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3:15 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.
Discussion: Instapundit
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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 …
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Man Is Shot at Protest Over Statue of New Mexico's Conquistador  —  Two statues of Juan de Oñate are being removed after long-simmering tension between Native Americans and Hispanics over Spain's conquest of New Mexico.  —  ALBUQUERQUE — Gunfire broke out during a protest Monday night …
Rich Lowry / National Review:   Selective Social-Distancing Rules Are One of the Great Scams in American Life
Paul Blest / VICE:
A Right-Wing Militia Showed Up at a Statue Protest and a Protester Got Shot
Detroit Free Press:
Second Michigan poll shows Trump even farther behind, with Biden leading by 16 points  —  The damage done to President Donald Trump's standing in Michigan following recent protests outside the White House and in cities across the U.S. may have been even greater than originally believed …
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detroitnews:
Dingell: 'I don't believe these numbers' showing Biden with big lead  —  Lansing — Two top Michigan Democrats urged caution Monday for supporters of Joe Biden, arguing that backers of the former vice president shouldn't become complacent despite favorable polling ahead of the November election.
Discussion: IJR and Fox News
Associated Press:
'It's frustrating': Trump advertising blast has limits  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign manager warned in late spring that his juggernaut political operation — the “Death Star,” he called it — was about to start “pressing FIRE” for the first time.
Walter Shapiro / New Republic:   Trump's Potemkin Reelection Campaign
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
SCOTUS decision redefining sexuality will wreak havoc on society  —  When Anthony Kennedy discovered a right to force states to redefine marriage in the 2015 Obergefell case, he promised that religious liberty would remain untouched.  “The First Amendment ensures that religious organizations …
Discussion: Breitbart and BuzzFeed News
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Michelle Lee / Washington Post:   Texas Democrats ask Supreme Court to expand access to mail voting
Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
SCOTUS's Transgender Ruling Firebombs The Constitution
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
House Democrats subpoena two whistleblowers over allegations of DOJ politicization
Discussion: Associated Press, Fox News and Politico
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump signs executive order on policing amid mounting pressure over lethal incidents
Discussion: Politico and The Root
Mercury News:
Santa Cruz deputy's alleged killer charged with assassinating federal cop in Oakland ambush; authorities link attacks to extremist group that believes civil war looming  —  Steven Carrillo was an active duty sergeant in the U.S. Air Force  —  OAKLAND — Steven Carrillo …
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Los Angeles Times:   Suspect in killing of 2 Bay Area cops tied to right-wing Boogaloo group, prosecutors allege
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Tucker Carlson Freaks Out Over Right-Wing Poll Showing BLM Is More Popular Than Trump  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who's been railing against the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in recent days amid nationwide protests against racist police brutality, had a bad night on Monday.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and LewRockwell
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Ask Trump and Fox News, and rampant looting and violence continues unabated
Washington Post:
Elite CIA unit that developed hacking tools failed to secure its own systems, allowing massive leak, an internal report found  —  The theft of top-secret computer hacking tools from the CIA in 2016 was the result of a workplace culture in which the agency's elite computer hackers …
Politico:
Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown  —  At least four members of Congress have reaped benefits in some way from the half-trillion-dollar small-business loan program they helped create.  —  And no one knows how many more there could be.
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Hoyer sets June 26 date for historic House vote on D.C. statehood bill  —  House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has chosen June 26 to hold the first floor vote in a generation on D.C. statehood, hoping to harness a national reckoning on race and capitalize on widespread outrage …
Discussion: Roll Call and The Hill
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
House to vote on historic D.C. statehood bill next week
Discussion: Associated Press, Fox News and NPR
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
MJ Lee / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren to endorse progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman in primary against NY Rep. Eliot Engel  —  (CNN)Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to endorse Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday, throwing her support in a closely watched Democratic primary race behind a middle school principal …
Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
Poll: Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Spoiler alert: 2020 has been rough on the American psyche.  Folks in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they've been in nearly 50 years.  —  This bold — yet unsurprising …
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.
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump's COVID Data Crunchers See Coronavirus Racing Down America's Major Highways  —  As more people are traveling, the virus is spreading.  And researchers are seeing it follow the paths of our busiest roads.  —  Doctors behind a COVID-modeling study used by the president's coronavirus task force …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
The Russian Disinfo Operation You Never Heard About  —  The campaign known as Secondary Infektion appears to be a distinct effort from the meddling of the IRA and GRU—and it went undetected for years.  —  The Internet Research Agency is infamous for flooding mainstream social media platforms with compelling disinformation campaigns.
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Pence Tells Governors to Repeat Misleading Claim on Outbreaks  —  Cash-starved states are forced to make massive job cuts.  Reopenings for some restaurants and bars are short-lived amid new infections.  —  RIGHT NOW The virus is racing across Africa …
Discussion: HuffPost and Talking Points Memo
Mia Jankowicz / Business Insider:
Fauci said US government held off promoting face masks because it knew shortages were so bad that even doctors couldn't get enough  —  Foto: Carlos Barria/Reuters National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in April 2020.
Discussion: The Hill and Gizmodo
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Netflix's billionaire founder is secretly building a luxury retreat for teachers in rural Colorado  —  Park County hasn't been able to figure out who is behind the 2,100 acres.  We can reveal it's Reed Hastings.  —  Reed Hastings, the billionaire founder of Netflix, is quietly building …
Jon Kamp / Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Nursing, Long-Term-Care Facilities Top 50,000  —  A WSJ analysis shows more than 250,000 infection cases among residents and staffers at long-term-care facilities  —  The U.S. death toll from Covid-19 in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities has topped 50,000 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Disrn
Caroline Spiezio / Reuters:
Did elite David Boies law firm get a pandemic bailout?  It's a secret  —  (Reuters) - When the U.S. government announced a multibillion-dollar bailout of struggling small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, one of the top U.S. law firms sensed an opportunity.
Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100.  Why Did One Cost $2,315?  —  U.S. health care prices are unregulated, opaque and unpredictable.  When Congress required insurers to cover Covid-19 testing, a few providers decided to take advantage.  —  In a one-story brick building in suburban Dallas …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CBS News:
No foul play found after NYPD cops get sick from Shake Shack shake  —  The New York Police Department found no criminality after officers became sick Monday night from shakes they got at a Shake Shack in downtown Manhattan, Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison tweeted early Tuesday.
 
 
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Radio Iowa:
Governor Reynolds will issue order on felon voting rights
Discussion: Des Moines Register and The Hill
New York Times:
As Meat Plants Stayed Open to Feed Americans, Exports to China Surged
Erin Schumaker / ABC News:
Miami pauses reopening as Florida's new coronavirus cases rise
ProPublica:
“Fire Through Dry Grass”: Andrew Cuomo Saw COVID-19's Threat to Nursing Homes.  Then He Risked Adding to It.
Discussion: New York Post and Gothamist
Wall Street Journal:
Black Officers Say Discrimination Abounds, Complicating Reform Efforts
Kate Smith / CBS News:
A fight grows in Mississippi over the state flag's Confederate emblem
Politico:
McConnell vows to stay on as GOP leader even if Republicans lose Senate
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
After Rift Over Protests, N.Y.P.D. Pulls Out of Prosecutors' Offices
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
The Redskins' name is the shameful statue of the NFL. Tear it down.
Discussion: Breitbart
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
When the Coronavirus First Hit, They Wanted to Keep New Yorkers Out. Now, It's Our Turn.
New York Times:
Where the police used tear gas
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Federal Judge Lambasts Amendment to Rename Confederate Bases as “Madness,” Gets Thoroughly Bodied By Clerk
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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