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1:50 PM ET, June 29, 2020

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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court, in 5-4 ruling, strikes down restrictive Louisiana abortion law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Louisiana's tough restriction on abortion violates the Constitution, a surprising victory for abortion rights advocates from an increasingly conservative court.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court clears Trump administration plan to resume federal executions
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Why conservative Chief Justice Roberts just struck down an anti-abortion law
Discussion: Washington Post
Zachary Evans / National Review:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions
Discussion: The Week and Breitbart
Alexandra Svokos / ABC News:
Supreme Court hands down major decision reaffirming abortion rights
Washington Post:
Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments  —  Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members …
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Associated Press:
Trump denies briefing about reported bounties on US troops  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has denied he was made aware of U.S. intelligence officials' conclusions Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Is one thing going well for Trump?
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit  —  The influential pro-Trump community broke the rules on harassment and targeting, said Reddit, which also banned other groups.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Reddit, one of the largest social networking and message board websites …
Discussion: New York Post
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Reddit bans r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse as part of a major expansion of its rules  —  More than 2,000 communities are being removed on Monday for violating Reddit's new content policies  —  Reddit will ban r/The_Donald, r/ChapoTrapHouse, and about 2,000 other communities today …
Sara Fischer / Axios:   Reddit bans The_Donald forum as part of major hate speech purge
Scott Nover / Adweek:   Reddit Finally Bans Hate Speech and Trump Community /r/The_Donald
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
St. Louis couple point guns at peaceful crowd of protesters calling for mayor to resign  —  The protesters marching through St. Louis on Sunday evening were armed only with posters and chants, all meant to put pressure on Mayor Lyda Krewson to redirect city funds away from law enforcement.
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Armed St. Louis couple comes out waving AR-15 at Black Lives Matter protesters  —  A St. Louis couple came out of their home Sunday, waving their guns and threatening Black Lives Matter protesters.  —  The protesters were in the Central West End, on Lake Ave. in St. Louis protesting Mayor Lyda Krewson …
Discussion: Heavy.com and TheBlaze
Politico:
A Sun Belt time bomb threatens Trump's reelection  —  The explosion of Covid-19 cases in Sun Belt states is becoming another albatross for President Donald Trump's reelection hopes — and creating a new opening for Joe Biden and Democrats in November.  —  Republican governors in Florida …
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Associated Press:
China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population  —  The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country's Han majority to have more children.
Nick R. Martin / The Informant:
Selling the boogaloo  —  To market their products, ammo makers and gun shops are invoking the memes and rhetoric of the deadly “boogaloo” movement.  —  6 hr … Selling the boogaloo  —  By Ian Karbal  —  In mid March, Fenix Ammunition, an ammunition manufacturer in Michigan …
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Ian Karbal / The Trace:   ‘Boogaloo’ Believers Think a Civil War Is Coming. These Gun Firms Are Openly Marketing to Them.
Wall Street Journal:
Eric Trump Steers Family Empire Under Father's Close Watch  —  The president's third child is eyeing international expansion after Donald Trump leaves office; ‘Eric is the money guy’  —  On March 17, Eric Trump received word from the Nevada governor's office that he had 24 hours to shut …
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Why the Mueller Investigation Failed  —  President Trump's obstructions of justice were broader than those of Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton, and the special counsel's investigation proved it.  How come the report didn't say so?  —  Robert Mueller submitted his final report as the special counsel more than a year ago.
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Broadway Will Remain Closed Through the Rest of the Year  —  The industry has not yet set a reopening date, but said it would now refund tickets through Jan. 3.  —  Broadway will remain closed for at least the rest of this year, and many shows are signaling that they do not expect a return …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
CNN's Van Jones Secretly Helped Craft the Weak Trump Police Reform He Praised on TV  —  The ex-Obama aide's willingness to help Trump—whom he once dubbed among the “worst people ever born”—has drawn the ire of liberal allies while gaining him fans in Jared and Kimye.
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The 3 Weeks That Changed Everything  —  Coping with a pandemic is one of the most complex challenges a society can face.  To minimize death and damage, leaders and citizens must orchestrate a huge array of different resources and tools.  Scientists must explore the most advanced frontiers …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Jacksonville to order mask-wearing ahead of GOP convention  —  Jacksonville, where the Republican National Convention is slated to be held in August, is planning to institute a city-wide mask order to stem the spread of coronavirus, city hall sources tell POLITICO.
Discussion: Axios and WJXX-TV
Bill Scher / Real Clear Politics:
To Win, Trump Needs the Greatest Comeback of All Time  —  Are the polls real?  —  Karl Rove thinks they are real.  “Let's be honest about it: The president is behind today,” he said Friday on Fox News.  —  Donald Trump's campaign is behaving like they are real.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Twitch temporarily bans President Trump  —  A temporary suspension for ‘hateful conduct’  —  Twitch has temporarily banned President Donald Trump, in the latest surprise and high-profile suspension from the streaming service.  Trump's account was banned for “hateful conduct” …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Trump's Self-Inflicted Wound: Losing Swing Voters as He Plays to His Base  —  The president's support among bedrock Republicans is almost certainly not enough to win him a second term in the White House, as even some G.O.P. leaders concede.  —  Since the day he was sworn into office …
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Inside the New Push to Expose America's White Supremacist Cops  —  14 years ago, the FBI documented racist infiltration of law enforcement in America.  Now members of Congress want the full story.  —  In 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation knew America's police forces had a white supremacist problem.
Discussion: Raw Story
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
‘He just floored it’: Detroit police SUV plows through protesters, flings people who climbed on hood  —  A largely peaceful protest in Detroit against systemic racism and police brutality turned violent on Sunday night as a police SUV plowed through a group of protesters …
 
 
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Does Trump Want to Refight the Battle of Charlottesville?
Bill Torpy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why no outrage? Atlanta shootings surge, but it's not the cops
Discussion: Power Line
The Daily Wire:
Activists Set Up Guillotine In Front Of Jeff Bezos's D.C. Home, Call For Amazon To Be Abolished
Discussion: Breitbart, Townhall and Instapundit
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Dems propose strengthening Congress' contempt power to break administration stonewalls
New York Post:
Fresh signs of NYC spiraling out of control
Discussion: Big League Politics and Fox News
Courier-Journal:
What we know about Steven Lopez, the suspect in the fatal Jefferson Square Park shooting
Discussion: Sky News, Fox News and Redstate
James Downie / Washington Post:
The woman Biden isn't considering for vice president, but should
Jen Kirby / Vox:
Exclusive: Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduces nationwide eviction moratorium bill
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Yes, Even George Washington
Jed Babbin / The American Spectator:
It Was Obama All Along  —  Worse than Watergate: Part 3.
Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘silent majority’ isn't a majority, and it's far from silent
Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
Democrats Won't Let Republicans Speak In Coronavirus Hearings If They Won't Wear Masks
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
‘They Want to Kill Me’: Many Covid Patients Have Terrifying Delirium
Discussion: The Week
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Florida's Covid Cases Up Fivefold in 2 Weeks: ‘The Numbers Are Scary’
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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