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4:30 PM ET, July 6, 2020

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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Camp Vows to Protect Brazil's Most Iconic Statue From Left Wing Mobs  —  A new ad warns that the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro is under threat.  It's unclear if this is even true or how the president would actually save it.  —  President Donald Trump's determination …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Advisers Wonder: ‘Is the Statue Shit Going to Work?’  —  Shockingly, there are some in Trump's political orbit who aren't convinced his strategy will move voters as much as he seems to think it will.  —  With four months left to salvage his re-election campaign against presumptive …
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:   Don't gorge on polls that show Biden ahead. COVID and voter suppression boost Trump's odds.
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
Amy Cooper Faces Charges After Calling Police on Black Bird Watcher  —  Ms. Cooper was captured on video calling the police after Christian Cooper asked her to keep her dog on a leash in Central Park.  —  A white woman who called the police and falsely accused a Black man of threatening …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices rule states can bind presidential electors' votes  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states' popular vote winner in the Electoral College.  —  The ruling, just under four months before the 2020 election …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Supreme Court says states can punish Electoral College voters
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Rules State ‘Faithless Elector’ Laws Constitutional
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump's Job Approval Rating Steady at Lower Level  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's approval rating is holding steady at a lower level after a sharp drop in late May and early June, with 38% of Americans currently approving of the job he is doing.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Defends Confederate Flag in Latest Race-Based Appeal to White Voters  —  President Trump implied that NASCAR's decision to prohibit Confederate flags at its races was a mistake while also falsely asserting that a top Black driver, Bubba Wallace, had engaged in a hoax involving a noose found in his stall.
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Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
Trump demands apology from Bubba Wallace  —  President Trump demanded Monday an apology from Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's only Black driver, after the FBI determined last month that he was not a target of a hate crime when a noose was found in his garage stall before a race.
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over flag, rope
Discussion: 6abc
ICE:
SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semester  —  WASHINGTON - The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications Monday to temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online classes due to the pandemic for the fall 2020 semester.
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Releases Names of Biggest PPP Borrowers  —  Trump administration, following public pressure, releases names of top Paycheck Protection Program borrowers, declines to disclose specific loan amounts  —  WASHINGTON—The federal government's Paycheck Protection Program designed …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Washington Post and Axios
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:   Norquist's Anti-Spending Group Took Small Business Relief
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WSB-TV:
Police search for shooter who killed 8-year-old girl near burned Wendy's
Benjamin Wallace / Vulture:
Is Anyone Watching Quibi?  The streaming platform raised $1.75 billion and secured a roster of A-list talent, but it can't get audiences to notice.  —  The Emmy race has begun!  Vulture is taking a close look at the contenders until nomination-round voting closes on July 13.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Discussion: Florida COVID Victims
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Publisher moves up release of book by Trump niece  —  The publisher of a tell-all book written by President Donald Trump's niece Mary is planning to rush the book out next Tuesday despite ongoing litigation aimed at bottling up the insider account of life in the Trump family.
Discussion: The Guardian
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USA Today:
Mary Trump's family tell-all book publication date moved up to July 14, two weeks early
Discussion: NBC News and Law & Crime
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Simon & Schuster Names Dana Canedy New Publisher
Des Moines Register:
Chuck Grassley will skip the Republican National Convention for the first time in 40 years, citing coronavirus  —  Citing concerns about the coronavirus, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said he will not attend this year's Republican National Convention, marking the first time he has sat …
Discussion: Axios
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Support Is Withering in Areas Where Virus Cases Are Rising
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump and Biden campaigns shift focus to coronavirus as pandemic surges  —  The Trump and Biden presidential campaigns now see the coronavirus response as the preeminent force shaping the results of November's election, prompting both camps to try to refocus their campaigns more heavily on the pandemic …
Bloomberg Law:
Dakota Access Oil Line to Be Shut by Court in Blow for Trump  —  Listen  —  The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court ruled Monday in a stunning defeat for the Trump administration and the oil industry.  —  The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes …
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Earthjustice:   Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Are Protests Unsafe?  What Experts Say May Depend on Who's Protesting What  —  Public health experts decried the anti-lockdown protests last spring as dangerous gatherings in a pandemic.  Health experts seem less comfortable doing so now that the marches are against racism.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Colin Kaepernick Signs First-Look Deal With Walt Disney … Under terms of the pact, announced Monday, Disney and Ra Vision will emphasize scripted and unscripted stories that deal with race, social injustice and the quest for equity, and work to showcase directors and producers of color.
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Isabelle Lopez / ESPN Press Room U.S.:
The Walt Disney Company Announces Overall First-Look Deal with Colin Kaepernick
Al Goodman / CNN:
Spain's coronavirus antibodies study adds evidence against herd immunity  —  Madrid (CNN)Spain's large-scale study on the coronavirus indicates just 5% of its population has developed antibodies, strengthening evidence that a so-called herd immunity to Covid-19 is “unachievable,” the medical journal the Lancet reported on Monday.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Scripting News
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Small Biz Rescue Bailed Out Kushner's Family, Obama's Aides and Other Political Elite  —  The PPP program was designed to help small businesses.  And it has.  But some of the most connected figures in politics also cashed in.  —  When the Trump administration began implementing …
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Trudeau turns down White House invitation amid pandemic  —  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic outside his residence at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Thursday, June 18, 2020.  (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Discussion: IJR and The Intellectualist
Allan Smith / NBC News:
How Lincoln Project anti-Trump Republicans got into his head.  Spoiler: It was easy. … Seeking to defend President Donald Trump from questions over whether he actually reads his daily intelligence briefing, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters last week …
Maeve Reston / CNN:
As Trump gaslights America about coronavirus, Republicans face a critical choice  —  (CNN)The gulf between reality and President Donald Trump's delusional vision of a waning coronavirus threat was on full display this weekend, as cases soared in key hotspots while he delivered speeches …
Lucian K. Truscott IV / New York Times:
I'm a Direct Descendant of Thomas Jefferson.  Take Down His Memorial.  —  Monticello is shrine enough for a man who wrote that “all men are created equal” and yet never did much to make those words come true.  —  Mr. Truscott is a journalist.  —  When my brother Frank and I were boys visiting …
Corey Jones Tulsa / Tulsa World:
Contact tracers ‘inundated’ as virus spikes locally, with possible influx from rally evident this week … Epidemiologists and contact tracers have their hands full in a figurative sense — no touching; remember it's COVID-19 — but those who come into close contact with a confirmed case hold very real concerns.
 
 
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Margaret McCuaig-Johnston / Globe and Mail:
China's threats on behalf of Huawei are becoming desperate
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Argus Leader:
Former political operative Paul Erickson sentenced to federal prison
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Cuomo accuses Trump of “enabling” the coronavirus surge
Discussion: Political Wire
Donald Orr / OPB:
Racist Threats, Illegal Fireworks Lead To Arrests On Oregon Coast
Brian Flood / Fox News:
FOX News Media to capitalize ‘Black’
Discussion: The Hill
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Bubonic Plague Found in a Herder in Inner Mongolia, China Says
Associated Press:
Supreme Court upholds cellphone robocall ban
 Earlier Items: 
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Fox News Apologizes, Says It Mistakenly Cropped Trump Out of Jeffrey Epstein Photo (UPDATE)
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Alan Dershowitz hasn't been seen at his favorite nude beach in months
Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use
Politico:
Democrats smell a rout — and the chance to control redistricting in 2021
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Senator Duckworth and Most of the Press Are Lying about Trump's Speech
Discussion: The Bulwark
 

 
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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