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3:50 PM ET, June 8, 2020

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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.
Discussion: National Review and The Hill
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: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Joe Biden Does Not Want to Defund the Police, Spokesman Says  —  Mr. Biden “hears and shares the deep grief and frustration of those calling out for change” and “supports the urgent need for reform,” the statement said.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Twitchy and Daily News
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Biden campaign says he does not support defunding the police
Discussion: Political Wire and New York Post
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
GOP ramps up attacks over efforts to defund the police: ‘Democrats are insane’
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and KARE-TV
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and The Hill
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NBC News:
The gender gap between Trump and Biden has turned into a gender canyon
Discussion: Washington Post
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: The Hill
Politico:
‘Black Americans want to stop being killed’: Democrats unveil sweeping police reform bill  —  Top Democrats unveiled a major police reform bill Monday morning in an effort to galvanize public pressure into legislative action as protesters nationwide demand racial justice after the killing of George Floyd.
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Douglas Schoen / The Hill:
Defunding police will lead to Republican victory this year
Discussion: Jacobin, CNN and Too Much Information
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pelosi, top Democrats unveil police reform bill
Discussion: ABC News, Breitbart and Deadline
Washington Post:
George Floyd live updates: Congressional Democrats unveil police reform legislation in response to protests
Discussion: The Hill and The Crime Report
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 …
Discussion: MinnPost and Slate
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 …
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 …
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
David Roberts / Vox:
The Tom Cotton op-ed affair shows why the media must defend America's values  —  New York Times editor James Bennet resigned yesterday after backlash from publishing an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton.  Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images  —  It cannot remain neutral when those values …
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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 …
Discussion: NPR, Politico, KTLA and New York Post
CNN:
White House is considering a Trump speech to the nation on race and unity  —  (CNN)After a weekend of massive peaceful protests around the country, White House officials are currently deliberating a plan for President Donald Trump to address the nation this week on issues related to race and national unity …
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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: Washington Post and Raw Story
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Why Romney Marched  —  The clip was short, but surreal: Mitt Romney—his face wrapped in a white mask, his sleeves rolled at the wrists—marches toward the White House alongside protesters chanting about police brutality.  A reporter asks him what he's doing there, and the Republican senator …
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 …
Jo Becker / New York Times:
‘Cruise Ships on Land’: As Las Vegas Reopens, a Huge Test for Casinos  —  While the contact-tracing challenges faced by Las Vegas are extreme, they highlight larger systemic problems in monitoring the coronavirus across the country.  —  It was among the last of the big conferences …
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
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.
Discussion: Politico
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: Raw Story and Fox News
James Kirkup / Spectator USA:
J.K. Rowling and the road to terfdom … The tale of J.K. Rowling, finally revealed as a modern-day witch guilty of wickedness over sex and gender, is one of those stories that captures just about everything bad about this issue and about public conversation conducted via, and shaped by, social media.
Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Stalks Large Families in Rural America  —  Remote regions with crowded households have turned deadlier than some city blocks  —  The Woods family did everything together at the house on Paden Road in Gadsden, Ala. They gathered there before going to high-school football games on Friday nights.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
The Disturbing Appeal of Boogaloo Violence to Military Men  —  OUTSIDE AGITATORS  —  The fringe movement is the latest in a long series of paramilitary scenes to court U.S. soldiers.  —  A decade ago, Stephen Parshall served in the Navy as an aviation mechanic.
 
 
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Stuart McGurk / British GQ:
Spike Lee: ‘Trump will go down in history as the worst president of the United States’
Discussion: Breitbart
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
If you really want to show America you care about race and national unity, President Trump …
Discussion: The Hill
USA Today:
Tropical Storm Cristobal weakens, but heavy rain, winds could roar from Gulf Coast to Wisconsin
Discussion: The Daily Caller
ABC News:
Trump's quest to ‘dominate’ amid George Floyd protests sparks new concerns about presidential powers
Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu hires Breitbart reporter Aaron Klein as new adviser
CNN:
A Virginia police officer faces charges after using a stun gun on a black man who cried, 'I can't breathe'
Discussion: The Hill
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Not-So-Retiring Retired Military Leaders
 Earlier Items: 
Joshua Lawson / The Federalist:
Be Courageous And Stand Firm, America—We Do Not Kneel
Discussion: CNN
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds press criminal case against Flynn partner
Discussion: National Review and UPI
ABC News:
Satellite data suggests coronavirus may have hit China earlier: Researchers
Rebecca Everett / New Jersey Online:
Family demands answers after unarmed black man killed by N.J. trooper, attorney says
Michelle Alexander / New York Times:
America, This Is Your Chance
Bruce Bartlett / New Republic:
He Is Even Dumber Than We Thought
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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