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8:50 PM ET, June 16, 2020

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Adele-Momoko Fraser / NBC News:
Google bans two websites from its ad platform over protest articles  —  Google has banned two far-right websites from its advertising platform after research revealed the tech giant was profiting from articles pushing unsubstantiated claims about the Black Lives Matter protests.
Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
There Isn't a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave’  —  With testing, treatments and vaccine trials ramping up, we are far better off than the media report.  —  In recent days, the media has taken to sounding the alarm bells over a “second wave” of coronavirus infections.  Such panic is overblown.
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Associated Press:
White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House to vote to make Washington DC the 51st state
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Files Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton  —  Suit claims Bolton will compromise national security by publishing book it says contains classified information  —  The U.S. on Tuesday filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against former national security …
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Washington Post:
Justice Department asks court to order Bolton to stop the release of his book
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Trump administration sues Bolton over book dispute
Grant Schulte / Associated Press:
Nebraska Democrats renounce their Senate pick over comments  —  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Democratic Party called on its U.S. Senate nominee to drop out of the race Tuesday after he made sexually repugnant comments about a campaign staffer in a group text with her and other staffers.
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David Badash / Raw Story:
Franklin Graham fumes over SCOTUS ruling: My rights to fire LGBTQ people ‘are the freedoms our nation was founded on’  —  Anti-LGBTQ activist Franklin Graham is furious over Monday's Supreme Court ruling that finds Title Vii of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination …
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Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
Conservative Christians See ‘Seismic Implications’ in Supreme Court Ruling  —  A ruling that protects the rights of gay and transgender workers could impact how conservative groups operate their own institutions.  —  WASHINGTON — For conservative Christian groups, Monday's Supreme Court ruling protecting …
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
SCOTUS decision redefining sexuality will wreak havoc on society
Discussion: Breitbart and BuzzFeed News
Los Angeles Times:
Suspect in killing of 2 Bay Area cops tied to right-wing Boogaloo group, prosecutors allege  —  An Air Force sergeant suspected of killing a Santa Cruz County sheriff's sergeant will be charged, along with a Millbrae man, in the fatal shooting of a federal security officer last month in downtown Oakland, federal officials said Tuesday.
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NBC News:
Alleged ‘Boogaloo’ extremist charged in killing of federal officer during George Floyd protest
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
U.S. Department of Justice:   Two Defendants Charged with Murder and Aiding and Abetting in Slaying of Federal Protective …
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Associated Press:   'It's frustrating': Trump advertising blast has limits
WJXT-TV:
Woman, 15 friends test positive for coronavirus after night out at Lynch's  —  40-year-old health care worker says she regrets not taking precautions  —  JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - Erika Crisp has been short of breath for several days and has tested positive for COVID-19.  —  So have more than a dozen of her friends.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Considers Suing His Niece Over Her Tell-All Book, Saying She Signed an NDA  —  The president has long favored using legal threats to stop people from writing bad books about him.  Going after his own family may be next.  —  This past Sunday, news broke that the president's niece …
CNN:
Buffalo protester Martin Gugino has a fractured skull and cannot walk  —  (CNN)Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester who was pushed by two Buffalo, New York, police officers earlier this month, has a fractured skull and is not able to walk, his lawyer said in a statement provided to CNN on Monday.
Discussion: Gothamist
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
North Carolina Republican calls Black Lives Matter protesters ‘ignorant thugs’ and ‘vermin’ — and says cops should ‘shoot them’  —  According to The Charlotte Observer, North Carolina state Rep. Larry Pittman posted an inflammatory rant against Black Lives Matter protesters on Facebook …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Rich Lowry / National Review:   Selective Social-Distancing Rules Are One of the Great Scams in American Life
New York Times:
Prosecutor in Roger Stone Case Will Testify About Barr's Intervention  —  The prosecutor is one of two Justice Department officials coming forward whom Democrats are calling whistle-blowers.  —  WASHINGTON — Two Justice Department officials have agreed to testify under subpoena …
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Trump's Rally Could Be a ‘Perfect Storm’ for the Virus, Tulsa Officials Fear  —  President Trump will hold his first campaign rally in months on Saturday in Oklahoma, where infections are rising, and officials there are pleading with him to cancel or hold it outdoors.
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Senate Ethics Committee dismisses insider trading complaint against Loeffler  —  The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed complaints with allegations that Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., engaged in “potential insider trading” after reviewing stock trades made on her behalf just before the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senate Ethics Committee drops probe of Loeffler stock trades
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump offers full-throated defense of police in executive action signing  —  Trump considers executive order on police reform  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump takes his first concrete steps on Tuesday to address growing national outcry over police brutality when he signs an executive order creating …
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The White House:
Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
McConnell ‘OK’ with removing Confederate names from bases  —  WASHINGTON - Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he's “OK” with renaming military bases such as Ft. Bragg that are named after Confederate Army officers, declining to side with President Donald Trump and other Republicans opposed to the move.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Politico:
McConnell to keep grip on GOP even if Republicans lose Senate
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org, The Hill and IJR
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Police detain armed militia members after man is shot at Albuquerque protest  —  Protesters in Albuquerque wrapped a chain around the neck of a bronze statue and began tugging, chanting “Tear it down,” shortly before sunset on Monday.  Their efforts to pull down a monument …
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Man Is Shot at Protest Over Statue of New Mexico's Conquistador
Knvul Sheikh / New York Times:
Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over  —  A new study shows how turbulence from a toilet bowl can create a large plume that is potentially infectious to a bathroom's next visitor.  —  Here's one more behavior to be hyper-aware of in order to prevent coronavirus transmission: what you do after you use the toilet.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Fox News
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Push Shake Shack Cop Poisoning Claim Even After NYPD Debunked It  —  The NYPD said a “thorough” investigation found no criminality, but that hasn't stopped several Fox News personalities from continuing to push an anti-cop murder narrative online.
Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed News:
A 17-Year-Old Who Organized A BLM Protest Had A Burning Cross Placed In His Yard, Cops Said  —  The FBI and Virginia police are looking for those responsible.  Under state law, they could face up to five years in prison.  —  Copy  —  Virginia police and federal authorities are investigating …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ask Trump and prime-time Fox News hosts, and rampant looting and violence continues unabated  —  Tucker Carlson engaged his trademarked Serious Facial Expression and looked into the camera last Thursday.  —  “We're about to bring you what has become unfortunately a nightly update on the descent …
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Tucker Carlson Freaks Out Over Right-Wing Poll Showing BLM Is More Popular Than Trump
Discussion: The Daily Beast and LewRockwell
Michelle Roberts / BBC:
Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug  —  A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.  —  The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say.
C. Ryan Barber / LAW.com:
DOJ's Jody Hunt, Head of Key Division Defending Trump in Court, to Step Down  —  “It has been the greatest honor and privilege of my professional career to have served together with you (and many before you) for more than two decades,” Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt wrote in a message to the Justice Department's civil division.
Lila Shapiro / Vulture:
The National Book Critics Circle Has Imploded  —  A week ago, as protesters rallied around the world against systemic racism and police brutality, 12 board members of the National Book Critics Circle, an organization of some 800 critics that gives out a number of annual awards …
ABC News:
Facebook takes down Proud Boys, American Guard accounts connected to protests  —  The Proud Boys and American Guard are identified as hate groups by the SPLC.  —  Facebook executed a takedown Tuesday of social media accounts connected to two organizations the company considers to be hate groups …
 
 
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Nayyera Haq / Washington Post:
If you're not black in America, protesting is the easy part
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump says Obama didn't reform policing. But he did and then the president ditched it.
Discussion: The Root
Teri Kanefield / DemCast:
Chaos in Georgia, Part II
Bloomberg:
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Trump's COVID Data Crunchers See Coronavirus Racing Down America's Major Highways
Discussion: Daily Kos
Erin Schumaker / ABC News:
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