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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine — A Houston doctor who praises hydroxychloroquine and says that face masks aren't necessary to stop transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus has become a star on the right-wing internet …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Facebook deleted a viral video full of false coronavirus claims. Then Trump shared it on Twitter. — On Monday evening, Facebook scrubbed from its site a viral video showing a group of doctors making misleading and false claims about the coronavirus pandemic after more than 14 million people had watched it.
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA, The Root, Daily Kos, The Federalist and Axios
Bobby Lewis / Media Matters for America:
Fox reporter John Roberts: “The president may have a legitimate argument” that he and his son are being censored by Twitter — Roberts sanitized Donald Trump Jr.'s spread of dangerous coronavirus lies to reinforce the zombie claim that social media censors conservatives
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Trump Goes on Hydroxychloroquine Twitter Binge, Retweets Anti-Mask Conspiracies and False Claims That Drug Is ‘Cure’ for Covid-19 — President Donald Trump went on a late night Twitter binge on Monday with more than a dozen posts pushing dubious claims about the drug hydroxychloroquine …
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HuffPost, IJR, Towleroad Gay News, The Daily Beast and Damian J. Penny
NBC News:
Dark money and PAC's coordinated ‘reopen’ push are behind doctors' viral hydroxychloroquine video — A dozen doctors delivered speeches in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday to a small crowd, claiming without evidence that the coronavirus could be cured and that widely accepted efforts …
CNN:
Social media giants remove viral video with false coronavirus claims that Trump retweeted
Social media giants remove viral video with false coronavirus claims that Trump retweeted
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, Breitbart, The National Interest, KTLA, IJR, Slate, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, The Wrap and The Week
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter temporarily limits Donald Trump Jr.'s account
Twitter temporarily limits Donald Trump Jr.'s account
Discussion:
NPR and TheBlaze, more at Techmeme »
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Twitter removes tweet highlighted by Trump falsely claiming COVID ‘cure’
Twitter removes tweet highlighted by Trump falsely claiming COVID ‘cure’
Discussion:
Associated Press, Vanity Fair, Politico, NBC Los Angeles, POLITICUSUSA, NBC Chicago, MSNBC and Patterico's Pontifications
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Twitter temporarily bars Donald Trump Jr. from tweeting over coronavirus misinformation
Twitter temporarily bars Donald Trump Jr. from tweeting over coronavirus misinformation
Discussion:
The Verge, Politico and Talking Points Memo
Libor Jany / Star Tribune:
Police: ‘Umbrella Man’ was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting — Police say the suspect has been identified, but no charges had been filed as of Tuesday afternoon. — TEXT SIZE — A masked man who was seen in a viral video smashing the windows …
Aiden Pink / The Forward:
Republican senator deletes ad that made Jewish opponent's nose bigger — Sen. David Perdue of Georgia deleted a Facebook ad targeting his Jewish election opponent, Jon Ossoff, that appeared to have been altered to make Ossoff's nose bigger. — The ad called for donations to Perdue …
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NBC News:
Here are six things that could change the 2020 presidential race — WASHINGTON — With 98 days to go until the election, Joe Biden has a bigger and more durable lead over President Trump than Hillary Clinton ever had in 2016, particularly in the key battleground states.
Discussion:
Vox, Politico, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Washington Post
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Democrats assail Perdue over ‘hateful’ ad that made Ossoff's nose look bigger
Democrats assail Perdue over ‘hateful’ ad that made Ossoff's nose look bigger
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The Hill
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
“He's Lying.” New Book Reveals Havoc Bill Barr Wrought Inside Congress — On Tuesday morning, when Attorney General William Barr finally appears before the House Judiciary Committee, a book will be released covering one of Barr's most controversial and most consequential actions to date …
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ABC News:
Barr testimony live updates: Hearing begins after delay
Barr testimony live updates: Hearing begins after delay
Discussion:
Axios, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit and The Week
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Attorney General William Barr testifies before House Judiciary Committee - watch live
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Judiciary Democrats to grill Barr on “politicization” of DOJ
Judiciary Democrats to grill Barr on “politicization” of DOJ
Discussion:
Politico, The Hill, BuzzFeed News, Breitbart, C-SPAN.org, IJR, Washington Post and ABC News
Michelle Lee / Washington Post:
Lawsuit alleges Trump campaign, fundraising committee shielded millions in payments — A legal complaint filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission alleges that the Trump campaign and an affiliated fundraising committee have not properly reported nearly $170 million in campaign spending …
Discussion:
Associated Press, ABC News and The Hill
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Exclusive: Trump campaign kept paying Kayleigh McEnany after White House hiring
HuffPost:
Complaint: Trump Making Illegal Secret Payments, Including To His Own Family
Complaint: Trump Making Illegal Secret Payments, Including To His Own Family
Discussion:
Raw Story
Talmon Joseph Smith / VICE:
Trump Campaign ‘Laundering’ Campaign Finance Money, Election Watchdog Says
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Three Tests for the Future of the Republican Party — The least we can expect from a responsible political party and political movement. — Life is a learning experience. Even the three months before a presidential election. So it might make sense to ask a question:
Discussion:
Raw Story and New York Daily News
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Gallup Poll: Fewer Americans Identifying As Conservatives, More As Liberals Since Outbreak Began — A new Gallup poll shows a significant drop in Americans identifying as conservative and a rise in those identifying as liberal since February, as President Trump and Republicans in Congress …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Commentary Magazine and Gallup
Associated Press:
Trump administration to resume processing DACA renewals — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will begin allowing so-called “Dreamer” immigrants to renew their permits to remain and work in the U.S. for a year while it reviews a Supreme Court ruling and the underlying legality …
Discussion:
Politico, Breitbart, WHYY and NBC Los Angeles
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Nick Laughlin / Morning Consult:
Extensive New Battleground Polling Shows Biden Gaining Ground — Biden has put Republican strongholds in play while extending his lead in several swing states — President Donald Trump faces an increasingly daunting electoral map according to new battleground state polling from Morning Consult Political Intelligence.
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CNN, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Denver Post and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
After Quitting Deadspin in Protest, They're Starting a New Site — The journalists who took part in a staff rebellion last year are starting Defector Media, a company with a podcast and a website dedicated to sports and culture. — One of the biggest staff rebellions in online media took place last year …
Discussion:
USA Today, Game 7, Hell World, Mediaite, The Wrap and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Sarah Palin's Facebook grift — Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican nominee for Vice President, is not the cultural icon she was a decade ago. In March, she appeared on “The Masked Singer,” where she sang “Baby Got Back” dressed in a pink bear costume. So how is Palin making ends meet?
The Markup:
Google's Top Search Result? — The search engine dedicated almost half of the first page of results in our test to its own products, which dominated the coveted top of the page — In Google's early years, users would type in a query and get back a page of 10 “blue links” that led to different websites.
Serena Smith / VICE:
Have You Been ‘Wokefished’ While Dating? Here's How to Tell — If a dude describes himself on Hinge as a “feminist”, pay close attention to how he actually treats women. — SS — When I was about 17, I decided to go vegan (I was trying a lot of things at the time …
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Maya Wiley Is Leaving MSNBC to Weigh Run for N.Y.C. Mayor — Ms. Wiley, who once led the city's police oversight board, would enter a mayoral race that has been reshaped by Black Lives Matter protests. — Maya D. Wiley, a former top counsel for Mayor Bill de Blasio, is leaving her role …
Discussion:
Mediaite
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
AFT threatens ‘safety strikes’ in school reopening talks — The American Federation of Teachers adopted a resolution denouncing “unsafe and unsound plans” or “the faulty implementation of plans.” — Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers president, speaks during a news conference.
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ABC News
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Jaime Harrison is chasing Lindsey Graham like a cheetah running down an impala — In American politics, some candidates give their opponents a real run for their money. And then there are those candidates who lay chase like a cheetah running down an impala on the Serengeti.
Discussion:
Althouse
Michael Weiss / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: A Former FBI Director's Double Game With Stolen Russian Money — Louis Freeh has been hired to investigate stolen Russian cash. But he repped one of the alleged money launderers in another case—alongside Russia's Trump Tower meeting lawyer. — This investigation was conducted jointly …
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Democrats Reject Marijuana Legalization In Party Platform — The document supports decriminalization but stops short of full legalization. — Democratic National Committee delegates voted 105-60 against including marijuana legalization in the party platform on Monday.
Discussion:
Marijuana Moment, Reason and The Federalist
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Ex-FBI agent Strzok due out with book about Trump, Russia — WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok, who played a key role in the Russia investigation but whose pejorative text messages about Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign made him a target of the president's wrath …
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Vanity Fair, NBC News, National Review, IJR, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Axios
Robert P. Jones / NBC News:
Racism among white Christians is higher than among the nonreligious. That's no coincidence. — Over the last several weeks, the United States has engaged in a long-overdue reckoning with the racist symbols of the past, tearing down monuments to figures complicit in slavery and removing Confederate flags from public displays.
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
The Republicans Have Written a Pro-Virus Bill … America's response to the coronavirus crisis has been a failure in large part thanks to our national impatience. We allowed businesses to reopen and nudged people back to work before successfully containing the disease …
Discussion:
The Mahablog and The American Independent
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Cuomo offers every MLB team a home in New York — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is offering every Major League Baseball team a temporary home in New York. — “New York state could host any Major League Baseball game that any teams want to play and they could play those games in our stadiums,” the governor said in a briefing on Tuesday.
Department of Homeland Security:
Department of Homeland Security Will Reject Initial Requests for DACA As It Weighs Future of the Program — Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf announced that in response to the Supreme Court's decision, the Department of Homeland Security will take action to thoughtfully consider …