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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 …
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Barr contradicts Trump: ‘The Secret Service recommended that the President go down to the bunker’ for safety — Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the US Secret Service recommended moving President Donald Trump to the underground White House bunker during late May protests …
ABC News:
Trump fenced in literally, politically after massive protests, stinging rebukes
Trump fenced in literally, politically after massive protests, stinging rebukes
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CNN, Mother Jones, The Hill and Salt Lake Tribune
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Joe Biden Spent An Hour Listening To George Floyd's Family As Trump Hid In The White House
Joe Biden Spent An Hour Listening To George Floyd's Family As Trump Hid In The White House
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New York Daily News, 6abc and Al Jazeera
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.
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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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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's emerging turnaround strategy: Focus on voters' fears about crime, immigration and China
Trump's emerging turnaround strategy: Focus on voters' fears about crime, immigration and China
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The American Independent
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just revealed a huge weakness. It may prove fatal.
Trump just revealed a huge weakness. It may prove fatal.
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New York Times, The Bulwark, Talking Points Memo, CNN and The Mahablog
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 …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Camp Runs Ads on D.C. Cable to Ease the Boss' Anxieties and Buck Up Congressional GOPers — The president has been worried about his standing electorally. So his team gave him some content to watch on his favorite cable networks. — With their boss growing increasingly agitated …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Patterico's Pontifications
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 …
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The Hill and Fox News, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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 prosecutor: Hanover man who drove into protest is admitted KKK leader
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The Daily Dot, Digby's Hullabaloo and The Hill
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Sen. Cotton rallies conservatives and raises national profile as op-ed on military intervention causes uproar — With his call for the military to be deployed in U.S. cities gripped by protests over police brutality, Sen. Tom Cotton has found himself in a familiar position: Rallying conservatives …
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Washington Post:
Democrats unveil broad police reform bill as Floyd's death sparks protests nationwide — Congressional Democrats rallied Monday around broad police reform legislation, urging President Trump and Republicans to rapidly embrace measures aimed at boosting law enforcement accountability …
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CNBC, The Guardian, C-SPAN.org and Monitor
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Daniel Radcliffe / The Trevor Project:
Daniel Radcliffe Responds to J.K. Rowling's Tweets on Gender Identity — I realize that certain press outlets will probably want to paint this as in-fighting between J.K. Rowling and myself, but that is really not what this is about, nor is it what's important right now.
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James Kirkup / Spectator USA:
J.K. Rowling and the road to terfdom
J.K. Rowling and the road to terfdom
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The Daily Signal, LifeSiteNews, Instapundit and New York Times
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.
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Cancel Culture Journalism — Two liberal editors fall for violations against progressive orthodoxy. — By The Editorial Board — The purge of senior editors at progressive newspapers this weekend is no cause for cheering. Their resignations are another milestone in the march …
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David Roberts / Vox:
The Tom Cotton op-ed affair shows why the media must defend America's values
The Tom Cotton op-ed affair shows why the media must defend America's values
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Crooked Media, Haaretz, The Nation, Fox News and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bon Appetit Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport Resigns After Backlash Over Treatment of People of Color — Trump's Twitter Account Likes Only One Tweet — About Issa Rae's ‘Insecure’ — and No One Knows Why — Refinery29 Top Editor Christene Barberich Steps Down After Backlash Over Lack of Diversity, ‘Racist Aggressions’
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The Guardian and Fox News, more at Mediagazer »
The Texas Tribune:
As Texas businesses reopen, COVID-19 case totals are rising. The state says hot spots like prisons and meatpacking plants are key factors. — The 14-day trend line shows new infections in Texas have risen about 71% in the past two weeks. — As Texas moves forward with a new phase …
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The Crime Report
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Tinyman Square’: Internet suggests names for new fencing complex around White House — On Monday, anti-Trump conservative and ex-GOP strategist Rick Wilson posed Twitter a question: — We need a name for the newly expanded White House Fence complex. — FOB Pussygrabber?
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Defying Police Unions, New York Lawmakers Ban Chokeholds — Legislators, responding to protests over the death of George Floyd, are approving a package of bills aimed at police misconduct. — Inspired by the protests sweeping the state and nation, New York legislative leaders on Monday began …
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 …
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
No, the Jobs Report Wasn't Rigged. Here's What Happened. — The pandemic has complicated the usual methods and models for compiling employment data. But uncertainty has been offset by transparency. — When the Labor Department reported on Friday that employers had added jobs …
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The Root
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.
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
As the New York Times Goes, So Goes Biden — The resignation of the editorial page editor of the New York Times for publishing an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton calling for the military to quell the riots marks the completion of the long, slow transformation of the Democratic Party.
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Power Line
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.
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Fox News, National Review, Axios, Mediaite and Task & Purpose
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.
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New York Post
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 …
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