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The Daily Beast:
Trump 'Couldn't Give a Shit' About China Rounding Up Millions of Muslims — John Bolton described a president perfectly fine with concentration camps being built in western China. Administration officials say it's painfully true. — The ugliest claim made by John Bolton …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Make Sure I Win”: John Bolton's Unredacted Book Shows What Trump Was Really Trying to Hide — Trump's own words to Xi Jinping, among others, were so damning and politicized that the government insisted they be removed. — John Bolton's account that Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping …
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
John Bolton insisted on a personal Air Force jet flying him to London for Donald Trump's state visit - and staff called him ‘mean and nasty,’ Trump confidante claims in fightback against aide's book — John Bolton was disliked by his White House staff and demanded his own Air Force jet …
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Wall Street Journal and KEYT-TV
Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Pompeo blasts Bolton's book as ‘spreading a number of lies,’ calls him a ‘traitor’: ‘I was in the room too’
Pompeo blasts Bolton's book as ‘spreading a number of lies,’ calls him a ‘traitor’: ‘I was in the room too’
Washington Post:
Bolton's future as leading Republican hawk may depend on Trump's defeat in November
Bolton's future as leading Republican hawk may depend on Trump's defeat in November
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The Week, Axios and Los Angeles Times
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Seizing the Presidency to Suit His Own Needs
Seizing the Presidency to Suit His Own Needs
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The Daily Beast, ABC News and Bloomberg
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘My biggest risk’: Trump says mail-in voting could cost him reelection — President Donald Trump called mail-in voting the biggest threat to his reelection and said his campaign's multimillion-dollar legal effort to block expanded ballot access could determine whether he wins a second term.
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NBC News, Axios, The Hill and Associated Press
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden widens lead over Trump; Republicans enthusiastic, but fear motivates Dems
Fox News Poll: Biden widens lead over Trump; Republicans enthusiastic, but fear motivates Dems
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New York Times, The Hill, The Week, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Washington Times and Politico
The Hill:
GOP fears Biden's low-key campaign is paying off — Joe Biden hasn't held a press conference in 77 days but Democrats aren't feeling much pressure to put the presumptive nominee front and center at the moment. — Biden has, for the most part, kept a low profile throughout the coronavirus pandemic …
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ABC News:
Democrats aim to undermine Trump's pitch to black voters with Tulsa rally counter-programming
Democrats aim to undermine Trump's pitch to black voters with Tulsa rally counter-programming
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Axios
Dr. Samantha Whiteside / Tulsa World:
I'm a Tulsa emergency physician and conservative, and the Trump rally is a terrible idea
I'm a Tulsa emergency physician and conservative, and the Trump rally is a terrible idea
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump's response to racial tensions in the country — A senior State Department official who has served in the Trump administration since its first day is resigning over President Trump's recent handling of racial tensions across the country …
MSNBC:
Sen. Klobuchar takes herself off Biden's list of possible running mates — Sen. Amy Klobuchar says a woman of color should be the one to serve alongside Joe Biden as vice president, and so she is withdrawing herself from consideration. She talks to Lawrence O'Donnell about her decision.
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NBC News, The Week, Althouse, One America News Network, Fox News, Deadline, New York Post and Breitbart
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter labels Trump video tweet as manipulated media, continuing its crackdown on misinformation — The label marks the fourth time Twitter has added labels to the president's tweets. — Twitter on Thursday evening took the rare step of appending a warning label to one of President Trump's tweets …
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Variety, The Gateway Pundit, Just The News, The Verge, TVNewser, New York Post and The Week
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Twitter labels Trump tweet of “racist baby” as manipulated media
Twitter labels Trump tweet of “racist baby” as manipulated media
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Associated Press, One America News Network, Mediaite and Politico
Brent Lang / Variety:
AMC Theatres Unveils Plans to Reopen During Coronavirus — AMC Theatres, the world's largest exhibitor, has unveiled plans to re-open after coronavirus forced it to close its more than 600 venues in the U.S. for nearly four months. — The company is expected to resume operations in 450 …
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Los Angeles Times, The Daily Dot, New York Times, The Wrap, The Week, Raw Story and WCDC-TV, more at Mediagazer »
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Juneteenth Matters — It was black Americans who delivered on Lincoln's promise of “a new birth of freedom.” — Neither Abraham Lincoln nor the Republican Party freed the slaves. They helped set freedom in motion and eventually codified it into law with the 13th Amendment …
Michael Ruane / Washington Post:
Original ‘Juneteenth’ order found in the National Archives — The handwritten document informed the enslaved in Texas they were free on June 19, 1865 — The National Archives on Thursday located what appears to be the original handwritten “Juneteenth” military order informing thousands …
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Associated Press, Real Clear Politics and The Week
New York Times:
Air Force Investigates Military Planes That Monitored Protesters — The Air Force inspector general is examining whether secretive National Guard surveillance aircraft improperly monitored demonstrators in Washington and Minneapolis. — WASHINGTON — The Air Force inspector general …
Tim Mak / NPR:
Whistleblower: TSA Failed To Protect Staff, Endangered Passengers During Pandemic — Audio will be available later today. — The Transportation Security Administration withheld N-95 masks from staff and exhibited “gross mismanagement” in its response to the Coronavirus crisis …
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
SEC to Mississippi: Change Confederate-themed flag or risk losing college sports events — The NCAA's Southeastern Conference commissioner warned that Mississippi could lose SEC championship games if it doesn't alter the state flag.. — The NCAA's Southeastern Conference on Thursday told …
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The Daily Caller and ProFootballTalk
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Juan Williams Leaves Fox News Co-Hosts Speechless With Powerful Black Lives Matter Defense — “The Five” hosts had nothing to say after Williams condemned them for “demonizing” BLM protesters while giving violent white supremacists a pass. — As one of the very few left-leaning personalities still left …
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Sorry, Junior, but He'll Never Love You Like He Loves Ivanka — Watching Donald Trump Jr. interview Donald Trump Sr. was crazy, and f*cked up, but mostly it was sad. — BEAST INSIDE — It was billed as the Triggered Father's Day Special and at 8 PM on Thursday, the president's namesake …
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Raw Story
CNN:
Retired generals pull support for Trump nominee after offensive tweets uncovered by CNN — (CNN)At least two retired Army generals have pulled their support for President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the Pentagon's policy shop after CNN's KFile reported last week that he has a history …
Discussion:
Foreign Policy and Wall Street Journal
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook takes down Trump ads ‘for violating our policy against organized hate’ — New York (CNN Business)Facebook (FB) on Thursday said it had taken action against ads run by President Trump's re-election campaign for breaching its policies on hate. The ads, which attacked …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Facebook Removes Trump Ads Displaying Symbol Used by Nazis
Facebook Removes Trump Ads Displaying Symbol Used by Nazis
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Raw Story, Vanity Fair, The Western Journal, Vox, Summit News, Al Jazeera, Slate, Gizmodo, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Martha S. Jones / New York Times:
Ida, Maya, Rosa, Harriet: The Power in Our Names — Ayanna Pressley and Harriet Tubman both used naming in a way to evoke power. — “SoJo,” the cat of Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, is a celebrity in her own right. SoJo is a minor Twitter influencer …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's tailspinning presidency is in turmoil — even by his own standards — Washington (CNN)If he was any other President, at any other time, Donald Trump's reelection hopes would probably already be doomed. — Trump has endured one of the most disastrous political streaks of any modern commander …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
New 2020 Electoral College Ratings — With just under five months until the election, President Trump is a severe underdog for re-election. Polls show that voters do not trust him to handle the two most pressing issues of the day — the coronavirus pandemic and race relations — which has helped drive his job approval to 41 percent.
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National Review and FiveThirtyEight
Richard Tribou / Orlando Sentinel:
In shift, Florida Keys now requiring face masks until June 2021 — Visitors to the Florida Keys will need to bring along face masks or face a $500 civil fine. — In a Wednesday vote, the Monroe County Commission shifted from an earlier stance on face coverings, and now requires everyone including employees …
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New York Post, Monroe County, FL, WGN-TV and The Hill
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Eddie S. Glaude, Jr / New Yorker:
The History That James Baldwin Wanted America To See — For Baldwin, the past had always been bent in service of a lie. Could a true story be told? — On March 16, 1968, James Baldwin walked to the podium at a fund-raiser, at Anaheim's Disneyland Hotel, to introduce Dr. Martin Luther King …
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump says he's heard ‘interesting’ things about Roswell — President Donald Trump says he's heard some interesting things about Roswell, but he's not sharing even with his eldest child. — Trump made the comments Thursday in a Father's Day-themed interview with his son Don Trump Jr., hosted by the president's reelection campaign.
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Breitbart
Lara M. Brown / The Hill:
The ‘blue wall’ is reforming in the Rust Belt — In 2016, President Trump broke through Hillary Clinton's “blue wall.” He won three states that Democrats had carried since the 1980s: Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. — As Politico explained in an analysis last December that examined …
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Althouse
CNBC:
Top Pentagon official Wheelbarger resigns, urges colleagues to be guided by U.S. Constitution — Kathryn Wheelbarger, one of the Pentagon's most prominent and respected policy officials, is resigning after three years in the job after President Donald Trump dropped plans to nominate her for an intelligence post, sources tell Reuters.
Adam Carlson / People.com:
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Tells the Story of the Teen He's Been Raising Whom He Calls His ‘Son’ — The two-term Republican congressman surprised many with his Thursday announcement that he's a parent, though he hasn't adopted 19-year-old Nestor: “Our family's defined by love”
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The Daily Beast, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, The Week, Roll Call and TheBlaze