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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.
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New York Times, Fox News, IJR, The American Spectator and Althouse
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,” …
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Trump Defenders Tie Themselves in Knots Over Bolton Book
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Washington Post, The Root and MinnPost
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
John Bolton's book is full of startling revelations he should have told us sooner
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The Guardian, Outside the Beltway, The Mahablog and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Dems weigh new push for Bolton testimony
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Washington Post, NBC News, The Guardian and Breitbart
Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
What we learned from John Bolton's eye-popping tale of working with Trump
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Townhall, Washington Post and KEYT-TV
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices reject end to protections for young immigrants — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.
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Fox News, Politico, Washington Post, ABC News, The Hill, Axios, Breitbart and The Daily Beast
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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.”
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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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The Guardian, Phoenix New Times, KEYT-TV, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
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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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New York Times, The Hill, Slate, The Wrap, The Guardian and CNBC, more at Mediagazer »
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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
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez …, Axios and House Foreign Affairs …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Trump's New Foreign Broadcasting CEO Fires News Chiefs, Raising Fears Of Meddling
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The Hill
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.
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Mother Jones and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
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
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 …
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Just The News, Breitbart, Newsbusters, Reason and Twitchy
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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 …
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Redstate, New York Times, Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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 …
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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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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Redstate, WXIA-TV, New York Post, Portland Mercury, The Root, Daily Kos and Althouse
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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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New York Times, Mediaite, Pajiba and Washington Post
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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 …
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 …
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Axios, Raw Story and The Texas Tribune
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 …
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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.
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ABC News, Vox and POLITICUSUSA
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump mounts campaign for more debates against Biden — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign has tapped former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to spearhead a campaign to press for more debates this fall, starting earlier than usual and to have a say in choosing the moderators.
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 …
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Raw Story
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.
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.
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Associated Press and The Daily Caller
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 …
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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.
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Gallup
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 …
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 …
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