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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. — 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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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Melania Trump Delayed White House Arrival to Negotiate a Better Prenup, Says Report
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POLITICUSUSA and 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 …
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Reuters:
Trump on Juneteenth rally: ‘Think about it as a celebration’ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump defended his decision to resume campaign rallies next week on a day marking the end of U.S. slavery and at the site of a black massacre 100 years ago, saying it would be a celebration.
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POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Grotesque Tulsa Trip — A racist president trolls his enemies with a rally on Juneteenth. — Most people — or, at any rate, most readers of The New York Times — remember Donald Trump's response to the white nationalist riot in Charlottesville, Va., as a particularly low point in a presidency full of them.
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Vanity Fair, The American Independent, NPR and CNN
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Black Tulsans call Trump rally plan ‘a slap in the face’
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Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
How Fox News lost the Black Lives Matter debate — A nation turns its back on Murdoch … Support independent voices — Channeling his deepest white privilege fury, Tucker Carlson opened his Monday night Fox News show with an angry, 25-minute, race-baiting monologue about Black Lives Matter …
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New York Times, The Wrap and Slate
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CNN:
Trump campaign selling ‘Baby Lives Matter’ onesie on website
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The Federalist and Raw Story
John Bowden / The Hill:
Starbucks bans employees from wearing anything in support of Black Lives Matter
Charles Love / City Journal:
False Prophets … If you really want to help black America …
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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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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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New Book Releases …, The Hill, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Pajiba and Mediaite
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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NBC News, Washington Post, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, The Bulwark and Blue Virginia
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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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump might go down in history as the last president of the Confederacy
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Mashable and The Guardian
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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Politico, Raw Story, Task & Purpose, New York Post and New York Times
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Wall Street Journal:
The Second Wave Covid Scare — The numbers are better than the headlines, and reopening is necessary. — By The Editorial Board — Stocks sold off Thursday amid investor worries that a “second wave” of coronavirus infections could cause countries and states that are reopening to lock down again.
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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 …
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Gothamist
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 …
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 …
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The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Politico:
‘They had a huge opportunity’: People of color on Trump's team reckon with a backlash — It's another Charlottesville moment for some aides inside the Trump administration. — President Donald Trump's handling of the nationwide anti-racism protests and the response to George Floyd's killing …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
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’
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The Guardian and UPI
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
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, New York Post and CSNY
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Worse than the limousine liberal: ‘Prius woke-sters’ cheer chaos at personal risk — In 1969, New York mayoral candidate Mario Procaccino went after his rival, the movie-star-good-looking incumbent John Lindsay, by deriding him and his supporters as “limousine liberals” — people who …
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.
Washington Post:
Appeals court appears reluctant to order judge to immediately drop Michael Flynn's conviction — A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday appeared reluctant to order a judge to immediately dismiss the guilty plea of President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn …
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Raw Story
Tom Robbins / New Yorker:
Is Bill de Blasio the Loneliest Man in New York City? — On the evening of May 29th, a New York state senator named Zellnor Myrie, a mild-mannered son of Caribbean immigrants from Flatbush, went to join a protest against police abuse outside the Barclays Center, in downtown Brooklyn.
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.
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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JustOneMinute, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
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
Washington Post:
Live updates: Oregon pauses its reopening plans for one week after coronavirus cases hit new high — 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.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Border officials spent emergency humanitarian funds on dirt bikes, dogs and enforcement programs, according to government report — U.S. Customs and Border Protection used emergency funding meant for migrant families and children to pay for dirt bikes, canine supplies, computer equipment …
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UPI
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
'We're going to have a catastrophe': US faces November election fiasco — The chaotic scenes in Georgia's primary this week could be a foretaste as states fail to take urgent action to secure the vote — The alarm bells have been going off for months, but the election fiasco in Georgia …
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Washington Post
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.
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Fiona Hill: ‘I knew more about what was going on in the Kremlin’ — The Russia expert on her working-class roots, studying Putin — and the turmoil of Trump's White House — Before Fiona Hill even finished addressing Congress in the impeachment investigation into Donald Trump, she had become a global talking point.
Wall Street Journal:
Steven Mnuchin Says White House Considering Second Round of Stimulus Payments — Treasury secretary noted it is premature to speculate on overall size of next relief package — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is weighing getting behind a second round of stimulus payments for Americans …
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The Daily Caller
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The Republican congressman who could get booted for officiating a gay wedding — A small universe of Republican Party activists will drive through the parking lot of a central Virginia church on Saturday to decide the fate of Rep. Denver Riggleman. — A one-term congressman with a libertarian streak …
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Michael Graham / InsideSources:
NHDem Senator: Working-Class Parents Don't Have Intelligence to Oversee Their Kids' Educations — Working-class parents without college degrees aren't capable of overseeing their own children's education, according to comments State Sen. Jeanne Dietsch (D-Peterborough) made during a House Education Committee hearing on Tuesday.
Axios:
Scoop: Biden won't tap Bloomberg agency Hawkfish for campaign — The Biden campaign won't rely on the tech and ad agency with close ties to Mike Bloomberg to run its digital operation in 2020, people familiar with the process tell Axios. — Why it matters: Hawkfish billed itself …
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Los Angeles Times
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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