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12:05 PM ET, June 15, 2020

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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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination  —  FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include a new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Root
USA Today:
Supreme Court grants federal job protections to gay, lesbian, transgender workers  —  WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court further advanced the cause of LGBTQ rights Monday, ruling that a landmark civil rights law barring sex discrimination in the workplace applies to gay, lesbian and transgender workers.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules existing civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers  —  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgender status, a major victory for advocates of gay rights — and a surprising one from an increasingly conservative court.
Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:
Supreme Court finds federal law bars LGBT discrimination in workplace
Discussion: Mother Jones
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: The Family Member Who Turned on Trump  —  The president's niece Mary Trump is set to publish a tell-all this summer—and to reveal that she was a primary source for The New York Times' investigation into Trump's taxes.  —  Donald Trump's niece, his deceased brother's daughter …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:   Trump's Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations, Report Says
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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CNN:
Don't be fooled into thinking Republicans are split over Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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.
Discussion: Townhall and Louder With Crowder
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Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:   De Blasio Tells Covid Contract Tracers Not to Ask Positive Cases If They've Attended BLM Protests
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus  —  The Food and Drug Administration on Monday withdrew controversial emergency use authorizations for two controversial coronavirus treatments promoted by President Donald Trump despite concerns about their safety and effectiveness.
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
White House pressure for a vaccine raises risk the U.S. will approve one that doesn't work
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Newsrooms Are in Revolt.  The Bosses Are in Their Country Houses.  —  Those who can afford it left the city, shining a spotlight on class divisions in the media.  —  EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Real estate out here is too expensive for a working person, so the East Hampton Golf Club usually provides shared houses for its caddies.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington's Rank and File  —  Efforts to block research on climate change don't just come from the Trump political appointees on top.  Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them.  —  WASHINGTON — Efforts …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's showmanship is now backfiring on him  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's showmanship — a key ingredient in his unorthodox reality show-style approach to the presidency — is beginning to fail him, increasingly emphasizing his disconnect with many Americans and struggles to manage crises besieging the White House.
James A. Gagliano / Washington Examiner:
The police shooting of Rayshard Brooks was tragic, but justifiable  —  On Friday night in Atlanta, we witnessed an all-too-familiar scene in the age of viral video.  A bystander used a cellphone to capture video of two cops engaged in a violent struggle on the ground with a noncompliant suspect.
Discussion: KEYT-TV, The Trace and CBS News
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide
Discussion: Associated Press
Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
International court v. Trump: A case of politics, not justice  —  While he is in a pitched battle with the memoir John Bolton plans to publish next week, President Trump is fully on board with his former national security adviser's hostility toward the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Perhaps The Best Campaign Ad Ever  —  I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University.  I use this blog to keep in touch with my current and former students.  Teachers and students at other schools, as well as others interested in economic issues, are welcome to use this resource.
Associated Press:
American sentenced to 16 years in Russia on spying charges  —  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday sentenced an American businessman to 16 years in prison on spying charges, a sentence that he and his brother rejected as being political.  —  The Moscow City Court read out the conviction …
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Bezos agrees to testify before Congress on Amazon's competitive practices  —  House Judiciary Committee leaders in May threatened to subpoena the CEO's testimony on Amazon's treatment of third-party vendors.  —  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.  Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Amazon
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Everyone Does Better When the President's a Democrat  —  The numbers don't lie.  The question is why every Democrat isn't talking about this all the time.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Our two political parties have certain identities that are seared into our collective public brain.
Discussion: Raw Story
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, On George Floyd, Kneeling During the National Anthem, and Systemic Racism  —  Secretary Ben Carson joined me this morning:  —  06-15hhs-carson  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I'm joined by Secretary Ben Carson.  He helms the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Bloomberg:
‘Black Lives Matter’ Banner Removed at U.S. Embassy in Seoul  — Trump and Pompeo were both displeased by the display  — U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris said banner honors U.S. diversity  —  A large “Black Lives Matter” banner draped on the front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul was removed …
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 …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Why Trump Is Right To Worry About That Glass of Water  —  What to call it—"Photo-oops"?  “Glass of Watergate?”  —  Whatever the label, when the videos appeared on Saturday of President Trump shuffling down that ramp at West Point, a general walking attentively by his side …
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
The Postal Service Is Steadily Getting Worse — Can It Handle a National Mail-In Election?  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Two weeks after the polls closed in this year's Ohio primary …
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Republicans are Planning a Bigger, Much More Aggressive, Much Better-Funded Voter Suppression Program in 2020  —  Imagine having $20 million and using it to oppose voting rights.  That is what the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Trump campaign announced they will do in response …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Democrats set new primary turnout record, outpacing GOP voters  —  Democrats set a new turnout record for primary voting in last week's Georgia vote, soaring past 1 million voters to outpace Republicans during an election plagued by significant obstacles at polling sites.
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
2020 Watch: Will Trump's return to campaign trail backfire?  —  MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — Presidential politics move fast.  What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:  —  Days to next set of primaries (New York and Kentucky): 8  —  Days to general election: 141  —  ___
 
 
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Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
Fund the police  —  The single most ridiculous and irresponsible …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Putin Says U.S. Is in ‘Deep Internal Crisis’
Robert Knight / Washington Times:
The liberal media's deadly art of racial hatred and keeping America divided
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump's birthday marks RNC, Trump campaign's single best online fundraising day ever
1100 Pennsylvania:
Trump Store selling $20 American flag-themed face masks
Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
Families Challenge Suicide in Deaths of Black Men Found Hanging From Trees
Discussion: The Takeaway and NPR
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Clyburn, Schiff endorse Eliot Engel ahead of competitive primary
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
How 2 Lives Collided in Central Park, Rattling the Nation
Discussion: Althouse
Jessica Jerreat / Voice of America:
CDC Media Guidance Blacklists VOA Interview Requests
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Trump vs. Biden and our yearning for ‘normalcy’
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Greenwood, 1921: One of the worst race massacres in American history
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's loyalty enforcer steamrolls Cabinet officials in campaign to reshape top agencies
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Democrats preferred in three congressional districts, two by double digits
George Conway / Washington Post:
John Bolton made a tragic mistake. It's not the one you might think.
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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