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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden opens 13-point advantage as Trump popularity drops to seven-month low: Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has opened up a 13-point lead over President Donald Trump - the widest margin this year - according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll …
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Malachi Barrett / MLive.com:
Michigan pollster: Trump's Bible photo op caused immediate drop in support — President Donald Trump's support among Michigan voters took a sharp dive in polls taken immediately after protesters were forcefully removed so Trump could have his photo taken holding a Bible outside a historic church.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump has a point about the polls — As President Donald Trump tumbles in the polls and falls further behind Joe Biden, his campaign has returned to a familiar refrain: The polls are underestimating Trump's appeal again. — They have a point. — Pollsters aren't deliberately skewing …
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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 …
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The Daily Beast:
Fauci: No Need for a Second Lockdown for COVID-19 — The infectious-diseases specialist doesn't think we'll have another New York City. But he's nervous about re-openings and said he personally wouldn't go to Trump's rallies. — With top officials in the Trump White House declaring …
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Of course not’: Fauci says he personally wouldn't attend Trump's Tulsa rally, citing coronavirus
‘Of course not’: Fauci says he personally wouldn't attend Trump's Tulsa rally, citing coronavirus
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Mayor GT Bynum, Tulsa World and The Hill
Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Aunt Jemima brand to change name, remove image that Quaker says is ‘based on a racial stereotype’ — The Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will get a new name and image, Quaker Oats announced Wednesday, saying the company recognizes that “Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype.”
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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
The Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist past, will be retired
The Aunt Jemima brand, acknowledging its racist past, will be retired
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Axios:
Scoop: Republican operatives launch pro-Biden super PAC — A group of prominent Republican operatives that includes former officials from the Trump and George W. Bush administrations are launching a super PAC to turn out GOP voters for Joe Biden in November, organizers tell Axios.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
New ad by anti-Trump GOP group uses clip of president's slow walk at West Point
New ad by anti-Trump GOP group uses clip of president's slow walk at West Point
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USA Today:
Mark Zuckerberg: Historic Facebook campaign will boost voter registration, turnout and voices — The 2020 election is going to be unlike any other. It was already going to be a heated campaign, and that was before the pandemic — and before the killing of George Floyd and so many others forced us yet again …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Now You Can Opt Out of Seeing Political Ads on Facebook
Now You Can Opt Out of Seeing Political Ads on Facebook
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Montgomery City Council votes down mask ordinance, sends doctors out in disgust — Jackson Hospital pulmonologist William Saliski cleared his throat as he started describing the dire situation created by the coronavirus pandemic in Montgomery to its City Council before they voted on a mandatory mask ordinance.
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.
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
An officer was gunned down. The killer was a ‘Boogaloo Boy’ using nearby peaceful protests as cover, feds say. — As protests gripped Oakland on May 29, a white van pulled up outside a federal courthouse. A door slid open, and a man peppered the two security officers outside with bullets, killing one and injuring the other.
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Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Tucker Carlson Is Most-Watched Host In Cable News For Last Week — With an average total audience of four million viewers, Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson finished the week of June 8 through June 14 as the most-watched host in all of cable news, despite the decision by some advertisers …
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Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
Texas Governor Says ‘No Reason Today To Be Alarmed’ As Coronavirus Cases Set Record — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday the state's highest-ever number of new COVID-19 cases: 2,622. — He also reported a second record high: 2,518 people hospitalized with the virus in Texas, up from 2,326 a day earlier.
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Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
Florida, Arizona and Texas report record number of daily Covid-19 cases this week — 16 friends get virus after night out. Hear their warning. — (CNN)Loosening restrictions and increasing public gatherings may make it seem as though the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is over …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump scrambles to suppress inconvenient information with Bolton book and coronavirus
Trump scrambles to suppress inconvenient information with Bolton book and coronavirus
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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.
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Jon Jankowski / WKMG:
260 workers test positive for COVID-19 at Orlando International Airport — 2,993 people have died from COVID-19 in the state — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Ron DeSantis said 260 workers at the Orlando International Airport have tested positive for the coronavirus after nearly 500 employees were tested.
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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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Josh Christenson / Washington Free Beacon:
Nebraska Dem Refuses to Bow Out of Senate Race Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal
Nebraska Dem Refuses to Bow Out of Senate Race Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal
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Omaha World-Herald and NBC News
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Pelosi asks House committees to require masks, setting up clash with GOP holdouts — Masks have become the norm inside the House of Representatives, where some politicians now embrace the novel coronavirus precaution with colorful odes to their home districts.
CNN:
GOP senator: Proposal to remove Confederate names from military bases ‘picks on South unfairly’ — (CNN)A Senate amendment to remove the names of Confederate leaders on military property “picks on the South unfairly,” a GOP senator said Tuesday, the latest sign that President Donald Trump's opposition …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump turns to establishment players to offset his renegade instincts — Nearly two years after boasting that his gut tells him “more sometimes than anybody else's brain,” President Donald Trump is ditching his go-it-alone approach — hoping the instincts and experiences of seasoned Republican players …
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Associated Press:
Beijing's new outbreak raises fears for rest of the world — BEIJING (AP) — China raised its emergency warning to its second highest level and canceled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital — a sharp pullback for the nation …
Tom Tradup / Townhall:
Chickens Fly the Coop at Voice of America — The unintentionally hysterical Washington Post headline said it all: “Top Voice of America editors resign amid strife with White House.” Post media reporter Paul Farhi apparenty has a different view of “strife” than the generally accepted one found in Funk & Wagnalls.
Wired:
Facebook Groups Are Destroying America — They're built for privacy and community—and that's just what makes them dangerous. — The Covid-19 “infodemic” has laid bare how vulnerable the United States is to disinformation. The country is less than five months away from the 2020 presidential election …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Is Trump Trying to Spread Covid-19? — Does he start each day wondering what expert advice to ignore next? — When the full record of the coronavirus in America is written, historians may argue that President Trump's biggest mistake was not what he failed to do in early 2020 …
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Lafayette Square could decide Trump's legacy — and election — NEW YORK (AP) — Charlottesville. Helsinki. The children in cages at the Mexican border. — And now Lafayette Square. — Only a few legacy-defining moments have clung to President Donald Trump, who often appears …
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Mississippi official: Black people ‘dependent’ since slavery — JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americans “became dependent” during slavery and as a result, have had a harder time …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump Midwest challenges escalate as Iowa goes from sure-bet to swing state — Iowa is back on the map as a top-tier battleground, with President Trump moving to rebuff surging presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden with early television advertising and campaign appearances by Vice President Mike Pence.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘We just need a win’: The left unites to take down Eliot Engel — Desperate for victory after watching the presidential nomination slip through their fingers, progressives have found a new cause to rally around. — Across the country, they're channeling their grief, volunteer muscle …
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New York Times:
How Black N.Y.P.D. Officers Really Feel About the Floyd Protesters — Most officers of color share the protesters' mission to defeat racism, but the unrest has reminded the officers that they are still often seen as the enemy. — Edwin Raymond, a black lieutenant in the Police Department …
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
A Woman And 15 Of Her Friends Have The Coronavirus After One Night Out — They had been “doing everything the right way,” the woman told a local news outlet. “And then the first night we go out, Murphy's Law, I guess.” — Copy … A Florida woman and 15 of her friends …
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Kathleen Miller / Bloomberg:
GOP's Tom Cotton Says Twitter Threatened to Lock Account Over Tweet — Republican Senator Tom Cotton said a “low-level” Twitter Inc. employee called his office several weeks ago and threatened to permanently lock his account unless he deleted a tweet that advocated using the military …
Tom Cotton / Fox News:
Twitter tried to censor me - and they lost — A Jacobin mob of left-wing thought police has risen up across our country. No statue, no movie, no cartoon is immune. Nor any op-ed. The New York Times, after publishing my op-ed about the Insurrection Act, capitulated to a woke mob of its employees.
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DW.COM:
Berlin authorities placed children with pedophiles for 30 years — The ‘Kentler Project’ in West Berlin routinely placed homeless children with pedophile men, assuming they'd make ideal foster parents. A study has found the practice went on for decades. — Starting in the 1970s psychology …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Senate, House set to tackle police reform with comprehensive proposals — Sen. Tim Scott on closing the racial divide in America, outlook for police reform legislation on Capitol Hill — Both chambers of Congress are set to tackle police reform Wednesday, as Senate Republicans prepare …
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Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Harrison Grimwood Tulsa / Tulsa World:
COVID-19: Spike in new cases continues Tuesday, as Oklahoma reports another new high … Tuesday marked the highest single-day total yet in new COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma. — That count came on the heels of successive days in which the deadly disease has far exceeded peaks in April …
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