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11:45 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.
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
NBC News' Attempt to Demonetize The Federalist is Illiberal Insanity  —  NBC News reported today that two sites, ZeroHedge and the Federalist, had been banned from generating revenue through widely-used Google Ads.  A Google spokesperson initially told NBC News that “took action after determining …
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
NBC News under fire for apparently pushing Google to remove conservative sites from ad platform
Discussion: Instapundit
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 …
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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Politico:
Mike Pence's abrupt Covid shift  —  VEEP IN THOUGHT — Since February there has been a rift inside the White House between the scientists and the politicians over how to contain the spread of coronavirus.  Anthony Fauci has been the consistent advocate of a forceful response and an opponent …
Discussion: The Hill, Pajiba and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Fauci: No Need for a Second Lockdown  —  The infectious disease 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 the mission accomplished …
Discussion: Mediaite
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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
montgomeryadvertiser:
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.
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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Tess Owen / VICE:   2 Men Linked to ‘Boogaloo’ Movement Were Just Charged in the Murder of a Federal Officer
NBC News:
Alleged ‘Boogaloo’ extremist charged in killing of federal officer during George Floyd protest
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
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 and The Intercept
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.
Arizona Republic:
‘I am taken aback’: Here's why Arizona's COVID-19 trajectory is concerning  —  From the perspective of Arizona emergency room physician Dr. Murtaza Akhter, the COVID-19 pandemic here could be even worse than the state's numbers are showing.  —  “I am taken aback.
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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Washington Post:
Judge denies Oklahoma residents' bid to block Trump's rally because of coronavirus fears
Discussion: The Hill
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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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
New ad by anti-Trump GOP group uses clip of president's slow walk at West Point  —  EXCLUSIVE: A Republican group that opposes President Trump's reelection is going up with a new ad that spotlights the president slowly walking down a ramp Saturday during his appearance at the U.S. Military Academy's commencement ceremony at West Point.
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
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 …
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, IJR and The Hill
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.
Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Asks Donors to Convention With $1 Million Package  — Top donors get broad access at Jacksonville convention  — Pence scheduled to headline reception before Tulsa rally  —  President Donald Trump's presidential campaign is enticing big-spending donors …
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Associated Press:   'It's frustrating': Trump advertising blast has limits
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
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney Mum on Splash Mountain Outcry  —  Demands to rebrand the classic ride have been gaining traction as its storyline is tied to the disavowed 1946 film ‘Song of the South.’  —  There is a growing call for Disney to rebrand one of its classic rides, which is intertwined with arguably the company's most controversial film.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
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 …
Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson assures his viewers they “are not crazy” for watching his show  —  Carlson: “Millions and millions of Americans agree with you.  You are not crazy.  Your views are not evil”
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 and The Hill
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.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump says Obama didn't reform policing.  But he did and then the president ditched it.  —  President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that his predecessor did not take action on reforming police in America — despite the fact that it was under Trump that several Obama-era reforms were scrapped.
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and The Root
 
 
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon official who questioned Ukraine aid freeze resigns
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