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7:30 AM ET, June 28, 2021

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by the Department of Defense  —  (Attributable to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby)  —  “At President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region.
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria  —  The attacks were against weapons storage facilities used by Iranian-backed militias to conduct drone strikes against locations where American military are.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States carried out three airstrikes early Monday morning …
Discussion: BizPac Review, TASS and Political Wire
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Toyota is the no. 1 donor to 2020 election objectors — by far  —  The Japanese automaker gave $55,000 to 37 GOP objectors this year.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ben Smith / New York Times:
An Accusation Blew Up a Campaign.  The Media Didn't Know What to Do.  —  Handling a delicate allegation of sexual misconduct is a lot more challenging than covering a horse race.  —  Two days after coming in fifth in the election night count of votes for New York mayor last week …
Michelle Fay Cortez / Bloomberg:
The Last-And Only-Foreign Scientist in the Wuhan Lab Speaks Out  —  Danielle Anderson was working in what has become the world's most notorious laboratory just weeks before the first known cases of Covid-19 emerged in central China.  Yet, the Australian virologist still wonders what she missed.
Discussion: Townhall
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Where Jobless Benefits Were Cut, Jobs Are Still Hard to Fill  —  Missouri scrapped federal pay to the unemployed, saying it kept people out of the labor market.  But so far, workers still seem to be choosy.  —  MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — By lunchtime, the representatives …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Possible Failure Point Emerges in Miami Building Collapse  —  Some engineers looking at the failure of a 13-story condo tower in Florida said the collapse appeared to have begun somewhere near the bottom of the building.  —  The investigation into what may be the deadliest accidental building collapse …
Washington Post:
Trump Organization attorneys given Monday deadline to persuade prosecutors not to file charges against it  —  Prosecutors in New York have given former president Donald Trump's attorneys a deadline of Monday afternoon to make any final arguments as to why the Trump Organization …
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
QAnon Supporters Express Boredom With ‘Same Old’ Trump Speech: ‘This Is Getting Ridiculous’  —  Both QAnon and longtime supporters of former President Donald Trump criticized his Saturday night speech in Wellington, Ohio, accusing him of the “same-old, same-old” grievances against Democrats …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Madison Cawthorn, self-described ‘big history buff,’ keeps getting historical facts wrong  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican from North Carolina, has called himself a “big history buff” and a “lover of history.”  —  But Cawthorn — who, at age 25 …
Dr. Alex Safian / Begin-Sadat Center …:
How Many Gaza Palestinians Were Killed by Hamas Rockets in May?  An Estimate  —  BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,081, June 27, 2021  —  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Much of the coverage and commentary surrounding the fighting in May between Hamas and Israel has focused on numbers …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Val Demings / USA Today:
Voters didn't elect us to do nothing and blame the Senate filibuster.  Get rid of it.  —  Voters elected us to fix problems and we should.  Yes, the other party might take power and pass bills I think are bad, but that's how democracy works.  —  The future of our republic is being decided …
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
The Catholic bishops' anti-Biden project is backfiring  —  In the 1960s, when Time magazine published its now-iconic “Is God Dead?” cover, the theologian Harvey Cox wrote that the “ ‘death of God’ syndrome can only occur when the controlling symbols of the culture have been more or less uncritically fused with the transcendent God.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Kim Willsher / The Guardian:
Le Pen's far-right party suffers blow in French regional elections  —  Rassemblement National fails to win region in south of France stronghold after rivals form ‘Republican front’  —  Marine Le Pen's far-right party has suffered a serious electoral blow when it failed to win a regional election …
Kevin McCarthy / House Republican Leader:
Framework to Stop the Bias and Check Big Tech  —  A letter to House Republicans from Leader Kevin McCarthy:  —  Just days before the 2018 primary election, Google search results for “California Republicans” identified our ideology as “Nazism.”  At the same time, conservatives like Devin Nunes …
Discussion: Breitbart
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Sen. Bill Cassidy: 'Roads and bridges are a woman's problem' because they are ‘doing the shopping’  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Sunday insisted that infrastructure like roads and bridges is a “women's problem” because they do the “shopping.”  —  Cassidy made the remarks on NBC's Meet the Press …
 
 
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Lazar Berman / The Times of Israel:
Lapid to Blinken: Mistakes were made in US-Israel relationship, we'll fix them
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News roiling over column in New York Times
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
New Cuba policy on hold while Biden deals with bigger problems
Maria Cardona / The Hill:
The important immigration question Republicans must answer
Discussion: Fox News and NPR
Mike Allen / Axios:
J.D. Vance to announce Senate run this week
Jessie Opoien / madison.com:
At WI convention, Ron Johnson calls for GOP to ‘take back our culture’
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Washington Post:
Portland and Seattle shatter records amid historic heat wave
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and NPR
Jane Harper / Virginian-Pilot:
Former political consultant for ex-U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor indicted for election fraud
Candace Rondeaux / The Intercept:
How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — And Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Wallace has contentious interview with GOP lawmaker: Aren't you the ones defunding the police?
Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Gwen Berry turns away from flag at U.S. track and field trials: ‘I feel like it was a setup’
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
She predicted the blue wave — now she's trying to prevent a big red one
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