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10:05 AM ET, June 5, 2021

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Mike Ives / New York Times:
Federal Judge Overturns California's 3-Decade-Old Assault Weapons Ban  —  The judge said the ban was a “failed experiment.”  California's governor called the ruling “a direct threat to public safety.”  —  A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state's three-decade-old ban …
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CNN:
A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns California's ban on assault weapons  —  (CNN)In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday, ruling it violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.
Discussion: HotAir, California Governor and Insider
CBS San Francisco:
Federal Judge Overturns California Assault Weapons Ban
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Obtained Gag Order on Times Executives in Secret Fight Over Email Logs  —  A push by prosecutors to secretly seize data about four Times reporters' emails began in the Trump administration and continued under Biden.  —  WASHINGTON — In the last weeks of the Trump administration …
Kristen Altus / Fox News:
McEnany: Women in Biden admin get ‘glowing’ profiles after ‘hit pieces’ for female Trump officials  —  Reports say Annie Leibovitz photographing Biden press secretary Jen Psaki  —  McEnany: Mainstream media ‘fawning’ over Biden admin with weak questioning, ‘glowing’ profiles
Discussion: Raw Story, LGBTQ Nation and Mediaite
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
‘So interesting’: Trump pitched on idea to run for House, become Speaker
Discussion: Instapundit and Axios
Politico:
Biden rejects another GOP infrastructure offer
New York Times:
At Once Diminished and Dominating, Trump Prepares for His Next Act  —  The former president speaks on Saturday to the North Carolina Republican convention, as he resumes political speeches and rallies.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump, the former president of the United States …
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Phil Keren / Akron Beacon Journal:
Memorial Day mic cut: Hudson American Legion Post's charter suspended, leader resigns  —  The charter of Hudson's American Legion post was suspended as its leader resigned Friday after a veteran's mic got cut while he spoke about Black Americans' role in the history of Memorial Day.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Senior Trump Organization Official Is Called to Testify Before Grand Jury  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed Jeffrey McConney, a long-serving financial executive at the company.  —  As prosecutors ramp up their investigation of Donald J. Trump and his family business …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
G-7 countries reach agreement on 15 percent minimum global tax rate  —  The accord announced by finance ministers could reshape tax obligations of multinational corporations  —  Finance ministers for the G-7 advanced economies announced an accord that could reshape the tax obligations of multinational corporations around the world.
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Politico:
The partisan divide in vaccinations is starker than you realize  —  The partisan divide in Covid-19 vaccinations is becoming starker as the nation inches toward President Joe Biden's goal of providing at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4, complicating efforts to reach …
NBC News:
The state of Alabama took his gun away.  When authorities gave it back, he shot and killed his wife. … HOOVER, Alabama — Late one night in February 2019, a 31-year-old woman in a troubled marriage was rushed to an emergency room in a Birmingham, Alabama, suburb, with a gunshot wound in her upper right arm.
Discussion: New York Post
Derek Robertson / Politico:
How Everything Became ‘Cancel Culture’  —  Congresswoman Liz Cheney was canceled.  —  So her sympathetic Republican colleagues — ranging from Rep. Ken Buck to Sen. Joni Ernst to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan — declared as she was abruptly stripped of her position in party leadership last month …
Discussion: Areo
NBC News:
The health insurance public option might be fizzling.  The left is OK with that. … WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama abandoned a public insurance option to win moderate support for the Affordable Care Act in 2009, progressives were enraged.  —  A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned …
Discussion: Vox and NPR
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:   Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Recall Heated Health Care Summer of 2009
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
FBI demands USA Today hand over names of EVERYONE who read story about two FBI agents killed during Florida child porn raid but newspaper REFUSES First Amendment ‘violation’  — The article was about a child porn raid that killed two of its agents - the suspect committed suicide afterwards
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
‘Jeb is Heartbroken’: Bush Inner Circle Responds to George P. Bush's Trumpian Campaign Launch  —  The recent campaign launch by a Bush family scion has upended their longstanding unity, causing heartbreak behind the scenes and even a rare public rebuke from a longtime Bush loyalist.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
U.S. Capitol Attack Is Reshaping The Federal Counterterrorism Budget  —  The Biden administration has requested millions of dollars in new funds for the FBI and Justice Department in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.  —  Five months after supporters of former President Donald Trump launched …
Jean Mackenzie / BBC:
Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper  —  For nearly three weeks Belgium's leading virologist has been living in a safehouse with his wife and 12-year-old son, guarded by security agents.  —  While scientists across the world have come under attack throughout the pandemic …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
The Daily Shot:
Home price appreciation is peaking  —  The Daily Shot: 03-Jun-21  —  Administrative Update  —  Please note that clicking on “unsubscribe from The Daily Shot” at the bottom of the letter will not cancel your subscription.  It will just remove you from the distribution list, and you will still have access to The Daily Shot online.
New York Times:
McGahn Breaks Little New Ground in Closed-Door Testimony  —  A transcript of the former White House counsel's appearance, which ended a two-year dispute between the Justice Department and Congress over a subpoena, will be made public next week.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald F. McGahn II …
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
All eyes on DeSantis  —  Ron DeSantis is sitting in the ballroom of Pittsburgh's Wyndham Hotel facing the famous confluence of three rivers.  The waterways carry coal barges, kayaks, jet skis, and bass boats.  It is a scene that reflects the area's past and developing future.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's utterly bonkers ‘reinstatement’ ideas matter  —  One of the earliest signs came in early February.  Donald Trump and his team issued assorted written statements and legal filings which went to comedic lengths to avoid use of the phrase “former president” — suggesting …
Marco Rubio / Fox News:
If Biden believes in science, he must fire Fauci  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci has repeatedly demonstrated a history of moving goal-posts when it comes to public health  —  Mike Pompeo: Dr. Fauci ‘saw everything I saw’  —  It will be decades before we know the true cost of the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised Password  — Investigators suspect hackers got password from dark web leak  — Colonial CEO hopes U.S. goes after criminal hackers abroad  —  The hack that took down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. and led to shortages across …
Discussion: CNN, more at Techmeme »
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: British doctor Peter Daszak who tried to gag the Wuhan lab leak theory is seen outside his million-dollar home in upstate NY as it's revealed he has IGNORED Congress' demands for answers  — DailyMail.com spotted Dr. Peter Daszak outside of his million dollar home in an affluent neighborhood …
Discussion: New York Post
Maya King / Politico:
Why both parties are so fixated on a nonpartisan Texas mayor's race  —  Republican mayors are close to extinct in big-city America.  And there might be one fewer after Saturday's mayoral runoff in Fort Worth, Texas.  —  While Democrats hold City Hall in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump called Arizona Senate president to thank her ‘for pushing to prove any fraud’ in election, emails show  —  Newly released emails sent to and from Arizona state senators reveal that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani reached out personally to urge GOP officials …
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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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The new journalism — and the PR firms behind it
Matthew Petti / Responsible Statecraft:
Lawmakers smear Iranian-American Biden adviser with unsubstantiated conspiracy theory
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
If America Were a Foreign Country, We'd Know Its Democracy Is Dying
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
Our Politics And The English Language
Kathleen Foody / Associated Press:
Obama: Presidential center will promote Chicago's South side
Discussion: Associated Press
Freddie deBoer:
Those Who Didn't Make the List  —  bigotry evolves to fit social norms and corporate needs
Jeff Coltin / City & State NY:
Dianne Morales refuses her staff union's demands
 Earlier Items: 
Amelia Pollard / American Prospect:
Senate Democrat Blocks Military Sexual Assault Bill
Discussion: Daily Kos
Joel Kotkin / MSN:
A Middle Class Rebellion Against Progressives Is Gaining Steam
Ross Guidotti / CBS Pittsburgh:
'They're Worth More Than $7.25 An Hour': Push Continues For Minimum Wage Raise In Pennsylvania
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
In Delaware, Biden Indulges One of His Oldest Habits: Commuting
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Sinema's Position on the Filibuster Echoes Goldwater's Case Against Civil Rights
Kyle Smith / National Review:
You Can Have My Mask When You Pry It off My Cold, Dead Face
Katie Herzog / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
‘The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind’
 

 
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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

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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