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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump's response to racial tensions in the country — A senior State Department official who has served in the Trump administration since its first day is resigning over President Trump's recent handling of racial tensions across the country …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Make Sure I Win”: John Bolton's Unredacted Book Shows What Trump Was Really Trying to Hide — Trump's own words to Xi Jinping, among others, were so damning and politicized that the government insisted they be removed. — John Bolton's account that Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Talks Juneteenth, John Bolton, Economy in WSJ Interview — WASHINGTON—President Trump said there was some systemic racism in the U.S., said removing Confederate names from military bases would further divide the country and took credit for popularizing Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump 'Couldn't Give a Shit' About China Rounding Up Millions of Muslims — John Bolton described a president perfectly fine with concentration camps being built in western China. Administration officials say it's painfully true. — The ugliest claim made by John Bolton …
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Wall Street Journal:
Transcript of President Trump's Interview With The Wall Street Journal — President discusses the economy, the Bolton book, the coronavirus, race in America and more — President Trump sat down for an interview Wednesday evening in the Oval Office with Wall Street Journal reporter Michael C. Bender.
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Washington Post:
Bolton's future as leading Republican hawk may depend on Trump's defeat in November
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Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Pompeo blasts Bolton's book as ‘spreading a number of lies,’ calls him a ‘traitor’: ‘I was in the room too’
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Bolton book exposes rare fissures between Trump and Pompeo
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden widens lead over Trump; Republicans enthusiastic, but fear motivates Dems — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden continues to lead President Donald Trump in the race for the White House, as majorities say racism, unemployment, and coronavirus pose a major threat …
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — June 18, 2020 - Biden Ahead Of Trump By 8 Points In Presidential Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 6 In 10 Support Vote By Mail In November — If the election for president were being held today, former Vice President Joe Biden would receive 49 percent …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Trump adds to divisions in an unhappy country
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Pushing for Four Debates With Biden
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Brent Lang / Variety:
AMC Theatres Unveils Plans to Reopen During Coronavirus — AMC Theatres, the world's largest exhibitor, has unveiled plans to re-open after coronavirus forced it to close its more than 600 venues in the U.S. for nearly four months. — The company is expected to resume operations in 450 …
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MSNBC:
Sen. Klobuchar takes herself off Biden's list of possible running mates — Sen. Amy Klobuchar says a woman of color should be the one to serve alongside Joe Biden as vice president, and so she is withdrawing herself from consideration. She talks to Lawrence O'Donnell about her decision.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Klobuchar Drops Out of Biden's V.P. Search and Backs Picking a Woman of Color
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Dr. Samantha Whiteside / Tulsa World:
I'm a Tulsa emergency physician and conservative, and the Trump rally is a terrible idea — As a practicing emergency physician in Tulsa for the past 10 years, I have great concerns about the ramifications of the planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Saturday.
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Business Insider:
The Tulsa arena that's hosting Trump's rally is asking the campaign for its plan to keep people safe …
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Carla Hinton / Oklahoman.com:
Early bird Trump supporters want to be among first at rally
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook takes down Trump ads ‘for violating our policy against organized hate’ — New York (CNN Business)Facebook (FB) on Thursday said it had taken action against ads run by President Trump's re-election campaign for breaching its policies on hate. The ads, which attacked …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Facebook Removes Trump Ads Displaying Symbol Used by Nazis — Nazis used the symbol to classify political prisoners during World War II. The Trump campaign said the triangle was associated with antifa, a claim experts rejected. — WASHINGTON — Facebook on Thursday removed advertisements posted …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
SEC to Mississippi: Change Confederate-themed flag or risk losing college sports events — The NCAA's Southeastern Conference commissioner warned that Mississippi could lose SEC championship games if it doesn't alter the state flag.. — The NCAA's Southeastern Conference on Thursday told …
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter labels Trump video tweet as manipulated media, continuing its crackdown on misinformation — The label marks the fourth time Twitter has added labels to the president's tweets. — Twitter on Thursday evening took the rare step of appending a warning label to one of President Trump's tweets …
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New York Times:
Air Force Investigates Military Planes That Monitored Protesters — The Air Force inspector general is examining whether secretive National Guard surveillance aircraft improperly monitored demonstrators in Washington and Minneapolis. — WASHINGTON — The Air Force inspector general …
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Californians must wear face masks in public under coronavirus order issued by Newsom — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered all Californians to wear face coverings while in public or high-risk settings, including when shopping, taking public transit or seeking medical care …
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Richard Tribou / Orlando Sentinel:
In shift, Florida Keys now requiring face masks until June 2021
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Paul Hammel / Omaha World-Herald:
Ricketts tells local governments they won't get federal COVID-19 money if they require masks — LINCOLN — At his regular coronavirus press conferences, Gov. Pete Ricketts makes a point of urging Nebraskans to wear a mask when they go to a store. — But when it comes to the state's 93 courthouses …
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Trump administration's ‘sloppy’ work has led to Supreme Court losses — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling stopping President Donald Trump from rescinding protections for “Dreamers” immigrants marked the second time in a year that he lost a major case …
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Michael Ruane / Washington Post:
Original ‘Juneteenth’ order found in the National Archives — The handwritten document informed the enslaved in Texas they were free on June 19, 1865 — The National Archives on Thursday located what appears to be the original handwritten “Juneteenth” military order informing thousands …
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Rod Dreher:
Washington Elite's Stalinist Halloween — Here's how the story appears on the web front page of the Washington Post right now: — A stupid costume choice at a Halloween party two years ago is front-page news in the newspaper of record in the capital city of the Empire? What on earth?
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Robby Soave / Reason:
The Washington Post's Halloween Costume Hit Job Is a New Low for Cancel Culture
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CNBC:
Top Pentagon official Wheelbarger resigns, urges colleagues to be guided by U.S. Constitution — Kathryn Wheelbarger, one of the Pentagon's most prominent and respected policy officials, is resigning after three years in the job after President Donald Trump dropped plans to nominate her for an intelligence post, sources tell Reuters.
WTTG-TV:
Prince George's County police chief Hank Stawinski resigns: officials — One-on-one with Prince George's County police chief — PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - Prince George's County Police Chief Hank Stawinski has resigned from his position effective immediately, officials announced Thursday.
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Laurie Moy / USAGM:
USAGM CEO implements critical changes on day one to fulfill legislative mandate — U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack implemented critical changes on his first day to steer the agency back toward its mission: “to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy.”
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Juan Williams Leaves Fox News Co-Hosts Speechless With Powerful Black Lives Matter Defense — “The Five” hosts had nothing to say after Williams condemned them for “demonizing” BLM protesters while giving violent white supremacists a pass. — As one of the very few left-leaning personalities still left …
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
That Time a Young Amy McGrath Sued Her Elementary School-Teacher Roommate — Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath sued her one-time roommate, an elementary school teacher, in small claims court in Florida in an effort to recover $116.77 in what she claimed were unpaid electric bills.
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Jeff Sharlet / Vanity Fair:
“He's the Chosen One to Run America”: Inside the Cult of Trump, His Rallies Are Church and He Is the Gospel — Trump's rallies—a bizarre mishmash of numerology, tweetology, and white supremacy—are the rituals by which he stamps his name on the American dream.
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