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6:20 AM ET, June 9, 2020

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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Bunge / KIMT-TV:
St. Paul man arrested for burning down of Minneapolis police precinct  —  Accused of arson in federal court.  —  Photo Gallery  —  5 Images  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal charge has been filed against a St. Paul man for the burning down of the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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
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 …
Discussion: Contemptor
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Washington Post:   GOP struggles with message amid national debate over police and racial justice
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.
NBC News:
Bon Appétit, Refinery29 editors step down as calls for racial justice continue to reshape media landscape  —  Less than 24 hours after James Bennet resigned as editorial page editor of The New York Times, the social upheaval over racial injustice continues to force changes across the media industry.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bon Appetit Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport Resigns After Backlash Over Treatment of People of Color
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Can Jamaal Bowman Be the Next A.O.C.?  —  The uprising over police violence fuels a progressive primary challenge.  —  On March 1, which feels about 20 years ago, NBC News published an essay by a congressional candidate, Jamaal Bowman, about the scars he bore from life in New York under …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Democrats unveil broad police reform bill as Floyd's death sparks protests nationwide
Discussion: CNBC, The Guardian, C-SPAN.org and Monitor
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Lobbying firm cuts ties to Trent Lott amid national anti-racism protests  —  Lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs announced Monday evening it is severing ties with former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) following days of anti-racism protests across the country.  —  Mark Ruehlmann, chair and global CEO …
New York Times:
Trump Rebuffs Protests Over Systemic Racism and Calls Police ‘Great People’  —  In a meeting with law enforcement officials, Mr. Trump said he opposed any defunding or dismantling of police departments, which many demonstrators have been demanding to address police violence.
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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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
For the First Time Trump Faces Crises Not of His Own Making  —  There is now if not a consensus at least an emerging question whether President Trump has reached a turning point in his Presidency from which he cannot recover.  It is sobering to consider the unfolding gyre of crises.
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 …
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.
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?
Washington Post:
Richmond judge halts removal of Robert E. Lee statue for 10 days  —  RICHMOND — A Richmond judge on Monday temporarily blocked Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from removing a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the Monument Avenue traffic circle where it has stood for 130 years.
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.
New York Times:
PublishingPaidMe and a Day of Action Reveal an Industry Reckoning  —  A viral hashtag encouraged black and nonblack book authors to compare their pay.  Publishers pledged to improve their diversity efforts.  —  Authors and book publishing employees are speaking out against the homogeneity …
Discussion: Publishers Weekly and The Guardian
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.
New York Post:
NYPD finds concrete disguised as ice cream at George Floyd protests  —  Containers packed with hardened concrete done up to look like chocolate chip ice cream were found near the scene of a recent George Floyd protest in Lower Manhattan, leaving the NYPD on alert, police sources said Monday.
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Root
 
 
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Jacob Dreizin / American Thinker:
Trump saved DC from the mob
Arizona Daily Star:
Arizona hospitals bracing for crisis as COVID-19 cases surge
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Furious Backlash in Brazil After Ministry Withholds Coronavirus Data
Discussion: Gizmodo
Politico:
Republicans' big bet on the economy
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Cancel Culture Journalism
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Defying Police Unions, New York Lawmakers Ban Chokeholds
Discussion: INSIDER, Disrn and Breitbart
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Chris Christie is now a lobbyist
Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
As the New York Times Goes, So Goes Biden
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
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
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
“Round Up The Green Hats”: NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers In Brutal Bronx Mass Arrest
Discussion: New York Post
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