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1:20 AM ET, June 30, 2019

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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Kamala Harris: The Racial Strife Candidate  —  As regular readers know, I thought California Sen. Kamala Harris was the clear winner in Thursday night's Democratic debate.  I don't say that as a Harris fan, at all.  Her attack on Joe Biden for having opposed school busing in the 1970s …
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NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Fox News ‘Democrat’ Helps Network Attack Kamala Harris  —  If Jessica Tarlov claims to be a Democrat, she should start by refusing to help Fox News launch an unwarranted, baseless attack on Senator Kamala Harris.  —  We know why Fox News began attacking Sen. Kamala Harris after her breakout performance …
Rebekah Entralg / ThinkProgress:
Trump just publicly proved he couldn't pass a middle-school civics test  —  He thinks “Western liberalism” literally means liberals on the west coast.  —  President Donald Trump embarrassed the country yet again on the international stage this past week during the G20 summit.
CNN:
Kamala Harris raises $2 million in 24 hours after breakout debate  —  Harris explains why she got personal with Biden  —  (CNN)California Sen. Kamala Harris' presidential campaign announced Saturday that it raised $2 million in 24 hours following her breakout moment in Thursday's 2020 Democratic debate.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Raises $2 Million in 24 Hours After Debate  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Kamala Harris of California raised $2 million online in the first 24 hours following the start of Thursday's presidential primary debate, a total that suggests her performance resonated with many Democratic donors.
Discussion: Breitbart and Axios
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
2020 Democrats defend Kamala Harris after Donald Trump Jr. tweet about her race
Discussion: New York Times
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:   Biden's spin doctors, Beto's flop, a sea of sweat: The madness after the Miami debates.
Evan Real / Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris Campaign Selling T-Shirts Inspired by Viral Joe Biden Moment
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Kamala Harris Set To Raise Money With Former Wells Fargo Executive
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn't Biden's  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — For much of the last three months, the most popular Joseph R. Biden Jr. website has been a slick little piece of disinformation that is designed to look like the former vice president's official campaign page …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Luis Alvarez, Champion of 9/11 Responders, Dies at 53  —  Luis G. Alvarez, a former New York City detective who pleaded with Congress this month to extend health benefits to police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks …
Discussion: Matt McCauley, CNN and FOX40
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Robert Gearty / Fox News:
Hero 9/11 first responder with cancer dies at 53; testified to Congress with Jon Stewart
Discussion: Breitbart
Kate Cronin-Furman / New York Times:
The Treatment of Migrants Likely ‘Meets the Definition of a Mass Atrocity’  —  Children are suffering and dying.  The fastest way to stop it is to make sure those responsible, including the foot soldiers, face consequences.  —  Dr. Cronin-Furman is an assistant professor of human rights.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   NYT Op-Ed Calls For Public Shaming Of Border Protection Agents
Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump's diplomacy puts relationships over results  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For President Donald Trump, a four-day visit to Asia is shaping up to be more about relationships than results.  —  In Japan for the Group of 20 summit, Trump notched few identifiable accomplishments …
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Washington Post:
Trump says he is ‘very angry’ over murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi …
Discussion: New York Times
CBS News:   Trump calls Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman a “friend of mine”
Robby Soave / Reason:
Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally  —  Andy Ngo, a photojournalist and editor at Quillette, landed in the emergency room after a mob of antifa activists attacked him on the streets of Portland during a Saturday afternoon demonstration.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. judge expands ban on constructing sections of Trump's border wall in Calif., Ariz., while also clearing way for quick appeal  —  A federal judge on Friday expanded a ban on construction of President Trump's signature southern border wall that would have used money secured under his declaration …
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
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Gabriela Resto-Montero / Vox:   Federal judge blocks new stretch of the US-Mexico border wall
Susie Cagle / The Guardian:
Heatwave cooks mussels in their shells on California shore  —  Temperatures lead to what appears to be largest local die-off in 15 years, raising fears for broader ecosystem  —  In all her years working at Bodega Bay, the marine reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones had never seen anything like it …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America.  So is ignoring it.  —  In the past couple of weeks, President Trump has accused the New York Times of “a virtual act of treason” because of an accurate story he didn't like.  It reported that the United States …
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Doree Lewak / New York Post:
‘Nobel Prize in stupidity’: Holocaust survivor wants AOC out of Congress  —  There are few remaining survivors of concentration camps.  Ed Mosberg is one of them.  —  And the 93-year-old from Morris Plains, NJ, has no time for Rep. ­Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's statements last week …
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Says He Found Census ‘Shocking’ Because Of The Price Tag  —  Just days after asking to “delay the census,” President Donald Trump harped on the costs behind conducting it during a press conference in Osaka Saturday.  —  “The census was shocking to me,” Trump said.
Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
Trump Bows to Xi Jinping's Huawei Demands at G20  —  Selling American chips to a company branded as a security risk was only one of the areas where Trump gave ground.  —  The United States will resume sales of products to Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Wretched Start for Democrats  —  The party seems interested in helping everyone except the voters it needs. … Translation for the linguistically benighted: “Democratic friends, if you go on like this, you're going to lose the elections.  And you'll deserve it.”
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's apparent ignorance of basic political terms is on full display overseas  —  Liberal democracy appears increasingly in the balance around the Western world, but the president of the United States doesn't seem to even know what it is.  Neither does he seem to grasp what “busing” means.
 
 
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Lauren del Valle / CNN:
3 men plead guilty in foiled plot to bomb a Muslim community in New York state
Doha Madani / NBC News:
Civil rights groups sue Florida over ‘poll tax’ law to restore felon voter rights
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Splinter
Public Pool:
Subject: Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference | Osaka, Japan
Discussion: UPI and Bloomberg
New York Times:
Liberal Democrats Ruled the Debates. Will Moderates Regain Their Voices?
Discussion: New York Times
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Progressive Jewish group IfNotNow expands forces for 2020
Emma Brockes / The Guardian:
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: ‘Hope is contagious’
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Judge Orders Swift Action to Improve Conditions for Migrant Children in Texas
Discussion: Axios and UPI
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
'I Didn't Want Them to Go': Salvadoran Family Grieves for Father and Daughter Who Drowned
Discussion: NB Blog and Mother Jones
Peter Robison / Bloomberg:
Boeing's 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers
New York Times:
American Missiles Found in Libyan Rebel Compound
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
San Francisco Will Spend $600,000 to Erase History
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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits

Financial Times:
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts
 
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