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7:55 PM ET, June 8, 2020

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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He's Going to Broom Kushner and Parscale”: “Malignantly Crazy” About Bad Poll Numbers, Trump Is Thinking of Replacing His Son-In-Law  —  After a botched response to two national crises, Trump's polls are cratering, and “no one is telling him what he wants to hear,” says a source, igniting a new round of grumbling about Kushner.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump losing ground to Biden amid chaotic week  —  (CNN)As protesters gather daily near the White House and the coronavirus pandemic rages on, the American public is souring on President Donald Trump.  A new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds Trump's approval rating down 7 points …
ABC News:
Trump fenced in literally, politically after massive protests, stinging rebukes  —  Protesters have turned fencing outside the White House into a memorial.  —  One week after federal law enforcement forcibly pushed back peaceful protesters so President Donald Trump could hold a photo op …
The Federalist:
In Oval Office Interview, Trump Blasts Mattis, ‘Military-Industrial Complex’
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story and National Review
CNBC:
Asymptomatic coronavirus patients aren't spreading most new infections, WHO says  — Coronavirus patients who don't have symptoms aren't driving spread of the virus, the World Health Organization said Monday.  — Preliminary evidence from the earliest outbreaks indicated the virus could spread even if people don't have symptoms.
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Officers slashed tires on vehicles parked amid Minneapolis protests, unrest  —  Dozens of vehicles left in Kmart lot were targeted, said one victimized driver.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  Two law enforcement agencies acknowledged Monday that officers patrolling Minneapolis during the recent protests knifed …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to restart MAGA rallies this month despite coronavirus  —  Donald Trump is planning to restart rallies in the next two weeks in a major turning point for the president since the coronavirus shut down traditional campaigning.  —  Trump's advisers are still determining where the rallies …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
What It's Like to Get Doxed for Taking a Bike Ride  —  New York Is Committed to Covering This Essential Moment … By the standards of the pandemic, Thursday had been a normal day for Peter Weinberg.  A 49-year-old finance marketing executive, he worked from his home in Bethesda, Maryland …
Gabrielle Harmon / WTVR-TV:
‘KKK President’ arrested for hitting protester with his truck  —  A hate crime investigation is underway.  —  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — The Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney said a hate crime investigation was underway against the self-proclaimed president of the Virginia KKK.
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Justin Mattingly / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Henrico prosecutor: Hanover man who drove into protest is admitted KKK leader  —  Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor said Monday that the Hanover County man arrested Sunday for driving his truck into a crowd of protesters “is an admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a propagandist for Confederate ideology.”
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and The Hill
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Virginia man who plowed his truck into Black Lives Matter crowd is the head of the state's Ku Klux Klan
New York Times:
Axios Allows Its Reporters to Join Protests  —  In a company memo, the chief executive of the politics news site said he supported staff members' right to march, adding that the publisher would cover bail for any employee who is arrested.  —  In an unusual move at a news media organization …
New York Times:
James Bennet's Resignation Over the Tom Cotton Op-Ed Outcry  —  Readers discuss whether The Times should have published the senator's call for military troops to quell the protests.  —  To the Editor:  —  Re “The Times's Opinion Editor Resigns Over Controversy” (Business, June 8) …
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:   As the New York Times Goes, So Goes Biden
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Chris Cuomo apparently caught naked in wife Cristina's yoga video  —  If you think you've seen enough of Chris Cuomo after his much-publicized contraction of coronavirus and nightly TV reminders of “you know who my brother is,” think again.  —  The CNN anchor was apparently caught in the nude …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Schools Meghan McCain on ‘Defund the Police’  —  “The View” host demanded a yes-or-no answer to a very complicated policy question.  —  Meghan McCain asked Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) what she may have thought was going to be a gotcha question Monday morning on The View.
New York Times:
When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again  —  When will life return to normal?  This is the answer of epidemiologists, as embroidered by one of them, Melissa Sharp.  —  Eve Edelheit for The New York Times  —  Many epidemiologists are already comfortable …
Discussion: MinnPost, Gizmodo and Unfogged
Politico:
2 long shots rise in Biden VP search  —  Wide-scale protests that have exposed deep racial tensions across the nation in the last two weeks are reshaping the contours of Joe Biden's search for a vice presidential pick, sharpening the focus on an African American woman as his running mate …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
St. Paul Man Charged In Minneapolis Police Third Precinct Arson  —  United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against BRANDEN MICHAEL WOLFE, 23, charging him with aiding and abetting arson at the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct.
Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago's Bloody Sunday  —  “We've never seen anything like it, at all,” said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab.  —  A hardworking father killed just before 1 a.m.  —  A West Side high school student murdered two hours later.
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Army reverses course, will consider renaming bases named for Confederate leaders  —  Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is now “open” to renaming the service's 10 bases and facilities that are named after Confederate leaders, an Army spokesperson told POLITICO, in a reversal of the service's previous position.
nber.org:
Determination of the February 2020 Peak in US Economic Activity  —  The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research maintains a chronology of the peaks and troughs of U.S. business cycles.  The committee has determined that a peak in monthly economic activity occurred …
Jeffrey Meitrodt / Star Tribune:
Manufacturer that burned as Minneapolis protests turned violent plans to relocate from city  —  'They didn't protect our people,' 7-Sigma owner says of city officials.  —  Video (01:42) : Drone video shows the damage from rioting and looting in Minneapolis, as well as images of the memorials for George Floyd.
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Falwell's Blackface Tweet Brings Racial Dissent to Liberty University  —  A tweet by Liberty University's president, Jerry Falwell Jr., has sparked an angry protest in the evangelical college's community and a rare apology from Mr. Falwell.  —  WASHINGTON — The racial strife roiling …
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Ex-U.S. diplomat: Trump evokes memories of Mussolini  —  Bella ciao, Donald Trump — or at least that's what former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner is hoping American voters decide in November.  —  In an interview with Jack Blanchard, the editor of POLITICO's London Playbook …
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
New York Times:
Biden Walks a Cautious Line as He Opposes Defunding the Police  —  As gruesome videos and energetic protests reshape public opinion about racial discrimination, Joe Biden tried to balance protesters' calls for a law enforcement overhaul while not alienating moderate voters.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The GOP has gone from tea party libertarianism to Trumpian authoritarianism  —  In 2014, Tom Cotton ran for the U.S. Senate proclaiming: “I believe in less government and more freedom.”  Seven days ago, amid massive anti-racism protests accompanied by scattered looting …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
“Round Up The Green Hats”: NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers In Brutal Bronx Mass Arrest  —  On Thursday evening before curfew, Rex Santus was standing alone on a quiet Mott Haven street corner when he caught the attention of NYPD officers passing in an unmarked minivan.
Discussion: New York Post
John P. Wise / WAVE-TV:
Gov. Beshear announces plans to provide 100-percent health coverage for black residents  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) - Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday announced the state will begin working toward correcting inequalities in health care coverage across the state.  —  During his daily updates …
James Stavridis / Bloomberg:
Why Military Leaders Like Me Are Speaking Out  —  A retired four-star admiral explains how a troubling trend is becoming a constitutional crisis.  —  The demonstrations set off by the death of George Floyd are creating remarkable crosscurrents in American society, from new ideas about police reform …
Brian L. Roberts / corporate.comcast.com:
Comcast Announces $100 Million Multiyear Plan to Advance Social Justice and Equality  —  Last Sunday, I wrote to you to express my outrage over the far too familiar and frequent acts of violence against the Black community, and to acknowledge the structural racism that fuels these injustices.
Associated Press:
The Latest: National Park Service: new fence is temporary  — National Park Service: newly erected fence in front of a White House protest area is temporary.  — Prosecutors say criminal charges will not be brought against thousands of Los Angeles protesters arrested for violating curfew and other police orders.
Diane Roberts / Florida Phoenix:
Our Gov is hiding in the Mansion trying to figure out how to talk to people of color who appear to be upset  —  The American Empire is disintegrating before our very eyes, but what the hell?  —  This is Florida: The beaches are open, baby!  —  Still, a little guidance …
 
 
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Trump says no defunding, dismantling or disbanding of police
Discussion: Breitbart
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Chris Christie is now a lobbyist
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Former and current de Blasio staffers march to protest his defense of NYPD
Discussion: The Root and Gothamist
Wall Street Journal:
Behind HSBC's Rare Foray Into Politics Over Hong Kong
Jo Becker / New York Times:
‘Cruise Ships on Land’: As Las Vegas Reopens, a Huge Test for Casinos
Discussion: SFist
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
If you really want to show America you care about race and national unity, President Trump …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
The Disturbing Appeal of Boogaloo Violence to Military Men
 Earlier Items: 
Michelle Alexander / New York Times:
America, This Is Your Chance
Discussion: Raw Story
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds
Discussion: CBS Sacramento, Raw Story and Fox News
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Arizona GOP's 10-Year Plan to Turn the State Blue
Discussion: Raw Story
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Is This the Last Stand of the ‘Law and Order’ Republicans?
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos deactivated his account on X, where he had 2.3M+ followers, over the weekend after ABC News settled Trump's lawsuit

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
DeepMind unveils Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI model that can create 2+ minute long clips in resolutions up to 4K, behind a waitlist as part of VideoFX

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube is testing the ability for some US creators to reply to comments on their videos using voice notes in its iOS app

 
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