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New York Times:
The President's Shock at the Rows of Empty Seats in Tulsa  —  Inside the campaign, advisers believe disappointing attendance at the rally shows genuine fear of the coronavirus and the reality of Mr. Trump's sliding poll numbers.  —  President Trump and several staff members stood backstage …
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NBC News:
Trump ‘furious’ about ‘underwhelming’ crowd at Tulsa rally  —  President Donald Trump is “furious” at the “underwhelming” crowd at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday evening, a major disappointment for what was expected to be a raucous return to the campaign trail after a three-month hiatus due …
Tom Lutz / The Guardian:
Brad Parscale faces Trump ‘fury’ after Tulsa comeback rally flops  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, was under pressure on Sunday after claiming hundreds of thousands of people had applied for tickets to the president's return to the campaign trail in Tulsa, only for the rally to attract a sparse crowd.
Discussion: The Mahablog, CNN and Associated Press
Associated Press:   Trump rally highlights vulnerabilities heading into election
Jacob Knutson / Axios:   Chris Wallace grills Trump campaign adviser on Tulsa rally: “The arena was empty”
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Turnout At Trump's Tulsa Rally Was Just Under 6,200-A Fraction Of The Venue's 19,200 Capacity
Tulsa World:
Tulsa Trump rally coverage: First protester arrested in Tulsa tells her story; Did TikTok users …
Discussion: The Hill
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Bolton says he hopes Trump is 1-term president, warns country imperiled by his reelection  —  Here are the many headlines from ABC's interview with Trump's former top aide.  —  President Donald Trump's longest-serving national security adviser John Bolton condemned his presidency …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
John Bolton exclusive interview: Trump does not represent the Republican cause that I want to back  —  The veteran republican has served two presidents in various roles before becoming National Security Adviser for President Trump  —  As a lifelong Republican who has held high office …
USA Today:
Exclusive: John Bolton says Trump's White House was ‘like living inside a pinball machine’  —  WASHINGTON - If he had been a senator during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial earlier this year, John Bolton says he probably would have voted for a conviction.
Ursula Perano / Axios:
John Bolton tells ABC he hopes Trump is a one-term president  —  Former national security advisor John Bolton told ABC News he hopes history will remember President Trump “as a one-term president who didn't plunge the country irretrievably into a downward spiral we can't recall from.”
ABC News:
TRANSCRIPT: John Bolton interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz  —  The president's former national security adviser discussed his new book.  —  MARTHA RADDATZ: Ambassador, I want talk to you about specific foreign policies, and go country by country.  But what I want ask you first is a very simple question.
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Mediaite
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
NASCAR probes noose found in garage of Bubba Wallace at Talladega
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:   Pirated editions of John Bolton memoir have appeared online
Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History  —  The equestrian memorial to Theodore Roosevelt has long prompted objections as a symbol of colonialism and racism.  —  The bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback and flanked by a Native American man and an African man …
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Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
Teddy Roosevelt Statue to be Removed From Natural History Museum in New York
Discussion: Redstate and Breitbart
New York Times:
For Barr, Standoff With Prosecutor Adds to String of Miscues  —  The attorney general has found himself at odds with the White House on high-profile issues in recent weeks.  —  WASHINGTON — From the onset of his tenure, William P. Barr has been billed as the attorney general that President Trump was looking for.
Discussion: Fox News and Bloomberg
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Barr: ‘Developments’ likely in Durham investigation this summer
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and Axios
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump held off on Xinjiang sanctions for China trade deal  —  In an Oval Office interview on Friday afternoon, President Trump told me that he held off on imposing sanctions against Chinese officials involved with the Xinjiang mass detention camps because doing so would have interfered with his trade deal with Beijing.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump cold on Guaidó, would consider meeting Maduro
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's problem in Tulsa wasn't just empty seats.  It was empty rhetoric.  —  In his first campaign rally since the pandemic lockdowns began and Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, President Trump made clear — as clear as a stream-of-consciousness Trump speech can …
Discussion: Rev
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Empty Campaign Rally in Tulsa
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:   Trump used his rally to air his personal grievances. He could learn from another event.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
What's Facebook's Deal With Donald Trump?  —  Mark Zuckerberg has forged an uneasy alliance with the Trump administration.  He may have gotten too close.  —  Last Nov. 20, NBC News broke the news that Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and a Facebook board member, Peter Thiel, had dined together at the White House the previous month.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump says niece “not allowed” to write book because of nondisclosure agreement  —  In his first public comments on the matter, President Trump told Axios that his niece, Mary Trump, is “not allowed” to write her forthcoming book about him because doing so would violate a nondisclosure agreement she signed.
Chris Riotta / The Independent:
'It's going to be an angry mob': Kentucky cuts number of polling stations by 95 percent ahead of primary voting  —  Lawmakers and voting rights experts say Election Day this week will likely mirror what happening during Georgia's primaries  —  Kentucky lawmakers have warned the state …
Jacob Gursky / MIT Technology Review:
Trump's data-hungry, invasive app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power  —  Both presidential campaigns use apps to capture data—but Trump's scoops up your identity, your location, and even your phone's Bluetooth functions.  —  Ahead of President Trump's rally in Tulsa …
Discussion: Politico and CNBC
Los Angeles Times:
Mysterious deaths of infants, children raise questions about how early coronavirus hit California  —  A cluster of mysterious deaths, some involving infants and children, is under scrutiny amid questions of whether the novel coronavirus lurked in California months before it was first detected.
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
More young people across the South are testing positive for coronavirus, officials warn  —  (CNN)Officials in states across the South are warning that more young people are testing positive for coronavirus.  —  The shifts in demographics have been recorded in parts of Florida, South Carolina …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Gothamist and CNBC
Kristin Kobes Du Mez / The Daily Beast:
If You Want to Understand White Evangelicals, Tour a Hobby Lobby Store  —  COWBOY CHRISTIANS  —  The merch illustrates a cultural identity that is clearly Christian but less about loving thy neighbor and more about loving thy guns and a militant white masculine ideal.
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump allies see a mounting threat: Biden's rising evangelical support
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Nate Ryan / NASCAR Talk:
NASCAR says noose found in garage stall of Bubba Wallace's team  —  In a statement late Sunday night, NASCAR said a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace's Richard Petty Motorsports team before the postponed Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Jose A. Del Real / Washington Post:
With ‘kung flu,’ ‘thugs,’ and ‘our heritage,’ Trump leans on racial grievance as he reaches for a campaign reset  —  He referred to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus as the “kung flu.”  He called racial justice demonstrators “thugs.”  He attacked efforts to take down Confederate statues as an assault on “our heritage.”
 
 
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Daniel McCarthy / Spectator USA:
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CNN:
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Discussion: Redstate and Raw Story
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
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Discussion: Mother Jones
Victor Luckerson / New Yorker:
In Tulsa, an Energized Juneteenth Celebration Focusses on Change, Not Trump
Discussion: The Oklahoma Eagle
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
John Oliver mocked Trump in 2017 for predicting removal of Washington, Jefferson statues
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Breitbart
Ashley Cowburn / The Independent:
Nigel Farage exempt from US travel ban under ‘national interest’ clause ahead of Trump rally
Discussion: Breitbart and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants Your Vote so Long as His Racist Vote Doesn't Notice
Andrew Freedman / Washington Post:
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Harry Enten / CNN:
There's no sign of ‘hidden’ Trump voters
Discussion: Washington Post and New Republic
Politico:
What we learned about Biden and Trump from their latest fundraising numbers
Associated Press:
George Soros conspiracy theories surge as protests sweep US
Sareen Habeshian / KTLA:
Black Lives Matter sign in Thousand Oaks vandalized by employees of Ventura County sheriff's and DA's office
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Hannah Allam / NPR:
Vehicle Attacks Rise As Extremists Target Protesters
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Twitchy