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Russian bounty intel opens new rifts on Capitol Hill
Dems said they weren't given “substantive information” while Senate Republicans emphasized that intel agencies hadn't come to a consensus.
June 30 - Democrats and Republicans are sharply at odds over allegations that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops — more  

https://edition.cnn.com/search?size=10&q=Steny%20Hoyer

White House Learned Of Russian Bounty Intelligence In Early 2019 | NBC Nightly News
Jul 1, 2020

According to the Associated Press, and confirmed by NBC News, top officials were made aware of intelligence indicating that Russia was offering bounties on U.S. troops early last year.

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Donald Trump's calls to world leaders revealed in astonishing leak to Watergate's Bernstein: He and Vladimir Putin are like 'two guys in a steam bath,' he trashes Obama AND Bush as 'don't kanow BS,' and called Angela Merkel 'stupid' and Theresa May weak

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8472701/Insiders-compare-Donald-Trumps-private-calls-Vladimir-Putin-two-guys-steam-bath.html

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Russia offered cash rewards to Taliban fighters to kill US troops in Afghanistan
Jun 28, 2020

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#TraitorTrump and ‘TRE45ON’ trend nationwide as outrage grows: ‘The biggest scandal Trump has faced’
June 28 - President Donald Trump was greeted with outrage on Twitter after returning to the White House from a day of golfing.
The hashtags #TraitorTrump, #TrumpTreason and #TraitorInChief all trended nationwide on Twitter on Saturday. The phrase “TRE45ON” also trended, with the letters “a” and “s” replaced by the number 45, as Trump is America’s forty-fifth president.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/traitortrump-and-tre45on-trend-nationwide-as-outrage-grows-the-biggest-scandal-trump-has-faced/

Another example of how this man is destroying our country!! To his supporters… Look beyond your politics. Do you want to blindly stand with this man after he is willing to betray the men and women who sacrifice for all of us!!#TRE45ON #TraitorTrump
https://t.co/jz2QsDKE1R

— Jason Lewis (@JasonLewis) June 27, 2020

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Trump signs Executive Order to 'protect American monuments' after sharing FBI wanted poster for vandals accused of trying to tear down Andrew Jackson's statue in DC and demands 10 years in prison for them
Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order 'protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues' - and promised long prison terms for those that damage them

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8464541/Trump-shares-FBI-wanted-poster-vandals-tried-tear-Andrew-Jacksons-statue.html

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 25, 2020

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JUNE 24, 2020

House Judiciary Hearing on Justice Department Oversight

Current and former Justice Department officials testified at an oversight hearing on the actions of Attorney General William Barr and department investigation decisions. Aaron Zelinsky said there was “heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice” to give Roger Stone, a President Trump political ally, leniency in his sentencing recommendation. John Elias said Mr. Barr ordered numerous antitrust investigations into the cannabis industry, against the recommendations of career staffers, because he did not like the companies' underlying business. Donald Ayer also voiced his concerns with the current leadership of the department, saying, “I am here because I believe that William Barr poses the greatest threat in my lifetime to our rule of law and to public trust in it.” Michael Mukasey, however, said he believes Mr. Barr is committed to the rule of law, and dismissed accusations of political bias within the department. 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?473163-1/house-judiciary-hearing-justice-department-oversight

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 26, 2020

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Trump's brother fails in bid to block niece's tell-all book
June 26 - An attempt to block publication of a book claiming to tell the inside story of the Trump family by the US president’s niece has been dismissed by a court in New York.
Queens county surrogate court judge Peter Kelly said on Thursday “several improprieties” in the filing by Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, meant the bid to stop the book was “fatally defective”.
The suit concerned a non-disclosure agreement Mary Trump signed in 2001, relating to litigation over family patriarch Fred Trump’s will. Kelly said that matter was closed, and thus the attempt to block the book could not be pursued in his court.   more...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8460807/Trumps-LOSE-attempt-gag-Mary-Trump-judge-dismisses-petition-protective-order.html

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 24, 2020

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Police drop investigation into 'White Lives Matter Burnley' banner flown over Premier League game

June 24 - Police have dropped their investigation into the "White Lives Matter Burnley" banner that was flown over the Etihad Stadium on Monday night after finding "no criminal offences."
Lancashire police announced their intention to look into the incident, which overshadowed Manchester City's 5-0 win over Burnley, but will not press charges at this time.     more   

 https://global.espn.com/football/english-premier-league/story/4119449/police-drop-investigation-into-white-lives-matter-burnley-banner-flown-over-premier-league-game

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White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 23, 2020

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A top White House economic adviser is leaving — and he has a disturbing warning on his way out

June 23 - White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett is leaving the administration after his second tour of duty under the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump, and he shared an ominous warning about the country’s future in an interview Monday with the Washington Post.

“I think everyone should be worried about how this is going to turn out in the end, because it’s a shock unlike anything we’ve ever seen,” Hassett said. “Certainly, the crisis is not over — and there’s a lot of work to do.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/a-top-white-house-economic-adviser-is-leaving-and-he-has-a-disturbing-warning-on-his-way-out/

John Bolton just revealed Donald Trump's dirty little secret

June 23 - (CNN)... regarding how Trump conducted the business of being president are so incredibly striking (bolding is mine):

"There really isn't any guiding principle -- that I was able to discern other than -- what's good for Donald Trump's reelection."Now, look, you can't take the politics out of politics. It plays a role in every aspect of decision making in the executive branch. But there's no coherent basis, no strategy, no philosophy. And decisions are made in a very scatter-shot fashion, especially in the potentially mortal field of national security policy. This is a danger for the republic."
What those lines confirm is something I've long believed: There is no secret plan that Trump is operating against. He isn't playing three-dimensional chess. He's playing zero-dimensional chess. He's just, well, doing stuff. And seeing what sticks. (There are myriad examples over his first three years in office that prove this out.)...     more

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/john-bolton-trump-room-where-it-happened/index.html

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 22, 2020

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Geoffrey Berman: Trump fires top US prosecutor who refused to quit

June 21 - US President Donald Trump has fired a top federal prosecutor who refused to leave office, Attorney General William Barr has said.

Geoffrey Berman, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said on Friday that he had learned he was "stepping down" in a press release.

Mr Berman insisted he would stay in post and continue his investigations.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53123847

Geoffrey Berman

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 19, 2020

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Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA

July 19 - ​Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/daca-immigration-supreme-court/index.html

Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration from Ending DACA

Jun 19, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 19, 2020

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Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Tells the Story of the Teen He's Been Raising Whom He Calls His 'Son'
June 19 - ...Six years ago, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz says, he met the young boy he now calls his son.
Nestor Galban was 12 and had just arrived from Cuba, where he’d grown up and where his mother had recently died of breast cancer, Gaetz says. Then a state legislator, Gaetz was dating Nestor’s older sister.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8437979/Florida-Republican-Matt-Gaetz-reveals-Cuban-immigrant-son-19-raised.html

John Bolton says Trump ‘not fit for office’
President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz the president doesn’t have “the competence to carry out the job.”

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 18, 2020

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Atlanta police department morale "is down ten-fold," Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says

Police brutality protests in the Atlanta area intensified this week after 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by a police officer Friday night. Since the officers involved in the case have been relieved of their duties and charged for Brooks' death, the police department has seen a surge in fellow officers calling out of work — and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says police morale "is down ten-fold."

In an interview with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on Wednesday, the mayor said that police morale around the country is down...   more

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White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 17, 2020

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Mary Trump, Donald Trump's niece, dishes on 'toxic family,' 'dark history' in book coming in July

June 17 -Mary Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, has written a book about the president and it is being released July 28, according to publisher Simon & Schuster

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 16, 2020

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Trump's wish for an end to the pandemic contradicts reality
June 16 - (CNN)President Donald Trump has no intention of accepting any new normal dictated by the coronavirus pandemic.
His big return-to-the-campaign trail rally set for Saturday night is dramatic proof of that. The event in Oklahoma, will be an extraordinary moment, even in a presidency that has often defied credulity.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-politics-oklahoma-election-2020/index.html

Trump Can't Spin His Choice Of Juneteenth For Tulsa Rally, Pushes It Back A Day

Jun 16, 2020

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Rayshard Brooks' final moments were caught on video. Here's what the footage shows

But dashcam footage from the officers' cruisers shows the three men on the ground struggling with each other. The footage from Rolfe's dashcam shows Brosnan readying his Taser as Rolfe holds Brooks from behind.

"You're going to get Tased," one of the officers says.

Another video filmed by a bystander in the drive-thru begins shortly after the struggle starts and shows Brooks grab the stun gun.

"Hands off the f***ing Taser," one of the officers says. "Hands off the Taser."
The struggle continues as one of the officers says, "Stop fighting."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/14/us/rayshard-brooks-videos-final-moments/index.html

Rayshard Brooks: police body-cam footage shows buildup to fatal shooting

June 16, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 14, 2020

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June 14 - Democratic senator Cory Booker has appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation and discussed qualified immunity, which can make public officials, such as police officers, less accountable for their actions. “I think it’s time that we change qualified immunity,” said Booker.    source

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jun/14/rayshard-brooks-atlanta-police-shooting-black-man-protests-trump-politics-latest-live

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8418741/PICTURED-Atlanta-cop-Garrett-Rolfe-fatally-shot-Rayshard-Brooks-outside-Wendys.html

Cop who shot Rayshard Brooks dead is fired and police chief quits as bodycam shows the black man talking politely to officers seconds before he was killed - as protests erupt across Atlanta

White House News (白宮消息) | Jun. 13, 2020

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Donald Trump DELAYS his MAGA comeback rally in Tulsa from Juneteenth to June 20 out of 'respect' following huge backlash over his decision to host first post-COVID campaign event at site of 1921 race massacre

June 13 - President Donald Trump has said that he will delay until June 20 his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma that had been planned for June 19, the holiday known as Juneteenth.

Trump had faced massive backlash from his critics over the timing and location of the rally, originally planned for a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America, in a city where an infamous race massacre took place.

'We had previously scheduled our #MAGA Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for June 19th – a big deal. Unfortunately, however, this would fall on the Juneteenth Holiday,' Trump tweeted on Friday night.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8416689/Trump-reschedules-comeback-MAGA-rally-Tulsa-Juneteenth-following-day.html

PBS NewsHour full episode, June 12, 2020

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Fact check: Trump on defunding police

Jun 12 - On the calls to defund the police, Trump said: “I heard they want to close up all police forces... What happens late at night when you make that call to 911 and there’s nobody there? What do you do, whether you’re white, black, or anybody else, what do you do?”

President Trump: "I heard they want to close up all police forces... What happens late at night when you make that call to 9-1-1 and there's nobody there? What do you do, whether you're white, black, or anybody else, what do you do?" pic.twitter.com/iiVzMPkpOd

— The Hill (@thehill) June 11, 2020

Lawmakers Criticize President Trump For Holding Rally On Juneteenth
Some lawmakers are outraged over President Donald Trump's decision to hold a campaign rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the location of one of the deadliest race riots in American history.

Trump’s decision to hold a rally in Tulsa, the location of the single worst incident of racial violence in American history, on Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the freeing of slaves, is abhorrent and a wink at his racist supporters. He doesn’t even need votes in Oklahoma.

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) June 11, 2020

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"I should not have been there," said General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a pre-recorded video address to the National Defense University

"My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics."

https://news.sky.com/story/george-floyd-protests-top-us-general-apologises-for-joining-trump-at-church-photo-op-12005132

Listen to "Protests and rage engulf America" by Sky News via #spreaker https://t.co/jSRamlruyG

— Yaolee Chen (@yaoleechen) June 12, 2020

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Trump says 'domestic terrorists' and 'ugly anarchists' have overrun Seattle and tells 'radical left Democrats' to 'take back their city NOW, or I will' - as protesters set up armed checkpoints at six-block 'autonomous zone'
June 11 - 'Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stooped [sic] IMMEDIATELY. MOVE FAST!' he continued. 'Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle, run by Radical Left Democrats, of course. LAW & ORDER!'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8409067/Trump-says-domestic-terrorists-taken-Seattle-demands-CHAZ-retaken.html

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Protesters turn White House barricade into memorial wall for victims of racism

The wall was erected amidst protests for George Floyd

June 10 - PROTESTERS HAVE turned a fence intended to prevent crowds edging toward the White House into a memorial wall for victims of racial injustice

President Donald Trump ordered the wall be erected around Lafayette Square last week, following ongoing protests in Washington DC.

The square has served as a flashpoint throughout the demonstrations, and has seen a number of clashes between police and protesters.

https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/world-news/2020/06/10/protesters-turn-white-house-barricade-into-memorial-wall-for-victims-of-racism/

https://us.cnn.com/us/live-news/black-lives-matter-protests-george-floyd-06-09-2020/index.html

What you need to know

• George Floyd's funeral service was held in Houston, where he grew up. He will be buried next to his mother.
• Protests continue after Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed in police custody. The nationwide spread of anti-racist protests have led to calls to defund or outright abolish police departments.
• Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee on Floyd's neck, had his bail set at $1.25 million during a hearing.

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Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 9, 2020

 Trump claims pushed 75-year-old may be Antifa plant

June 9 - Donald Trump has just rather unexpectedly tweeted the claim that Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old pushed to the ground by police in Buffalo, New York state, last week may have been an “ANTIFA provocateur” who was trying to scan equipment and black out police communications.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jun/09/george-floyd-buried-black-lives-matter-trump-coronavirus-live?page=with:block-5edf82e08f083999a26dd148#block-5edf82e08f083999a26dd148

Video shows police in New York state shoving 75-year-old to ground

Jun 5, 2020

Graphic Video Shows Buffalo Police Officers Shoving 75-Year-Old Man | NowThis

Jun 6, 2020

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Mayor De Blasio Lifts Curfew In New York City 1 Day Ahead Of Schedule

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – June 8, Mayor Bill de Blasio has lifted the curfew in New York City.
The curfew was originally set to have its final night tonight starting at and 8 p.m. and expire at 5 a.m. Monday morning, when the city moves into Phase One of reopening.

De Blasio thanked the tens of thousands of peaceful protesters as well as the members of the NYPD who protected them.
The mayor said his priorities throughout the week had been protecting the right to protest, avoiding the loss of life, avoiding injury, protecting property and avoiding deploying the National Guard.

Changes are coming to the NYPD. A shift in funding is just part of the reform plan, which Mayor Bill de Blasio calls a "transformative movement." CBS2's Hazel Sanchez reports.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4581209-mayor-bill-de-blasio-announces-transformative-nypd-reform-plan/

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4581209-mayor-bill-de-blasio-announces-transformative-nypd-reform-plan/