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1:50 AM ET, June 28, 2020

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Washington Post:
Workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump's Tulsa rally, according to video and a person familiar with the set-up  —  In the hours before his rally in Tulsa, President Trump's campaign directed the removal of thousands of “Do Not Sit Here, Please!” …
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Dave Brooks / Billboard:
In Tulsa, Trump Campaign Subverted Social Distancing One Sticker at a Time
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
U.S. Department of Justice:
Four Men Charged in Federal Court for Attempting to Tear Down Statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square Amid Protests  —  WASHINGTON - Lee Michael Cantrell, 47, of Virginia; Connor Matthew Judd, 20, of Washington, D.C.; Ryan Lane, 37, of Maryland; and Graham Lloyd, 37, of Maine …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump tweets “wanted” images as 4 charged over bid to topple Andrew Jackson statue  —  Four men have been charged with destruction of federal property for allegedly trying to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue outside the White House this week, the Department of Justice said in a statement on Saturday night.
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Lawmakers want answers from Trump Administration on reports Russia paid Taliban to attack US troops  —  White House denies that President Trump was briefed on the alleged Russian bounty intelligence.  —  Lawmakers on both sides the aisle in Washington want answers on new explosive reporting …
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Sean Colarossi / POLITICUSUSA:   House Dem Calls Trump ‘Rotten To The Core’ For Doing Nothing As Russia Puts Bounty On US Troops
Lynn Berry / Associated Press:   Biden slams Trump over reported bounties placed on US troops
Kayleigh Skinner / Mississippi Today:
‘Historic moment’: Lawmakers clear difficult hurdle to consider bill that would remove the Mississippi state flag  —  The House and Senate are expected to act quickly this weekend to remove the Mississippi state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem, after clearing the procedural path on Saturday.
Discussion: TheBlaze
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
‘The Flag is Coming Down’: Lawmakers Vote to Change Mississippi State Flag
Discussion: Mississippi Today and Axios
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump admits it: He's losing  —  Donald Trump knows he's losing.  —  The president has privately come to that grim realization in recent days, multiple people close to him told POLITICO, amid a mountain of bad polling and warnings from some of his staunchest allies that he's on course to be a one-term president.
Princeton University News:
President Eisgruber's message to community on removal of Woodrow Wilson name from public policy school and Wilson College  —  President Eisgruber's message to community on removal of Woodrow Wilson name from public policy school and Wilson College  —  Board of Trustees concludes …
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Bryan Pietsch / New York Times:
Princeton Will Remove Woodrow Wilson's Name From School
Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Princeton drops Woodrow Wilson's name from school due to ‘racist thinking’
Discussion: Townhall
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Co-founder of Maryland group that protested for state to reopen tests positive for coronavirus  —  (CNN)The co-founder of a Maryland group that protested the state's stay-at-home order and has pressured Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to ease restrictions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic says he has tested positive for Covid-19.
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
1 Dead After Man Shoots Into Crowd at Breonna Taylor Protest Park  —  Video footage showed a man firing more than a dozen shots at a park in Louisville, Ky., where protesters had gathered to call for justice for Ms. Taylor, who was killed by the police in March.
New York Times:
After Asking Americans to Sacrifice in Shutdown, Leaders Failed to Control Virus  —  As Covid-19 cases surge, it is clear many governors underestimated the coronavirus and rushed to reopen before their states were ready.  —  WASHINGTON — More than four months into fighting the coronavirus …
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
In ‘God, guns and Trump’ country, simmering doubts about the president  —  In this dry stretch of northwestern Arizona, Trump campaign signs dot the desert landscape, and Trump flags fly from the backs of dusty pickup trucks.  —  Last fall, an event called “Trumpstock” …
NBC News:
New U.S. coronavirus cases break record; Pence cancels campaign events in Arizona, Florida  —  The U.S. set a new grim record in the number of new coronavirus cases in a single day, with reports of nearly 46,000 on Friday.  —  The 45,942 single-day increase was driven by more than 8,000 …
Discussion: CBS News, Fox News and Financial Times
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Evan Semones / Politico:
Pence postpones Florida, Arizona campaign events as coronavirus cases spike
Discussion: The Hill
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Pence postpones Florida, Arizona campaign events amid increase in coronavirus cases there
Discussion: Townhall
Meena Venkataramanan / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Republicans move forward with plans for an indoor convention in Houston, the state's biggest coronavirus hot spot  —  Gov. Greg Abbott is allowing limits on outdoor crowds — but not indoor gatherings.  His party's convention — with an expected attendance of 6,000 — so far will not require attendees to wear face masks.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
With Trump leading the way, America's coronavirus failures exposed by record surge in new infections  —  Six months after the novel coronavirus was first detected in the United States, a record surge in new cases is the clearest sign yet of the country's historic failure to control the virus …
Discussion: Mediaite
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Tammy Duckworth is Biden's Best Running Mate Pick  —  She, more than anyone, can get under Trump's skin.  —  Whatever his wobbles, Joe Biden has, from the start of his presidential campaign, got one thing exactly right: The 2020 election is a battle for the soul of America.  That's not just a pretty slogan.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden campaign is 35% people of color and 53% female, new diversity data shows  —  Thirty-five percent of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign operation are people of color and just over half are women, according to figures released Saturday under public prodding …
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New York Times:   Biden Campaign Says Just Over a Third of 2020 Staff Members Are People of Color
Andrew Court / Daily Mail:
High school student sparked a coronavirus cluster in New York after they travelled from Florida for a graduation ceremony, Governor Cuomo reveals  — Student returned from Florida before attending ‘drive-in graduation’ in Westchester County last Saturday  — The unidentified individual arrived …
Sheena Jones / CNN:
Patrons are asked to self-quarantine after about 85 people who visited a Michigan bar get Covid-19  —  (CNN)People who visited a bar in East Lansing, Michigan, are being asked to self-quarantine because roughly 85 people contracted Covid-19 after visiting the establishment this month, a health official says.
Andrew J. Campa / Los Angeles Times:
Orange County Democrats condemn ‘racist’ comments by John Wayne, call for airport to drop his name  —  Orange County's Democratic Party is hoping sundown is on the horizon for the Duke.  —  This week, officials passed an emergency resolution condemning film legend John Wayne's …
Siraj Datoo / Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion as Firms Boycott Facebook Ads  —  Mark Zuckerberg just became $7.2 billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising from Facebook Inc.'s network.  —  Shares of the social media company fell 8.3% on Friday, the most in three months, after Unilever …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Young people urged to take virus more seriously as pandemic worsens in U.S.
Zak Doffman / Forbes:
Warning—Apple Suddenly Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users
Discussion: Breitbart and Disrn
Devon Ivie / Vulture:
Community Episode Removed From Streaming Over Chang's Dungeons & Dragons Blackface
Discussion: Deadline
Trevor Potter / Fox News:
Trump and Barr make baseless and harmful claims about mail-in ballot fraud
USA Today:
When Black lives matter to Democrats, and when they don't
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Democrats recoil at Karen Bass VP float
Discussion: Townhall, New York Post and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Trump Calls For Tougher Republican Response To ‘Political War’
Discussion: Bloomberg
Harry Enten / CNN:
Candidates who recover from Trump-like deficits are rarely incumbents
Kim Barker / New York Times:
The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police
Discussion: New York Post
Michele L. Norris / Washington Post:
George and Martha Washington enslaved 300 people. Let's start with their names.
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Stop Firing the Innocent
 

 
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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