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CNN:
Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading — CNN poll: Trump sees big drop in approval rating — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Politico:
‘Everything about this is irregular’: Ex-judge tapped to review Flynn case blasts Trump DOJ — A former judge selected to advise on a path forward in the criminal case against Michael Flynn is accusing the Justice Department of exercising a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power” …
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Power Line, NBC News, ABC News, Breitbart and Axios
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Flynn committed perjury and his guilty plea of lying to FBI should not be dismissed as DOJ requests …
Flynn committed perjury and his guilty plea of lying to FBI should not be dismissed as DOJ requests …
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Townhall, The Crime Report and Daily Kos
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
READ: Judge Told He Should Sentence Flynn, Deny Request To Dismiss Case
READ: Judge Told He Should Sentence Flynn, Deny Request To Dismiss Case
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Balloon Juice
USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Forceful clearing of Lafayette Square protest was defining moment for president and protests — The police crackdown to clear protesters from Lafayette Square last week looms as a defining moment in the national debate over race and law enforcement that has been sparked by the death of George Floyd.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
More than 1,250 former Justice Dept. workers call for internal watchdog to probe Barr role …
More than 1,250 former Justice Dept. workers call for internal watchdog to probe Barr role …
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Medium, Common Dreams, The Crime Report, Raw Story, The Hill, Fox News, Axios, The Guardian and UPI
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
NASCAR Says It Will Ban Confederate Flags — The announcement came two days after Darrell Wallace Jr., the first black driver in 50 years to win one of NASCAR's top three national touring series, called on NASCAR to ban the flags outright. — NASCAR said on Wednesday that it would ban …
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Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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John Ismay / New York Times:
The Army Was Open to Replacing Confederate Base Names. Then Trump Said No.
The Army Was Open to Replacing Confederate Base Names. Then Trump Said No.
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Slate, BuzzFeed News, Fox News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Doha Madani / NBC News:
NASCAR bans Confederate flags at its events
NASCAR bans Confederate flags at its events
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Bloomberg, Big League Politics, New York Post and The Spun
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump says he will ‘not even consider’ renaming military bases honoring Confederates
Trump says he will ‘not even consider’ renaming military bases honoring Confederates
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Axios, POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Trump says he won't consider renaming Army bases named after Confederate generals
Trump says he won't consider renaming Army bases named after Confederate generals
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Townhall, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Chuck Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
The White House vs. John Bolton — Officials are attempting to use national security as a pretext to prevent the publication of his memoir. — President Trump doesn't want John Bolton to publish his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.”
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Axios
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New York Times:
White House Tells Bolton His Book Still Contains Classified Information — A White House official said Mr. Bolton would be given a redacted version of his manuscript by June 19, four days before the book's current publication date. — The White House has told John R. Bolton …
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Associated Press, Sputnik News, New York Post and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
White men mocked George Floyd's death at a protest. Now a corrections officer in the group has been suspended. — As a peaceful Black Lives Matter march made its way through Franklin Township, N.J., the group protesting against police brutality and systemic racism walked past a white man kneeling …
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New Jersey Online, The American Independent, NBC10 Philadelphia, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Gothamist, The Root, The Mahablog and WCDC-TV
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J.K. Rowling:
J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues — This isn't an easy piece to write, for reasons that will shortly become clear, but I know it's time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity. I write this without any desire to add to that toxicity.
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Variety, Breitbart, New York Post, Fox News, Mediaite, The American Conservative, 6abc, Deadline, Vanity Fair, The Wrap and Human Rights Campaign
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Will Return to Campaign Trail With Rally in Tulsa — The president is set to hold his first rally since the coronavirus shuttered most of the country, with polls showing Joe Biden establishing a significant national lead over his rival. — WASHINGTON — President Trump will return …
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National Memo
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Max Cohen / Politico:
Trump to resume campaign rallies with June 19 event in Tulsa
Trump to resume campaign rallies with June 19 event in Tulsa
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Associated Press
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Job Approval Slides to 39% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 39% amid nationwide protests about racial injustice. His ratings this year had been the best of his presidency but are now back near his term average of 40%.
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Cotton and Schumer clash over police reform — Sen. Tom Cotton and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sparred on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, after the Arkansas Republican offered a resolution opposing efforts to defund the police. — Cotton's resolution calls for …
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Fox News and Associated Press
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell accuses NYT of ‘lying’ over Tom Cotton op-ed
McConnell accuses NYT of ‘lying’ over Tom Cotton op-ed
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Tom Cotton Places Anti-Biden Ads in New York Times
Tom Cotton Places Anti-Biden Ads in New York Times
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The Daily Caller, Twitchy, Fox News, Louder With Crowder, National Review, Reason and Vox
Politico:
Dems locking down votes on police reform — House Democrats are swiftly lining up support for their policing reform package, including among their most moderate members, following mounting pressure from two weeks of nationwide demonstrations over the police killing of George Floyd.
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The Amazon Blog:
We are implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition — We're implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon's facial recognition technology. We will continue to allow organizations like Thorn, the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children …
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BuzzFeed News, Politico, NPR, The Wrap, The Daily Dot, Mashable, The Verge, Wired and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
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Ari Levy / CNBC:
Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one year
Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one year
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Big Think, Vox and Common Dreams, more at Techmeme »
CBS Boston:
Beheaded Christopher Columbus Statue In Boston Will Be Removed From North End Park — BOSTON (CBS) - The Christopher Columbus statue in Boston's North End will be removed Wednesday, hours after it was beheaded overnight. Mayor Marty Walsh said it will be put in storage and there will now be conversations …
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WRIC-TV, The Hill, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Daily Dot, Townhall, New York Post and Disrn
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
White House goes quiet on coronavirus as outbreak spikes again across the U.S. — The coronavirus is still killing as many as 1,000 Americans per day — but the Trump administration isn't saying much about it. — It's been more than a month since the White House halted its daily coronavirus task force briefings.
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Washington Post, Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
LeBron James and Other Stars Form a Voting Rights Group — “This is the time for us to finally make a difference,” the N.B.A. superstar said of the new group, which will aim to protect African-Americans' voting rights. — WASHINGTON — The N.B.A. superstar LeBron James and a group …
Jeff Pegues / CBS News:
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin “bumped heads” while working at nightclub, former coworker says — As mourners in Houston honor the life of George Floyd in Minneapolis, CBS News is learning new details from a nightclub coworker about alleged history between Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former officer who is charged in Floyd's death.
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The Hill, New York Post, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Slate, The Daily Caller, Bring Me The News, The Root, Redstate and One America News Network
Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart / Task & Purpose:
Former DIA Director: Please, take your knee off our necks so we can breathe — “It's hard to explain what it was like for me on the first day of elementary school, or the pain I felt in high school when I was stopped and searched nearly every time I left my apartment.”
Washington Post:
Britain briefly suspends sending evidence to U.S. law enforcement, in move some see as a sign of fraying relationship — British authorities earlier this month told their American counterparts that they had suspended sending over all evidence in criminal cases because the United States still uses …
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UPI and Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
House impeachment managers: Trump is as lawless and corrupt as ever — Adam Schiff (Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (Calif.), Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Val Demings (Fla.), Sylvia Garcia (Tex.) and Jason Crow (Colo.) were the Democratic House managers in the impeachment trial of President Trump.
Courier-Journal:
‘Change agent’ Charles Booker is best Democratic candidate in Kentucky Senate race — This is a historic time in our state and nation. A time when young and old, black, white and brown are calling for change — not just incremental change, but sweeping reform that will usher in true equality and justice for all.
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The Hill
Travis Yates / Law Officer:
America, We Are Leaving — This is the hardest thing I have written. — I grew up in a law enforcement family. My father worked his way up to the rank to Captain at the Ft. Smith (AR) Police Department. As I kid I remember going with him on Friday to pick up his check and I was in awe of these super heroes he worked around.
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Townhall and Instapundit
Onthebeatontrack / The Aspen beat:
A report from the big white suburban guilty girls picnic march — Urban trekking around Denver the other day, I happened across a protest march of maybe a thousand people. Here's what I observed. — The marchers were almost all white. I saw fewer than a dozen black people and no Hispanics.
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Townhall
New York Times:
Aggressive Tactics by National Guard, Ordered to Appease Trump, Wounded the Military, Too — The world responded the evangelical guard the eyes of the world were gone. The National Guard. The actions that occurred this past week, were absolutely used to work.
Courier-Journal:
Louisville police release the Breonna Taylor incident report. It's virtually blank — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly three months after Louisville Metro Police officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her South End apartment, the department has released the incident report from that night.
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The Hill
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
The Protests Come for ‘Paw Patrol’ — A backlash is mounting against depictions of “good cops,” on television and in the street. — It was only a matter of time before the protests came for “Paw Patrol.” — “Paw Patrol” is a children's cartoon about a squad of canine helpers.