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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: 'That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me'  —  Tensions flared on Capitol Hill this week when a Republican lawmaker challenged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on issues of crime and policing in an unusual …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's Occupation of American Cities Has Begun  —  Protesters are being snatched from the streets without warrants.  Can we call it fascism yet?  —  The month after Donald Trump's inauguration, the Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.”
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
America Gets an Interior Ministry  —  For decades, conservative activists and leaders have warned that “jackbooted thugs” from the federal government were going to come to take away Americans' civil rights with no due process and no recourse.  Now they're here—but they're deployed …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Border War in Portland  —  How can this be a job for Homeland Security?  —  Something dangerous is taking shape within the Department of Homeland Security.  —  We got our first glimpse of it last week in Oregon, when unidentified federal agents clad in camouflage and tactical gear descended …
Rich Lowry / National Review:   The Disgrace of Portland  —  For months, Democratic authorities …
Laura A. Bischoff / dayton-daily-news:
BREAKING NEWS: FBI agents are at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's farm  —  Police activity is being reported at Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's farm in Perry County and the U.S. Attorney's office said it is holding a 2:30 p.m. press conference today related to $60 million in bribes paid to a state official and associates.
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Cincinnati.com:
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder arrested in $60 million bribery case  —  Federal officials arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others on Tuesday morning in connection with a $60 million bribery case.  —  U.S. Attorney David DeVillers' office would not discuss details of the case …
Discussion: Raw Story
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson claimed the New York Times planned to expose his address.  Then his fans doxed the reporter.  —  On Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a surprising accusation: the New York Times, he said, was trying to endanger him and his family by revealing where they live in an upcoming story.
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CNN:
No White House coronavirus task force members currently expected at Trump's briefing  —  (CNN)No White House coronavirus task force members are currently expected to join President Donald Trump at his Tuesday evening briefing on the administration's response to the virus …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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NBC News:
Trump's coronavirus briefings are back, but the trust isn't  —  WASHINGTON — On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump will resume those daily coronavirus press briefings he held in March and April.  —  The decision to fire up those briefings again comes after slipping poll numbers for the president …
ABC News:
Senate GOP supports another round of relief checks to Americans: McConnell
Discussion: The Hill
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell paid $25K to fake news purveyor Jacob Wohl to ‘smear Epstein victims and to get SDNY prosecutor Geoffrey Berman fired in attempt to stall sex trafficking investigation against her’  — Ghislaine Maxwell hired Jacob Wohl to smear alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein and her …
Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
Majority of Voters Say U.S. Society Is Racist as Support Grows for Black Lives Matter  —  Perceptions that minorities face racial discrimination hit new highs, WSJ/NBC News poll finds  —  Voters in growing numbers believe that Black and Hispanic Americans are discriminated against …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: More voters acknowledge symptoms of racism but disagree about its causes
Discussion: Breitbart and CNBC
Washington Post:
Americans support Black Lives Matter but resist shifts of police funds or removal of statues …
Discussion: Fox News, Political Wire and Althouse
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen's book to allege Trump made racist comments about Obama and Nelson Mandela, lawsuit says  —  NEW YORK — The book manuscript being drafted by President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen alleges that Trump has made racist comments about his predecessor Barack Obama …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Suspect in federal judge's home ambush railed against her in misogynistic book  —  The man suspected of ambushing the family of the first Latina federal judge in New Jersey posted thousands of pages of writing to the internet in recent years decrying feminism and ranting against her …
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New York Times:
‘Anti-Feminist’ Lawyer Is Suspect in Killing of Son of Federal Judge in N.J.
Washington Post:
Biden to unveil $775 billion plan for universal preschool, child care and elder care  —  Throughout most of his campaign, Joe Biden has sought to forward a singular idea: I care.  —  On Tuesday, he plans to extend that sentiment into a literal proposal — to provide hundreds of billions …
Discussion: Politico
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Tyler Pager / Bloomberg:
Biden Proposes $775 Billion Child and Elder Care Plan Funded by Real Estate Taxes
Discussion: CNBC and The Week
ABC News:   Biden to launch 3rd pillar of economic plan touting 3 million new jobs in caregiving, early education
David Catron / The American Spectator:
Will Teachers' Unions Reelect Trump?  —  The science says it's safe to reopen PK-12 yet the unions insist on holding the children hostage.  —  AFT President Randi Weingarten (YouTube screenshot)  —  During the next six weeks the nation's 51 million public school students …
Discussion: USA Today and Breitbart
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Florida's largest teachers union sues state over reopening schools
Discussion: National Review, Politico and The Week
Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Netherlands admits to paying terrorists who killed 17-year-old Israeli  —  The killers of Rina Shnerb are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist group in the EU.  —  The Netherlands paid part of the salaries of two terrorists involved …
Agnes Callard / New York Times:
Should We Cancel Aristotle?  —  He defended slavery and opposed the notion of human equality.  But he is not our enemy.  —  Ms. Callard is a philosopher and professor.  —  The Greek philosopher Aristotle did not merely condone slavery, he defended it; he did not merely defend it, but defended it as beneficial to the slave.
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
FBI knew ‘collusion’ was a nothing-burger, but kept fake scandal alive anyway  —  'We have not seen evidence of any individuals affiliated with the Trump team in contact with [Russian intelligence officers].  How much wasted time on pointless investigations could have been prevented had Peter Strzok …
ProPublica:
At This Trump-Favored Charity, Financial Reporting Is Questionable and Insiders Are Cashing In  —  Charlie Kirk's nonprofit Turning Point USA has made misleading financial claims and gets its “independent” audits from its co-founder Bill Montgomery's former business associate.
CNN:
Republican leaders vow to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy this year, despite some apprehension  —  (CNN)Senate Republican leaders, undeterred by the scathing criticism leveled against them for blocking President Barack Obama's election-year Supreme Court nominee in 2016 …
Discussion: Vox and Political Wire
Sean Illing / Vox:
A definitive case against the Electoral College  —  Suzanne Gould demonstrates against President-elect Donald Trump outside the Colorado Capitol on the eve of the Electoral College vote in Denver, on December 18, 2016.  Chris Schneider/AFP/Getty Images  —  Why the framers created …
Washington Post:
Trump's reelection effort has spent more than $983 million, a record sum at this point in the campaign  —  The president maintains a cash lead over Joe Biden, who is gradually closing the money gap.  —  President Trump's campaign, the Republican Party and two affiliated committees have spent …
Discussion: The Week
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
This Hospital Cost $52 Million.  It Treated 79 Virus Patients.  —  Red tape and turf battles marked the race to create temporary hospitals for the coronavirus onslaught in New York.  —  The Queens Hospital Center emergency department has a capacity of 60, but on its worst night of the coronavirus pandemic …
Louise Perry / UnHerd:
Factcheck10:55 An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes  —  Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)  —  Reading the latest copy of the New Yorker magazine, published exactly a week ago, I came across this sentence in a piece by Jill Lepore:
Dion Rabouin / Axios:
Wall Street prepares for the “blue wave” Democratic sweep  —  As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen and President Trump's approval rating sinks, Wall Street analysts are discussing the increasing probability of a “blue wave” Democratic sweep of the House, Senate and presidency.
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘Things could get very ugly’: Experts fear post-election crisis as Trump sets the stage to dispute the results in November  —  Washington (CNN)Voting experts and political strategists from across the political spectrum are increasingly alarmed about the potential for a disputed presidential election …
Discussion: WTOP
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Official Russia Report: U.K. ‘Actively Avoided’ Probing Kremlin's Role in Brexit Referendum  —  Britain's Intelligence and Security Committee “outraged” that the Conservative government failed to investigate the Kremlin's interference or protect the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Trump Wants More Lafayette Parks  —  Donald Trump likes the images out of Portland, where unidentified federal agents are clashing with protesters and using unmarked vans to arrest people off the streets.  In one video that has gone viral, an unidentified federal agent from an unknown agency …
Darragh Roche / POLITICUSUSA:
Republican Senator Tom Cotton Compares Portland Protesters to Confederate Traitors  —  Tom Cotton compared protesters to the traitors who rebelled against the United States and formed the Confederacy on Tuesday.  The comments come as the President threatens to deploy federal officers to cities.
Discussion: CNN and The Guardian
Revolver:
Red Bull Just Purged High-Level Execs Who Pushed for ‘Diversity and Inclusion’  —  Red Bull just reminded their ‘wokest’ employees who calls the shots in a total massacre of “social justice warrior” employees.  —  Not only were the top two North American executives fired …
Discussion: Redstate and Big League Politics
Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
To Fight the Pandemic, Here's My Must-Do List  —  The Senate needs to act now.  There is no time to waste.  —  Ms. Warren is a Democratic senator from Massachusetts.  —  Americans stayed at home and sacrificed for months to flatten the curve and prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Just Security:
Bill Barr's Playbook: His False Claims About Prior Military Force on U.S. Soil  —  The Insurrection Act, Operation Hawkeye and what really happened  —  Recent images of US forces deployed against civilians in Portland, Oregon raise questions about how unprecedented these actions …
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
 
 
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Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica:
Judge Won't Free Michigan Teenager Sent to Juvenile Detention After Not Doing Online Schoolwork
Discussion: Fox News
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Schiff warns multiple nations may be trying to influence 2020 election
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and MSNBC
Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
N.Y. Subway, Facing a $16 Billion Deficit, Plans for Deep Cuts
Discussion: Althouse
ABC News:
Minnesota lawmakers ban neck restraints after Floyd's death
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Collins / Vox:
Trump once flirted with white nationalism. Now it's a centerpiece of his White House.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alyssa Nakken / CBS News:
Giants Manager Gabe Kapler, others kneel during national anthem
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fauci responds to Trump: ‘I consider myself a realist, as opposed to an alarmist’
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Disney Fires Top ABC News Executive Barbara Fedida for Racially Insensitive Remarks
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
‘A very dark feeling’: Hundreds camp out in Oklahoma unemployment lines
Nicole Lyn Pesce / MarketWatch:
The doctor behind a cognitive test Trump took says 'it's supposed to be easy'
 

 
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New York Times:
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