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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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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Melania Trump Delayed White House Arrival to Negotiate a Better Prenup, Says Report  —  ‘TAKING CARE OF BARRON’  —  Remember back in 2017 when, after her husband's inauguration, Melania Trump stayed behind in New York City, supposedly so that their son, Barron, could finish the school year uninterrupted?
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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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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 …
Discussion: Queerty, Breitbart and The Verge
CNN:
Trump campaign selling ‘Baby Lives Matter’ onesie on website
Discussion: The Federalist and Raw Story
Robert Cherry / National Review:
Which Black Lives Matter?
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Reuters:
Trump on Juneteenth rally: ‘Think about it as a celebration’
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Washington Post:
Appeals court appears reluctant to order judge to immediately drop Michael Flynn's conviction  —  A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday appeared reluctant to order a judge to immediately dismiss the guilty plea of President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Court hears arguments on whether to dismiss Flynn case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court heard arguments Friday on whether it should order the dismissal of the Justice Department's prosecution of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, wading into a politically charged legal question …
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:   Flynn Judges Express Doubt About Letting DOJ Toss Case Now
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 …
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Financial Times
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:   Trump defiant as cultural change sweeps America
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump might go down in history as the last president of the Confederacy
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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
Discussion: Gothamist
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
'We're going to have a catastrophe': US faces November election fiasco  —  The chaotic scenes in Georgia's primary this week could be a foretaste as states fail to take urgent action to secure the vote  —  The alarm bells have been going off for months, but the election fiasco in Georgia …
Discussion: Washington Post
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Urges Allies to Pounce on Trump's ‘Bungled’ Economy  —  Joe Biden's campaign says President Donald Trump's effort to campaign on an improving economy is a “desperate scheme” that ignores how his handling of the coronavirus pandemic contributed to the economic downturn, according to a memo sent Friday to surrogates.
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.
Bloomberg:
Boris Johnson's Team Is Broken by the Virus and Losing Faith  —  Inside Boris Johnson's government, senior officials are exhausted, demoralized and starting to despair.  —  Their dreams of reshaping Britain for a bright post-Brexit world have been blown off course by coronavirus.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Kudlow: ‘There is no second wave’ of coronavirus  —  The White House economic adviser's remarks come as new Covid-19 hot spots continue to emerge across the country.  —  White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow.  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Friday declared that a …
Discussion: Fox News, NPR and Political Wire
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.
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.
Gary Sheffield / The Players' Tribune:
Do You Believe Me Now?  —  George Floyd.  Ahmaud Arbery.  Breonna Taylor.  Eric Garner.  Stephon Clark.  Philando Castile.  —  And that's to name ​only​ a few.  —  Another name that, on more than one occasion, could've easily been added to that long list?  Gary Sheffield.
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’
Discussion: The Guardian, Deadline and The Root
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Has Trouble Addressing Black Lives Matter  —  The reality TV president once proposed a season of “The Apprentice” pitting white contestants against black contestants.  —  April Ryan, a veteran White House correspondent with American Urban Radio Networks and a political analyst for CNN …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Washington Post:
Live updates: Oregon pauses its reopening plans for one week after coronavirus cases hit new high  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
Discussion: Oregonian and Fox News
Lisa Respers France / CNN:
ABC casts first black 'Bachelor following outcry for diversity  —  (CNN)Following a petition urging ABC to address a lack of diversity on its enormously popular reality dating franchise, ABC has cast the first black “Bachelor.”  —  Matt James will be the star of the 25th season of “The Bachelor.”
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 …
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The media's vital role in safeguarding elections  —  On Tuesday, voters in Georgia went to cast their ballots in primary elections, but many of them found that they could not—or not without a long wait.  Voters in the Atlanta area, in particular, faced huge lines and hours-long delays outside polling places …
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 …
Discussion: WSET-TV
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.
 
 
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John McWhorter / Quillette:
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
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Tom Robbins / New Yorker:
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden won't tap Bloomberg agency Hawkfish for campaign
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Vows to Boost Nuclear Program, Saying U.S. Diplomacy Failed
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
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Discussion: Axios
The National:
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Discussion: Bloomberg
Annie Karni / New York Times:
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