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11:55 AM ET, June 22, 2020

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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 …

Discussion: Florida Politics and The Daily Beast

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

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Associated Press: Trump rally highlights vulnerabilities heading into election

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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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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Politico:

What Donald Trump really thinks of European leaders — European leaders probably didn't need a behind-the-scenes memoir to know that Donald Trump is a volatile leader who does not hold many of them in high regard. — Nonetheless, the details of what the U.S. president thinks …

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USA Today:
Exclusive: John Bolton says Trump's White House was ‘like living inside a pinball machine’

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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
John Bolton exclusive interview: Trump does not represent the Republican cause that I want to back

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Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Bolton: Trump And China's Xi Talked ‘Frequently’ About Trump's Reelection

Discussion: The Hill

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
NASCAR probes noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage in Talladega

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John Bolton / NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With John Bolton

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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 …

Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Pennsylvania swing voters tire of Trump's inability to heal the country

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David Siders / Politico:
Trump's ‘trench warfare’ reelection campaign begins

Discussion: The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA, The Sun and NBC News

NBC News:
Tuesday's primaries give progressives opportunities to make inroads

Discussion: Politico and Mother Jones

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 …

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: Daily Kos, The Dispatch, The Week, Fox News and CNN

Asha Rangappa / The Daily Beast:
Bill Barr's Above the Law. The Only Answer Is to Impeach Him.

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Preet Bharara / New York Times:
Bill Barr, Not Geoffrey Berman, Should Have Lost His Job This Weekend

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Hans Nichols / Axios:

Kevin Hassett to leave White House this summer — White House adviser Kevin Hassett will leave the administration this summer, after returning in March to help the president respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, according to two administration officials.

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News, Raw Story and The Hill

Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Larry Kudlow says a second wave of coronavirus cases 'isn't coming'

Discussion: Raw Story

Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
White House adviser: Trump administration preparing for possible second wave of coronavirus in the fall

Discussion: Axios, The Hill and The Week

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.

NBER: Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19

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.

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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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 …

Scott Detrow / NPR:

Kamala Harris Is Seen As The Clear Front-Runner To Be Joe Biden's Running Mate — More than a month before former Vice President Joe Biden's stated deadline for naming his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris is seen as the consensus front-runner to become the Democrat's vice presidential nominee.

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.

Ian Millhiser / Vox:

DC is closer to becoming a state now than it has ever been — Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a leading proponent of DC statehood. Douglas Graham/Roll Call/Getty Images — The House will vote on DC statehood this month. If Democrats take back the White House and the Senate, statehood could follow soon.

ESPN:

NASCAR says noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega — A noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, on Sunday, less than two weeks after Wallace, who is NASCAR's only black driver, successfully pushed the stock car racing series …