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One final viral infusion: Trump's move to block travel from Europe triggered chaos and a surge of passengers from the outbreak's center — In the final days before the United States faced a full-blown epidemic, President Trump made a last-ditch attempt to prevent people infected with the coronavirus from reaching the country.
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Raw Story
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Joe Biden Just Proved Why He Must Have a Black Woman as VP — Joe Biden is a white man in America. — White people are proud of the genocide of the indigenous people they called “savages” because the Native American holocaust was their “manifest destiny.”
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Klobuchar, amid Biden VP search, scrambles to fix relations with black community
Klobuchar, amid Biden VP search, scrambles to fix relations with black community
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Michigan Advance, Politico and New York Post
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
NAACP pushes back on Biden's claim it endorsed him after 'you ain't black' furor
NAACP pushes back on Biden's claim it endorsed him after 'you ain't black' furor
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Redstate, JONATHAN TURLEY, WND, NAACP and Business Insider Nederland
Beth Baumann / Townhall:
Charlamagne: These Are Specific Bills Biden Supported That Continue to Hurt the Black Community
Charlamagne: These Are Specific Bills Biden Supported That Continue to Hurt the Black Community
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Redstate
Derecka Purnell / The Guardian:
Black Americans are in an abusive relationship with the Democratic party
Black Americans are in an abusive relationship with the Democratic party
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Conservative News Today, Fox News, Townhall, Slate and The Root
Washington Post:
Federal judge hires high-powered D.C. attorney to defend his actions in Flynn case — The federal judge who refused a Justice Department request to immediately drop the prosecution of former Trump adviser Michael Flynn has hired a high-profile trial lawyer to argue his reasons …
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Redstate, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy, TheBlaze and CNN
CNN:
Trump golfs at his Virginia club amid the coronavirus pandemic — (CNN)President Donald Trump on Saturday was seen golfing at his Virginia club, marking his first visit to one of his golf properties since March amid the coronavirus pandemic. — The presidential motorcade arrived …
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NBC News:
Trump visits one of his private golf courses for first time in 75 days — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump kicked off his Memorial Day weekend by visiting his club in Virginia, marking the president's first time back at one of his private golf courses in 75 days, the longest stretch …
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Rolling Stone, The US Sun, Mediaite, Fox News, The Hill, One America News Network and The Guardian
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question — What do copyright and authorship mean in the crowdsourced realm known as the Omegaverse? — Addison Cain was living in Kyoto, volunteering at a shrine and studying indigenous Japanese religion. She was supposed to be working …
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Washington Post:
Study estimates 24 states still have uncontrolled coronavirus spread — The coronavirus may still be spreading at epidemic rates in 24 states, particularly in the South and Midwest, according to new research that highlights the risk of a second wave of infections in places that reopen too quickly or without sufficient precautions.
Washington Post:
Trump opts for a 2016 disruption strategy that Democrats say is ill-suited for a pandemic — Flush with record amounts of cash and a massive organization, President Trump and his allies had planned to spend the spring unleashing a torrent of withering attacks against Joe Biden in an attempt …
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Mediaite, Sputnik News and The Wrap
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
New witnesses cast doubt on Dominic Cummings's lockdown claims — Exclusive: eyewitness says top No 10 aide left isolation to go 30 miles to popular tourist town — Devastating new claims have emerged that Dominic Cummings further breached the lockdown rules, as Downing Street came under sustained pressure …
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Mirror.co.uk, Politico and Gothamist
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Is Leading the GOP—to the Political Graveyard — Yeah, it's early. But a blue wave is certainly building. If it's a wipeout, will the Republican Party ditch Trumpism? It should be clear, but it's not at all.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren to Hold Big-Dollar Fund-Raiser for Joe Biden — Ms. Warren, in the mix for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination, had made opposition to fund-raising events with big donors a central part of her own presidential bid. — WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
GOP governor offers emotional plea to the anti-mask crowd: Stop this senseless culture war — As states across the country have gradually pushed forward with reopening in recent weeks, protesters representing a small but apparently growing movement — especially within the Republican Party — have continued to push for it to go faster.
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and New York Post
Bryan Bender / Politico:
The Netflix Show The Pentagon Can't Stop Talking About — The United States Space Force can't catch a break. The newest branch of the American military, first championed by President Donald Trump two years ago, tried to generate some serious headlines this month with its first recruiting commercial …
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
The United States' Coronavirus Death Toll Is About to Hit 100,000. Donald Trump Went Golfing Today. — For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones' newsletters. — President Donald Trump, who in 2014 attacked Barack Obama for golfing during …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
The pandemic has already altered how tens of millions of Americans can cast their ballots this year — The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly transforming this year's elections, changing the way tens of millions of people cast ballots and putting thousands of election officials at the center …
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NBC News
Alana Wise / NPR:
Michigan AG Says She ‘Will Not Remain Silent’ As Trump Risks Public Health — Toggle more options — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday said President Trump had directly threatened the health and safety of her state's residents through his coronavirus response …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Jacinda Ardern Sold a Drastic Lockdown With Straight Talk and Mom Jokes — Leading New Zealand from isolation, Ms. Ardern coaxed her “team of five million” into accepting extreme restrictions. But the lessons of her success go beyond personality or charm.
Harry Enten / CNN:
Georgia is a swing state in 2020 — (CNN)Democrats have Georgia on their minds. When former Vice President Joe Biden's team presented their electoral strategy in mid-May, Georgia was one of three states, along with Arizona and Texas, that they believed they could compete in …
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Study: White Supremacist Groups Are ‘Thriving’ On Facebook, Despite Extremist Ban — With many Americans vulnerable to fascist ideologies during the pandemic, the study warns, Facebook could be fertile ground for recruitment. — A new study reported that white supremacist groups are …
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Raw Story
Langston Taylor / Tampa Bay Times:
Ousted manager was told to manipulate COVID-19 data before state's re-opening, she says — Rebekah Jones said the deputy Secretary of Health asked for misleading data on rural counties. She appeared later Friday night to discuss on CNN. — Going further than previous comments that led …
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Axios
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
Mosques adapt to coronavirus shutdown by sharing the call to prayer. In Culver City, neighbors said it was too loud — The call to prayer rang out at 7:49 on a Saturday evening as the sky glowed pink from the setting sun. — Women in hijabs and masks gazed up at the mosque as the Arabic hymn floated down:
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The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Considers Forming Panel to Review Complaints of Online Bias — Move is likely to draw pushback from tech companies; ACLU raises free-speech concerns — WASHINGTON—President Trump is considering establishing a panel to review complaints of anticonservative bias on social media …
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