Matt Taibbi | Trump Kicks Off Re-Election Campaign: Get Ready for 'Billionaire Populist II: The Sequel'

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Matt Taibbi | Trump Kicks Off Re-Election Campaign: Get Ready for 'Billionaire Populist II: The Sequel' 

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Most coverage of Donald Trump's re-election campaign to date has focused on polls, specifically two: a Fox survey that showed Trump losing to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in a hypothetical one-on-one (but beating other Democrats) and Trump's own internal polling that, to the glee of reporters, leaked, showing him trailing Biden by a ton in a head to head matchup."
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Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in New Hampshire. Biden came under fire from fellow Democrats after his remarks on working with segregationists during his time in the U.S. Senate. (photo: Scott Elsen/Getty)

Democrats Call for Biden to Apologize After He Boasts About Relationship With Segregationists
Scott Detrow, NPR
Detrow writes: "The day after former Vice President Joe Biden recalled his 'civil' and productive working relationships decades ago with two longtime segregationist and racist fellow lawmakers, fellow Democrats are pouncing."
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Rep Barbara Lee (D-CA) speaks at a rally with MoveOn members and allies gather with leading senators to demand that the Senate vote to reject Mike Pompeo's nomination. (photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty)

House Democrats Vote to Repeal 9/11-Era Law Used to Authorize Perpetual War
Tara Golshan, Vox
Golshan writes: "As the United States escalates tensions with Iran, House Democrats are sending President Donald Trump a message: If he wants to take any military action, he has to get permission from Congress first."
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Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover were among the witnesses who testified before the panel on reparations. (photo: CBS)

House Committee Hosts Panel on Slavery Reparations With Testimony by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Actor Danny Glover
Grace Segers, CBS News
Segers writes: "Sen. Cory Booker said in a panel that the U.S. needs to address 'persistent inequalities' experienced by African Americans by discussing reparations, the idea that the descendants of slaves should be compensated for the injustices and cruelty their ancestors experienced."
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Katharine Gorka Tapped As Customs And Border Protection Press Secretary. (photo: AP)

Former Breitbart Writer With History of Islamophobic Writing Expected to Be Named CBP Press Secretary
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "Katharine Gorka, a former Breitbart writer, is expected to become the new press secretary at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to CNN."
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Demonstrators march against President Juan Orlando Hernandez government's plans to privatize healthcare and education, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras June 3, 2019. (photo: Reuters)

Chaos Reported Across Honduras as Anti-Gov't Protests Intensify
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Mass protests have erupted across Honduras this evening as thousands of people demonstrate against the government of Juan Orlando Hernandez."
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Marcellus shale gas-drilling site along PA Route 87, Lycoming County. (photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli/Flickr)

Pennsylvanians Demand a Fracking Halt Until Rare Childhood Cancers Are Investigated
Molly Enking, Grist
Enking writes: "After a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation identified 47 cases of childhood cancer - most of them very rare - in several rural Pennsylvania counties, locals are calling on Governor Tom Wolf to investigate a possible link between fracking and childhood cancer."
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