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Nick Clegg / About Facebook:
In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit — Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook's suspension of former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6.
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook to end a longtime exception made for politicians who break its rules
Facebook to end a longtime exception made for politicians who break its rules
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ABC News:
Manhattan DA brought Trump Organization controller to testify before special grand jury: Sources — Jeff McConney has testified in the probe of Trump's finances, sources say. — One of the most senior officials in the Trump Organization has testified before a special grand jury empaneled …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Tapper and Wallace take opposing tacks on GOP election deniers — DRIVING THE DAY — Happy Friday, Playbookers. If you thought President JOE BIDEN'S offer to keep the corporate tax rate at 21% might yield a breakthrough on infrastructure ... not so much.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Sinema and Manchin's Nihilistic Bipartisanship — We are in the eye of the storm of American democratic collapse. There is, outwardly, a feeling of calm. The Biden administration is competent and placid. The coronavirus emergency is receding nationally, if not internationally.
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Major Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Says Abolish Filibuster Or Get Out Of The Senate
Major Kyrsten Sinema Supporter Says Abolish Filibuster Or Get Out Of The Senate
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Arizona Republic and Raw Story
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden's Long Hot Summer
Biden's Long Hot Summer
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows — NEW YORK (AP) — The building has stunning Manhattan skyline views, its spa offers deep-tissue massages, and the fancy restaurant off the lobby serves up prime steaks. Best of all, many apartments at the Trump World Tower …
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Politico:
Attacks on Fauci grow more intense, personal and conspiratorial — For over a year, Anthony Fauci has been a bogeyman for conservatives, who have questioned his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and accused him of quietly undermining then-President Donald Trump.
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Financial Times:
Anthony Fauci urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers
Anthony Fauci urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Biden says he's ‘very confident’ in Fauci after thousands of emails revealed
Biden says he's ‘very confident’ in Fauci after thousands of emails revealed
Rep. Mark Green / Washington Examiner:
What did Dr. Fauci know, and when did he know it? — Nearly 50 years ago …
What did Dr. Fauci know, and when did he know it? — Nearly 50 years ago …
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CNBC:
Biden continues infrastructure talks with Republicans as deadlines slip away — President Joe Biden will meet with GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito again Monday to discuss a potential bipartisan infrastructure bill. — Monday also marks the deadline by which the administration wanted to see progress in discussions.
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NBC News:
Manchin makes clear he doesn't want Democrats to go it alone on infrastructure
Manchin makes clear he doesn't want Democrats to go it alone on infrastructure
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Parliamentarian changes Senate calculus for Biden agenda
Parliamentarian changes Senate calculus for Biden agenda
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CNN:
As Trump readies summer rallies and speeches, allies worry he's stuck in the past — (CNN)A cadre of aides and advisers working to tame Donald Trump's obsession with the 2020 election, including his fixation with debunked voter fraud theories and ballot audits, are realizing the task at hand is much tougher than they thought.
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CNN:
Alleged US Capitol rioter who heckled police for ‘protecting pedophiles’ served jail time for statutory rape of 14-year-old girl — (CNN)A Trump supporter accused of storming the US Capitol and heckling police officers for “protecting pedophiles” previously served jail time after being convicted …
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Dan Packel / LAW.com:
Barnes & Thornburg Partner Leaves Firm After Representing My Pillow CEO in Suit — The Am Law 100 firm said the partner didn't receive “authorization” for the suit and the firm is withdrawing as local counsel. — A Minneapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg partner representing My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell is …
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Pete Schroeder / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE JPMorgan freezes donations to Republicans who contested 2020 election — JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) will resume making political donations to U.S. lawmakers but will not give to Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory …
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Katie Herzog / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
‘The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind’ — A psychiatrist lecturing at Yale's Child Study Center spoke about ‘unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way.’ … KH: Your bio online says you are a “Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, with expertise in violence …
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Sarah Blaskey / Miami Herald:
What whistleblower case reveals about Florida's COVID response | Miami Herald — What Rebekah Jones saw behind the scenes at the Florida Department of Health — Just hours after the police entered her home, guns drawn and warrant to seize her electronics in hand, Rebekah Jones …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Scott Stringer Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 2nd Woman — The woman, Teresa Logan, accused Mr. Stringer of sexual harassment and making unwanted advances while she was working for him at a bar and restaurant he co-owned in 1992. — Five weeks after an allegation of unwanted sexual …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An ugly new GOP attack line is prompting a useful rethink among Democrats — With crime rising in U.S. cities, Republicans are confident that they can win the midterms by tying it to Democrats and the “defund the police” movement. This, in turn, has prompted a mini-battle among liberals …
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National Journal, Politico and USA Today
Tom Hanks / New York Times:
You Should Learn the Truth About the Tulsa Race Massacre — Mr. Hanks is an actor and filmmaker whose projects include historical works like “Band of Brothers,” “The Pacific” and “John Adams” and documentaries about America from the 1960s to the 2000s. — I consider myself a lay historian …
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
Bing Censors Image Search for ‘Tank Man’ Even in US — “There are no results for tank man,” the Bing website reads after searching for the term. — Joseph Cox — Bing, the search engine owned by Microsoft, is not displaying image results for a search for “Tank man,” even when searching from the United States.
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Bloomberg:
SEC Ousts Head of Top Audit Regulator Amid Warren Pressure — PCAOB Chairman William Duhnke replaced by Duane DesParte — Progressive Democrats had called for Duhnke's removal — The Securities and Exchange Commission, led by Chairman Gary Gensler, has fired the U.S.'s top accounting regulator …
New York Times:
Congress Needs to Defend Vote Counting, Not Just Vote Casting — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. — Republican-controlled state legislatures …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
State Department Shuns Term ‘Abraham Accords’ — Emails reveal employees should refer to historic Israel peace deals as ‘normalization agreements’ — The Biden State Department discourages employees from referring to the historic peace agreements signed by Israel and its Arab neighbors …
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
The racist legacy many birds carry — The birding community faces a difficult debate about the names of species connected to enslavers, supremacists and grave robbers — Corina Newsome is a Black ornithologist, as rare as some of the birds she studies. — When she joined Georgia Audubon …
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Republicans Are Accidentally Suppressing Their Own Voters — An unnamed Democratic congressional aide told The Washington Post this week that the mood in his party is “panic.” The cause of that panic is a raft of legislation in various Republican-controlled states that's designed to limit voters' access to the polls.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Letting the Economy Create Jobs for Everyone Is (Sadly) Radical — Everyone in American politics believes that jobs should be plentiful and wages should be high — they just disagree about how to achieve those outcomes. — Or so our nation's political rhetoric might lead one to believe.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
There's nothing “delusional” about Donald Trump's conspiracy theories. They are working — Trump's conspiracy theories aren't delusional, they are aspirational — and so far, they are working for him — “Delusion.” “Off the chart bonkers.” “Insane.” “Objectively nuts.”
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Ja'han Jones / HuffPost:
Top Candidate Turns Down UNC Job, Cites School's Mistreatment Of Nikole Hannah-Jones — Chemist Lisa Jones turned down a job at the University of North Carolina after trustees rejected Nikole Hannah Jones' tenure request. — In a letter sent to school administrators …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Lawmakers urge Biden to evacuate Afghan allies ‘immediately’ — A bipartisan group warns that thousands of people are at risk if the U.S. doesn't immediately fix the Special Immigrant Visa backlog. — Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 3, 2021.
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Alyssa Newcomb / NBC News:
North Carolina county bans Coca-Cola machines after company criticizes Georgia voting law — Officials in Surry County, North Carolina, voted to remove Coca-Cola machines from all government facilities in response to the beverage company CEO's remarks about Georgia's controversial new voting law.
Daniel Canova / Fox News:
Former University of Oklahoma volleyball player sues over exclusion from team because of political views — Kylee McLaughlin's attorney and the university both declined to comment on the lawsuit — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 3 — Kylee McLaughlin, a former volleyball player …
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