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10:10 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 …
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 …
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.
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
CNN:
Trump to relaunch campaign rallies in two weeks
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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.”
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
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 …
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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Politico:
Republicans' big bet on the economy
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
New York Times:
James Bennet's Resignation Over the Tom Cotton Op-Ed Outcry
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.
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.
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
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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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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 …
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’
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: INSIDER, Breitbart and Disrn
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.
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.
Discussion: 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.
Politico:
Hill Democrats squash liberal push to ‘defund the police’  —  “Defund the police” has become the latest battle cry of liberals protesting George Floyd's death in demonstrations across the country.  But it won't be echoed by lawmakers in the halls of Congress.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Hill and NBC News
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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?
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 …
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.
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
 
 
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
No, the Jobs Report Wasn't Rigged. Here's What Happened.
Discussion: The Root
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Trump says no defunding, dismantling or disbanding of police
Discussion: Breitbart
Brian L. Roberts / corporate.comcast.com:
Comcast Announces $100 Million Multiyear Plan to Advance Social Justice and Equality
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Chris Christie is now a lobbyist
John P. Wise / WAVE-TV:
Gov. Beshear announces plans to provide 100-percent health coverage for black residents
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The GOP has gone from tea party libertarianism to Trumpian authoritarianism
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
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
Associated Press:
The Latest: National Park Service: new fence is temporary
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Ex-U.S. diplomat: Trump evokes memories of Mussolini
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
The Disturbing Appeal of Boogaloo Violence to Military Men
 

 
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An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
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Reuters:
Prince Harry's lawsuit against News Group Newspapers moves towards trial; all but one other litigant in the roughly 40 lawsuits against NGN have settled

 
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