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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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CNN:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump ‘pissed’ at Trump campaign manager over his rally crowd size predictions, source says — Washington (CNN)Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are “pissed” at campaign manager Brad Parscale over his predictions of a much larger crowd than the one that turned …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump aides debate future size and look of signature rallies after Tulsa debacle — Why Trump was upset before Tulsa rally started — (CNN)Swaths of empty blue seats and a vacant overflow venue in Oklahoma have led President Donald Trump's aides to begin debating what his signature campaign rallies …
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Florida Politics and The Daily Beast
Yahoo News:
Tulsa rally failure may spark Trump campaign team shakeup — Poor attendance at his rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday night has President Trump increasingly frustrated with his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, and considering shaking up his reelection team, according to sources familiar with the issue.
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Host Questions Wisdom of Trump Rally: 'I Don't Know Who Thought It Was a Good Idea' — Fox & Friends acknowledged that it might not have been wise for President Donald Trump to hold an indoor campaign rally in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside Trump's Oklahoma debacle — Donald Trump's campaign advisers had it all mapped out: A blowout rally in Oklahoma — coupled with a withering ad launched days earlier questioning Joe Biden's mental acuity — would finally shift the focus to the elusive Democrat amid the worst stretch of Trump's presidency.
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David Siders / Politico:
Trump's ‘trench warfare’ reelection campaign begins
Trump's ‘trench warfare’ reelection campaign begins
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NBC News, The Daily Beast and POLITICUSUSA
Wall Street Journal:
Attorney General Barr, Berman at Odds Over Letter Criticizing New York City Mayor — Geoffrey Berman, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, refused to sign letter criticizing Mayor de Blasio for enforcing social-distancing rules to block religious gatherings but not protests
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Law & Crime and New York Times
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New York Times:
For Barr, Standoff With Prosecutor Adds to String of Miscues
For Barr, Standoff With Prosecutor Adds to String of Miscues
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Daily Kos, Fox News, The Week, The Dispatch, Wall Street Journal and CNN
The Atlantic:
Three Plausible—And Troubling—Reasons Why Barr Tried to Force Berman Out
Three Plausible—And Troubling—Reasons Why Barr Tried to Force Berman Out
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Raw Story, New York Times, Stanford Law School and Lawfare
Asha Rangappa / The Daily Beast:
Bill Barr's Above the Law. The Only Answer Is to Impeach Him.
Bill Barr's Above the Law. The Only Answer Is to Impeach Him.
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Raw Story and courthousenews.com
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sarah Sanders says John Bolton was “drunk on power” — One former top West Wing official tells Axios that national security adviser John Bolton was unpopular even before the leaks from his tell-all, “The Room Where It Happened,” which is out Tuesday. — Axios has a first look …
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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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Politico:
What Donald Trump really thinks of European leaders
What Donald Trump really thinks of European leaders
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ABC News, One America News Network and The Hill
USA Today:
Exclusive: John Bolton says Trump's White House was ‘like living inside a pinball machine’
Exclusive: John Bolton says Trump's White House was ‘like living inside a pinball machine’
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
NASCAR probes noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage in Talladega
NASCAR probes noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage in Talladega
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Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Bolton: Trump And China's Xi Talked ‘Frequently’ About Trump's Reelection
Bolton: Trump And China's Xi Talked ‘Frequently’ About Trump's Reelection
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The Hill
RI.gov:
Statement from Treasurer Magaziner about the State's Name — PROVIDENCE, RI —Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magazine today made the following announcement about his office's use of the state's name: — “Today, I am announcing that the Office of the General Treasurer will remove the words …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Kevin Hassett, senior Trump economic adviser, to leave White House — He had emerged as a leading voice on the economic impact of the coronavirus. It will be the second time he has left the Trump White House. — One of President Trump's most trusted economic advisers will leave …
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Larry Kudlow says a second wave of coronavirus cases 'isn't coming'
Larry Kudlow says a second wave of coronavirus cases 'isn't coming'
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The American Independent, Raw Story, Washington Post and IJR
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
White House adviser: Trump administration preparing for possible second wave of coronavirus in the fall
White House adviser: Trump administration preparing for possible second wave of coronavirus in the fall
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
What Fiona Hill Learned in the White House — The senior fellow at Brookings and expert on modern Russia had hoped to guide the U.S.-Russia relationship. President Trump had other ideas. — The Brookings Institution is one of many think tanks in Washington, D.C., where scholars …
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
News Analysis: Joe Biden is no Hillary Clinton, and that's a problem for President Trump — Joe Biden is old. He has a paper trail reaching back half a century. He is, by his own admission, a “gaffe machine” who regularly trips over his own tongue. — He is not, however …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
TikTok Teens Are Obsessed With Pizzagate — The Comet Ping Pong conspiracy theory has been widely discredited, but it lives on with Gen Z. — BEAST INSIDE — NEWSLETTERS — Right Richter — See what's happening with the extreme right wing from the safety of your inbox.
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Gothamist
Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
How conspiracy theories about the NYPD Shake Shack ‘poisoning’ blew up — The three cops at the center of the NYPD milkshake “poisoning” scandal never even got sick, and there wasn't the slightest whiff of criminality from the get-go — but that didn't stop gung-ho brass from rolling …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A Schlapp in the face — Since the murder of George Floyd, Verizon has been an outspoken advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement. In dozens of tweets and statements, Verizon has said that, as a company, it is not enough to express support for racial justice.
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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Bryan Pietsch / New York Times:
Tennessee Newspaper Apologizes for ‘Utterly Indefensible’ Anti-Muslim Ad — The full-page ad, which appeared in Sunday's editions of The Tennessean and claimed “Islam” would detonate a nuclear device in Nashville, “should have never been published,” the editor said.
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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.
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump's steel tariffs stand after Supreme Court declines challenge — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place President Trump's 25 percent steel tariffs, declining to hear a challenge to the law that authorized it. — An association of steel importers and other companies argued …
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Politico
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Are We Headed for a Voter-Suppression Catastrophe in November? Marc Elias, the Democrats' top election lawyer, sees the potential for disaster. — Marc Elias hears the question constantly: “Is Donald Trump going to try to cancel, or move, the election?” He has an answer ready: No, he can't.