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9:40 PM ET, June 13, 2020

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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Theresa Greenfield leads Joni Ernst in tight race for U.S. Senate  —  Fresh off a four-way primary race that drew millions in outside spending, Democrat Theresa Greenfield leads Republican Sen. Joni Ernst by 3 percentage points in Iowa's hotly contested U.S. Senate race, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Shaddi Abusaid / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Man shot, killed by Atlanta police in Wendy's drive-thru  —  A 27-year-old man was shot and killed by Atlanta police Friday evening during a struggle in a Wendy's drive-thru line that was captured on cellphone video, the GBI said.  —  At a protest held outside the restaurant on Saturday morning …
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Vanessa McCray / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Atlanta police chief resigns  —  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that police Chief Erika Shields is stepping aside and the city will launch a search for her replacement.  —  Bottoms said Shields offered her resignation, which the mayor accepted.
CNN:
Atlanta police chief steps down after black man shot and killed by an officer  —  (CNN)Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down from her job Saturday less than 24 hours after one of her officers shot and killed a black man.  —  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for the officer who shot the man to be fired.
TMZ.com:
Atlanta Police Fatally Shoot Black Man in the Back at Wendy's, New Video Released  —  2:30 PM PT — The GBI just released the surveillance video.  Unfortunately, the initial attempt to arrest Rayshard and the scuffle happened just off-camera, on the left side of the screen.
Discussion: The Daily Dot and Common Dreams
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Atlanta police chief resigns after black man is shot by police
ABC News:
Man dead after being shot by Atlanta police, GBI investigating
Discussion: Fox News
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News publishes digitally altered and misleading images of Seattle demonstrations  —  New York (CNN Business)Fox News published digitally altered and misleading images on its website's homepage Friday that made a demonstration in Seattle, in which a group of largely peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Fox News removes manipulated images from coverage of Seattle protests  —  Fox News on Friday removed manipulated images that had appeared on its website as part of the conservative outlet's coverage of protests over the killing of George Floyd, which have occasioned peaceful assemblies …
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Fox Runs Monty Python Parody Post From Reddit as Example of ‘Infighting’ at CHAZ Protest Area in Seattle  —  On Friday night, Fox News put on screen an image of a Reddit post that played off a famous Monty Python bit, mistaking it for a genuine message of discontent from among those at the so-called “autonomous zone” in Seattle.
Discussion: The Wrap and The Daily Caller
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
Trump has trouble lifting glass of water and walking down stairs at West Point graduation  —  He's trembling again.  —  President Trump struggled to lift a glass of water Saturday during his speech to U.S. Military Academy graduates at West Point.  —  Trump started to lift the glass …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump greeted by silence after telling West Point cadets it's his birthday on Sunday  —  Midway through his commencement address at West Point, Donald Trump noted that tomorrow is notable for being both the birthday of the U.S. Army and his own — and was greeted with silence by the graduating cadets.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Grace Segers / CBS News:   Trump praises cadets in commencement address at West Point
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Latest Crop of West Point Graduates Includes First Observant Sikh Cadet
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Lafayette Square clash, still reverberating, becomes an iconic episode in Donald Trump's presidency  —  President Trump, besieged by a long season of crisis, wanted to create an iconic moment.  —  Less than one hour after federal authorities forcibly removed peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square …
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Washington Post:
Protesters return to D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza for 16th day of demonstrations
Discussion: The Hill
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
'To Say That She's An Abusive Figure Is An Understatement': At ABC News, Toxicity Thrives  —  Sources say Barbara Fedida, a powerful ABC News executive, has an extensive history of insensitive comments.  She's now been placed on administrative leave while the network investigates.
The Guardian:
Dr Amy Acton resigns amid backlash against Ohio's lockdown after leading coronavirus fight  —  Ohio doctor won widespread praise for her assessments of the pandemic, but also faced lawsuits and protests for pushing for lockdown orders  —  Dr Amy Acton, the health director …
Tampa Bay Times:
St. Pete bars the Galley, Park & Rec and the Avenue Eat + Drink close after employees test positive for COVID-19  —  Management at all three say they won't reopen until all employees have been tested for the coronavirus.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Three downtown bars within a couple of blocks …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Joe Biden is winning female voters by a historic margin  —  CNN poll: Trump sees big drop in approval rating  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in the polls for a lot of different reasons.  One large one is his support from female voters.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
CNN:
These lifelong Republicans may vote for Biden come November  —  Carefree, Arizona (CNN)In this bedroom community north of Phoenix, two gray-haired white residents stand silently at a dusty intersection, holding up homemade signs in the blistering 100-plus-degree heat.
New York Times:
How Black Lives Matter Reached Every Corner of America  —  Before this moment of America's reckoning with race, the warm spring air was already charged.  —  A killer virus had ripped through black communities.  Bullets, too.  —  Ahmaud Arbery.  Breonna Taylor.
Discussion: Gothamist
New York Times:
Biden's Vice-Presidential Search: Who's on the List and Where It Stands  —  The search committee is conducting interviews and seeking private documents, and prospects like Val Demings and Keisha Lance Bottoms are getting a closer look as political currents influence the search.
Discussion: The Hill
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Activists cite tabulation flaw in mail-in ballots in Georgia  —  Faulty software or poorly calibrated vote-tabulation scanners used to count mailed-in ballots in this week's chaotic Georgia primary may have prevented thousands of votes from being counted, election officials and voting integrity activists say.
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
How Melania Trump blocked Ivanka Trump from encroaching on her domain  —  Melania Trump did not even like to be called by her new title at first.  —  “She said, ‘Stop calling me first lady,’ ” recalled one of the people who worked with Melania after the election.
Discussion: The Hill, TheGrio and IJR
Melissa Chan / South China Morning Post:
In Brazil's Amazon, China is buyer, trader, lender and builder  —  With Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on a ‘mission from God’ to settle the Amazon and carve it up for economic gain, Beijing's growing reliance on the country for its soybean supply spells disaster for the region's peoples and its rainforests.
Chris McCrory / WWL-TV:
NOPD strips sergeant of power, investigating social media posts about protesters  —  His alleged social media comments were posted as the U.S. wrestles with institutional racism in law enforcement forces across the country.  —  NEW ORLEANS — An NOPD Sergeant was decommissioned and suspended Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story
Shashank Bengali / Los Angeles Times:
The COVID-19 pandemic is unleashing a tidal wave of plastic waste  —  When he stepped onto a beach on Hong Kong's uninhabited Soko Islands, Gary Stokes was surprised to find — amid the discarded water bottles, shopping bags and usual piles of plastic waste — a new type of garbage washing ashore.
 
 
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Zak Hudak / CBS News:
Pennsylvania's mail-in votes still weren't all tallied after one week — officials fear election “nightmare” in November
Gwynedd Stuart / Los Angeles Magazine:
Mayor Garcetti Walks Back His Endorsement of Beleaguered DA Jackie Lacey
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Tight polls put GOP on edge in Texas
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Hannah Leone / Chicago Tribune:
Joyce Kenner leads Whitney Young, but after George Floyd's killing she faces calls to resign …
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
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Vincent Barone / New York Post:
Three indicted for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at NYPD vehicles, face life in prison
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Howard Stern under fire for past use of blackface, skit with N-word
Discussion: Forbes and Breitbart
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Joel Oliphint / Columbus Alive:
‘We were terrified and confused’: The curious case of the colorful school bus
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
NBC anchor asks Tim Scott to say whether he's a ‘token’
Discussion: Redstate
Peter Keating / Politico:
How JFK Paved the Way for Donald Trump
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
From ‘beautiful letters’ to ‘a dark nightmare’: How Trump's North Korea gamble went bust
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and KCNA Watch