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9:25 AM ET, June 26, 2021

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Politico:
White House scrambles to manage fallout of Biden's ‘tandem’ remarks  —  Joe Biden said the quiet part out loud and paid a price for it.  —  Reveling in his bipartisan win on infrastructure Thursday, the president declared that he would not sign the deal he'd just endorsed unless …
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Mike LaChance / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Democrats Trying to Rewrite History on ‘Defund the Police’  —  “We've never taken the position as a party that we should defund the police”  —  The Democrats must have internal polling on ‘defund the police’ that's truly awful, because some of them are already trying to rewrite the history of the issue.
Washington Post:
GOP senators are furious over Biden pledge tying infrastructure bill to huge Democratic package
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:   Jen Psaki Makes Republicans Look Like Fools For Lying About Infrastructure Bill
Politico:
Joe Biden, the anti-Sorkin
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
GOP infrastructure negotiators fume over Biden's handling of their deal
Scott Wong / The Hill:
McCarthy pans deal: Biden gave GOP ‘whiplash’
Discussion: Breitbart
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
No ET, no answers: Intel report is inconclusive about UFOs  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.  —  Investigators did not find extraterrestrial links in reviewing 144 sightings …
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Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
UFO Report Cites ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’ That Defy Worldly Explanation, U.S. Official Says  —  Propulsion, technology in some cases exceed present-day scientific knowledge, U.S. officials say  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence officials have examined more than a dozen sightings …
Politico:
Government report can't explain UFOs, but offers no evidence of aliens  —  A new intelligence report sent to Congress on Friday concludes that virtually all of the 144 sightings of unidentified flying objects documented by the military since 2004 are of unknown origin, in an extremely rare public accounting …
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Has No Explanation for Unidentified Objects and Stops Short of Ruling Out Aliens  —  A new government report is likely to fuel theories about unexplained aerial phenomena.  —  WASHINGTON — The government still has no explanation for nearly all of the scores of unidentified aerial phenomena reported …
Washington Post:   U.S. unable to explain more than 140 unidentified flying objects, but new report finds no evidence of alien life
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads  — The WHO urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe.
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
WHO Says Keep Your Mask on Even If You're Vaccinated as Delta Variant Spreads  —  STAY SAFE  —  The World Health Organization announced new guidance Friday for people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus that differed significantly from that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and CNBC
Wall Street Journal:
Delta Coronavirus Variant Prompts Limits in Australia, Israel, as India Warns of New Mutation  —  Parts of Sydney lock down, Israeli government brings back indoor masking; India warns of new mutation in challenge to Covid-19 pandemic controls  —  in Tel Aviv, Rhiannon Hoyle in Sydney and Shan Li
Discussion: HotAir
New York Times:
Trump Organization Could Face Criminal Charges in D.A. Inquiry  —  An indictment of the Trump Organization could mark the first criminal charges to emerge from an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney into Donald J. Trump and his business dealings.
New York Times:
Trump Aides Prepared Insurrection Act Order During Debate Over Protests  —  President Donald Trump never invoked the act, but fresh details underscore the intensity of his interest last June in using active-duty military to curb unrest.  —  Responding to interest from President Donald J. Trump …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Officer Injured in Capitol Riot Asks McCarthy to Disavow Lies About It  —  Officer Michael Fanone, who was seriously injured by the pro-Trump mob, said he came away disappointed from his meeting with the top House Republican.  —  WASHINGTON — For weeks, Michael Fanone …
Discussion: Honolulu Star-Advertiser and CNN
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Derek Chauvin sentenced to more than 22 years in George Floyd killing  —  Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, will spend more than 22 years behind bars.  —  His sentencing Friday comes just hours after his team unsuccessfully tried …
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Janelle Griffith / NBC News:
Judge denies Derek Chauvin's request for new trial ahead of sentencing
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Progressives' Urgent Question: How to Win Over Voters of Color  —  A yearslong challenge for the left was starkly illustrated this week as its hopes faded in the New York mayor's race.  —  Can progressives win broad numbers of the Black and brown voters they say their policies will benefit most?
Discussion: HotAir and Washington Post
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Sues Georgia Over Voting Restrictions Law  —  The lawsuit came after Republicans blocked ambitious federal legislation this week to protect voting rights.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued Georgia on Friday over a sweeping voting law passed by the state's Republican-led legislature …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Georgia to Stop Racially Discriminatory Provisions of New Voting Law
Damon Linker / The Week:
The left is anti-anti-Critical Race Theory  —  Liberals are unleashing savage critiques of the critics of CRT, but they're saying almost nothing about the simple-minded counter-homilies of their own allies  —  According to an adage attributed to George Santayana, those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Frustration Mounts in Search for Survivors of Condo Collapse Near Miami  —  No survivors were found Friday, and the number of people unaccounted for rose to more than 150.  Their families were increasingly losing hope.  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. — By the time yet another fire broke out amid …
 
 
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Kareem Chehayeb / Newlines Magazine:
The Archivists of Lebanon's Amnesia
Los Angeles Times:
Conservative activists push voter fraud claims to recruit an army to police California recall polls
American Greatness:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for Release of January 6 Surveillance Footage
Discussion: Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Sheriff's Department ordered to release misconduct, use-of-force records in response to Times lawsuit
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
France and U.S. Agree on the Perils of a Rising China, Blinken Says
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Amanda Coletta / Washington Post:
Canada labels the Three Percenters a terrorist entity
Abraham Mahshie / Washington Examiner:
Afghan president rejects intelligence reports that Kabul will fall
Discussion: New York Post and Politico
Michael Lipin / Voice of America:
Iran's Absentee Voting Events at US Hotels Raise Sanctions, Ethics Questions
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Arizona poised to enact new election restrictions, strip power from Democratic secretary of state
Discussion: Salon
 

 
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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

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix will host NFL Christmas games, including Beyonce's Halftime show, for only three hours after streaming them live; replays will be available on NFL+

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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