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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Promotes Posts From Racist and Sexist Twitter Feed — On a somber Memorial Day weekend, the president did not mention the mounting coronavirus toll and instead retweeted personal attacks on his political rivals. — WASHINGTON — On a weekend when the nation was bracing …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
On weekend dedicated to war dead, Trump tweets insults, promotes baseless claims and plays golf — As the death toll in the novel coronavirus pandemic neared 100,000 Americans this Memorial Day weekend, President Trump derided and insulted perceived enemies and promoted a baseless conspiracy theory, in between rounds of golf.
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Mediaite, The Hill, Raw Story, Slate, Mother Jones, Vox and Contemptor, more at Mediagazer »
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Tweets and Golfs, but Makes No Mention of Virus's Toll — Coronavirus deaths in the United States approached a staggering 100,000, a number the president once predicted would never be reached. — WASHINGTON — As President Trump's motorcade pulled into his golf club in Virginia …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President — So many mysteries surround Donald Trump: the contents of his tax returns, the apparent miracle of his graduation from college. Some of them are merely curiosities; others are of national importance, such as whether he understood the nuclear-weapons briefing given to every president.
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker calls on Trump to stop promoting Scarborough conspiracy theory: ‘It will destroy us’ — Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called on President Trump to stop promoting “the completely unfounded conspiracy” theory regarding the death of an intern for MSNBC “Morning Joe” anchor and former Florida lawmaker Joe Scarborough.
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JONATHAN TURLEY and Mediaite
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Craig Pittman / Washington Post:
Florida family grieves as Trump spreads debunked conspiracy theory to attack MSNBC host — A little after 8 a.m. on July 20, 2001, a couple arriving for an appointment opened an unlocked front door at an office in the Florida panhandle town of Fort Walton Beach and discovered a woman lying on the floor, dead.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina — He demands a guarantee the convention will be allowed to go on as planned. — The Spectrum Center in downtown Charlotte, N.C., is to be the site of the Republican National Convention in August. Chuck Burton/AP Photo
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Inside the secret talks to overhaul the GOP platform — For the past six months, top Trump campaign officials, reporting to Jared Kushner, have been working on a radical overhaul of the Republican Party platform. — Driving the news: The Trump campaign's Bill Stepien has been leading the process …
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Outside the Beltway, Politico and Raw Story
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump seeks visual contrast with Biden as economy begins to reopen
Trump seeks visual contrast with Biden as economy begins to reopen
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Associated Press and Althouse
Washington Post:
As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some loyalists replacing them have ‘preposterous’ conflicts — The political appointee President Trump installed last week to investigate waste, fraud and abuse at the Transportation Department is the same official in charge of one of the agency's key divisions.
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Trump's Firing of Watchdogs Must Be Checked
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Federal judge guts Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before they can vote — A federal judge has gutted a Florida state law requiring felons to pay all court fines and fees before they can register to vote, clearing the way for thousands of Floridians to register in time for the November presidential election.
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Daily Kos, Politico, One America News Network and Axios
Star Tribune:
Trump and the 2020 presidential race — The Star Tribune, MPR News and KARE 11 interviewed 800 Minnesota registered voters between May 18 and May 20. Findings from questions about President Donald Trump's job performance and the 2020 presidential race are below. Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Why Joe Rogan's Spotify Deal Matters — Talking to the podcasting king about his monster Spotify deal. — Ms. Weiss is an Opinion staff writer and editor, and the author of “How to Fight Anti-Semitism.” — When I saw the news that the king of all podcasting, Joe Rogan …
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Furious backlash after Boris Johnson defends aide's lockdown journey — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a tense bank holiday Cabinet meeting this morning with the Tory Party in a state of near-mutiny over his decision to stand by lockdown-flouting aide Dominic Cummings.
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Mirror.co.uk, Telegraph, Sky News and One America News Network
Nick Perry / Associated Press:
New Zealand leader carries on with TV interview during quake — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when an earthquake struck during a live television interview — WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat …
New York Times:
Wealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Bailout for Struggling Health Providers — Twenty large chains received more than $5 billion in federal grants even while sitting on more than $100 billion in cash. — A multibillion-dollar institution in the Seattle area invests in hedge funds …
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New York Post and Raw Story
Rosemary Rossi / The Wrap:
Ann Coulter Turns on ‘Disloyal Actual Retard’ Trump in Twitter Rant — Ann Coulter went on an early Sunday morning Twitter tear, calling President Donald Trump “the most disloyal actual retard that has ever set foot in the Oval Office.” — The far-right media pundit and former Trump defender …
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Mediaite, Conservative News Today, WND and The Gateway Pundit