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TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally — Did a successful prank inflate attendance expectations for President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Okla.? — President Trump's campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, but it failed to deliver.

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Dave Boyer / Washington Times:

Anti-Trump protesters ‘interfere’ with president's rally, force cancellation of outdoor speeches — The Trump campaign canceled planned outdoor speeches by President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at their comeback rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night after protesters “interfered” …

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Andrew Solender / Forbes:

Turnout At Trump's Tulsa Rally Was Just Under 6,200-A Fraction Of The Venue's 19,200 Capacity — While President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday was pitched as an over-subscribed event, with Trump campaign staffers touting ticket registrations over a million …

Discussion: New York Times, Tulsa World, Slate and Associated Press

Tim Miller / The Bulwark:

Make Arenas Empty Again — In Tulsa, the Trump campaign transitions to farce. — On Saturday afternoon there was a palpable sense of dread in the news, as President Trump was building up to a rally that was poised to be a campaign event that was unique in its depravity.

Washington Post:

Trump rallies in red-state America — and faces a sea of empty blue seats — He threatened violence against protesters, endangered his supporters by flouting health recommendations and endured a 110-day, coronavirus-induced dry spell, but when President Trump finally stepped back onto …

Discussion: Fox News

CNN:

Sick staff and empty seats: How Trump's triumphant return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse — (CNN)By the time President Donald Trump was gliding in his helicopter toward Joint Base Andrews on Saturday, destined for what he'd once hoped would be a triumphant packed-to-the-rafters return …

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Fox News:

President Trump speaks with John Roberts prior to his appearance at Tulsa rally — President Trump speaks with Fox New's John Roberts prior to the ‘Make America Great Again’ rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Discussion: Bloomberg and Axios

Jenny Stanton / Daily Mail:

Teens and K-pop fans sabotaged Trump's Tulsa rally by reserving tickets by the hundreds with no intention of attending, Twitter users claim — Social media users are claiming teens and K-pop fans reserved tickets to the rally with no intention of attending

Phillip Nieto / Mediaite:
Trump Campaign Cancels Plans to Address ‘Overflow Crowd’ Because Not Enough People Showed Up

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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Tulsa fire department says just under 6,200 people attended Trump rally

Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story and Donald J. Trump for President

New York Times:
Crowd Is Sparse as Trump Tries to Reignite Campaign

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Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Trump supporters, protesters face off outside Oklahoma rally

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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Trump returns to 2020 campaign trail with Tulsa rally

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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
6 staffers setting up for Trump rally positive for COVID-19

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Kaelan Deese / The Hill:
Trump coronavirus ‘Death Clock’ truck enters Tulsa ahead of rally

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CNN:
Six Trump campaign staffers working on Tulsa rally test positive for coronavirus

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New York Times:

Trump Fires Berman at S.D.N.Y. After Tensions Over Inquiries — The president's move heightened criticism that he was purging his administration of officials whose independence could be a threat to his re-election. — President Trump on Saturday fired the federal prosecutor whose office put …

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CNN:
Geoffrey Berman is leaving office immediately after standoff with Trump administration

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Justice News:
Statement Of Geoffrey S. Berman

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The Daily Beast:
Berman Leaves SDNY in Trusted Hands After Bill Barr Fucks Up His Ouster

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New York Times:
Jay Clayton, Low-Profile Regulator, Is Catapulted Into a Political Fight

Discussion: Raw Story

Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Tried To Quietly Replace A Prosecutor Taking Aim At His Allies. It's Not The First Time That Backfired.

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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Bolton suggests possible ‘obstruction’ by Trump in SDNY Turkey investigation

Discussion: The Guardian

CNN: Why it will be a tough climb to confirm anyone new to Berman's post before the November elections

Washington Post:
Trump ousts Manhattan U.S. attorney who investigated president's associates

Discussion: Vox

Washington Post:

Police enter Seattle cop-free zone after shooting kills a 19-year-old, critically injures a man — SEATTLE — Derrek Jones rolled out of his tent Friday morning at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest — or CHOP — to find a yoga class for people of color underway in the park.

Discussion: Breitbart, Just The News and Mother Jones

Andy Ngo / New York Post:
My terrifying five-day stay inside Seattle's cop-free CHAZ

Discussion: Breitbart

Public Affairs / SPD Blotter:
Homicide Investigation Inside Protest Area

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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:

Eric Trump Calls Black Lives Matter Protesters ‘Animals’ at Tulsa Rally — 'THIS ISN'T AMERICA' — Before his father took the stage for his campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma the night after the Juneteenth holiday, Eric Trump used his speech in front of the half-filled arena to call Black Lives Matter protesters “animals.”

New York Times:
Trump's Tulsa Rally Fizzles as Seats Go Empty

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Washington Post:
After campaign boasting, a smaller-than-expected crowd shows up for Trump's Tulsa rally

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Sharon Otterman / New York Times:

N.Y.C. Hired 3,000 Workers for Contact Tracing. It's Not Going Well. — The program is crucial to the next phase of reopening, which begins on Monday. But workers have not had much success in getting information from people who test positive. — New York City's ambitious contact-tracing program …

Discussion: Althouse

Paul Sims / The US Sun:

LAYING LOW Jeffrey Epstein's ‘madam’ Ghislaine Maxwell hiding out in luxury Paris flat minutes from pedophile's $8.6m pad — FUGITIVE socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been hiding out in a sprawling Paris apartment close to Jeffrey Epstein's $8.6million pedo pad, we can reveal.

Discussion: New York Post

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Good Cops, Bad Cops — On Father's Day, I want to tell my dad something I neglected to mention. — I never told my father I was proud of him. — I grew up in the '60s, another era filled with tears and tear gas and violent clashes about race and class.

Hans Nichols / Axios:

Trump cranks up culture war rhetoric at Tulsa arena that was far from sold out — President Trump ended his three-month hiatus from the campaign trail by plunging straight into the culture wars. — Why it matters: Trump is trying to tie former Vice President Joe Biden to demonstrators taking down statues across the country.

Discussion: Breitbart