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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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U.S. Department of Justice:
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider on New York City's Reopening Plans — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider for the Eastern District of Michigan, who are overseeing …
Joyce White Vance / TIME:
Americans Need to Know the Truth About William Barr's Friday Night Massacre. We Can't Afford to Wait — Vance is distinguished professor of the practice of law at the University of Alabama, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst.
Quinta Jurecic / 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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New York Daily News, courthousenews.com, Raw Story, The Dispatch and New York Times
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Justice Dept. told de Blasio to work with Berman on NYC coronavirus guidelines hours before U.S. attorney's firing
Justice Dept. told de Blasio to work with Berman on NYC coronavirus guidelines hours before U.S. attorney's firing
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Vox, Talking Points Memo and New York Post
CNN:
Fiercely independent New York prosecutors won't be cowed by Barr and Trump
Fiercely independent New York prosecutors won't be cowed by Barr and Trump
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Stanford Law School and New York Times
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'Trump's legal goon' Bill Barr needs to be impeached before he corrupts the election: ex-FBI agent
'Trump's legal goon' Bill Barr needs to be impeached before he corrupts the election: ex-FBI agent
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The Daily Beast and One America News Network
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The unraveling of the rule of law under Trump is picking up speed
The unraveling of the rule of law under Trump is picking up speed
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, New York Times and Politico
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Mike Pence and his wife Karen voted by mail in April from a mansion they haven't lived in for four years — Vice President Mike Pence and his wife mailed in their ballots for Indiana's June GOP primary, according to a copy of the state's voter files obtained by Insider.
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Barring a landslide, what's probably not coming on Nov. 3? A result in the race for the White House. — After voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada went to the polls this month, some races hung in the balance for days as election officials waded through thousands of absentee ballots.
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Associated Press:
Trump Rails Against Mail Voting. His Aides Have Embraced It — WASHINGTON — A half-dozen senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election records obtained by The Associated Press, undercutting the president's argument that the practice will lead to widespread fraud this November.
Justice News:
U.S. Army Soldier Charged With Terrorism Offenses For Planning Deadly Ambush On Service Members In His Unit — U.S. Army Private Ethan Melzer Sent Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Members of a Neo-Nazi Group in an Attempt to Facilitate a “Mass Casualty” Attack on Melzer's Army Unit
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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 …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
White House fumbles its story on explaining testing ‘slow down’ — The White House said Trump was kidding when he claimed he wanted to “slow down” coronavirus testing. Given a chance to clarify, he made matters worse. — Even by Donald Trump standards, his comments about the coronavirus on Saturday night were deeply unfortunate.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Kevin Hassett, senior Trump economic adviser, to leave White House
Kevin Hassett, senior Trump economic adviser, to leave White House
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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Hill and Fox News
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump opens door to another round of stimulus checks, direct deposits
Trump opens door to another round of stimulus checks, direct deposits
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One America News Network and New York Post
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
McEnany says Trump calling coronavirus “kung flu” is “linking it to its place of origin”
McEnany says Trump calling coronavirus “kung flu” is “linking it to its place of origin”
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Townhall, Politico, IJR, The Hill and The Daily Beast
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden campaign confirms he will attend three debates with Trump, criticizes the president for flipping on his debate stance — Joe Biden's campaign on Monday committed to three scheduled debates with President Trump in September and October and criticized the president for taking varied positions …
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Washington Post:
Trump increasingly preoccupied with defending his physical and mental health
Trump increasingly preoccupied with defending his physical and mental health
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Politico, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:
Poll shows Duval voters oppose RNC coming to Jacksonville, worry about coronavirus impact
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Somebody call 911; Joe Biden needs a body cast
Somebody call 911; Joe Biden needs a body cast
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Washington Monthly and Michael Moore
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 …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Trump rally gives Fox News largest Saturday night audience in its history — President Trump's rally on Saturday attracted a record-setting audience on TV despite the smaller-than-expected crowd in attendance at the Tulsa, Okla., event. — A whopping 7.7 million total viewers tuned …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump aides debate future size and look of signature rallies after Tulsa debacle
Trump aides debate future size and look of signature rallies after Tulsa debacle
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Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Florida Politics and The Daily Beast
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Lewandowski takes swipe at Trump campaign over Tulsa rally crowd size
The National Pulse:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-CNN ‘Reporters’ Now Work for The Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Outfit: CGTN — China Global Television Network, a registered foreign agent in the U.S. and integral outlet in the Chinese state-owned media landscape, employs several former CNN correspondents and anchors.
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak — The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly disrupted Americans' livelihoods. Since March 2020, United States businesses and their workers …
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Vox, Mercury News and Los Angeles Times
Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Joel Schumacher, Director of Batman Films and ‘Lost Boys,’ Dies at 80 — Joel Schumacher, costume designer-turned-director of films including “St. Elmo's Fire,” “The Lost Boys” and “Falling Down,” as well as two “Batman” films, died in New York City on Monday morning after a year-long battle with cancer.
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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 …
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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Fox News, Politico and Wall Street Journal
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Everybody Hates Bill Weeks into the George Floyd protests, Mayor de Blasio has alienated his constituents, the police, and even his own staff. — The protesters lined up, hundreds deep, hoping to rally on the steps of City Hall and raise a ruckus loud enough for the mayor to hear from his corner office.
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Sam Jones / The Guardian:
Experts call for regulation after latest botched art restoration in Spain — Immaculate Conception painting by Murillo reportedly cleaned by furniture restorer — Conservation experts in Spain have called for a tightening of the laws covering restoration work after a copy of a famous painting …
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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David Freed / The Atlantic:
The First U.S. General to Call Trump a Bigot — Ricardo Sanchez, the retired former commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, becomes the first high-ranking military officer to call out the president for racism. — The gnawing in retired Army Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez's gut began in June 2015 …
Washington Post:
Trump, citing pandemic, orders limits on foreign workers, extends immigration restrictions through December — President Trump issued an executive order Monday barring many categories of foreign workers and curbing immigration visas through the end of the year, moves the administration characterized …
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