain loser.
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Daily Kos and Financial Times
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump might go down in history as the last president of the Confederacy
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Mashable and The Guardian
NBC News:
Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley discussed resigning over role in Trump's church photo op — The Pentagon's top general discussed resigning amid criticism over his participation in President Donald Trump's controversial photo op at a Washington church, three defense officials familiar with the matter told NBC News.
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Politico, Raw Story, Task & Purpose, New York Post and New York Times
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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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New Book Releases …, The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The Second Wave Covid Scare — The numbers are better than the headlines, and reopening is necessary. — By The Editorial Board — Stocks sold off Thursday amid investor worries that a “second wave” of coronavirus infections could cause countries and states that are reopening to lock down again.
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Wall Street Journal:
How New York's Coronavirus Response Made the Pandemic Worse — The hasty expansion of medical facilities by state, city and hospital leaders led to grave mistakes, a Wall Street Journal investigation found; ‘wartime conditions’ — New York leaders faced an unanticipated crisis …
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Gothamist
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
The Virus Will Win — Americans are pretending that the pandemic is over. It certainly is not. — Contributing writer at The Atlantic — A second wave of the coronavirus is on the way. When it arrives, we will lack the will to deal with it. Despite all the sacrifices of the past months …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter deletes China-linked accounts that spread false information about Hong Kong and Covid-19 — (CNN Business)Twitter announced Thursday that it had shut down more than 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. Experts working with Twitter who reviewed the accounts …
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Michael Flynn / The Western Journal:
Exclusive from Gen. Flynn: Forces of Evil Want To Steal Our Freedom in the Dark of Night, But God Stands with Us — There are seminal moments in American history that test every fiber of our nation's soul. — We are facing one now. — Revolutionary forces are causing every American citizen …
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The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
‘They had a huge opportunity’: People of color on Trump's team reckon with a backlash — It's another Charlottesville moment for some aides inside the Trump administration. — President Donald Trump's handling of the nationwide anti-racism protests and the response to George Floyd's killing …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Audrey Cleo Yap / Variety:
Dave Chappelle Speaks Out on George Floyd's Death, Blasts Candace Owens in Searing Netflix Special — How Director Lynn Chen and Her Team of Asian American Actor-Artisans Created Indie ‘I Will Make You Mine’ — 'Supergirl's' Nicole Maines Wants to Evolve Trans Roles: ‘Trans Characters Can Be Less Than Perfect’
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The Guardian and UPI
NBC New York:
‘His Brain Is Injured:’ Lawyer Updates on 75-Year-Old NY Protester Shoved by Police — The confrontation during a peaceful protest in Buffalo, New York, last week was captured on video that has since gone viral — What to Know — The 75-year-old man hospitalized after he was pushed …
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The Daily Beast, The Sun, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, New York Post and CSNY
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Kelly Loeffler's Fundraising Committee Takes the Prize for Tone Deafness — The Georgia Republican is offering donors and fundraisers benefit packages to support her re-election bid. — As Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) proclaims her exoneration from allegations of insider trading …
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Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Will Give Convention Speech in Jacksonville, Capping a Dispute Over Safety — The move from Charlotte, N.C., where the Republican convention was originally planned, came after the president demanded to hold an event without social distancing rules. — WASHINGTON — It's official …
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JustOneMinute, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Tom Robbins / New Yorker:
Is Bill de Blasio the Loneliest Man in New York City? — On the evening of May 29th, a New York state senator named Zellnor Myrie, a mild-mannered son of Caribbean immigrants from Flatbush, went to join a protest against police abuse outside the Barclays Center, in downtown Brooklyn.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Worse than the limousine liberal: ‘Prius woke-sters’ cheer chaos at personal risk — In 1969, New York mayoral candidate Mario Procaccino went after his rival, the movie-star-good-looking incumbent John Lindsay, by deriding him and his supporters as “limousine liberals” — people who …
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Trump confidantes push him to drop re-election campaign manager Brad Parscale — WASHINGTON — Advisers to President Trump are pushing him to dismiss his campaign manager Brad Parscale, arguing he lacks the political instincts to lead the team to a second term in the White House.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The Republican congressman who could get booted for officiating a gay wedding — A small universe of Republican Party activists will drive through the parking lot of a central Virginia church on Saturday to decide the fate of Rep. Denver Riggleman. — A one-term congressman with a libertarian streak …
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Shaun Boyd / CBS Denver:
Corporate Donations To Governor's Office ‘Raises All Sorts Of Red Flags’ — DENVER (CBS4)- A CBS4 investigation has uncovered millions of dollars in donations from corporations and private foundations to the governor's office. The off-the-books donations date back at least 20 years.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Border officials spent emergency humanitarian funds on dirt bikes, dogs and enforcement programs, according to government report — U.S. Customs and Border Protection used emergency funding meant for migrant families and children to pay for dirt bikes, canine supplies, computer equipment …
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UPI
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Black community braces for next threat: Mass evictions — A new tremor is threatening to shake minority communities as protests over racial injustice sweep the country: A wave of evictions as a federal moratorium on kicking people out of their rental units expires.
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Axios
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.
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Fiona Hill: ‘I knew more about what was going on in the Kremlin’ — The Russia expert on her working-class roots, studying Putin — and the turmoil of Trump's White House — Before Fiona Hill even finished addressing Congress in the impeachment investigation into Donald Trump, she had become a global talking point.
David Bernstein / Reason:
Cornell Dean Eduardo M. Peñalver on the Jacobson Controversy — Earlier today, I wrote about demands that Cornell Law School fire clinical professor William Jacobson, and noted that Jacobson reported that Dean Eduardo M. Peñalver was properly defending his academic freedom.
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Power Line, Fox News and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
The National:
Israel annexation: UAE ambassador warns of setbacks in first direct address — Ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba, has written to the Israeli public to lay out the significant impact its government's annexation of the West Bank and Jordan Valley will have regionally
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Bloomberg
Michael Graham / InsideSources:
NHDem Senator: Working-Class Parents Don't Have Intelligence to Oversee Their Kids' Educations — Working-class parents without college degrees aren't capable of overseeing their own children's education, according to comments State Sen. Jeanne Dietsch (D-Peterborough) made during a House Education Committee hearing on Tuesday.
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Vows to Boost Nuclear Program, Saying U.S. Diplomacy Failed — In a statement marking the second anniversary of a historic summit meeting between Kim Jong-un and President Trump, the North said its hopes had faded into a “nightmare.” — SEOUL, South Korea …
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National Review
Axios:
Scoop: Biden won't tap Bloomberg agency Hawkfish for campaign — The Biden campaign won't rely on the tech and ad agency with close ties to Mike Bloomberg to run its digital operation in 2020, people familiar with the process tell Axios. — Why it matters: Hawkfish billed itself …
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Los Angeles Times
Ambassador David Scheffer / Just Security:
The Self-Defeating Executive Order Against the International Criminal Court — President Donald Trump's Executive Order on Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated with the International Criminal Court, issued on June 11, 2020, is a predicted and destructive reaction to the judgment …
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Politico and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
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