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11:20 AM ET, June 8, 2020

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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 …
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The partisan chasm over ‘systemic racism’ is on full display
Discussion: Vox, The Hill and Politico
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Inside the Revolts Erupting in America's Big Newsrooms  —  Staff members' demands helped end the tenure of James Bennet as Opinion editor of The New York Times.  And they are generating tension at The Washington Post.  Part of the story starts in Ferguson, Mo.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor
The New York Times Company:
James Bennet Resigns As Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times; Katie Kingsbury Named Acting Editorial Page Editor
Alex Berenson / Fox News:   New York Times editorial page editor's resignation a terrible omen for freedom of expression
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The 2020 Cake Is (Almost) Baked  —  Axios reports that Trump's 2020 campaign team met last week to figure out, well, everything.  Jonathan Swan's scoop is really something: … When an incumbent president is trying to figure out his message in June, that's not a sign of strength.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Virus, racial unrest force Trump campaign to recalibrate  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than five months before voters will decide his fate, President Donald Trump is confronting a vastly different political reality than he once envisioned.  For starters, if the election were held today, he'd likely lose.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the room: Trump's top aides plot new theme  —  President Trump's top political advisers, in a private meeting last week, said their boss needs to add more hopeful, optimistic and unifying messages to balance his harsh law-and-order rhetoric.  —  Why it matters: They're deeply concerned about …
Politico:
2 longshots 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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NBC News:
The gender gap between Trump and Biden has turned into a gender canyon  —  WASHINGTON — For all the recent 2020 focus on young voters, seniors and African-American turnout, don't forget about the gender gap.  —  Because our new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that this gap is more like a canyon …
Jay Willis / The Appeal:
Minneapolis City Council Members Announce Intent To Disband The Police Department, Invest In Proven Community-Led Public Safety  —  The move follows the police killing of George Floyd and more than a week of uprisings, where hundreds of thousands of people around the world have protested …
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Lissandra Villa / TIME:
Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Is This the Last Stand of the ‘Law and Order’ Republicans?  —  On the seventh day of convulsive demonstrations sweeping across the United States in response to the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, George W. Bush issued …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:   POLITICO Playbook: Democrats grapple with ‘Defund the Police’
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds  —  Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a research study published Monday that examined how stay-at-home orders …
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
George Floyd live updates: Congressional Democrats unveil police reform legislation in response to protests  —  As debate swirls over police department funding, congressional Democrats on Monday unveiled sweeping police reform legislation in response to the killing of George Floyd.
Discussion: The Crime Report
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Politico:
Democrats to unveil sweeping police reform bill
Discussion: NBC News
Christy E. Lopez / Washington Post:
Defund the police?  Here's what that really means.  —  Christy E. Lopez is a professor at Georgetown Law School and a co-director of the school's Innovative Policing Program.  —  Since George Floyd's death, a long-simmering movement for police abolition has become part of the national conversation …
Discussion: Althouse
Linda Givetash / NBC News:
Man drives into Seattle George Floyd protest, shoots one protester  —  A man drove into a Seattle crowd protesting the death in police custody of George Floyd before shooting one of the demonstrators on Sunday, police said.  —  The suspect was detained and the 27-year-old man who was shot …
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Arizona GOP's 10-Year Plan to Turn the State Blue  —  Are the state's Republicans in trouble because of Trump, or is Trump in trouble because of the state party?  Too close to call!  —  Recent polls suggest that Democrat Mark Kelly is likely to handily win the Senate race in Arizona …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
John Bolton plans to publish a tell-all about his time in the White House in late June  —  John Bolton is forging ahead with plans to publish a scathing memoir about his time in President Trump's White House and is in negotiations with network television channels to promote the book, according to people familiar with the talks.
Discussion: The Sun, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Hill
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 …
New York Times:
Hospitals Got Bailouts and Furloughed Thousands While Paying C.E.O.s Millions  —  Dozens of top recipients of government aid have laid off, furloughed or cut the pay of tens of thousands of employees.  —  HCA Healthcare is one of the world's wealthiest hospital chains.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Defund the police!  Defund the police!  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  DEFUND THE POLICE!  DEFUND THE POLICE!  What seemed like a crazy slogan on the far left …
Rebecca Everett / New Jersey Online:
Family demands answers after unarmed black man killed by N.J. trooper, attorney says  —  On May 23, a routine traffic stop ended with a New Jersey State Police trooper shooting a black man to death on the side of the Garden State Parkway.  —  Maurice Gordon, 28, of Poughkeepsie, New York …
Bruce Bartlett / New Republic:
He Is Even Dumber Than We Thought  —  A Washington Post-ABC News poll taken the last week of May 2020 asked Americans, “Do you think Trump has the mental sharpness it takes to serve effectively as president?”  Fifty-two percent of respondents said no, with only 46 percent saying yes.
Discussion: Raw Story
Bo Erickson / CBS News:
Biden campaign launches outreach effort targeting LGBTQ voters in key states  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is launching a nationwide voter outreach effort in June to coincide with Pride Month and engage millions of LGBTQ voters ahead of the November presidential election, campaign officials tell CBS News.
Joshua Lawson / The Federalist:
Be Courageous And Stand Firm, America—We Do Not Kneel  —  Americans didn't kneel to British tyranny, Nazi fascism, or Soviet communism.  We won't kneel for a collective guilt movement that's gone off the rails.  —  Those who live in the far north in author George R.R. Martin's …
Discussion: CNN
ABC News:
Satellite data suggests coronavirus may have hit China earlier: Researchers  —  Researchers say surge in cars at hospitals may indicate outbreak in fall.  —  Dramatic spikes in auto traffic around major hospitals in Wuhan last fall suggest the novel coronavirus may have been present …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Protests spread over police shootings.  Police promised reforms. …
David Rohde / New Yorker:
William Barr, Trump's “Law and Order” Enabler
The Hill:
Exclusive investigation on the coronavirus pandemic: Where was Congress?
Discussion: Politico
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
More Than Ever, It's Time to Unleash the Power of ‘No’
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds press criminal case against Flynn partner
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
The military isn't at war with the public. Trump seems to want to change that.
Discussion: The Atlantic, UPI and NPR
Michelle Alexander / New York Times:
America, This Is Your Chance
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Starr / American Prospect:
We Need to Reopen Schools—but How?
Michelle Obama / Washington Post:
Graduates, don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry
Discussion: Althouse
Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Stalks Large Families in Rural America
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minneapolis' Third Precinct served as ‘playground’ for renegade cops
John Harwood / CNN:
Trump's evident character flaws leave him unable to meet the historic moment
Robert W. Lee IV / Washington Post:
Robert E. Lee is my ancestor. Take down his statue, and let his cause be lost.
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Hadas Gold / CNN:
Trump says he plans to sue The Des-Moines Register over its final poll of Iowa voters by Ann Selzer, saying he wants to “straighten out the press”

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

 
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