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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules — The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. — The Supreme Court ruled Monday …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court passes up challenges from gun groups on laws they say violate Second Amendment — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up new cases for next term that gun rights groups claimed denied Second Amendment rights. — The court did not accept a batch of nearly a dozen cases …
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USA Today, Mother Jones, Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination
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The Daily Beast, NBC News, Washington Post, Politico, Raw Story, The Federalist, The Hill, Common Dreams, Breitbart, Vanity Fair and The Gateway Pundit
CNBC:
Supreme Court decides not to hear big gun-rights cases, dealing blow to Second Amendment activists
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court turns aside Justice Department, won't hear California sanctuary cities case
Supreme Court turns aside Justice Department, won't hear California sanctuary cities case
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Associated Press
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave — Over the two last weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and others have voiced concerns that packed police brutality protests across the city could trigger a new wave of COVID-19 infections.
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NBC New York:
NYPD Eliminating Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units in Move Toward More Community Policing
NYPD Eliminating Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units in Move Toward More Community Policing
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Townhall
Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
De Blasio's Out Sick With Symptoms Associated With Coronavirus. Why Isn't He Getting Tested?
De Blasio's Out Sick With Symptoms Associated With Coronavirus. Why Isn't He Getting Tested?
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Twitchy
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
How the Game Is Played — It has become almost a little gauche …
How the Game Is Played — It has become almost a little gauche …
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Breitbart
Paul Joseph Watson / Summit News:
De Blasio Orders Gates Welded Shut at Jewish Park While Approving Mass BLM Gatherings
De Blasio Orders Gates Welded Shut at Jewish Park While Approving Mass BLM Gatherings
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and Instapundit
Tulsa World:
Tulsa World editorial: This is the wrong time and Tulsa is the wrong place for the Trump rally — President Donald Trump is coming to town this week for a campaign rally. — It will be his first since such events were suspended earlier this year because of the COVID-19 shutdown.
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Trump rally attendees will have fewer safety measures than high-dollar donors — WASHINGTON — Top Republicans donors at President Donald Trump's two recent fundraisers had to have tested negative for the coronavirus, fill out a wellness questionnaire and pass a temperature check to be near him …
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Axios, Fox News, IJR, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
Trump campaign to give Tulsa rally-goers masks, fever checks
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Redstate
David Siders / Politico:
'We're thinking landslide': Beyond D.C., GOP officials see Trump on glide path to reelection — By most conventional indicators, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming a one-term president. The economy is a wreck, the coronavirus persists, and his poll numbers have deteriorated.
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday withdrew emergency use authorizations for two coronavirus treatments that President Donald Trump promoted despite concerns about their safety and effectiveness.
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
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US Food and Drug …, BuzzFeed News and KEYT-TV
ABC News:
Trump administration expected to attempt to block John Bolton's book: Sources — A lawsuit seeking an injunction could be filed as soon as today, sources say. — Just a week before the much-awaited book by President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton is set to go on sale …
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Axios, The American Independent, Deadline, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Bloomberg, The Guardian and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump's Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations, Report Says
Trump's Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations, Report Says
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Washington Post and Political Wire
Greg Evans / Deadline:
Jon Stewart Says His Biggest ‘Daily Show’ Regret Is Legacy Of “Evisceration Expectation” — Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart says he regrets his show's taking part in what he calls “the evisceration expectation” - inviting political opponents like Bill O'Reilly onto the show and giving in to the …
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David Marchese / New York Times:
Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In
Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In
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Raw Story, Breitbart, The Wrap and Rolling Stone
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
U.S. National Pride Falls to Record Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — American pride has continued its downward trajectory reaching the lowest point in the two decades of Gallup measurement. The new low comes at a time when the U.S. faces public health and economic crises brought …
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Washington Examiner, The Federalist, Axios, Breitbart, The Hill, The Daily Caller and POLITICUSUSA
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
In major victory for California, Supreme Court rejects Trump's challenge to state sanctuary law — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Trump administration's challenge to a California “sanctuary” law, leaving intact rules that prohibit law enforcement officials from aiding federal agents …
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Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and Mother Jones
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden fundraising surged in May — The former vice president's campaign has tripled the number of online donors since February. — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Joe Biden's presidential campaign announced it raised $81 million last month, fueled by his rise in the polls …
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Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
Has The American Left Lost Its Mind? … Matt Taibbi, a journalist whose writing I enjoy and whose recent book Hate Inc. is worth reading, has written a J'accuse essay arguing that “the American left has lost its mind.” As the editor of one of the top five or six magazines of the American Left—okay, maybe top 10?
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Fox News, The Nation and Gabe Schneider, more at Mediagazer »
John McCormack / National Review:
Alito Warns SCOTUS Decision Is a Threat to Religious Liberty — In response to Alito Dissents: This Isn't Textualism — More from Justice Alito's dissent: — Briefs filed by a wide range of religious groups—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—express deep concern that the position now adopted by the Court …
BuzzFeed News:
“The Black Lives Matter Foundation” Raised Millions. It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement. — Employees of Apple, Google, and Microsoft have raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter Foundation thinking it's the international racial justice movement seeking to end police brutality.
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Daily Kos and The Guardian
David Coletto / Abacus Data:
Biden ahead by 14 among registered voters; Trump approval below 40% — With less than 150 days until Americans choose a President for the next four years, Abacus (one of Canada's most accurate polling company in the 2019 federal election) surveyed 1500 Americans on their feelings about the choice coming up …
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POLITICUSUSA
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New questions about Trump's ugly Bible stunt hint at some dark truths — White House image-makers often strive to create iconic moments for presidents, but sometimes history refuses to cooperate. George W. Bush's “Mission Accomplished” speech on an aircraft carrier, for instance …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Touted the Economy's COVID Resilience While His Top Aide Dumped His Stocks — Former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney sold up to $550,000 in securities the same day that his boss declared that the “economy is doing fantastically.” — As the novel coronavirus began to tank the stock market …
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Raw Story
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Rancor Erupts In ‘LA Times’ Newsroom Over Race, Equity And Protest Coverage — The Los Angeles Times' top editor is scrambling to placate journalists of color after years of often-unfulfilled promises by the paper to make grand progress in the diversity of the newsroom's ranks.
Helaine Olen / Washington Post:
Trump has finally lost control of his narrative. Voters are ready to see him canceled. — When it comes to both business and politics, President Trump has repeatedly defied predictions of doom. He has survived multiple business bankruptcies, and he remains in the White House despite a haze of embarrassment and scandal.
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The Monument-Destroying Mobs Don't Hate The Confederacy, They Hate America — The mobs defacing and pulling down monuments across America have no limiting principle because their target is America itself. — Angry mobs are tearing down and defacing monuments across America.
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Twitchy
Julie Shaw / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly city court supervisor fired after video surfaces of him tearing down signs, saying he doesn't care about black lives — A Philadelphia Family Court supervisor was fired from his job Monday after videotape surfaced over the weekend of him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs from a fence …
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Raw Story
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee … Go deeper — By Marisa Fernandez — 2 hours ago - Health — FDA ends emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine — The FDA ended Monday its emergency use authorizations for two controversial drugs …
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Associated Press, The Hill and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Inspectors general warn Congress that Trump administration is blocking scrutiny of bailout programs as uproar over small business disclosure intensifies — In memo, inspectors general say Trump administration memo attempts to shield oversight of how money is being spent
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Mother Jones and Bloomberg