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1:20 AM ET, June 30, 2021

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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Auto Scrap Billionaire Who Paid To Send National Guard To Southern Border Sounds Off On Why He Did It  —  The auto scrap billionaire who is funding South Dakota's deployment of national guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border told TPM in an interview that he was making the contribution because …
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Billionaire GOP megadonor funding South Dakota's troop deployment to border  —  The Oklahoma-born Johnson is estimated to be worth $2.2 billion, per Forbes.
Discussion: KSFY/KDLT and Talking Points Memo
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
South Dakota governor sending National Guard to Mexico border on mission funded by GOP megadonor  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) will deploy up to 50 National Guard troops to the southern U.S. border, her office said Tuesday, with a highly unusual caveat — the mission will be funded by a …
Steve Beynon / Military.com:
Billionaire GOP Mega-Donor Funds National Guard Mission to US-Mexico Border
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Most advertisers have dumped Tucker Carlson — why he's still on TV ?  —  If you've been enjoying ad-free PRESS RUN since its launch, or just recently became a reader, please consider subscribing for $6 a month to support fearless media commentary.  Thanks!  —  Stay healthy. Be kind.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News doesn't believe Tucker Carlson  —  In January 2013, the New York Times disclosed that its computer systems had been infiltrated by Chinese hackers.  Before issuing its report, the Times worked with AT&T, hired a computer security firm and took other precautions.  That process took several months.
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
That Strange NSA Non-Denial  —  Tucker v. the Surveillance State  —  Yesterday, Tucker announced that the National Security Agency had been collecting his communications in order to take him off the air.  He has now provided a brief update: … Tonight, the NSA responded to Tucker Carlson's allegations.
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Tucker Carlson Says the NSA Is Spying on Him. Sadly, It's Plausible
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and HotAir
Fox News:
Tucker Carlson: NSA is spying on this show
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
New York Mayor's Race in Chaos After Elections Board Counts 135,000 Test Ballots  —  The extraordinary sequence of events threw the closely watched Democratic primary contest into a new period of uncertainty and seeded further confusion about the outcome.  —  The New York City mayor's race plunged …
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Associated Press:
Error mars vote count in NYC mayoral primary  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic primary for mayor of New York City was thrown into a state of confusion Tuesday when election officials retracted their latest report on the vote count after realizing it had been corrupted by test data never cleared from a computer system.
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Supreme Court allows eviction ban to remain in place  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled to keep the federal eviction moratorium to in place, in a 5-4 decision in which Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with liberals.  —  The decision is a blow …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court allows coronavirus eviction moratorium to remain in place
Discussion: New York Times
John Fritze / USA Today:
Supreme Court permits federal eviction moratorium to remain in place
Discussion: Townhall and HotAir
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump: Herschel Walker will run for Senate in Georgia  —  Former President Donald Trump said Georgia Bulldog football great Herschel Walker told him he was going to run for U.S. Senate, a decision that would make him the front-runner in the chaotic race against Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Trump says Herschel Walker will run for Georgia Senate seat in 2022
Discussion: The Hill
The Columbus Dispatch:
Josh Mandel's staff quit campaign because of toxic work environment created by staffer in relationship with Mandel, sources say  —  Laura A. Bischoff Haley BeMillerThe Columbus Dispatch  —  At least two of the three fundraisers who quit Josh Mandel's U.S. Senate campaign in recent months …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Infrastructure and McConnell's Theory of Midterm Politics  —  Mitch McConnell is more afraid of a big, party line bill than a smaller, bipartisan one, Democrats should take heed  —  Mitch McConnell is the physical embodiment of everything people hate about politics — self-interested, cynical, corrupt, and dishonest.
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Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
McConnell says Biden would be his ‘desert island’ Democratic president
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, NBC News and IJR
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Trump rally in Mobile's Battleship Park cancelled amid concerns of ‘partisan political event’: Report  —  Plans for former President Donald Trump to return July 4th weekend to the city many credited with lending legitimacy to his 2016 campaign after USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park commissioners reportedly …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
No. 3 House Democrat Steps Into Ohio Race to Head Off a Sanders Acolyte  —  The decision by Representative James Clyburn to oppose an outspoken ally of Senator Bernie Sanders in a special election in Cleveland highlights the generational and ideological gulf in the Democratic Party.
Discussion: The Daily Poster and The Hill
Washington Post:
Video, images and interviews deepen questions about role of pool deck in condo collapse  —  Your browser does not support the video element.  —  A Washington Post examination of video and images from the deadly collapse of a high-rise apartment building outside Miami …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
Desmond Butler / Washington Post:
The land was worth millions.  A Big Ag corporation sold it to Sonny Perdue's company for $250,000.  —  It was a curious time for Sonny Perdue to close a real estate deal.  —  In February 2017, weeks after President Donald Trump selected him to be agriculture secretary …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
A New Darkness Falls on the Trump Movement  —  It was 6 a.m. in Cleveland.  I had spent the night trying to sleep stretched out across three chairs in the baggage claim at the airport and was wearing the same sweaty, grass-stained sundress I'd worn at the Donald Trump rally from the night before …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Beyond Tulsa, Overlooked Race Massacres Draw New Focus  —  Efforts to teach the histories are gaining momentum even as some states try to limit how racism is discussed in schools.  —  The Elaine massacre of 1919 is believed to be the deadliest episode of racial violence in Arkansas history.
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Agrees to $1 Million Fine for Violating Human Rights Law  —  Fox News effectively admitted to a pattern of misconduct and has agreed to pay a civil penalty in New York. … Despite Fox News' claims to have repaired the company's toxic workplace culture since the firing of founder …
CBS News:
Trump legal team expects charges against company in coming days  —  Washington — Ronald Fischetti, a lawyer representing former President Trump in his stand-off with New York prosecutors, expects the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to bring criminal charges against Mr. Trump's company …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and KRDO
Lindsay Beyerstein / New Republic:
The Case Against the Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory  —  In the past month, we've seen a second wave of interest in the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic began with a lab leak.  Last spring, the media accurately reported the scientific consensus that Covid (also known as SARS CoV-2) …
Discussion: UPI, New York Post and RedState
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Rowan Jacobsen / MIT Technology Review:
Inside the risky bat-virus engineering that links America to Wuhan
Discussion: HotAir and TheBlaze
Janna Karel / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Transgender woman captures Miss Nevada USA pageant  —  The title of Miss Nevada USA has gone to a transgender woman for the first time in the pageant's history.  —  Kataluna Enriquez was crowned the winner Sunday in the pageant at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas and will continue to compete for the title of Miss USA.
Jacob M. Schlesinger / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Weighs New Executive Order Restraining Big Business  —  The action under consideration would go beyond traditional antitrust enforcement and would likely face legal challenges  —  The Biden administration is developing an executive order directing agencies to strengthen oversight …
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
January 6 Clearinghouse  —  Welcome to this all-source, public resource for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large.  —  If you think the January 6 Clearinghouse is missing something, please send recommendations for additional content by email to Jan6Clearinghouse@justsecurity.org.
CNN:
Top Oregon RNC official says he was unaware of pro-Nazi host and White national activist they discussed during YouTube chat  —  (CNN)A top Republican Party official in Oregon appeared on a YouTube show hosted by a man with a history of racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi statements …
Discussion: Arizona Republic, GOP.com and Raw Story
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
‘Right-Wing Death Squad’: Active-Duty Marine Plotted to Bomb DNC, Murder Black People, Feds Say  —  The feds investigated USMC Private First Class Travis Owens for discussing the unrealized plan with two others, including one person tied to neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen.
 
 
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
NSA surveillance program still raises privacy concerns years after exposure, member of privacy watchdog says
Discussion: Gizmodo and New York Times
HHS News releases:
American Rescue Plan Lowers Health Insurance Costs for Americans Who May Have Lost Their Job
Discussion: ACA Signups
Doug Livingston / Akron Beacon Journal:
New Akron law: Police must post footage on YouTube within 7 days of use-of-force incidents
Discussion: Townhall, Fox News and The Hill
David Ovalle / Miami Herald:
Feds indict rapper Pooh Shiesty, use Instagram pics of cash, car as evidence in robbery case
 Earlier Items: 
Zac Houston / House Republican Leader:
McCarthy Unveils Republican Task Forces, Announces Leaders and Members
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Page Array
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Campus ‘Red Scare’ takes Florida back to the '50s
Discussion: National Review
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pelosi's new Jan. 6 select committee is about to collide with ‘white rage’
Discussion: Progress Pond and Daily Kos
Emma Ockerman / VICE:
A Teen Was Having Car Trouble. A Sheriff's Deputy Shot and Killed Him.
 

 
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New York Times:
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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