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10:45 PM ET, June 17, 2020

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John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
The Scandal of Trump's China Policy  —  The president pleaded with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for domestic political help, subordinated national-security issues to his own reelection prospects and ignored Beijing's human-rights abuses  —  U.S. strategy toward the People's Republic of China …
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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
John Bolton's Tone in ‘The Room Where It Happened’ Swings Between Tedious and Slightly Unhinged  —  Pity, for just an infinitesimal moment, John Bolton.  —  There he was last January, commanding an enormous share of the public's attention with news of a forthcoming book that reportedly included an …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump asked China's Xi to help him win reelection, according to Bolton book  —  President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 U.S. election, telling Xi during a summit dinner last year that increased agricultural purchases by Beijing from American farmers would aid …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bolton Says Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions  —  In his new book, John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, describes episodes where the president sought to halt criminal inquiries.  He also says President Trump's loyalists mocked him behind his back.
Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
Federal prosecutors are mulling criminal charges against John Bolton  —  Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to criminally charge John Bolton with disclosing classified information in his upcoming White House memoir, and the Justice Department is expected in coming days to ramp …
Washington Post:
Bolton's new book blows apart one of Trump's biggest reelection arguments  —  Even after impeachment, even after his disastrous mishandling of coronavirus, even after over 19,000 false and misleading claims and thousands of appalling tweets, President Trump still retains the capacity to shock us with the depth of his corruption.
Business Insider:
Trump said it would be ‘cool’ to invade Venezuela because the country is ‘really part of the United States,’ according to John Bolton's new book  —  Foto: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talk to reporters during …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
John Bolton Tells the Truth  —  Even if they don't like him, every Republican and conservative in Washington knows that Bolton doesn't make things up.  What will they do now?  —  Twice over the last few years, I've met with individuals who had recently departed the Trump administration after serving at very senior levels.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Thought Elton John Would Love His Rocket Man Gift to Kim  —  The president was going to personally sign the CD to the North Korean leader.  And, for some reason, he thought Elton John would love the publicity.  —  In the summer of 2018, the president spent an immoderate amount …
Washington Post:
Justice Department seeks emergency order to block publication of Bolton's book  —  The Justice Department on Wednesday night sought an emergency order from a judge blocking the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton's forthcoming White House memoir, escalating a legal battle …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
John Bolton's book is full of startling revelations he should have told us sooner  —  “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord,” reads a famous passage from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans.  John Bolton has provided a secular version of that cosmic payback in his account of Donald Trump's presidency …
CNN:
Anti-Trump Republican group launches new ad attacking President over China policies  —  Bolton claims Trump asked China for re-election help  —  (CNN)A group formed by anti-Trump Republicans is airing a new ad attacking President Donald Trump for getting “rolled” by China and its powerful President Xi Jinping.
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:   ‘He Is a Liar’: Trump Pushes Back on Bolton Book
NBC News:
John Bolton says Trump asked China for re-election help in explosive new book
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
‘I think Putin thinks he can play [Trump] like a fiddle’: Former national security adviser John Bolton …
Discussion: Political Wire
Axios:
John Bolton: Putin thinks he can play Trump “like a fiddle”
Discussion: ABC News, New York Post and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Put Re-Election Prospects Ahead of National Interest, Bolton Alleges
Theodore J. Boutrous Jr / Washington Post:
Why Trump's lawsuit against John Bolton will fail
Discussion: New York Times and The Wrap
New York Times:
Does Trump Want to Fight for a Second Term?  His Self-Sabotage Worries Aides  —  Advisers and allies say the president's repeated acts of self-destruction have significantly damaged his re-election prospects, and yet he appears mostly unable, or unwilling, to curtail them.
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Madeline Charbonneau / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants to Find, Prosecute Person Who Leaked His Trip to the Bunker: NYT  —  LET IT GO  —  President Donald Trump has told advisers he wants to find and prosecute the person who leaked the fact he went to the White House bunker as protests escalated in Washington, D.C. earlier this month …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Impeachment casts shadow over Army officer's promotion  —  An Army officer's promotion is in jeopardy over what some officials fear could be White House retaliation for his role in last year's impeachment inquiry, raising the possibility that President Trump might again intervene in military affairs …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Uncle Ben's rice to change brand as part of parent company's stance against racism
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Corporate Pandering Means Invisibility
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Politico:
House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos  —  The House's highest-ranking Republicans are racing to distance themselves from a leading GOP congressional candidate in Georgia after POLITICO uncovered hours of Facebook videos in which she expresses racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views.
CNN:
‘Wednesday night massacre’ as Trump appointee takes over at global media agency  —  New York (CNN Business)The heads of four organizations overseen by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) were all dismissed Wednesday night — a move likely to heighten concerns that new Trump-appointed CEO Michael Pack means …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Federal media chief Michael Pack installs Trump loyalists to leadership posts, memo says
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
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Wall Street Journal:
NBC Tries to Cancel a Conservative Website  —  The network colluded with a foreign advocacy group that wanted Google to demonetize the Federalist.  —  NBC News attempted this week to use the power of Google to cancel our publication, the Federalist.  The effort failed, but it should serve …
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CBS News:
Oklahoma officials worry about Trump's rally as Tulsa County COVID infections rise to record levels  —  Days before President Trump's first rally in over three months, on June 20 in Tulsa, city officials and politicians are worried, as the number of COVID-19 cases in Tulsa County rise to record levels.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Breitbart
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jsonline:
Wisconsin Elections Commission approves sending 2.7 million absentee ballot request forms to voters  —  MADISON - State election officials signed off Wednesday on a plan to send absentee ballot request forms to most registered voters despite a last-minute push by a Republican lawmaker to halt the effort.
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
'That ‘70s Show’ Star Danny Masterson Charged With Raping Three Women  —  The alleged separate incidents occurred between 2001 and 2003, according to authorities.  —  Daniel Masterson was charged on Wednesday by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office with raping three women.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Cassandra Fairbanks ​Claims Antifa Attacked Her​.  Police Reports and Neighbors Say Otherwise  —  Cassandra Fairbanks and her right-wing media colleagues solicited nearly $25,000 ​in a fundraiser ​benefiting​ Fairbanks after she claimed she was targeted …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Anti-intellectualism at Cornell Law School: Student groups organize boycott of my course  —  “we further urge the administration to critically examine the views of the individuals they intend to employ”  —  I have been chronicling the saga of efforts to get me fired and denounced …
Discussion: Althouse
CNN:
US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine  —  (CNN)The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients.
Discussion: New York Times
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Revolution Comforts the Comfortable  —  The class war in our country isn't a matter of the poor vs. the rich; it's a matter of business class vs. first class, E-Class vs. S-Class.  —  W  —  here the Left goes, squalor follows.  —  The scene in militia-occupied Seattle is entirely familiar …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Financial Problems Plagued Rick Wilson as He Became Never Trump Leader  —  Never Trump leader Rick Wilson's hypocrisy is not limited to now attacking those who support the Confederate flag after previously supporting it himself.  —  As Wilson's personal financial situation turned dire …
 
 
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Chuck Grassley / Washington Post:
Why I'm introducing a bill to help protect inspectors general
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Associated Press:
Boris Johnson's car hit in fender-bender; no injuries
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Susan Davis / NPR:
More Republican Women Than Ever Are Running For Congress: Here's Why
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
‘The Greeks Are Gone from Troy for Sure,’ by Mike Pence
Hannah Fry / Los Angeles Times:
‘They were bent on silencing us’: Groups clash in Orange County over mask requirements
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Susan Collins opposes Trump's pick to the D.C. Circuit
Discussion: Fox News
Sean Collins / Vox:
The systemic racism black Americans face, explained in 9 charts
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
James Vincent / The Verge:
'Hey Siri, I'm getting pulled over' shortcut makes it easy to record police
Discussion: KEYT-TV and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
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HuffPost:
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Wall Street Journal:
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