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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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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
White House Tells Execs to ‘Immediately’ Review Ransomware Plans
Discussion: CNBC
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.
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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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
It's Time for Anthony Fauci to Stop Talking
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.
Discussion: Common Dreams and New York Post
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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 …
CNN:
What Fauci's emails reveal — and what they don't  —  Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of emergency medicine; co-founder of GetUsPPE; and a CNN medical analyst.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own.  View more opinion on CNN.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon / Fox News:
Fauci not honest about COVID origin, says Adm. Brett Giroir
Discussion: The Federalist
New York Post:
Fauci emails all the more reason for US to get to bottom of COVID origins
Discussion: NewsNation Now
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Is Dr. Fauci under criminal investigation?
Discussion: Townhall
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
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 …
Discussion: CBS News, CNBC and UPI
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Establishing the Fight Against Corruption as a Core U.S. National Security Interest
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
Trump has grown increasingly consumed with ballot audits as he pushes falsehood that election was stolen  —  Former president Donald Trump remains relentlessly focused on the false claim that the November election was stolen from him and is increasingly consumed with the notion …
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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 …
Discussion: HotAir, Townhall and BizPac Review
New York Times:
Trump Administration Secretly Seized Phone Records of Times Reporters  —  The admission by the Biden Justice Department followed similar recent disclosures to The Washington Post and CNN.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of four …
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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.
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Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Eric Swalwell's attorneys searching for Mo Brooks to serve lawsuit
Discussion: USA Today and Crooks and Liars
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
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 …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Law Student Who Made Fun of the Federalist Society Will Be Allowed to Graduate After All
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Why the Manhattan District Attorney Should Have Trump Worried  —  Donald Trump's case won't be Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's first high-profile prosecution.  —  On May 25, the day after Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced that he had convened a criminal grand jury …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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 …
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Live chat  —  Updates about tonight's races in New Jersey  —  🌖Our chat has ended, but you can still read it back.  —  Reporter and author of New Jersey Playbook  —  The other really big race in New Jersey is freshman Rep. Tom Malinowski's reelection against Republican Tom Kean Jr. …
Discussion: Raw Story
Erin Banco / Politico:
Biden admin reveals plans for first 25 million donated vaccine doses  —  The Biden administration has announced which countries will share in the first 25 million Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the U.S. to help low- and middle-income nations combat the pandemic.
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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New York Times:
Wage Growth Is Holding Up in Aftermath of the Economic Crash
Washington Post:
The way forward on containing Iran's nuclear ambitions
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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
WFLA-TV:
Tampa Bay teacher facing several charges in connection with US Capitol riot
Discussion: WHNT-TV
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
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New York Times:
India and Israel Inflame Facebook's Fights With Its Own Employees
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
What Woke's Worth and Why  —  In early 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates delivered the inaugural …
Discussion: Christopher F. Rufo
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Democrats Want to Destroy Democracy to Save It
Discussion: Daily Kos
The Daily Beast:
Far-Right Vigilante's ‘Alarming’ Gubernatorial Run Has Some Bracing for Chaos
Discussion: Raw Story
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Right-wing pastor gets Covid after saying vaccines were part of ‘mass death campaign’
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Financial Times:
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