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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years — The Republican spokeswoman has said it shouldn't be available to everyone. — For a week, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has defended President Donald Trump's assault on vote-by-mail, insisting …
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Christian Cooper, That Central Park Incident and His Feelings About Her Fate — Christian Cooper is already back birding at Central Park. “I'm not excusing the racism,” he said. “But I don't know if her life needed to be torn apart.” — His binoculars around his neck, Christian Cooper …
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
The Central Park Dog Case Is Covington 2.0 — Once again, further evidence upended the narrative of a viral video — but not before someone's life and reputation were destroyed. — Funny thing about viral videos: They don't necessarily give the full and complete context for what happened, do they?
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Christian Cooper is asking people to stop making death threats against the woman who called the cops on him — (CNN)Christian Cooper, whose video of a woman calling the police on him while he was birdwatching went viral over the Memorial Day weekend, acknowledged the woman's apology but said her act was “definitely racist.”
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Washington Examiner:
Trump's slanderous attack on Joe Scarborough is incompatible with leadership — Nearly two decades ago, when Joe Scarborough was a conservative Republican member of Congress from Florida, his office suffered a tragedy. One of his staff, a 28-year-old woman, named Lori Klausutis …
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New York Times:
Attacks on Joe Scarborough Draw Criticism From Trump's Media Allies — The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Washington Examiner chastised the president for his unfounded attacks on Joe Scarborough. — Even President Trump's most stalwart media defenders have recoiled at his baseless smears …
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Wall Street Journal:
A Presidential Smear — Trump imitates the Steele dossier in attacks on Joe Scarborough. — By The Editorial Board — Donald Trump sometimes traffics in conspiracy theories—recall his innuendo in 2016 about Ted Cruz's father and the JFK assassination—but his latest accusation …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Smearing Joe Scarborough Because Republicans Reward His Bullying
Trump Is Smearing Joe Scarborough Because Republicans Reward His Bullying
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Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84 — He worked hard to shock the country into dealing with AIDS as a public-health emergency. But his confrontational approach could sometimes overshadow his achievements. — Larry Kramer, the noted writer whose raucous …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Conservative Activists Lose Lawsuit That Accused Twitter, Google and Facebook of Censorship — A federal court dismissed activist Laura Loomer's lawsuit against several tech platforms on Wednesday. The complaint alleged a far-flung conspiracy to censor conservative speech.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court ruling suggests little legal traction for Trump's anti-Twitter campaign
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
“Close them down”: Trump threatens action against social media platforms
“Close them down”: Trump threatens action against social media platforms
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Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Trump threatens social media outlets with regulation, closure after fact check added to tweet
Trump threatens social media outlets with regulation, closure after fact check added to tweet
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Twitter exec in charge of effort to fact-check Trump has history of anti-Trump posts, called McConnell a ‘bag of farts’
Twitter exec in charge of effort to fact-check Trump has history of anti-Trump posts, called McConnell a ‘bag of farts’
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Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Tech billionaires are plotting sweeping, secret plans to boost Joe Biden — Reid Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Dustin Moskovitz, and Laurene Powell Jobs, Silicon Valley's new power set, are instrumental to fulfilling Democrats' four-year-long quest to oust Donald Trump. Getty Images
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Pompeo Says Hong Kong No Longer Has Autonomy Under China — The State Department announcement comes as President Trump weighs taking hard actions against China, which is expected to approve a national security law on Hong Kong on Thursday. — WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced …
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Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Officially Declares That Hong Kong Is No Longer Autonomous
U.S. Officially Declares That Hong Kong Is No Longer Autonomous
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New York Times:
There Are 3 Things We Have to Do to Get People Wearing Masks
There Are 3 Things We Have to Do to Get People Wearing Masks
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Pompeo tells Congress Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China
Pompeo tells Congress Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China
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The Guardian:
Revealed: conservative group fighting to restrict voting tied to powerful dark money network — Honest Elections Project, part of network that pushed supreme court pick Brett Kavanaugh, is now focusing on voting restrictions — A powerful new conservative organization fighting to restrict voting …
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Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
Why does Trump get away with everything? — In January 2016, Donald Trump said something unintentionally profound: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters.” We'll hopefully never find out whether Trump really could get away with murder.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘Why are you not burying him?’: Trump allies fret over rising Biden threat
‘Why are you not burying him?’: Trump allies fret over rising Biden threat
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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
The unluckiest generation in U.S. history — Millennials have faced the worst economic odds, and many will never recover — After accounting for the present crisis, the average millennial has experienced slower economic growth since entering the workforce than any other generation in U.S. history.
Jessica Garate / KRQE-TV:
Did the governor break her own rules? — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) -Did Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham play by her own rules during the public health order? KRQE News 13 has learned in April, when she ordered non-essential businesses to shut down and lectured all New Mexicans to stay home …
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New York Post:
New book claims Bill Clinton had an affair with Ghislaine Maxwell — Bill Clinton had an affair with British-born socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of helping recruit underage victims for notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to a blockbuster new book.
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Conservative News Today, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Spectator USA
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
CNBC Segment Explodes as Andrew Ross Sorkin Accuses Joe Kernen of Being in the Tank for Trump During Crisis: ‘100,000 PEOPLE DIED!’ — A CNBC debate over the stock market completely exploded early Wednesday, with two Squawk Box hosts throwing down in a vicious debate which saw one accusing …
Politico:
SpaceX mission delayed for weather — Update, 4:26 p.m.: The historic launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station was scrubbed Wednesday about 17 minutes before the scheduled launch due to inclement weather. — The mission was set to mark the first time a commercially …
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Marina Koren / The Atlantic:
American Spaceflight Is Now in Elon Musk's Hands
American Spaceflight Is Now in Elon Musk's Hands
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Preps New Weapons Sale To Saudi Arabia — Congress has rejected weapons sales to the Saudis. The now-fired State Department inspector general was looking into them. Team Trump is going for a sequel anyway. — When State Department inspector general Steve Linick was abruptly fired …
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
Twitter's Trump ‘Fact Check’ Does Not Disclose Company Partnered with Groups Pushing Mail-In Ballots — Twitter for the first time put a fact-check label on tweets from President Trump, using the controversial tactic on messages in which the president complained there is “no way” that …
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Bobby Schilling / The Daily Caller:
Twitter's Fact-Check Of Trump On Mail-In Voting Reveals A Deeper Issue
Twitter's Fact-Check Of Trump On Mail-In Voting Reveals A Deeper Issue
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Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Disney World sets reopening date — New York (CNN Business)Disney World will reopen its gates, ending a multi-month closure of the park that left the Walt Disney Company reeling. — The Disney theme park, which employs some 70,000 people, plans to begin a phased reopening on July 11 …
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Zachary Brennan / Politico:
Fauci: Hydroxychloroquine not effective against coronavirus — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci on Wednesday became the first Trump administration official to say definitively that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for the coronavirus, based on the available data.
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FREOPP.org:
Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Facilities Account for 43% of COVID-19 Deaths — A startling statistic has profound implications for the way we've managed the coronavirus pandemic. — Based on a new analysis of state-by-state COVID-19 fatality reports, it is clear that the most underappreciated aspect …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
“The Partisanship Comes Through Very Slyly”: Bret Baier Has Some Skeptics — The anchor, key to Fox News' claims to impartiality, has friendly ties with Trump's team, although he appears to use those relationships primarily to lobby for newsmaker interviews.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Marco Rubio zeroes in on Russia — not Obama — Donald Trump's allies on Capitol Hill are pushing aggressive new investigations targeting the president's political opponents. Marco Rubio isn't joining the fray. — As Rubio assumes the acting chairmanship of the Senate Intelligence Committee …
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The Gateway Pundit, Axios and The Hill
Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:
Seattle Judge Throws Out COVID-19 ‘Hoax’ Suit Against Fox News — A nonprofit watchdog group in Washington state had “laudable” aims, a Seattle judge said Wednesday, but he threw out its lawsuit targeting Fox News. — “WASHLITE's professed goal in this lawsuit — to ensure …
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump Said, ‘I Have the Best Words.’ Now They're Hers. — Why lip-sync impressions like Sarah Cooper's turned out to be the best way to satirize this president. — Donald Trump has some ideas about fighting the coronavirus. “We hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet …
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