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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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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 …
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 …
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.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden campaign confirms he will attend three debates with Trump, criticizes the president …
Discussion: The Hill and Deadline
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:   Lewandowski takes swipe at Trump campaign over Tulsa rally crowd size
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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CNN:
Fiercely independent New York prosecutors won't be cowed by Barr and Trump  —  Opinion by Jennifer Rodgers and Elie Honig  —  Berman to CNN: I'm just here to do my job  —  Jennifer Rodgers is a former federal prosecutor, the former executive director of the Center for the Advancement …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   'Trump's legal goon' Bill Barr needs to be impeached before he corrupts the election: ex-FBI agent
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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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:   Are We Headed for a Voter-Suppression Catastrophe in November? …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Wrap
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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
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 …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Pennsylvania swing voters tire of Trump's inability to heal the country
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
McEnany Says Trump Isn't ‘Angry’ About Rally Crowd, Steve Doocy Doesn't Buy it: The Trump I Know is ‘Furious’  —  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany claims that President Donald Trump was not upset by the fact that his rally in Tulsa Saturday night drew just 6,200 people — less than one-third of the arena's capacity.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:   Fox & Friends Host Questions Wisdom of Trump Rally: 'I Don't Know Who Thought It Was a Good Idea'
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:   Nigel Farage Scores Entry To US For Trump's Rally Under ‘National Interest’ Allowance
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.
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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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Kevin Hassett to leave White House this summer
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.
Discussion: New York Times and Gothamist
CNN:
Dept. of Justice looking into noose found in NASCAR star Bubba Wallace's garage stall  —  (CNN)Department of Justice investigators said Monday they are looking into the noose that was found in NASCAR star Bubba Wallace's garage stall.  —  “The U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of Alabama …
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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.
Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:
Johnson and May ignored claims Russia had ‘likely hold’ over Trump, ex-spy alleges  —  Exclusive: Christopher Steele claims May government turned blind eye to Trump allegations  —  Boris Johnson and Theresa May ignored claims the Kremlin had a “likely hold” over Donald Trump …
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.
NBC New York:
US Army Soldier Allegedly Gave Classified Info to Satanic Neo-Nazi Group, Sources Say  —  A U.S. Army soldier is facing charges they allegedly gave classified military information to a white supremacist group with Satanic leanings.  —  The charges, expected to be announced later Monday …
Discussion: The US Sun
 
 
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
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Robert Klemko / Washington Post:
How Trump rallygoers explain Black Lives Matter protests to their children
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: Althouse
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The Daily Caller:
ANALYSIS: DOJ Investigators Involved In Antitrust Probe Don't Appear To Be Scrutinizing Claims …
Discussion: The Federalist
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Everybody Hates Bill Weeks into the George Floyd protests, Mayor de Blasio has alienated …
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From Mediagazer:

Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a Russian Court for the start of his closed-door trial on espionage charges, which he denies

Trevor Timm / The Guardian:
Assange's plea deal doesn't create an official precedent, but he still had to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for a “crime” outlets commit regularly

Andrew Chung / Reuters:
SCOTUS declines to impose limits on the way Biden administration may communicate with social media platforms in the First Amendment case of Murthy v. Missouri

 
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