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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Talks Juneteenth, John Bolton, Economy in WSJ Interview  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said there was some systemic racism in the U.S., said removing Confederate names from military bases would further divide the country and took credit for popularizing Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery.
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Bolton: Trump's not ‘fit for office,’ doesn't have ‘competence to carry out the job’  —  In an ABC interview, Bolton says Trump was singularly focused on reelection.  —  President Donald Trump is not “fit for office” and doesn't have “the competence to carry out the job,” …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
John Bolton's Epic Score-Settling  —  Trump's former national-security adviser writes a scathing account of the President's “stunning ignorance,” incompetence, and corruption.  —  John Bolton was not looking to make friends in the Trump White House when he served as the national-security adviser, nor did he do so.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
The Best People: Here's a List of Everyone President Trump Hired and Then Destroyed on Twitter  —  President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning to call John Bolton, his longest serving national security adviser, a “Wacko,” a “disgruntled boring fool who only wanted to go to war,” …
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News and NBC News
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
John Bolton's book is full of startling revelations he should have told us sooner
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court blocks Trump's bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented ‘Dreamers’  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, a reprieve for nearly 650,000 recipients known as “dreamers.”
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:   Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling  —  Toggle more options  —  President Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, showed up to work Wednesday for the first time after being approved by the U.S. Senate two weeks earlier.
Discussion: The Hill
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
After departure of Voice of America editors, new Trump-appointed overseer fires heads of four sister organizations
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:   Trump global media chief faces GOP backlash over firings
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
A GOP sheriff vowed not to enforce Arizona's coronavirus restrictions.  Now he's tested positive.  —  As the rest of Arizona followed a stay-at-home order imposed by the governor in May, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb proclaimed that the state's attempt to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus was unconstitutional.
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Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
Arizona Sheriff Who Refused to Enforce Lockdown Now Has COVID-19
Discussion: The Hill
Arizona Republic:
Pinal County sheriff says he tested positive for COVID-19 before planned Trump meeting
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Generals Pull Support for Pentagon Nominee Tata Over Offensive Tweets  —  At least three prominent retired general officers dropped their support for President Trump's nominee over inflammatory tweets he made two years ago on Islam, President Obama and Democratic lawmakers
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump campaign runs ads with marking once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners  —  In its online salvo against antifa and “far-left mobs,” President Trump's reelection campaign is displaying a marking once used by the Nazis to designate political prisoners in concentration camps.
Discussion: Mother Jones and 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 …
Los Angeles Times:
Half brother of Palmdale hanging victim Robert Fuller is fatally shot by deputies  —  The half brother of Robert Fuller, a young Black man who was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale last week, was shot dead by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies during a shootout Wednesday afternoon in Kern County …
Discussion: NPR and Raw Story
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CBS News:   Deputies kill half-brother of black man found hanged in park
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Atlanta police call in sick to protest murder charge against officer who shot Rayshard Brooks  —  Hours after the Fulton County district attorney announced felony murder and other charges against the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man …
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Bonchie / Redstate:
Watch: DA Who Charged Felony Murder in Brooks Case Said Tasers Were a ‘Deadly Weapon’ Two Weeks Ago
Discussion: Law Officer and Townhall
Axios:
Trump to use Tulsa as test run for mass crowds ahead of convention  —  President Trump's campaign plans to turn this weekend's Tulsa rally into a massive pro-Trump festival complete with musical acts, and it's flying in high-profile backers and camera crews to show the world the fervency of his supporters.
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Associated Press:   Here's one Republican who's skipping Trump's Tulsa rally: The mayor
Michelle Lee / Washington Post:
Timothy Mellon, top donor to Trump super PAC, used racial stereotypes to describe African Americans in his autobiography  —  The top donor supporting President Trump's reelection and GOP congressional lawmakers is a reclusive heir to the wealthy Mellon family fortune who used racial stereotypes …
Washington Post:
Blackface incident at Post cartoonist's 2018 Halloween party resurfaces amid protests  —  Every year, Tom Toles's Halloween party draws an eclectic mix — journalists and political types from Washington's power elite, but also artists and musicians, everyone from retirees to college kids …
Paul Hammel / Omaha World-Herald:
Ricketts tells local governments they won't get federal COVID-19 money if they require masks  —  LINCOLN — At his regular coronavirus press conferences, Gov. Pete Ricketts makes a point of urging Nebraskans to wear a mask when they go to a store.  —  But when it comes to the state's 93 courthouses …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jessica Taylor / The Cook Political Report:
Montana Senate Moves to Toss Up  —  Montana skyrocketed to competitive status earlier this year when Democrats finally convinced term-limited Gov. Steve Bullock to jump into the race and challenge first-term GOP Sen. Steve Daines.  That decision at the beginning of March came …
Discussion: The Hill
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Our New Polling Averages Show Biden Leads Trump By 9 Points Nationally  —  Today we launched our general election polling averages, nationally and for all states with a sufficient number of polls.  Recent polls show former Vice President Joe Biden with a solid lead over President Trump nationally, and in most swing states.
Discussion: ABC News, Vox and POLITICUSUSA
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump mounts campaign for more debates against Biden  —  The president has tapped Rudy Giuliani to press the Commission on Presidential Debates for major changes.  —  Then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Las Vegas after the third U.S. presidential debate in October 2016.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
George Floyd Changed My Mind  —  I had already been rethinking my conclusions on race and policing.  His death convinced me I'd been wrong.  —  A PORTRAIT OF GEORGE FLOYD IS SEEN DURING A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST ON JUNE 17, 2020 IN THE MANHATTAN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK CITY.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House divisions sow confusion about strategy on stimulus next steps  —  Navarro seeks $2 trillion package, but other administration officials appear scattered on how to proceed.  —  Last Friday, senior White House official Peter Navarro said in a mostly-overlooked television interview …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pelosi orders removal of four portraits of Confederate House speakers from Capitol  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday announced that she has ordered the removal of portraits of four House speakers who served in the Confederacy that are on display at the Capitol.
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Leaked Emails Show De Blasio Staffers Were Trapped In Violent Bronx Protest Crackdown — But Mayor Still Praised Police  —  On the evening of June 4th, a few hundred protesters were marching through the South Bronx when they walked into an ambush.  As heavily-armored NYPD officers on bikes blocked …
Discussion: The Nation
Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar / Associated Press:
Poll: Americans not buying White House spin on coronavirus  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic is “a cause for celebration,” but a new poll finds more than half of Americans calling it fair or poor.
Discussion: Gallup
Ev Williams / The Official Medium Blog:
Colin Kaepernick to Join Medium Board of Directors  —  Today, we announce that civil rights activist and athlete Colin Kaepernick will be joining our Board of Directors.  In addition to the board seat, Medium will partner with Colin and Kaepernick Publishing to create and feature stories focused …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pennsylvania's primary election results are finally in.  Here's what they mean for November.  —  Pennsylvania Democrats showed up.  —  Despite a sleepy presidential race, the coronavirus pandemic and historic protests against systemic racism, more than 1.57 million Democrats voted for president …
 
 
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Lauren Leatherby / New York Times:
Coronavirus Is Hitting Black Business Owners Hardest
Reuters:
Months before election, Trump finds himself at odds with most Americans' views
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Americans Should Never Again Comply With Pandemic Lockdown Orders
Ann Coulter:
YALE HAS TO GO!  —  The Democratic Party is being forced …
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COVID-19 modeling site: Michigan one of three states ‘on track to contain’ virus
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Ella Nilsen / Vox:
The Kentucky Senate primary showcases the 2 theories of how to beat Mitch McConnell
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Adam Wren / Politico:
The Unhappy Liberals Inside Trump's Favorite Network
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Progressive donor group announces $59M vote-by-mail campaign
Discussion: The Hill
Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
The Coming Urban Exodus
Carl Anthony / The Daily Boulder:
Black Teenage Boy Found Hanged Outside Houston Elementary School: Report
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