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11:15 AM ET, June 14, 2020

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Associated Press:
Trump rally called ‘dangerous move’ in age of coronavirus  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After months away from the campaign trail, President Donald Trump plans to rally his supporters this coming Saturday for the first time since most of the country was shuttered by the coronavirus.
Discussion: NBC News
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Tulsa World:
Tulsa Health Department director ‘wishes’ Trump rally would be postponed as local COVID cases surge  —  Expressing concerns about COVID-19's increasing spread, the Tulsa City-County Health Department's director said he wishes the campaign rally for President Donald Trump at the BOK Center on June 20 would be pushed back to a later date.
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USA Today:
Rayshard Brooks death: Atlanta police officer fired; police chief steps down
Discussion: Politico and TheGrio
Georgia Bureau of Investigation:
GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Atlanta
TMZ.com:
Atlanta Police Fatally Shoot Black Man in the Back at Wendy's, New Video Released
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
detroitnews:
Trump supporters burn Michigan absentee ballot applications  —  Walker, Mich. — People burned letters informing them that they can vote by absentee ballot in future elections during a protest near Grand Rapids.  —  The applications were burned Friday during an event called Operation Incinerator outside the DeltaPlex Arena in Walker.
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, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump tries to explain his slow and unsteady walk down a ramp at West Point  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump late Saturday tried to explain his slow and unsteady walk down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which had generated concern and mockery on social media …
Discussion: Breitbart, Slate and The Guardian
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump greeted by silence after telling West Point cadets it's his birthday on Sunday
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Amy Friedenberger / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Challenger Bob Good ousts Rep. Denver Riggleman at 5th District GOP nominating convention  —  CAMPBELL COUNTY — Challenger Bob Good has ousted Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-5th in a rancorous drive-thru convention for the party's nomination.  —  Voting in the all-day convention at a church …
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Rep. Denver Riggleman ousted in Virginia GOP convention  —  Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), who became a target of conservatives after officiating a same-sex wedding last year, was ousted Saturday by GOP voters in a drive-thru district convention.  —  Convention-goers picked Bob Good …
New York Times:
Coronavirus Cases Spike Across Sun Belt as Economy Lurches into Motion  —  Arizona, Texas and Florida are reporting their highest case numbers yet.  As of Saturday, coronavirus cases were climbing in 22 states amid reopenings.  —  CHICAGO — The warning has echoed ominously for weeks from epidemiologists …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
It's Trump's Revolution  —  His supporters wanted a bulwark against liberalism.  But his failed presidency is pushing the country to the left.  —  In 1804, the Corsican upstart Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as France's emperor.  His mother, born Letizia Ramolino, did not attend the coronation.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Know His Polls Are Terrible—And Tell Him Otherwise  —  The re-election campaign is increasingly divided between the realist and the wishful thinkers.  —  This past week, Donald Trump's campaign did what one senior aide on the president's 2020 team described to The Daily Beast as the …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
WATCH NOW: Police vehicle strikes protesters in Richmond  —  1 of 33  —  A Richmond police SUV drove up on a curb, through a crowd, striking multiple people who were blocking the vehicle's path during a protest at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue on Saturday night.
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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J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
ABC News executive placed on administrative leave after reports surface of insensitive, racist statements  —  Barbara Fedida, a senior ABC News executive in charge of talent, is on administrative leave after a HuffPost report that detailed an alleged extensive history of making racist remarks …
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
'To Say That She's An Abusive Figure Is An Understatement': At ABC News, Toxicity Thrives
Discussion: nabj.org and Deadline
Haaretz:
Trump Boosts Georgia Candidate Who Peddles Antisemitic, QAnon Conspiracy Theories and Posed With a neo-Nazi  —  ‘A big winner,’ Trump said in a tweet Friday attached to a story on a pro-Trump website reporting on Marjorie Taylor Greene's primary result in Georgia's heavily Republican 14th District
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
An American Spring of Reckoning  —  In death, George Floyd's name has become a metaphor for the stacked inequities of the society that produced them.  —  Consider for a moment how the events of May 25th through June 9th—the days of democratic bedlam in the streets, bracketed by the death …
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.
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Jeffrey Mervis / Science:
Fifty-four scientists have lost their jobs as a result of NIH probe into foreign ties  —  Some 54 scientists have resigned or been fired as a result of an ongoing investigation by the National Institutes of Health into the failure of NIH grantees to disclose financial ties to foreign governments.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-14-20: Dr. Ben Carson, Stacey Abrams, Sen. James Lankford  —  This is a rush transcript of “This Week” airing Sunday, June 14.  —  A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, June 14, 2020 on ABC News is below.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Alexandra Phillips / Telegraph:
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Jack Arnholz / ABC News:
Police should ban chokeholds: Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla.
Discussion: The Hill
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Michael Vasquez / Chronicle of Higher Education:
In Some States This Fall, Masks at Public Colleges Will Be ‘Encouraged’ but Not Required
BBC:
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Washington Post:
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VVNG.com:
Sheriff's Department says foul play not suspected after Black man found hanging in tree near Victorville City Library
Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
Retired NYPD spokesman says ‘we killed Eric Garner’ in emotional post
Discussion: Raw Story
Hotair:
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The Guardian:
Dr Amy Acton resigns amid backlash against Ohio's lockdown after leading coronavirus fight