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Associated Press:
Biden's VP list narrows: Warren, Harris, Susan Rice, others — WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention.
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
HHS News Releases:
HHS Finalizes Rule on Section 1557 Protecting Civil Rights in Healthcare, Restoring the Rule of Law, and Relieving Americans of Billions in Excessive Costs — Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
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Human Rights Campaign, Breitbart, The Guardian, Vox, New York Post, UPI, Axios and The Leadership Conference …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration — The Trump administration Friday finalized a rule that would remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people when it comes to health care and health insurance. — “HHS respects the dignity of every human being …
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The Daily Dot, Queerty and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Devan Cole / CNN:
Trump administration rolls back Obama-era transgender health care protections
Trump administration rolls back Obama-era transgender health care protections
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POLITICUSUSA
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump finalizes rollback of LGBTQ patient protections
Trump finalizes rollback of LGBTQ patient protections
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Chicago Sun-Times
Matt Taibbi / Reporting:
The American Press Is Destroying Itself — A flurry of newsroom revolts has transformed the American press — Sometimes it seems life can't get any worse in this country. Already in terror of a pandemic, Americans have lately been bombarded with images of grotesque state-sponsored violence …
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New York Times and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
‘Trump thought I was a secretary’: Fiona Hill on the president, Putin and populism — She was the White House's top Russia expert catapulted to fame by Trump's impeachment. She reflects on her journey from County Durham to Washington — In the last days before Washington was locked down …
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Raw Story and Financial Times
Politico:
Bolton rips Trump: ‘Getting reelected was the only thing that mattered’ — President Donald Trump repeatedly endangered national security — and committed a series of potentially impeachable offenses — to boost his reelection prospects, former national security adviser John Bolton argues in a forthcoming White House memoir.
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Washington Post, New York Post, The Hill, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite and Raw Story
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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.
Melania Trump was in no rush to move into the White House. That's when she renegotiated her prenup, a new book says.
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New York Times, Fox News, NBC News, Digby's Hullabaloo, Queerty, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Sputnik News, CNN, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian and POLITICUSUSA
Axios:
John Bolton's forthcoming book includes multiple allegations about Trump misconduct in office
John Bolton's forthcoming book includes multiple allegations about Trump misconduct in office
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New Book Releases …, Mediaite, Raw Story, ABC News, Damian J. Penny, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA, Pajiba, Contemptor and The Hill
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
East Wing rips book saying Melania Trump renegotiated prenup before moving to White House
East Wing rips book saying Melania Trump renegotiated prenup before moving to White House
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The Daily Caller
USA Today:
Fired Florida scientist builds coronavirus site showing far more cases than state reports — PALM BEACH, Fla. - Florida's former top coronavirus data scientist has launched a website showing far more COVID-19 information than she said the state allowed her to report as an employee …
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New York Times:
New York Voters Can Send Some Promising New Faces to Congress — Here are our endorsements in the congressional primaries. In-person voting begins June 13. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump's Actions Rattle the Military World: 'I Can't Support the Man' — The president's threat to use troops against largely peaceful protesters, as well as other attempts to politicize the military, have unsettled a number of current and former members and their families.
Erin Ailworth / Wall Street Journal:
Texas Prosecutor Says Officer Who Arrested George Floyd Likely Lied in 2004 Case — Minor drug offenses like Mr. Floyd's aren't cases ‘that we would accept for charges under my administration,’ Harris County district attorney says — Houston's top prosecutor has concluded …
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Gabriella Borter / Reuters:
Minneapolis City Council resolves to replace police with community-led model
Minneapolis City Council resolves to replace police with community-led model
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The Daily Caller, The Stranger, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, The Federalist and The Sun
Mariame Kaba / New York Times:
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police — Because reform won't happen. — Ms. Kaba is an organizer against criminalization. — Congressional Democrats want to make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct; Joe Biden wants to give police departments $300 million.
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Politico, The Guardian, ABC News and Business Insider
NBC News:
White House divide on Floyd response, as some push Trump for tougher tactics — WASHINGTON — With less than five months before voters head to the polls, President Trump finds himself in an uncertain position: caught between advisers urging him to calm a country in the grips of a pandemic …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Michael Flynn Writes Column Confirming He Is Definitely Insane — For several years, the national-security community has been wondering what the hell happened to Michael Flynn. Once a well-regarded director of national intelligence for the Obama administration, Flynn appeared, according to his critics, to snap.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The Western Journal and The Gateway Pundit
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump says he'll leave office peacefully if he loses in November — President Donald Trump sought to brush aside fears he might not leave office willingly if November's election doesn't go his way. — “Certainly, if I don't win, I don't win,” he told Fox News' Harris Faulkner in an interview that aired Friday.
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Breitbart and Comedy Central
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump says he'll ‘go on and do other things’ if he loses in November
Trump says he'll ‘go on and do other things’ if he loses in November
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The Hill
KJRH:
THD urges caution on gatherings as COVID-19 cases reach record daily high — TULSA — The Tulsa Health Department is urging caution on gatherings to Tulsa County residents as COVID-19 cases reach record daily high. — The Tulsa Health Department (THD) says Friday reports showed …
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CBS News and The Daily Caller
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Goes After George Floyd Protesters and Lincoln's ‘Questionable’ Legacy in Bizarre Fox News Interview — The president of the United States demonstrated how little the past two weeks have changed him during a new interview with Fox host Harris Faulkner.
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Is There Still Room for Debate? — In the last couple of weeks, as the purges of alleged racists have intensified in every sphere, and as so many corporations, associations, and all manner of civic institutions have openly pledged allegiance to anti-racism, with all the workshops, books …
CBS News:
Pence says he didn't accompany Trump to St. John's Church “out of an abundance of caution” — Vice President Mike Pence didn't join President Trump for the walk to St. John's Church “out of an abundance of caution,” he told CBS News Radio in an interview Friday.
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The Hill, Political Wire and the way of improvement …
CNN:
Top Pentagon policy nominee has a history of Islamophobic and offensive comments — (CNN)The White House's nominee for a top position at the Pentagon has a history of making Islamophobic and inflammatory remarks against prominent Democratic politicians, including falsely calling former President Barack Obama a Muslim.
Shivali Best / mirror:
Conspiracy theorists claim Mayan calendar was wrong and ‘world will end on June 21’ — Conspiracy theorists claim that the Mayan doomsday calendar was wrong, and that the world will now end on June 21 2020 — From the coronavirus pandemic to an influx of terrifying murder hornets …
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden picks a fight with Trump over the Confederacy — Joe Biden said Friday that he supports scrubbing Confederate leaders' names from all military assets, putting him at odds with President Donald Trump who this week came out in opposition to renaming the 10 military bases named after Confederate soldiers.
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Raw Story, The Atlantic, KEYT-TV and CNN
Rolling Stone:
Lady Antebellum Is Now ‘Lady A.’ But So Is a Blues Singer Who's Used the Name for 20 Years — They're using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time," says the original Lady A, a 61-year-old black singer who's released multiple records under the name
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Voter turnout soared in Georgia despite massive primary day problems — Despite massive problems at the voting booth, Democratic turnout in Georgia's primaries skyrocketed — with three times as many votes cast in the Senate primary as in 2016. — With 91 percent of the vote in as of Friday …
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The Guardian
Naomi O'Leary / The Irish Times:
Face masks highly effective against Covid-19, new evidence suggests — Three separate studies find routine wearing of face masks can curb spread of coronavirus — Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health has said that compliance by the public in relation to use …
PNAS:
Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19 — Article - Figures & SI - Info & Metrics - PDF — Significance — We have elucidated the transmission pathways of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by analyzing the trend and mitigation measures in the three epicenters.
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CNN, fox8.com, Los Angeles Times and Reason
Chelsea Davis / KHNL:
Cult leader among 21 people arrested on Hawaii Island for violating emergency orders — HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A cult leader is among 21 people arrested on the Big Island this week for violating emergency orders. — It's the largest group of quarantine breakers yet.
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New York Post and Fox News
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Loses More Advertisers — Disney, Papa John's, Poshmark and T-Mobile backed away from “Tucker Carlson Tonight” after the host's comments about Black Lives Matter protests. — On Monday's segment of his prime time show, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson cast doubt …
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Cornell Professors Declare “Informed Commentary” Criticizing The Protests As Racism — Yesterday, we discussed the effort to remove one of the country's most distinguished economists from his position because Harald Uhlig, the senior editor of the Journal of Political Economy …
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Fox News
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Prosecutors Move To Drop Their Own Case After Evidence Issue. The Judge Wants Answers — Prosecutors wove a simple narrative: The man in their sights had engaged in shady dealings involving a foreign adversary. But the case fell into disarray after allegations the government had cheated …
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
‘Fawlty Towers’ Episode to Be Reinstated After John Cleese Attacks its Removal — UPDATED: An episode of sitcom “Fawlty Towers” removed from a streaming site for containing “racial slurs” is to be reinstated. John Cleese had attacked the decision to remove the episode as “stupid,” …
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The Spectator Australia, The Age and Breitbart
Douglas Brinkley / New York Times:
Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind — In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.” — A few years ago, sitting beneath shade trees in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., I had a two-hour discussion …
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Variety and Rolling Stone
Associated Press:
Some states hit pause, others press on amid spike in virus — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Utah and Oregon put any further reopening of their economies on hold amid a spike in coronavirus cases, but there was no turning back Friday in such states as Texas, Arkansas and Arizona despite flashing warning signs there, too.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's reckless endangerment problem — NO VACCINE! I BELIEVE IN CHLOROQUINE!" Aside from recognizing that President Trump and virtually an entire political party are every bit as cuckoo as this lady, it got me thinking about how cynical Trump and the GOP are when it comes to public health …
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
London Breed pushes San Francisco reforms: Police no longer will respond to noncriminal calls — San Francisco police officers will be replaced with trained, unarmed professionals to respond to calls for help on noncriminal matters involving mental health, the homeless …
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KEYT-TV, Fox News and sfmayor.org
Alana Mastrangelo / Breitbart:
Social Media Influencers Wear Blackface to ‘Show Solidarity’ With Black Lives Matter — Social media “influencers” are now wearing blackface in an attempt to “show solidarity” with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the death of George Floyd, as nationwide protests and riots across the country.
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Dazed
The Daily Beast:
Will Bill Barr Go to Jail When This Is All Done? — In Ep. 16 of The New Abnormal, former DOJ prosecutor Glenn Kirschner takes down Bill Barr. Plus, Rick and Molly chat election predictions, Confederate flag truthers and more. — Attorney General Bill Barr was in on Trump's scheme to bribe and lean on Ukraine's president.
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Raw Story
Raga Justin / The Texas Tribune:
UT-Austin football players demand school rename buildings named after racist figures, donate to Black Lives Matter — Athletes say they will forego participating in recruiting and donor-related events if campus and athletic leadership fail to implement their demands, which are aimed at supporting students of color.