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4:00 PM ET, June 9, 2020

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Criticizes 75-Year-Old Buffalo Protester Injured in Altercation With Police  —  Two Buffalo, N.Y., police officers were charged with felony assault in connection with the Thursday night altercation that was caught on video  —  President Trump criticized a 75-year-old protester …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
President Trump tweets antifa conspiracy theory that originated on anonymous blog  —  President Donald Trump tweeted a conspiracy theory on Tuesday about a Buffalo man injured by police that has circulated around fringe, far-right online media in recent days, adding to efforts from the president …
WGRZ-TV:
Protester injured in Niagara Square still hospitalized  —  The 75-year-old man who was injured when shoved by Buffalo Police officers during a protest in Niagara Square last week is still in the hospital recovering.  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. — The 75-year-old man who was injured when shoved …
Politico:
‘Ugh’: Republicans cringe after Trump's attack on 75-year-old protester  —  If there was ever a tweet from President Donald Trump that Senate Republicans didn't want to touch, it's this one.  —  For four years, Senate Republicans have endured a regular gantlet of reporters' questions about Trump tweets …
Discussion: IJR and The Hill
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump sides with deranged conspiracy theories over Black Lives Matter protesters  —  The White House communications team has gone to great lengths to present President Trump's position on the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests as evenhanded and sympathetic.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump claims 75-year-old man shoved by Buffalo police could be part of ‘set up’  —  President Trump on Tuesday shared an unfounded theory that an incident in which elderly man was pushed to the ground by police in Buffalo, New York, during a protest over the death of George Floyd could be a “set up.”
democratandchronicle:
Amherst man pushed by police responds after Trump tweet: ‘Black Lives Matter’
Discussion: The Sun and Raw Story
Alayna Treene / Axios:
GOP senators avoid discussing Trump's Buffalo protester tweet
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Wave of New Polling Suggests an Erosion of Trump's Support  —  Joe Biden appears in a stronger position to oust an incumbent president than any challenger since Bill Clinton in the summer of 1992.  —  The coronavirus pandemic, a severe economic downturn and the widespread demonstrations …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
White voters are turning on Trump, new data shows.  Why now?  —  In the mythology that holds sway over President Trump's political imagination, the massive crises rocking the country — pandemic, depression, the worst civil unrest in 50 years — are all being alchemized by the president's …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
Washington Post:
Big majorities support protests over Floyd killing and say police need to change, poll finds  —  Americans overwhelmingly support the nationwide protests that have taken place since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and they say police forces have not done enough …
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wanted to Fire Esper Over Troops Dispute  —  How defense secretary's stand against federal troops at protests prompted president's plan to fire him  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump last week was on the brink of firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper over their differing views of domestic use …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
‘The Future Is Blue, Not Purple’: Is This the Year Georgia Flips?  —  With both Senate seats in play and President Trump up for re-election in November, Georgia Democrats are telling anyone who will listen: This time, it's real.  —  ATLANTA — There's a joke about Atlanta's most popular sports teams …
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Joe Biden delivers video message at George Floyd's funeral  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden offered condolences to the family of the late George Floyd in a video message played at Floyd's funeral in Houston on Tuesday, telling them: “Unlike most, you must grieve in public.  It's a burden.
Discussion: Politico, NBC News and Fox News
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Politico:
Trump's latest attempt to tag Biden as a radical flops
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NBC News
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Bernie Sanders Is Not Done Fighting
Discussion: Fox News, Axios and The Nation
ABC News:
Biden targets young voters amid anger over racial inequality in new digital ad
Discussion: The Hill
April Ryan / American Urban Radio Networks:
White House Seeking Ways to Repair Race Relations  —  George Floyd was laid to rest today in his hometown of Houston, with the eulogy delivered by Rev. Al Sharpton.  —  The White House is preparing a speech on race relations written by Stephen Miller, who crafted the Trump Administration's …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Mongolia Hunting Trip Cost Taxpayers $77,000  —  The president's son apparently hunted with a major GOP donor and bagged a rare sheep.  —  Donald Trump Jr.'s trip last summer to Mongolia to kill an endangered sheep cost American taxpayers nearly $77,000 in Secret Service costs alone …
Discussion: CREW, The Root and Raw Story
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JM Rieger / Washington Post:
How the Trump administration has tried to explain clearing protesters from Lafayette Square
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump gets the 2016 band back together as he tumbles in polls
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump ‘Desperately’ Wants Bush to Endorse Biden.  Some Dems Love the Idea, Too.  —  A president once reviled could prove to be an easy punching bag for Trump or a signal of bipartisan appeal for Biden.  Choose your own adventure.  —  President Donald Trump and his political lieutenants …
Discussion: Redstate
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Adam Ganucheau / Mississippi Today:
Bipartisan group of lawmakers, with Speaker Gunn's blessing, pushes to change Mississippi state flag  —  A bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers, with the blessing of Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, began whipping votes and drafting a resolution on Monday to change the state flag …
Discussion: The Hill
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Officer Who Violently Shoved Protester in Brooklyn to Face Charges  —  The police officer, who was recorded knocking down a young woman that questioned his order, surrendered himself on Tuesday.  —  A New York City police officer surrendered to face criminal charges on Tuesday …
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
14 states and Puerto Rico hit highest seven-day average of new coronavirus infections  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
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NBC News:   Say goodbye to ‘Election Night’ and hello to ‘Election Week’
Politico:
‘A hot, flaming mess’: Georgia primary beset by chaos, long lines  —  Some voters in Georgia are experiencing hourslong lines to cast their ballots in Tuesday's primary, with officials trading blame for who, exactly, is responsible for the latest trip-up in holding an election during the pandemic.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
New voting machines cause lines and problems on Georgia election day
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, Axios and Daily Kos
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: It's more than just a tweet  —  THE CHASM BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT and pretty much everyone else in Washington is growing, as DONALD TRUMP seems more alone and isolated with his thoughts, and detached from the overall political conversation in the Capitol, and the rest of America.
Discussion: VICE
New York Times:
Live Coronavirus Updates: A Warning From the W.H.O.  —  Seven million people have been infected worldwide, and new cases hit a high globally on Sunday, according to the W.H.O. Central banks are seeking new tools to offset the downturn.  —  RIGHT NOW New Jersey's governor said on Tuesday …
David Petraeus / The Atlantic:
Take the Confederate Names Off Our Army Bases  —  As I have watched Confederate monuments being removed by state and local governments, and sometimes by the forceful will of the American people, the fact that 10 U.S. Army installations are named for Confederate officers has weighed on me.
Scottie Andrew / CNN:
This city disbanded its police department 7 years ago.  Here's what happened next  —  (CNN)Last week, Minneapolis officials confirmed they were considering a fairly rare course of action: disbanding the city police department.  —  It's not the first locale to break up a department, but no cities as populous have ever attempted it.
Just Security:
The Untold Power of Bill Barr to Direct US Military Forces in Case of “Civil Unrest”  —  Left completely to his own devices, President Trump apparently sees no problem with deploying U.S. military forces to American streets even when there's no need for such intervention.
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
He Tweeted That He Was the Leader of Antifa.  Then the FBI Asked Him to Be an Informant.  —  It all began with a tweet.  Chandler Wirostek, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was reading the news last Monday when he saw that the attorney general had declared that the leaderless anti-fascist movement known …
Discussion: Townhall
Kristie Eshelman / Niskanen Center:
What the Pandemic Revealed  —  On March 3, in response to reports that some Republican lawmakers favored free testing and treatments for COVID-19, Derek Thompson of The Atlantic tweeted, “There are no libertarians in a pandemic.”  The witticism bounced all over social media during the ensuing days …
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Senate confirms first black service chief in U.S. history  —  The Senate unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown Jr. as Air Force chief of staff in a historic vote presided over by Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday.  —  Why it matters: Brown, the commander of Pacific Air Forces …
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Trent Lott fired by top lobbying firm  —  The lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs has fired former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, one of Washington's most prominent lobbyists.  —  The firm gave no reason for the Mississippi Republican's sudden departure and declined to answer questions about it.
Discussion: The Hill and Roll Call
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
If You Want To Know What Disbanding The Police Looks Like, Look At Mexico  —  The rise of vigilante groups in Mexico offers a hint of what happens when institutions fail and civil society collapses.  America should be paying attention.  —  One of the most visible and insistent demands …
Associated Press:
Confederate statue in Florida is removed in predawn hours  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Confederate statue that had been in a northeast Florida park for more than a century was removed in the predawn hours Tuesday ahead of a protest demanding racial equality.
Julia Azari / FiveThirtyEight:
1968 Isn't The Only Parallel For This Political Moment  —  When protests kicked off throughout the nation a week and a half ago, commentators turned to history to make sense of events.  One year dominated the conversation: 1968.  Racial tensions, clashes between police and protesters …
Discussion: spiked
 
 
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index: Protesters fear the spread
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Mitt Romney is owed an apology for how he was attacked in 2012. He's unlikely to get it
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran says it will execute man convicted of spying on Soleimani for CIA
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Typical: NPR Plays Coronavirus Card on Trump Campaign Rally Announcement Days After Fawning Protest Coverage
Discussion: CBS News
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
It Must Be Horrible Thinking Everyone Is Racist
Alex Tabarrok / Marginal REVOLUTION:
Why Are the Police in Charge of Road Safety?
Discussion: Mother Jones
Keke Palmer / Variety:
‘I Have Waited for a Revolution My Entire Life’ (Guest Column)
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson says protests are ‘definitely not about black lives,’ prompting backlash
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Twitchy
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Murkowski brushes off Trump's promise to campaign against her: ‘I cannot live in fear of a tweet’
Discussion: Breitbart, IJR and The Hill
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Have we normalized the COVID-19 death toll?
David Roth / New Republic:
American Psycho  —  To understand how Jared Kushner received …
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:
What Never Trump Republicans deserve: The thanks of a grateful nation, and nothing more
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Microsoft's robot editor confuses mixed-race Little Mix singers
Mike Bunge / KIMT-TV:
St. Paul man arrested for burning down of Minneapolis police precinct
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads

 
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