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7:25 PM ET, June 15, 2020

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Washington Post:
NOAA leaders violated agency's scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds  —  NOAA does not intend to dole out punishments despite evidence of wrongdoing.  —  In a long-awaited report, an investigation conducted on behalf of the National Oceanic …
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by 1 point in tight contest for president  —  Four years after Republican Donald Trump decisively won Iowa and the presidency, the state appears to be a toss-up as he seeks re-election this November, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
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David Coletto / Abacus Data:
Biden ahead by 14 among registered voters; Trump approval below 40%
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump claims Bolton will have “very strong criminal problem” if he publishes book
Discussion: The Hill
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and Deadline
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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US Food and Drug Administration:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Warns of Newly Discovered Potential Drug Interaction …
Discussion: CNBC and GeekWire
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination
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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Ali Watkins / New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Disbands Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings  —  The commissioner is reassigning about 600 officers from anti-crime teams that targeted violent crime and illegal guns.  —  The New York police commissioner announced on Monday that he was disbanding the Police Department's anti-crime units …
Discussion: Axios, Gothamist and Raw Story
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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
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 …
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.
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave  —  Protesters laid down on Flatbush Avenue in honor of George Floyd, May 31, 2020.  Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY  —  Over the two last weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and others …
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
How the Game Is Played  —  It has become almost a little gauche …
Discussion: Anash.org and Breitbart
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Backs Eliot Engel, in Her First House Primary Endorsement of 2020  —  Mr. Engel, a longtime New York representative, is trying to fend off a serious challenge from his left by Jamaal Bowman, who has been endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Discussion: The Hill
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The Intercept:
GOP Money Flowing to Super PAC Backing Rep. Eliot Engel, Documents Show
Discussion: New York Post, Politico and The Hill
CNN:
Voice of America top officials resign as Trump-appointed CEO takes over international network  —  New York (CNN Business)Two top officials at Voice of America resigned on Monday as an appointee of President Trump prepares to take control of the international network and other US federally-funded media operations.
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 …
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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CNBC:   Supreme Court decides not to hear big gun-rights cases, dealing blow to Second Amendment activists
John T Bennett Washington / The Independent:
Trump dismisses uptick in US coronavirus cases and suggests a ‘stop’ to testing  —  President: 'If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any' … Donald Trump is blaming an uptick in coronavirus cases and hospitalisations solely on an increase in testing rather than his push …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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?
Discussion: The Nation, Fox News and Gabe Schneider
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.
Discussion: The Mahablog
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Tech Firms Are Spying on You.  In a Pandemic, Governments Say That's OK.  —  Location-tracking companies were under fire from privacy advocates, but now officials are using them to monitor populations as the economy reopens  —  While an undergraduate at the University of Virginia …
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Arrested for Waving Rainbow Flag, a Gay Egyptian Takes Her Life  —  Charged with “inciting debauchery,” Sarah Hegazi was jailed and tortured.  —  CAIRO — When the openly gay frontman of a hugely popular Lebanese pop group strutted onto the stage of a Cairo summer festival in 2017 …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
The Fed says it is going to start buying individual corporate bonds  — The Federal Reserve said Monday it will start buying individual corporate bonds.  — Previously, the central bank had been buying only ETFs and had said that it would be buying individual issuance on the primary market.
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 …
Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
Protesters pull down Thomas Jefferson statue in front of Portland high school  —  Sunday night protesters tore down a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States who also owned over 600 slaves during his lifetime, outside his namesake high school in Northeast Portland.
 
 
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump to rally for Tuberville in Jeff Sessions' hometown in Senate GOP primary fight
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Charges Former eBay Staff With ‘Cyberstalking Campaign’
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Bloomberg asks court to toss suit from former campaign aides
Discussion: The Hill
Max Cohen / Politico:
Trump confirms he wants to pull thousands of US troops from Germany
Discussion: Associated Press
Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
Golden State Killer suspect agrees to guilty plea in a deal that spares him death penalty
Discussion: KEYT-TV
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs:
Statement of Homeland and National Security Leaders
Julie Shaw / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly city court supervisor fired after video surfaces of him tearing down signs, saying …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Jennifer Carroll Foy / Glamour:
I Was One of the First Black Women to Attend the Virginia Military Institute.  This Is What I Know About Patriotism
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ethics controversy rattles Hickenlooper's Senate bid
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Rancor Erupts In ‘LA Times’ Newsroom Over Race, Equity And Protest Coverage
Peter Martin / Bloomberg:
China Warms to Idea of Four More Years of Trump Presidency
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The Monument-Destroying Mobs Don't Hate The Confederacy, They Hate America
Discussion: Redstate and Twitchy
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington's Rank and File
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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