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12:25 PM ET, June 26, 2020

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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 …
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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 …
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.
David A. Hopkins / Honest Graft:
Will 2020 Dim the Myth of the Campaign Guru? Let's Hope So
Noah Higgins-Dunn / CNBC:
Texas rolls back its reopening a day after pausing plans, as coronavirus cases rise  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will roll back some of the state's reopening as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.  —  “As I said from the start …
Discussion: Disrn and The Hill
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas bars to close again and restaurants to reduce to 50% occupancy as coronavirus spreads  —  The moves, announced Friday morning, represent Abbott's most dramatic action yet in response a surge in cases after he allowed businesses to reopen in the state.
Brianna Abbott / Wall Street Journal:
Daily Coronavirus Infections in U.S. Hit Record  —  India reports another record daily increase, with more than 17,000 new cases  —  The U.S. saw a daily record of nearly 40,000 new coronavirus cases as a surge of infections continues to spread, surpassing an earlier peak in April following the initial outbreak.
Discussion: Associated Press and Defense One
Joanna Walters / The Guardian:   US coronavirus cases hit new one-day high as states backtrack on reopening
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 …
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Joshua Geltzer / Washington Post:
Four ways William Barr is already subverting the 2020 elections  —  Safeguarding the vote would be the top priority of a normal attorney general.  It's the opposite now.  —  A normal attorney general of the United States right now would be focused on protecting the integrity of the fast-approaching November elections.
Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Barr claims voting by mail will lead to fraud, ‘counterfeiting.’ Admits he has zero evidence.
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act  —  If successful, the move would permanently end the health insurance program popularly known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked …
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Washington Post:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Retreats to His Hannity Bunker  —  Beaten by the pandemic and down in the polls, a President and his propagandist create an alternate reality.  —  June began poorly for President Trump, and it's ending worse.  Despite his optimistic pronouncements about the coronavirus …
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New York Times:
Biden Is Getting a Lot of Advice on His V.P. Here's What Voters Think.  —  A large majority of voters say race should not be a factor in his decision, and none of the best-known candidates has emerged as a favorite.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. appears to face limited political pressure from voters …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Kamala Harris's Very Open Secret
Discussion: Breitbart
Joe Cunningham / Redstate:
Joe Biden Will Soon Choose His Running Mate, and He Has Three Good Options
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
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.
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
10 Top Antitrust Experts Alarmed by Whistleblower Complaint Against A.G. Barr—and Office of Professional Responsibility's Opinion  —  On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee heard from a whistleblower inside the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division alleging serious abuses committed by Attorney General William Barr.
Discussion: CNN
Caroline Randall Williams / New York Times:
You Want a Confederate Monument?  My Body Is a Confederate Monument  —  The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from.  Who dares to tell me to celebrate them?  —  Ms. Williams is a poet.  —  NASHVILLE — I have rape-colored skin.
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.
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
Washington Post:
Protesters denounce Abraham Lincoln statue in D.C., urge removal of Emancipation Memorial  —  Police in the nation's capital were bracing Thursday night for protesters who planned to denounce and urge the removal of a statue of Abraham Lincoln, paid for by people who had been enslaved …
Discussion: Althouse
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jsonline:
Trump falsely claims Wisconsin lawmaker was ‘rooting on’ destruction of Madison statues before being assaulted  —  MADISON - President Donald Trump during a cable TV interview in Green Bay suggested without evidence that a Wisconsin lawmaker was “rooting on” protesters before they assaulted him …
Chelsea Tatham / wtsp.com:
Florida adds another 8,942 new COVID-19 cases, breaking single-day record again  —  Friday's report of nearly 9,000 new cases caps weeks of record-high jumps with 8,942 being the highest ever.  —  The state of Florida has reported record high spikes in the number of new COVID-19 cases …
New York Times:
Florida Smirked at New York's Virus Crisis.  Now It Has Its Own.  —  With infections surging in Florida while they retreat in New York, the two states and their governors reflect the shifting course of the pandemic.  —  In late April, as new coronavirus cases in Florida were steadily decreasing …
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
The Bulwark:
The Gross Hellscape That Awaits Ted Cruz on Parler  —  Note: This article includes offensive screenshots from Parler users.  —  As incendiary Twitter accounts have increasingly been held accountable by the enforcement of Twitter's terms of service, some right-wing users have taken to crying censorship.
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: The Trump administration is eyeing a new testing strategy for coronavirus, Anthony Fauci says  —  Want more stories about the Trump administration's response to the novel coronavirus?  Sign up for this newsletter here.  —  The Trump administration is weighing a new testing strategy …
McSweeney's:
Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump's Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1-759  —  To be read before the 2020 Presidential Election.  —  Register to vote here.  —  Early in President Trump's term …
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
Fox News:
House to vote on DC statehood, as effort faces Republican opposition  —  This marks the second time the House has voted on such a measure in the nearly 230 years since the district was established  —  The House of Representatives on Friday will vote on whether to make Washington D.C. a state …
 
 
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Anthony Leonardi / Washington Examiner:
Barr: DOJ has 500 investigations into rioters and destruction of statues
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Governments eye new taxes on cigarettes, homes and tech giants to pay for big budget shortfalls related …
Susan Crabtree / Real Clear Politics:
As Critics Rage, Pack Aims to Pierce China's Info Firewall
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
100 Reasons Trump Is Unfit to Be President
ProPublica:
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Corporations grapple with slavery reparations
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New York Times:
As Virus Surges, Younger People Account for ‘Disturbing’ Number of Cases
Ariel Behar / Algemeiner.com:
Sarsour Group Says ‘No Zionists’ at Civil Rights Rally
Los Angeles Times:
New coronavirus spike alarms Republicans, but not Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate panel votes 21-1 to back Justice IG measure over Graham objections