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Ben Popken / NBC News:
Here are some of the billionaires who got PPP loans while small businesses went bankrupt  —  Billionaire property developer Joe Farrell, a prominent Republican fundraiser, received up to $1 million in taxpayer coronavirus relief funds, according to federal data released Monday.
Discussion: Unprecedented
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Washington Post:
No rows found  —  The data shows the government issued $521 billion in loans, with an average loan size of $107,000.  Treasury and SBA officials say the program helped support about 51 million jobs, according to self-reported data provided by borrowers.  They said that accounts for 84 percent …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Maybe This Isn't Such a Good Time to Prosecute a Culture War  —  Trump has gone to the well one time too many.  —  Donald Trump made his name in Republican Party politics as a “birther,” a true believer in — and an evangelist for — the racist conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was a foreign-born, illegitimate president.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Mulvaney: Trump faces ‘real headwinds’ if election turns into a ‘referendum’ on him  —  Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday conceded that if November's general election becomes a “referendum” on President Donald Trump, the Republican incumbent will face …
Washington Post:
Trump plumbed new depths of depravity this Fourth of July
The Daily Beast:
Former Melania Trump Confidante to Release an ‘Explosive’ Tell-All Before the Election  —  Another blockbuster Trump book is set to hit shelves next month and contain “explosive” revelations about first lady Melania Trump.  —  Following months of legal drama, threats, and public controversy …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: White House searches for intel leakers  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  GOOD TUESDAY MORNING — a few interesting nuggets from the White House world:  — SEARCHING FOR LEAKERS ... THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has opened an internal investigation to try to uncover who leaked intelligence …
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 …
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Michael Schuman / The Atlantic:
Why China Wants Trump to Win  —  Four more years might present tantalizing opportunities for Beijing to expand its influence around East Asia and the world.  —  Like everyone else across the country and the world, China's leaders are likely watching the contentious presidential campaign unfolding …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kyle Neubeck / PhillyVoice:
DeSean Jackson shares anti-semitic quotes attributed to Hitler on Instagram  —  DeSean Jackson shared anti-semitic quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler on his Instagram story over the July 4th holiday, and continued to use the quotes as a conversation piece during several posts on the social media network on Monday afternoon.
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ESPN:
Eagles' DeSean Jackson says he doesn't hate Jewish community after posting anti-Semitic messages  —  Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson said he has no hatred toward the Jewish community after posting anti-Semitic messages on social media Monday that he attributed to Adolf Hitler and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
A high-risk Florida teen who died from covid-19 attended a huge church party, then was given hydroxychloroquine by her parents, report says  —  At just 17, Carsyn Leigh Davis had already experienced more challenges than most people face in their entire lives.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Florida teen dies after conspiracy theorist mom takes her to church ‘COVID party’ …
Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign  —  DOES NOT EXIST  —  Conservative sites like Newsmax and Washington Examiner have published Middle East hot takes from “experts” who are actually fake personas pushing propaganda.  —  If you want a hot take about the Middle East, Raphael Badani is your man.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Hogan, Maryland Governor, Plans Book Tour as He Eyes 2024 White House Run  —  Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of a solidly Democratic state, who has drawn attention for his criticism of President Trump's coronavirus response, writes at length about the experience.
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson suggests Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs in Iraq, hates America  —  Before launching a broadside against Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Fox News host Tucker Carlson acknowledged that it's not easy to go after a Purple Heart recipient who lost both her legs while serving her country in Iraq.
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Trump could sink the House GOP in suburbia  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's continuing erosion among well-educated voters looms as perhaps the most imposing headwind to Republican hopes of recapturing the House of Representatives in November — or even avoiding further losses in the chamber.
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
Republicans in danger of losing huge portion of their women senators  —  Senate Republicans could lose nearly half of the women currently in their caucus come November after recently making painstaking gains — the latest potential blow to the party in the Trump era.
Discussion: Scripting News
Elliot Ackerman / Harper's:
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate  —  We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org  —  Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial.  Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality …
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.
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fas.harvard.edu:
Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year
WTXL-TV:
FL Education Commissioner requires all Florida school districts to reopen campuses in August  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran has issued an executive order requiring all of Florida's public K-12 schools to reopen in August.
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Tallahassee Democrat:
Florida Education Commissioner mandates all schools to reopen in August
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and New York Post
Max Boot / Washington Post:
What if Trump loses but insists he won?  —  On his present trajectory, President Trump is heading for a whopping defeat in November.  The Economist says there's nearly a 99 percent chance that Joe Biden will win more popular votes and around a 90 percent chance that he will win more electoral college votes.
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Months Into Virus Crisis, U.S. Cities Still Lack Testing Capacity  —  With cases surging, some cities are seeing long testing lines and slow results.  —  Lines for coronavirus tests have stretched around city blocks and tests ran out altogether in at least one site on Monday …
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Settles Over Ignored Red Flags on Jeffrey Epstein  —  The German lender repeatedly overlooked suspicious transactions, including payments to people a New York regulator described as his co-conspirators.  —  Payments to his alleged co-conspirators.  Money wired to Russian models.
Chris Whipple / Washington Post:
Donald Trump, the unbriefable president  —  Chris Whipple is the author of the forthcoming book “The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future.”  —  In the wake of reports that Russia offered the Taliban cash bounties to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, the question arises …
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Ron DeSantis, on the coronavirus: 'I think we've stabilized at where we're at'  —  The state reported 6,336 cases Monday, with about 14 percent of those tested coming back positive.  —  TALLAHASSEE ― Gov. Ron DeSantis said the growing coronavirus case numbers in Florida are not necessarily …
Reuters:
UN slams Donald Trump for killing Iranian General Soleimani because there was ‘insufficient evidence he was behind an ongoing or imminent attack’  — A U.N. human rights investigator issued the report on Monday noting that the January 3 attack which killed Iranian General Soleimani violated the U.N. charter
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again  —  The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients climbs.
David Roth / New Yorker:
How “Starship Troopers” Aligns with Our Moment of American Defeat  —  It has become clear, in these last decades of decadence, decline, towering institutional violence, and rampant bad taste, that American life is stuck somewhere inside the Paul Verhoeven cinematic universe.
David Dayen / American Prospect:
A Leader Without Leading  —  Nancy Pelosi is an expert at obtaining power.  
But what does she want to use it for?  —  Pelosi  —  Nancy Pelosi was upset.  Her blitz of cable news appearances as a high-profile counterpart to Donald Trump had taken her to CNN in late April.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Here are the governors who hurt so many, so needlessly  —  The Post reports: “Local officials in states with surging coronavirus cases issued dire warnings Sunday about the spread of infections, blaming outbreaks in their communities on early reopenings and saying the virus was rapidly outpacing containment efforts.”
Discussion: Twitchy and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Everyday words and phrases that have racist connotations  —  (CNN)The words and phrases permeate nearly every aspect of our society.  —  “Master bedrooms” in our homes.  “Blacklists” and “whitelists” in computing.  The idiom “sold down the river” in our everyday speech.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump is responsible for our unfolding coronavirus disaster  —  The United States is entering dangerous, uncharted territory.  With a little more than 4 percent of the world's population, our country has about 25 percent of coronavirus infections.  Over the course of five months …
Discussion: NPR
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
Michael Cohen Allegedly Caught Dining Out While Serving Home Sentence.  DOJ, Bureau Of Prisons Silent.  —  Disbarred attorney and convicted felon Michael Cohen was allegedly spotted in a restaurant in New York City last Thursday night while serving his prison sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
 
 
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay
Washington Post:
Pentagon considering a base-wide ban on Confederate flags
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Destroy the ‘Public’ Education System
Associated Press:
South Dakota governor, exposed to virus, joined Trump on jet
Discussion: The Hill
Sharon Bernstein / Reuters:
Hospitalizations jump 50% in California as coronavirus infections soar
New York Post:
An obscene assault on Frederick Douglass
Discussion: democratandchronicle
NBC News:
Americans trust governors more than Trump on coronavirus, new poll finds
Sara G. Miller / NBC News:
Fauci on a COVID-19 vaccine: ‘We will at least have an answer’ in the winter whether it works
 Earlier Items: 
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
What 11 Republican senators had to say about Trump's racism
Discussion: FOX News Radio, ESPN and Raw Story
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Why Trump's Mount Rushmore address may have been his most important yet
Paul Karp / The Guardian:
TikTok may be ‘data collection service disguised as social media’, Liberal senator says
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
E. Alex Jung / Vulture:
Michaela the Destroyer How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making …
Discussion: The Stranger
Adam Marcus / Retraction Watch:
Authors of study on race and police killings ask for its retraction, citing “continued misuse” in the media
Discussion: National Review