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Harry Enten / CNN:
Joe Biden may win more than 400 electoral votes, but there's a long way to go — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden is well ahead in the national polls right now. More importantly, he holds the advantage in the pivotal swing states. — Chances are Biden will still be ahead come November …
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Balloon Juice
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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 …
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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One America News Network, Axios and Mediaite
USA Today:
Biden holds an 11-point lead over Trump as age, gender fault lines emerge, new survey shows
Biden holds an 11-point lead over Trump as age, gender fault lines emerge, new survey shows
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The Hill
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Fox News poll: Biden's lead widens to 12 points over Trump
Fox News poll: Biden's lead widens to 12 points over Trump
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IJR, The Daily Caller and Fox News
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 …
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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, The Daily Caller, Real Clear Politics and The Week
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Juneteenth and the Meaning of Freedom — Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones. — When word circulated earlier this month that Donald J. Trump would resume his campaign rallies on June 19th, with an event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the confluence of date …
Courier-Journal:
Officer Brett Hankison is being fired from LMPD after Breonna Taylor shooting — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday that Louisville Metro Police is initiating termination of Officer Brett Hankison, one of three LMPD officers to fire weapons on March 13 at Breonna Taylor's apartment, killing her.
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Politico, The Hill, LouisvilleKy.gov, Law & Crime, The Week, Disrn and New York Post
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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired by Louisville police
Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired by Louisville police
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The Daily Caller and New York Post
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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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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New York Times, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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Lawfare:
Questions for the Government in the Bolton Book TRO Hearing(s)
Questions for the Government in the Bolton Book TRO Hearing(s)
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Wall Street Journal, Techdirt, Just Security, Raw Story and emptywheel
Associated Press:
Biden seizes on Bolton book to hit Trump's record on China
Biden seizes on Bolton book to hit Trump's record on China
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Common Dreams, Associated Press and Politico
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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Politico, The Week, Althouse, The Daily Beast and Bloomberg
Stetson Payne / Tulsa World:
Curfew now in place in area around Tulsa's BOK Center — A curfew was implemented for areas around the BOK Center on Thursday night ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled campaign rally. — In a Facebook post Thursday evening, Tulsa police announced that an area of downtown …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump warns ‘anarchists’ not to disrupt Tulsa rally, after threat prompts emergency order — President Trump pointedly warned “anarchists” and other “agitators” not to disrupt his campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., this weekend, after an apparent threat that outside groups may be planning to cause …
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The Gateway Pundit, Axios, The Western Journal and The Daily Caller
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.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Mulvaney: Trump 'didn't hire very well,' doesn't mesh with ‘military personality’ — Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Friday acknowledged that Donald Trump “didn't hire very well” in the earlier stages of his presidency, specifically noting his poor working relationships …
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The Hill, CNN and The Daily Caller
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney: Trump 'didn't hire very well'
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
John Bolton insisted on a personal Air Force jet flying him to London for Donald Trump's state visit …
John Bolton insisted on a personal Air Force jet flying him to London for Donald Trump's state visit …
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National Review, New York Post and KEYT-TV
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm — As coronavirus cases surge in states across the South and West of the United States, health experts in countries with falling case numbers are watching with a growing sense of alarm and disbelief …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Joseph Curl / The Daily Wire:
Poll: 55% Believe That Biden Potentially Has ‘Early Stages Of Dementia’ — Is Joe Biden experiencing dementia? That's a question the pollsters at Zogby International posed to 1,007 “likely voters.” — The results were surprising: 55% said they think the former vice president, 77, “is in the early stages of dementia.”
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Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
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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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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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New York Post, Patterico's Pontifications and Mediaite
Andrew Pulver / The Guardian:
Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88 — The versatile actor went from the RSC and Harold Pinter to international movie stardom with roles as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and an android in Alien — Ian Holm, the versatile actor who played everything …
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CBS News:
George Washington statue toppled by protesters in Portland, Oregon — Portland, Oregon — A statue of George Washington was pulled down by protesters on Thursday night, which was Juneteenth eve, reports CBS Portland affiliate KOIN-TV. The nation's first president owned slaves.
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Washington Free Beacon, KOIN-TV and TheBlaze
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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 …
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Raw Story
Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
Jimmy Kimmel announces he is taking the summer off to spend time with his family after blackface controversy among late-night hosts — Jimmy Kimmel has announced that he is taking a break from his late-night show over the summer, to spend more time with his family.
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The Hill
Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
7 Times John Roberts Was A Leftist Hack — John Roberts is a politician — a politician who consistently makes laws, inconsistently applies the Constitution, and can't be voted out of office. — Knock, knock. Who's there? Unelected leftist politicians in robes with lifetime tenure.
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Law & Crime and Mashable
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Astrid Galvan / Associated Press:
Young immigrants land court win but still face uncertainty
Young immigrants land court win but still face uncertainty
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Wall Street Journal, Breitbart, WHDH-TV and americamagazine.org
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 …
Brent Staples / New York Times:
The Burning of Black Wall Street, Revisited — Nearly a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the search for the dead continues. — Mr. Staples is a member of the editorial board. — The lynch mobs that hanged, shot or burned African-Americans alive during the early 20th century sometimes varied …
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NBC News and The Guardian
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 …
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
Josh Hammer / The American Mind:
Undoing the Court's Supreme Transgression — Bostock demands a complete change of course from neutered judicial “conservatism.” — On Tuesday, Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took to the floor of the United States Senate to declare “the end of the conservative legal movement, or the conservative legal project, as we know it.”
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Right Wing Watch, Balkinization and American Greatness
United States Senator Mike Lee:
The Facts about Google, Antitrust, and the First Amendment — Many of you have asked about claims made by Tucker Carlson that Sen. Mike Lee “has taken the side of big tech companies over your constitutional rights.” — Nothing could be further from the truth.
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 …
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Foreign Policy
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 …
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The Week
The Tennessean:
Tennessee legislature passes fetal heartbeat bill, ban on abortions for Down syndrome — A wide-ranging abortion restriction bill, once believed to be scrapped for the year, will now become law in Tennessee. — The bill, part of Gov. Bill Lee's legislative agenda that was largely abandoned earlier …
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The Guardian and The Daily Caller