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7:25 PM ET, June 24, 2020

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New York Times:
Biden Takes Lead Over Trump in 2020 Presidential Poll  —  A New York Times/Siena College poll finds that Joseph R. Biden Jr. is ahead of the president by 14 points, leading among women and nonwhite voters and cutting into his support with white voters.  —  Biden  —  Trump  —  Other  —  Biden
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NBC News:
Top GOP senator fears Trump is ‘soft’ with independents, urges shift in strategy  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Whip John Thune sounded the alarm Wednesday that President Donald Trump's support among independent voters was “soft,” urging a change in strategy in light of a New York Times survey …
Discussion: MSNBC
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
What If I Told You Joe Biden Is Actually Running a Great Campaign?  —  Joe Biden spent months stumbling through the Democratic primary, only to prevail in the end through a fantastical combination of circumstances.  Now he is stumbling through the basement-confined general election to a double-digit lead.
Discussion: Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Pippa Stevens / CNBC:
Biden's big lead in the polls could be partly behind market's drop and may lead to more weakness
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Mediaite
John McCormack / National Review:   Marquette Poll: Biden's Lead Grows in Wisconsin as Independents Turn against Trump
jsonline:
Madison protesters tear down Capitol statues, attack state Senator from Milwaukee as fury erupts again  —  MADISON - Fury exploded outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Tuesday night as protesters smashed windows at the statehouse, attacked a state senator, and tore down two iconic statues …
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Wisconsin state senator attacked by protesters as demonstrations in Madison turn violent  —  Amid heated demonstrations that left two statues destroyed and windows smashed in Madison, Wis., a Democratic state senator was reportedly attacked by protesters near the state Capitol.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Delegates told to stay home for Joe Biden's nominating convention in Milwaukee  —  Democrats announced Wednesday that Joe Biden will forgo big crowds, chaotic floor votes and much of the pomp of a traditional political convention when he accepts his party's nomination over four nights …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Beast
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Attend Milwaukee Convention, but Democrats Will Tell Delegates to Stay Home  —  The DNC said convention organizers will tell state delegations to plan to conduct their official convention business remotely  —  The Democratic National Committee said Wednesday that Joe Biden will accept …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democratic Convention Moves to Smaller Venue, as Delegates Are Urged to Stay Away  —  The Democratic National Committee is changing its plans for the August event, at which Joe Biden will accept the presidential nomination, because of coronavirus concerns.  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
A second senior economist is abruptly leaving the White House amid the ongoing economic crisis  —  Tomas Philipson announces he is stepping down two days after Kevin Hassett announced departure  —  One of President Trump's senior economic officials has abruptly left the White House in the middle …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession
Discussion: The Hill
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Kentucky Senate Democratic primary between McGrath and Booker to decide who challenges McConnell too close to call  —  The Kentucky Senate Democratic primary race to determine who takes on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November is too close to call, NBC News projects.
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Insider Intelligence / Business Insider:
QUOTE OF THE DAY  —  “In the many cases I have been privileged …
Discussion: National Review
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
How Long Can William Barr Get Away With Laughing at Justice?  —  The attorney general has corrupted the Department of Justice.  It's unclear if he will ever pay a price.  —  William Barr has a distinguished resume: Aside from being one of America's top lawyers, he has twice served as attorney general …
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Bill Barr vs. marijuana mergers
Discussion: Politico
CNBC:
HHS spokesman Michael Caputo blasts coronavirus test story, loses temper on call with reporters  — A top spokesman for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department angrily unloaded on dozens of journalists, accusing them of getting “spun” by what he said was a misleading story …
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Associated Press:
US virus cases surge to highest level in 2 months
Discussion: Defense One
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Feds Set To Cut Coronavirus Testing Funds As COVID-19 Cases Soar
U.S. Department of Justice:
WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Superseding Indictment  —  New Allegations Assert Assange Conspired With “Anonymous” Affiliated Hackers, Among Others  —  A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment today charging Julian P. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks …
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Obama admin VA hospitals used term ‘Kung Flu’ in official online, marketing materials  —  EXCLUSIVE: Two federally-run Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals during the Obama administration used the term “Kung Flu” in official materials, along with imagery of a monkey in a karate suit and a ninja wearing a flu mask, Fox News has learned.
Discussion: Washington Times
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The inside story of Trump's embarrassing endorsement  —  Madison Cawthorn, the 24-year-old who stunningly defeated the candidate President Trump endorsed in the Republican runoff for North Carolina's 11th congressional district, got a congratulatory call last night from the president himself — on Air Force One flying back from Arizona.
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Madison Cawthorn, 24, Upsets Trump-Endorsed Favorite in North Carolina
Discussion: 6abc and National Review
Alexis Stevens / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: All 3 suspects indicted in Ahmaud Arbery shooting death  —  A grand jury has indicted the three suspects accused in the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, the Cobb County District Attorney said Wednesday.  —  Travis and Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan were previously charged …
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ABC News:
Grand jury indicts 3 men arrested for murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Discussion: Townhall, TheBlaze and TheGrio
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
Abbott: Texas facing ‘massive’ COVID-19 outbreak, 5,000+ new cases for 2nd straight day  —  Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday, June 22, 2020 said he has no plans to shut down the state again.  “We must find ways to return to our daily routines as well as finding ways to coexist with COVID-19,” …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: N.Y. N.J. and Conn. order quarantine for travelers from Florida, other states hit hard by coronavirus  —  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 …
Claire Lampen / The Cut:
What We Know About the Killing of Elijah McClain  —  Last August, police officers in Aurora, Colorado, approached 23-year-old Elijah McClain as he walked home from a convenience store.  The Aurora Police Department later said that a 911 caller had reported a “suspicious person” in a ski mask …
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Students for Trump co-founder pleads guilty to $46,000 fraud scheme  —  The co-founder of Students for Trump pleaded guilty Tuesday to scamming consumers and businesses out of $46,000 by posing as a lawyer online and dispensing legal advice, federal prosecutors said.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
GOP senator blocked China sanctions bill he supports, at request of White House  —  On June 2, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) signed on as a co-sponsor of a bill to punish China for undermining Hong Kong's independence.  Two weeks later, he turned around and blocked it — at the request of the White House.
Discussion: Foreign Policy and The Week
Joshua Holland / Alternet.org:
Politico fantasizes about Dems losing the black vote and Trump coasting to victory  —  The worst political journalism results from a reporter parachuting into a community he or she isn't familiar with, interviewing a handful of colorful characters and spinning what they say into a counter-intuitive …
Discussion: Politico, Vanity Fair and Townhall
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
BET founder Robert Johnson mocks crowds pulling down statues, calls them ‘borderline anarchists’  —  BET founder Robert Johnson, in an interview Wednesday with Fox News, blasted those who are toppling Confederate and other statues across the nation as “borderline anarchists” …
CNBC:
U.S. appeals court orders judge to dismiss case against former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn  — A federal appeals court ordered a lower-court judge to dismiss the criminal case against Michael Flynn, who briefly served as President Donald Trump's first national security advisor.
Discussion: The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Disrn
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Can't Sue Twitter Over Fake Cow Account, Judge Rules  —  MOOOOVE ON  —  Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) cannot sue Twitter for defamation over parody accounts pretending to be his mother and a cow on his family ranch, a judge has ruled.  Judge John Marshall wrote that Twitter …
BuzzFeed News:
The CDC Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic.  Then The Agency Disappeared.  —  BuzzFeed News has reporters around the world bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus.  To help keep this news free, become a member.  —  On January 17, the world's …
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:
Outside Milwaukee, Protests Over One Officer's Three Killings  —  Alvin Cole, 17, was shot five times by officer while fleeing police in February  —  In the wake of the George Floyd killing, protests over the fatal shooting of three people by the same police officer have gripped a mostly white Milwaukee suburb on a near-daily basis.
Wall Street Journal:
‘Crush This Lady.’ Inside eBay's Bizarre Campaign Against a Blog Critic.  —  Security employees allegedly orchestrated deliveries of live cockroaches, pornographic videos and a mask of a bloody pig's head  —  The box of live cockroaches delivered to their door was the last straw for David and Ina Steiner.
 
 
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
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Discussion: The Texas Tribune and Raw Story
ABC News:
Trump says US ‘probably’ will move troops from Germany to Poland, slams Berlin for owing ‘lot of money’ to NATO
Discussion: Washington Post
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
The New Coalition for Criminal-Justice Reform Is Multiracial and Bipartisan. It's Also Fragile.
ABC News:
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The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison:
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Sam Fortier / Washington Post:
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John Daniszewski / Associated Press:
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Natalie Weiner / New York Times:
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Tom McTague / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Raw Story