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4:55 PM ET, June 3, 2021

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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Maggie Haberman Is Right  —  Donald Trump really does believe that he, along with two former GOP senators, will be ‘reinstated’ to office this summer.  —  WORLD  —  Were Wuhan Lab-Inquiry Opponents Worried about Provoking China?  —  By JIMMY QUINN June 3, 2021
Washington Post:
Biden offers major change to tax proposal in effort to secure infrastructure deal with Republicans  —  Instead of raising corporate tax rates to 28 percent, Biden has offered to create a new tax floor of 15 percent for businesses that pay very little.  —  President Biden signaled …
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Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins  —  Throughout 2020, the notion that the novel coronavirus leaked from a lab was off-limits.  Those who dared to push for transparency say toxic politics and hidden agendas kept us in the dark.  —  I. A Group Called DRASTIC
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spectator.us:
Donald McNeil described Americans as ‘selfish pigs’ in email to Fauci  —  The then-New York Times science writer compared us unfavorably to the average Chinese who ‘behaved incredibly heroically’  —  There are some wondrous revelations in Dr Anthony Fauci's over-3,200-page email trove acquired …
Discussion: The Daily Dot, NPR and USA Today
Washington Post:
FBI investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with his political fundraising  —  The FBI is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in connection with campaign fundraising activity involving his former business, according to people familiar with the matter and a spokesman for DeJoy.
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
As a vet spoke about Memorial Day's roots in Black history, his mic was cut.  It was no accident.  —  Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter was midway through his speech at a Memorial Day ceremony in an Ohio cemetery when he started discussing the role that freed Black enslaved people played in an early event honoring Civil War dead.
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Phil Keren / Akron Beacon Journal:
Veteran's microphone cut off when he discusses Blacks' role in establishing Memorial Day  —  Event organizer turned down sound for part of speech; Speaker says he was censored by Hudson American Legion  —  HUDSON — What at first blush appeared to be a short audio malfunction at Monday's Memorial …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is getting worse  —  (CNN)The evidence is everywhere.  —  CNN's Dana Bash reported Thursday morning that former President Donald Trump is “more obsessed than ever with the 2020 election,” with one former Trump aide telling her that the former President is only listening to …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Believes He Can Regain the Presidency This Summer He can't, but the insurrectionist wing of the GOP isn't going away.  —  The position of mainstream Republican leaders in Congress is that the January 6 insurrection, while regrettable, is behind us now.  It does not require congressional investigation nor any further rebuke.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Rep. Mo Brooks is avoiding an insurrection lawsuit. Rep. Eric Swalwell hired a private investigator to find him.
The White House:
Memorandum on Establishing the Fight Against Corruption as a Core United States National Security Interest … Section 1.  Policy.  Corruption corrodes public trust; hobbles effective governance; distorts markets and equitable access to services; undercuts development efforts …
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Axios:
COVID-19 cases hit lowest point in U.S. since pandemic began  —  The U.S. has brought new coronavirus infections down to the lowest level since March 2020, when the pandemic began.  —  The big picture: Nearly every week for the past 56 weeks, Axios has tracked the change — more often than not …
Katie Herzog / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
What Happens When Doctors Can't Tell the Truth?  —  I always thought that if you lived through a revolution it would be obvious to everyone.  As it turns out, that's not true.  Revolutions can be bloodless, incremental and subtle.  And they don't require a strongman.
Discussion: New York Times
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Column: He helped make Ronald Reagan president.  Now he's had it with the Republican Party  —  Recently, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library launched a lecture series entitled “Time for Choosing,” a name consciously echoing the famous 1964 speech that launched Reagan's political career and put him on a path to the White House.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Federal prosecutors looking into whether Gaetz obstructed justice  —  MIAMI — Federal prosecutors are examining whether Rep. Matt Gaetz obstructed justice during a phone call he had with a witness in the sex-crimes investigation of the Florida congressman, according to two sources familiar with the case.
Washington Post:
Biden privately called Lawrence Summers, a critic of White House agenda, to discuss economy  —  President Biden recently called former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, a Democrat who has been openly critical of his economic agenda, to acknowledge Summers's concerns and ask him to explain …
Politico:
Sources: Dem lobbying firm under federal investigation for Burisma work  —  The Justice Department is investigating the work of a consulting firm linked to the president's son for potential illegal lobbying, four people familiar with the probe told POLITICO.
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Treasury Official Was Sentenced To 6 Months In Prison For Giving Documents To BuzzFeed News  —  A former Treasury Department official was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday after she admitted to providing highly confidential banking documents to a BuzzFeed News reporter.
Discussion: Politico and Insider
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Watch What's Happening in Red States  —  It's not just voting rights.  —  Though this year's proliferation of bills restricting ballot access in red states has commanded national attention, it represents just one stream in a torrent of conservative legislation poised to remake the country.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Slate
Michele L. Norris / Washington Post:
Germany faced its horrible past. … Shortly after the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in 2016 on the National Mall, I was speaking to some patrons of a successful nonprofit about the importance of candid racial dialogue in politics and in the places we live, work and worship.
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
A Law Student Mocked the Federalist Society.  It Jeopardized His Graduation.  —  The Stanford student sent a satirical flier that drew a complaint from the conservative group.  The university then placed a hold on his diploma.  —  It was the final day of classes at Stanford Law School …
Associated Press:
Candidate interrupted by sex toy on drone, punched at event  —  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (AP) — A New Mexico sheriff who is running for mayor of Albuquerque was interrupted while on stage at a campaign event by a flying drone with a sex toy attached to it and a man who punched him.
Isaac Saul / Tangle:
What just happened in Israel, explained.  —  With views from the left, right, Israel and the U.S.  —  3 hr ago … Today's read: 11 minutes.  —  Benjamin Netanyahu faces the end of his time as prime minister.  Plus, a question about budget reconciliation, a new Blindspot Report and a critical “story that matters.”
Hunter Walker / Vanity Fair:
“Tell Me Something to Do Better and I'll Shut Up”: Ben Crump Is Making His Presence Felt in Biden's Washington  —  The lawyer for George Floyd's family has the president's ear and cable networks on speed dial.  With his star rising, some activists question if Crump's grabbing the spotlight to combat police violence—or for himself.
Discussion: The Uprising
Emily Stewart / Vox:
America's cruel unemployment experiment  —  Cutting off unemployment insurance early is all politics, not economics.  —  Karen just needs a few more months to finally get her massage business back off the ground.  Business was booming before the pandemic, and relying on unemployment insurance hasn't been easy.
Politico:
Supreme Court narrows scope of sweeping cybercrime law  —  The Supreme Court has sharply curtailed the scope of the nation's main cybercrime law, limiting a tool that civil liberties advocates say federal prosecutors have abused by seeking prison time for minor computer misdeeds.
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
State auditor says Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds illegally promoted herself with mask ads; she denies it  —  State Auditor Rob Sand is alleging Gov. Kim Reynolds violated the state's self-promotion law by appearing in a video last year to promote mask wearing during the pandemic …
Maggie Fox / CNN:
Conservatives more likely to believe false news, new study finds  —  How right-wing media pushed Covid-19 disinformation  —  (CNN)Political conservatives are more likely to believe untrue news reports than liberals are, researchers reported Wednesday.  —  It's the latest in a series …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Daily Kos
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Miseducation of White Children  —  The attacks on critical race theory are just another attempt to prevent this country from reckoning with its racist past and present—by keeping white kids ignorant.  —  President Joe Biden went to Tulsa, Oklahoma this week to honor the victims of the 1921 massacre on …
Wall Street Journal:
Armed Low-Cost Drones, Made by Turkey, Reshape Battlefields and Geopolitics  —  Missile-equipped drones built with affordable digital technology helped turn the tide against Russian-backed forces in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan  —  A soldier idles by a Russian-made T-72 tank.
 
 
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Biden's nonsensical claim about Alzheimer's and hospital beds
Discussion: The Western Journal
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China
Discussion: CNBC, The Hill, Protocol and Bloomberg
Yahoo News:
Federal Investigators Eye Rudy Giuliani's Security Firm as Probe Ramps Up
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats fear health care 2009 déjà vu as Biden-GOP infrastructure talks drag
Discussion: The National Interest
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
SMOKING GUN: FAUCI LIED, MILLIONS DIED — Fauci Was Informed of Hydroxychloroquine Success in Early 2020 But Lied to Public Instead Despite the Science #FauciEmails
Discussion: Washington Post
WFLA-TV:
Tampa Bay teacher facing several charges in connection with US Capitol riot
Discussion: WHNT-TV
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Mann / NPR:
Sackler Family Empire Poised To Win Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits
Discussion: The Western Journal
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Rep. Dan Crenshaw's search for ‘woke military’ complaints draws ridicule — and war movie quotes
Discussion: The Hill
Julie Gerstein / Insider:
Google removes its head of diversity after 2007 blog post surfaces in which he claimed Jews have ‘an insatiable appetite for war’
New York Times:
India and Israel Inflame Facebook's Fights With Its Own Employees
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Why the Manhattan District Attorney Should Have Trump Worried
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Vigilante's ‘Alarming’ Gubernatorial Run Has Some Bracing for Chaos
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
J.D. Vance / The American Mind:
Fighting Woke Capital
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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