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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 …
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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New York Post, Politico, New York Times and Vanity Fair
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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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Fox News, JONATHAN TURLEY and The Gateway Pundit
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Charles Love / City Journal:
False Prophets … If you really want to help black America …
False Prophets … If you really want to help black America …
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The Federalist, spiked and Breitbart
John Bowden / The Hill:
Starbucks bans employees from wearing anything in support of Black Lives Matter
Starbucks bans employees from wearing anything in support of Black Lives Matter
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The Sun, Louder With Crowder and New York Post
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Fascists Are After William Jacobson [Updated]
The Fascists Are After William Jacobson [Updated]
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Le\u00b7gal …, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
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 …
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The Bulwark, Blue Virginia and Jacobin
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.
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Daily Kos and Financial Times
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump defiant as cultural change sweeps America — (CNN)The deeper the change sweeping America, the more President Donald Trump digs into positions that even some of his natural allies have recently forsaken. — Defending the memory of Confederate generals, proudly crisscrossing …
Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump was in no rush to move into the White House. That's when she renegotiated her prenup, a new book says. — When Melania Trump stayed behind in New York after her husband's presidential inauguration, she said it was because she didn't want to interrupt their then-10-year-old son Barron's school year.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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 …
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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.
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Washington Monthly, Raw Story, the way of improvement … and Big League Politics
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Republicans across the spectrum slam RNC's decision to keep 2016 platform
Republicans across the spectrum slam RNC's decision to keep 2016 platform
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Vanity Fair
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 …
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 …
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 …
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The Daily Beast, The Sun, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, CSNY and New York Post
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 …
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Raw Story
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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Truthout and Patterico's Pontifications
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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
The Virus Will Win — Americans are pretending that the pandemic is over. It certainly is not. — Contributing writer at The Atlantic — A second wave of the coronavirus is on the way. When it arrives, we will lack the will to deal with it. Despite all the sacrifices of the past months …
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Vows to Boost Nuclear Program, Saying U.S. Diplomacy Failed — In a statement marking the second anniversary of a historic summit meeting between Kim Jong-un and President Trump, the North said its hopes had faded into a “nightmare.” — SEOUL, South Korea …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Raw Story
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.
The National:
Israel annexation: UAE ambassador warns of setbacks in first direct address — Ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba, has written to the Israeli public to lay out the significant impact its government's annexation of the West Bank and Jordan Valley will have regionally
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Bloomberg
Axios:
John Bolton's forthcoming book includes multiple allegations about Trump misconduct in office — In a memoir coming June 23 that the White House has tried to delay, former national security adviser John Bolton will offer multiple revelations about President Trump's conduct in office …
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MyNorthwest.com
Audrey Cleo Yap / Variety:
Dave Chappelle Speaks Out on George Floyd's Death, Blasts Candace Owens in Searing Netflix Special — How Director Lynn Chen and Her Team of Asian American Actor-Artisans Created Indie ‘I Will Make You Mine’ — 'Supergirl's' Nicole Maines Wants to Evolve Trans Roles: ‘Trans Characters Can Be Less Than Perfect’
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 …
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The Post Millennial and Twitchy
Shaun Boyd / CBS Denver:
Corporate Donations To Governor's Office ‘Raises All Sorts Of Red Flags’ — DENVER (CBS4)- A CBS4 investigation has uncovered millions of dollars in donations from corporations and private foundations to the governor's office. The off-the-books donations date back at least 20 years.
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.
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 …
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Black community braces for next threat: Mass evictions — A new tremor is threatening to shake minority communities as protests over racial injustice sweep the country: A wave of evictions as a federal moratorium on kicking people out of their rental units expires.
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Axios
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump is so set on harassing immigrants that his immigration agency needs a bailout — The immigration agency admonishing immigrants to pull themselves up by their bootstraps seems to have destroyed its own boots. — For three years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services …
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GovExec.com
Mike Stone / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump aims to sidestep another arms pact to sell more U.S. drones — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal of allowing U.S. defense contractors to sell more American-made drones to a wide array …
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.
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Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like “Unionize” in Workplace Chat Product — During an internal presentation at Facebook on Wednesday, the company debuted features for Facebook Workplace, an intranet-style chat and office collaboration product similar to Slack.
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New York Times, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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 …
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The Sun