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New York Times:
As Americans Shift on Racism, Trump Digs In  —  With much of the country acknowledging that protesters' frustrations are justified, the president increasingly sounds detached from many voters in the political middle and even some of his allies.  —  WASHINGTON — NASCAR is demanding that its fans …
Discussion: The Bulwark, Blue Virginia and Jacobin
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Washington Post:
Trump pushes fights over racist legacy while much of America moves in a different direction
NBC News:
Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley discussed resigning over role in Trump's church photo op  —  The Pentagon's top general discussed resigning amid criticism over his participation in President Donald Trump's controversial photo op at a Washington church, three defense officials familiar with the matter told NBC News.
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Concerned Members of the Long Gray Line:   A Letter to the West Point Class of 2020, from fellow members of the Long Gray Line
NBC News:
Man charged in deputy ambush scrawled extremist ‘Boogaloo’ phrases in blood  —  Steven Carrillo, accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in Santa Cruz County, California, wrote the words on the hood of a car, prosecutors said  —  Steven Carrillo, a California man who was charged with murder …
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Nate Gartrell / Mercury News:
Suspect in Santa Cruz ambush linked to federal officer killing in Oakland; charged with 19 felonies  —  Suspect was a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force  —  A U.S. Air Force sergeant accused of ambushing Santa Cruz County deputies is also believed to be the gunman who shot a federal officer in Oakland …
Discussion: Gizmodo and ABC7
David Bernstein / Reason:
Cornell Dean Eduardo M. Peñalver on the Jacobson Controversy  —  Earlier today, I wrote about demands that Cornell Law School fire clinical professor William Jacobson, and noted that Jacobson reported that Dean Eduardo M. Peñalver was properly defending his academic freedom.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Starbucks bans employees from wearing anything in support of Black Lives Matter
New York Times:
G.O.P. Platform, Rolled Over From 2016, Condemns the ‘Current President’  —  The party's 2020 platform includes more than three dozen unflattering references to those in power at the White House, after the Republican National Committee chose not to change its language from four years ago.
Discussion: Raw Story and Big League Politics
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Republicans across the spectrum slam RNC's decision to keep 2016 platform
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:   The 2020 RNC Platform Details How Awful the ‘Current President’ Is. It's From 2016.
NBC New York:
‘His Brain Is Injured:’ Lawyer Updates on 75-Year-Old NY Protester Shoved by Police  —  The confrontation during a peaceful protest in Buffalo, New York, last week was captured on video that has since gone viral  —  What to Know  — The 75-year-old man hospitalized after he was pushed …
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Black Tulsans call Trump rally plan ‘a slap in the face’  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Black community and political leaders called on President Donald Trump to at least change the Juneteenth date for a rally kicking off his return to public campaigning, saying Thursday that plans for a rally …
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, NBC News and Breitbart
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump rally attendees must agree not to sue campaign over potential coronavirus exposure  —  Supporters of President Donald Trump will soon be able to attend one of his signature, raucous campaign rallies again after a monthslong hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic — but first …
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Wall Street Journal:
How New York's Coronavirus Response Made the Pandemic Worse  —  The hasty expansion of medical facilities by state, city and hospital leaders led to grave mistakes, a Wall Street Journal investigation found; ‘wartime conditions’  —  New York leaders faced an unanticipated crisis …
Snopes.com:
Trump Fumes as Protesters Stake Out Festive Zone in Seattle  —  The president taunted Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Jenny Durkan about the situation on Twitter and said the city had been taken over by “anarchists.” … SEATTLE (AP) — Following days of violent confrontations with protesters …
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Twitchy
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:   Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best: City Leaders Have Failed, Abandoning Precinct “Was Not My Decision”
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Will Give Convention Speech in Jacksonville, Capping a Dispute Over Safety  —  The move from Charlotte, N.C., where the Republican convention was originally planned, came after the president demanded to hold an event without social distancing rules.  —  WASHINGTON — It's official …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Flynn / The Western Journal:
Exclusive from Gen. Flynn: Forces of Evil Want To Steal Our Freedom in the Dark of Night, But God Stands with Us  —  There are seminal moments in American history that test every fiber of our nation's soul.  —  We are facing one now.  —  Revolutionary forces are causing every American citizen …
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Trump confidantes push him to drop re-election campaign manager Brad Parscale  —  WASHINGTON — Advisers to President Trump are pushing him to dismiss his campaign manager Brad Parscale, arguing he lacks the political instincts to lead the team to a second term in the White House.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Hates Losers, So Why Is He Refighting the Civil War—on the Losing Side?  —  A week of protest, pandemic, and political unrest in the capital.  —  It was a small moment in a week of craziness, but there is nothing like the rage of Donald Trump when a media outlet publishes a poll proclaiming him an almost-certain loser.
Discussion: Financial Times
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Scoop: Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt Are the First Couple of Fox  —  Two of the Murdoch network's staunchest Trump defenders have been quietly in a relationship for months.  —  On a Friday last August, Sean Hannity flew his private helicopter to Trump National Golf Course in Colts Neck …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Kelly Loeffler's Fundraising Committee Takes the Prize for Tone Deafness  —  The Georgia Republican is offering donors and fundraisers benefit packages to support her re-election bid.  —  As Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) proclaims her exoneration from allegations of insider trading …
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans, including a majority of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban …
Twitter:
Disclosing networks of state-linked information operations we've removed  —  Today we are disclosing 32,242 accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations — the only one of its kind in the industry.  The account sets we're publishing to the archive today include three distinct operations …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Is OAN the Leading Edge of Russian Misinformation?  —  In what appears to be a signal of intensifying political warfare ahead of the November election, One America News Network, the Trump-supporting cable channel that has been promoting anti-Biden conspiracies for several months …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's most loyal media ally promised a pro-Trump poll.  It didn't deliver — and then pulled its story.  —  CNN's release of a poll this week showing President Trump trailing former vice president Joe Biden by 14 points nationally clearly rattled the president and his reelection campaign.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
'I feel good.  I'm alive': Two years after diagnosis, Harry Reid says he's cancer free  —  Harry M. Reid has a message for these incredibly bleak times: Keep fighting.  —  Last summer the former Senate majority leader hid from the obvious fact that pancreatic cancer was on the verge of defeating him.
Discussion: Fox Business, The Hill and Axios
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Caught In De Blasio's Curfew, Essential Worker Spends Week In Jail After NYPD Mass Arrests Bronx Protesters  —  It wasn't yet curfew when the cops trapped Devaughnta Williams.  After clocking out at his job as a janitor at a city social services building on Thursday evening …
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police made coffee and popcorn in US Rep. Bobby Rush's office while shopping plaza was being looted, he says  —  Chicago police officers made popcorn and coffee in U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush's office while nearby businesses were being looted, he announced at a stunning news conference alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Joe Biden for President:
MoveFastFixIt  —  #MOVEFASTFIXIT After foreign operatives and rightwing trolls used Facebook to hack the 2016 election, Facebook vowed “never again” and promised to take action.  But with fewer than 5 months until the 2020 election, Facebook seems to be on a crash course to let the same mistakes happen again.
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Goldman Sachs Is Said to Try to Avoid Pleading Guilty in 1MDB Scandal  —  The bank has asked the U.S. to review demands that any settlement include a guilty plea to a felony charge, according to people briefed on the matter.  —  Goldman Sachs is trying to get federal prosecutors to ease …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age  —  David Shor is a 28-year-old political data analyst and social democrat who worked for President Obama's reelection campaign.  On May 28, Shor tweeted out a short summary of a paper by Princeton professor Omar Wasow.
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Biden's war chest swells as donors, many in California, grow increasingly alarmed by Trump  —  It was another in an unrelenting procession of Zoom fundraisers — the script familiar, the donors determined not to be deterred by technical glitches, and the candidate about to go through the motions …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jay Greene / Washington Post:
Microsoft won't sell police its facial-recognition technology, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM  —  SEATTLE — Microsoft has joined the list of tech giants that have decided to limit the use of its facial-recognition systems, announcing that it will not sell the controversial technology …
Thomas Novelly / Post and Courier:
2 SC National Guardsmen found glass baked into pizza they ordered while on DC deployment  —  The soldiers were staying at the Marriott Marquis Hotel during their mission to the nation's capital when they decided to order a pizza from a nearby establishment using Uber Eats …
James Hill / ABC News:
Former Jeffrey Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to keep court records under seal  —  The files may “inappropriately influence potential witnesses,” her lawyer said.  —  Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of deceased sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein …
Omar Wasow / Washington Post:
The protests started out looking like 1968.  They turned into 1964.  —  As in the mid-1960s, peaceful protests drove news coverage and woke up the public  —  While the brutality and injustice of George Floyd's death in police custody have been condemned by liberal and conservative politicians alike …
Dallas Morning News:
Trump snubs Dallas' top law enforcement officials, all black, for talk about policing and race in Dallas  —  The White House defends exclusion of Dallas' police chief, sheriff and DA from a talk on race relations and police ahead of the president's $10M campaign dinner.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Right-wing media says Antifa militants have seized part of Seattle.  Local authorities say otherwise  —  New York (CNN)Armed militant activists with the group Antifa have seized a sizable section of Seattle and are plotting to expand their territory — all as the local police surrender to them and evacuate a local precinct.
Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
Trump administration eases restrictions on killing bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens in Alaska  —  Hunters in Alaska will soon be allowed to use bacon grease and doughnuts to bait brown bears, spotlights to shoot hibernating mother bears and cubs in their dens and motorboats to shoot swimming caribou …
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Federal judge rules ICE can no longer operate in and around New York courthouses
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Townhall
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Declassified Intelligence Community Annex On The Steele Dossier Proves The FBI Misled Trump And Obama
Marcia Brown / American Prospect:
How Ongoing Resistance Is Fueling the End of Policing
New York Times:
Ritchie Torres for Congress in the Bronx
Discussion: The Intercept
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Senate panel approves dozens of subpoenas targeting origins of Russia probe
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Flynn Case: 85 Lies, Contradictions, Oddities, and Unusual Occurrences
CNN:
Nursing homes receive defective equipment as part of Trump administration supply initiative
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 Earlier Items: 
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Refinery29 is reeling from claims of racism and toxic work culture.  Employees say it's even worse behind the scenes
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Brentin Mock / CityLab:
The Voices Behind the Clash at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Immigrants Delayed By The Coronavirus Are Suing To Be Naturalized In Time To Vote In The Presidential Election
Discussion: Axios
Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Ohio GOP state senator fired from ER doctor job after using racist language
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Fired State Department IG Sent Confidential Info to His Personal Email Accounts
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Will black lives from the American South finally matter on the U.S. Senate floor in 2021?
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
Why Is Laurene Powell Jobs Funding Fake News?
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
Final tests of some COVID-19 vaccines to start next month
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

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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

 
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