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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Week It Went South for Trump  —  He hasn't been equal to the crises.  He never makes anything better.  And everyone kind of knows.  —  Something shifted this month.  Donald Trump's hold on history loosened, and may be breaking.  In some new way his limitations are being seen and acknowledged …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Trump Is in a Deep Hole.  Can He Dig Himself Out Before November?  —  Every single poll that has come out in these last two weeks has painted a dire picture for President Donald Trump's chances at re-election.  His overall job approval rating sits somewhere around 41 percent.
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Referendum  —  He still has no second term message beyond his own grievances.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Trump may soon need a new nickname for “Sleepy Joe” Biden.  How does President-elect sound?  On present trend that's exactly what Mr. Biden will be on Nov. 4 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump zeroes in on base to overcome reelection obstacles
Discussion: MSNBC
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
'He's like a child': Biden slams Trump's handling of coronavirus pandemic amid ‘heartless crusade’ to end Obamacare
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Texas tossup, Biden-Trump a one-point race
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Biden rips Trump's coronavirus response and Obamacare assault in fiery speech: ‘A new pre-existing condition’
Washington Post:
How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’  —  PHOENIX — A drive-up testing site equipped for several hundred people in West Phoenix was swarmed on Saturday by about 1,000 people, leaving some baking in their cars for hours.  —  A nearby testing station has already reached capacity for this weekend …
Washington Post:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court late on Thursday to overturn the Affordable Care Act, telling the court that “the entire ACA must fall.”  The administration's argument comes as thousands of Americans …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare amid pandemic, recession  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law must be struck down with it.
Discussion: Associated Press
CNN:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
New York Times:
Inside Barr's Effort to Undermine Prosecutors in N.Y.  —  The firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was foreshadowed by a disagreement over a case linked to President Trump.  —  Shortly after he became attorney general last year, William P. Barr set out to challenge …
NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Attorney General William Barr  —  Steve Inskeep: Thank you again for taking the time.  I'm appreciative to have this opportunity.  —  Attorney General William Barr: Thank you.  —  I want to note that in the last few days, there have been three acts …
Discussion: Washington Times and The Hill
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Barr claims voting by mail will lead to fraud, ‘counterfeiting.’ Admits he has zero evidence.
Discussion: Breitbart
Alana Wise / NPR:
Attorney General Barr Says DOJ Acts Independent Of Trump's Interests
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Black Lives Matter fundraising handled by group with convicted terrorist on its board  —  The co-founder of Black Lives Matter names a convicted cop killer as one of her heroes, and the BLM national organization is fiscally sponsored through a leftist group whose board of directors includes a convicted terrorist.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Aaron Morrison / Associated Press:
Black Lives Matter network debunks Trump Twitter post
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Mary Trump once stood up to her uncle Donald.  Now her book describes a ‘nightmare’ of family dysfunction.  —  Mary L. Trump was embroiled in a feud over her inheritance two decades ago when her uncle Donald Trump and his siblings punched back in classic style.
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Washington Post:
Almost one-third of black Americans know someone who died of covid-19, survey shows  —  Nearly 1 in 3 black Americans know someone personally who has died of covid-19, far exceeding their white counterparts, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that underscores the coronavirus pandemic's profoundly disparate impact.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Didn't Give Up on Covid-19.  Republicans Did.  —  Partisanship has crippled our response.  —  Earlier this year much of America went through hell as the nation struggled to deal with Covid-19.  More than 120,000 Americans have now died; more than 20 million have lost their jobs.
Matt Howerton / WFAA-TV:
North Texas family shaken after 18 relatives test positive for COVID-19 following family gathering  —  Three are now hospitalized, including two elderly family members and one woman battling breast cancer.  —  CARROLLTON, Texas — As North Texas watches COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge …
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
The future of the coronavirus recovery runs through the classroom  —  WASHINGTON — Will your children be back at school this fall?  —  If you're having trouble answering that question, you're not alone — across the country, state and local officials are still struggling to develop plans …
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Ariel Behar / Algemeiner.com:
Sarsour Group Says ‘No Zionists’ at Civil Rights Rally  —  It was an event to celebrate freedom and protest ongoing bigotry and discrimination.  —  But the group Muslims4Abolition openly engaged in bigotry and discrimination in promoting its Juneteenth rally last Friday in New York.
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Robert Satloff / Washington Post:
I'm an ardent Zionist. But Israel's annexation makes no sense.
Discussion: New York Times
Brian Fung / CNN:
Verizon is pulling its advertising from Facebook  —  (CNN Business)Telecom giant Verizon said Thursday it is pulling its advertising from Facebook, in what may be the biggest brand yet to join the #StopHateForProfit boycott.  —  “We're pausing our advertising until Facebook can create …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Facebook faces trust crisis as ad boycott grows
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Michigan candidate's daughter urges people not to vote for him in viral tweet  —  The daughter of a candidate running for a seat in the Michigan state House has drawn viral attention online after taking to Twitter earlier this week to plead with voters not to elect her father to office.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel votes 21-1 to back Justice IG measure over Graham objections  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday to expand the authority of the Justice Department inspector general over opposition from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the Justice Department.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
It's time to rethink the presidential debates  —  Given how many ugly turns this presidential election year has already taken and how many more are surely yet to come, it is probably a fool's errand to go in search of silver linings in 2020.  —  But the realities of campaigning amid a pandemic …
Discussion: Althouse
Julianne Cuba / Streetsblog New York City:
Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam  —  The campaign to remove the NYPD from traffic enforcement and return street oversight to the Department of Transportation gained momentum this week as an influential local panel voted to support the move.
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Brad Parscale, Other Trump Staff in Quasi-Quarantine After Tulsa COVID Cases  —  The move, a campaign spokesperson said, was being made out of an abundance of caution.  —  Donald Trump's reelection campaign manager, Brad Parscale, is one of a group of campaign staffers in quasi-quarantine …
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:   This Fake Trump Group Is Trying to Get Your Money by Pretending It's the Trump Campaign
CNN:
Nothing in America fits the GOP's ‘back to normal’ fantasy  —  Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the forthcoming book “OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind,” and of “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.”  Follow her on Twitter.
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Green Bay mayor warns Trump before visit that hospitality ‘has its limits’  —  Joe Biden says he looks forward to ending President Trump's ‘senseless crusade against health coverage’  —  The mayor of Green Bay, Wis., penned a letter to President Trump ahead of his visit to the battleground state …
Discussion: Associated Press
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
U.S. Postpones Balkan Peace Summit, in Blow to Trump Foreign Policy  —  The White House had planned to host the presidents of Serbia and Kosovo on Saturday.  Then Kosovo's leader was charged with war crimes.  —  BERLIN — An American-mediated initiative to stabilize the Balkans …
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
CDC says COVID-19 cases in U.S. may be 10 times higher than reported  —  The true number of Americans who've been infected with COVID-19 may top 20 million, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  “Our best estimate right now is that for every case that's reported …
Stuart Stevens / The Bulwark:
My Confederate Past  —  Everyone who grew up in Mississippi was steeped in the Confederacy.  Even if they didn't realize it.  —  On Friday, the Mississippi legislature is scheduled to vote on changing the Mississippi state flag.  As I write this, I have no idea what the outcome will be.
Maya Wiley / NBC News:
Trump's police executive order and Senate's blocked bill prove neither take reform seriously … A series of killings of Black Americans, from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor to Rayshard Brooks, has reinforced the fact that an American police badge too often acts as a shield against accountability for abuses large and small.
Julia Sass Rubin / American Prospect:
Can Progressives Change New Jersey?  —  How the old Democratic machine politics got re-established in one state, and how it can be overcome  —  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy greets people before his budget address in the Assembly Chamber of the New Jersey State House in Trenton, February 25, 2020.
Joe Berkowitz / Fast Company:
Exposure to Sean Hannity may be lethal, studies on COVID-19 suggest  —  What: A round of recent studies that suggests infection and mortality rates for COVID-19 are higher in areas where Fox News star Sean Hannity reaches the most viewers.  —  Who: Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review …
 
 
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Joe Biden Talks Masks, Coronavirus Pandemic And Rallies
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and Washington Post
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
America's pandemic response doesn't bode well for a potential cyberattack
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump blasts Bolton, Seattle, Democrats in ‘Hannity’ interview
Discussion: Althouse and The Daily Caller
Los Angeles Times:
New coronavirus spike alarms Republicans, but not Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
ABC News:
House set to vote on DC statehood to create Washington, Douglass Commonwealth
New York Times:
How the Virus Won  —  Invisible outbreaks sprang up everywhere.
Sydney Morning Herald:
NSW MP's Sydney home raided as ASIO probes China links
Discussion: Bloomberg
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Yes, Lincoln and the Union Freed the Slaves
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Pelosi and McConnell eye Dunford to lead coronavirus oversight commission
Discussion: ABC News
ESPN:
NASCAR releases image of noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage, says concern was ‘real’
 

 
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Politico:
Joe Biden proposes two debates with Trump, ditching the bipartisan commission that has conducted presidential debates since the late 1980s; Trump accepts

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Bloomberg:
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