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11:20 AM ET, June 19, 2020

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Harry Enten / CNN:
Joe Biden may win more than 400 electoral votes, but there's a long way to go  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden is well ahead in the national polls right now.  More importantly, he holds the advantage in the pivotal swing states.  —  Chances are Biden will still be ahead come November …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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The Hill:
GOP fears Biden's low-key campaign is paying off  —  Joe Biden hasn't held a press conference in 77 days but Democrats aren't feeling much pressure to put the presumptive nominee front and center at the moment.  —  Biden has, for the most part, kept a low profile throughout the coronavirus pandemic …
USA Today:
Biden holds an 11-point lead over Trump as age, gender fault lines emerge, new survey shows
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:
Amy Klobuchar drops out of Biden VP contention and says he should choose a woman of color
Discussion: American Greatness
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump Says Bin Laden Endorsed Biden
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Lawfare:
Questions for the Government in the Bolton Book TRO Hearing(s)  —  Yesterday we analyzed the government's lawsuit that seeks to enjoin John Bolton (and, as a practical matter, his publisher and booksellers, too) from publishing or selling his book, The Room Where It Happened, and to recover any profits he receives from the book.
Discussion: Raw Story and emptywheel
Associated Press:
Biden seizes on Bolton book to hit Trump's record on China
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:   Susan Collins Puts Bolton Book in Amazon Cart but Remains Undecided About Placing Order
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:   John Bolton Isn't Lying About Trump, He's Exposing Him
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘My biggest risk’: Trump says mail-in voting could cost him reelection  —  President Donald Trump called mail-in voting the biggest threat to his reelection and said his campaign's multimillion-dollar legal effort to block expanded ballot access could determine whether he wins a second term.
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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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Juneteenth Matters  —  It was black Americans who delivered on Lincoln's promise of “a new birth of freedom.”  —  Neither Abraham Lincoln nor the Republican Party freed the slaves.  They helped set freedom in motion and eventually codified it into law with the 13th Amendment …
Discussion: NBC News
Stetson Payne / Tulsa World:
Curfew now in place in area around Tulsa's BOK Center  —  A curfew was implemented for areas around the BOK Center on Thursday night ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled campaign rally.  —  In a Facebook post Thursday evening, Tulsa police announced that an area of downtown …
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ABC News:
Democrats aim to undermine Trump's pitch to black voters with Tulsa rally counter-programming
Discussion: Axios
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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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Labels Trump Tweet About ‘Racist Baby’ as Manipulated Media
Discussion: Breitbart
Andrew Pulver / The Guardian:
Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88  —  The versatile actor went from the RSC and Harold Pinter to international movie stardom with roles as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and an android in Alien  —  Ian Holm, the versatile actor who played everything …
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 …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
New 2020 Electoral College Ratings  —  With just under five months until the election, President Trump is a severe underdog for re-election.  Polls show that voters do not trust him to handle the two most pressing issues of the day — the coronavirus pandemic and race relations — which has helped drive his job approval to 41 percent.
Discussion: National Review
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's tailspinning presidency is in turmoil — even by his own standards  —  Washington (CNN)If he was any other President, at any other time, Donald Trump's reelection hopes would probably already be doomed.  —  Trump has endured one of the most disastrous political streaks of any modern commander …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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 …
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm  —  As coronavirus cases surge in states across the South and West of the United States, health experts in countries with falling case numbers are watching with a growing sense of alarm and disbelief …
Tim Mak / NPR:
Whistleblower: TSA Failed To Protect Staff, Endangered Passengers During Pandemic  —  Audio will be available later today.  —  The Transportation Security Administration withheld N-95 masks from staff and exhibited “gross mismanagement” in its response to the Coronavirus crisis …
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Sorry, Junior, but He'll Never Love You Like He Loves Ivanka  —  Watching Donald Trump Jr. interview Donald Trump Sr. was crazy, and f*cked up, but mostly it was sad.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  It was billed as the Triggered Father's Day Special and at 8 PM on Thursday, the president's namesake …
Discussion: Raw Story
Astrid Galvan / Associated Press:
Young immigrants land court win but still face uncertainty  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will renew his administration's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked the first try.  —  In a tweet Friday morning, Trump said …
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:   Trump administration's ‘sloppy’ work has led to Supreme Court losses
Brent Staples / New York Times:
The Burning of Black Wall Street, Revisited  —  Nearly a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the search for the dead continues.  —  Mr. Staples is a member of the editorial board.  —  The lynch mobs that hanged, shot or burned African-Americans alive during the early 20th century sometimes varied …
Discussion: NBC News and The Guardian
Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
Jimmy Kimmel announces he is taking the summer off to spend time with his family after blackface controversy among late-night hosts  —  Jimmy Kimmel has announced that he is taking a break from his late-night show over the summer, to spend more time with his family.
Discussion: The Hill
KTAR.com:
President Trump to visit border wall in Yuma before Phoenix visit  —  PHOENIX - President Donald Trump will spend time in Yuma to survey the border wall before his scheduled appearance in Phoenix next week, according to the White House.  —  Trump will receive a briefing Tuesday on wall construction …
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney: Trump 'didn't hire very well'  —  Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney critiqued President Trump's hiring decisions, saying the president did not choose the right people.  —  Mulvaney, who served as the top aide to Trump in an acting capacity until March …
Mia Cathell / The Federalist:
While Thousands Protested Freely, My Grandmother Died Alone During Lockdown  —  Policies put in place during the coronavirus lockdowns barred unnumerable families from saying goodbye to their loved ones.  Our stories are heartbreaking.  —  “Don't worry,” the mob said, “Grandma is safer than ever.”
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, KEYT-TV, The Week, Axios and CNN
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump says he's heard ‘interesting’ things about Roswell  —  President Donald Trump says he's heard some interesting things about Roswell, but he's not sharing even with his eldest child.  —  Trump made the comments Thursday in a Father's Day-themed interview with his son Don Trump Jr., hosted by the president's reelection campaign.
Discussion: The Week and Breitbart
CNN:
Retired generals pull support for Trump nominee after offensive tweets uncovered by CNN  —  (CNN)At least two retired Army generals have pulled their support for President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the Pentagon's policy shop after CNN's KFile reported last week that he has a history …
Mark Konkol / Chicago, IL Patch:
Aunt Jemima's Great-Grandson Enraged Her Legacy Will Be Erased  —  MARK KONKOL COLUMN: Aunt Jemima's great-grandson says “retiring” racially charged brand erases his family legacy, America's ugly history.  —  CHICAGO — A great-grandson of “Aunt Jemima” doesn't want Quaker Oats …
 
 
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Zuckerberg says he's ‘disgusted’ by Trump's rhetoric. It's just crocodile tears.
Jackson Richman / JNS.org:
Jewish Democratic Council says it won't back Ilhan Omar, mum on endorsing her primary opponent
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Dismisses as ‘Shiny Object’ Widespread Criticism of NY Nursing Home Deaths: ‘All Politics’
Discussion: IJR
New York Post:
Council urges Mayor de Blasio to boot Thomas Jefferson statue from City Hall
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
A Farrakhan Supporter Led the LA Black Lives Matter Rally That Became a Pogrom
Wall Street Journal:
Early Data Show No Uptick in Covid-19 Transmission From Protests
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theepochtimes.com:
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Lara M. Brown / The Hill:
The ‘blue wall’ is reforming in the Rust Belt
Discussion: Althouse
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
SEC to Mississippi: Change Confederate-themed flag or risk losing college sports events
Discussion: KEYT-TV, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
MSNBC:
Sen. Klobuchar takes herself off Biden's list of possible running mates
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Chris Christie On John Bolton's Book, The NFL and The Anthem, Mark Zuckerberg's Challenges …