Trump is "furious" about the "underwhelming" crowd at his rally in Tulsa.
"This was a major failure," one outside adviser said. https://t.co/xzZCMDEVjT
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 21, 2020
Analysis: After bragging earlier in the week that more than 1M people had signed up to come see him, President Trump found that he couldn't fill a 19,000-seat arena on a night that his aides had promoted as a major show of his strength. https://t.co/PD0yaUMzwg – @jonallendc
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2020
Campaign advisers pointing fingers at Parscale over crowd size in Tulsa. “Kellyanne (Conway), (Paul) Manafort and Corey (Lewandowski) never had rally size issues," one adviser said. Jared and Ivanka said to be upset. But a spox says not so. https://t.co/TQCB2x2Jt6
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 21, 2020
“Brad Parscale’s survival depends on the good offices of his patrons inside the Trump camp. The only X factor is whether anyone else in Trump’s crew of skells and grifters has offered to keep the scam running” – @TheRickWilson to @GuardianUS – https://t.co/dfpmoHMXGx
— Martin Pengelly (@MartinPengelly) June 21, 2020
At Tulsa rally, Trump suggests U.S. slow down coronavirus testing to avoid bad statisticshttps://t.co/rwZ7avkzuq pic.twitter.com/twj26rVCfP
— TIME (@TIME) June 21, 2020
Via @RuthMarcus — Trump’s problem in Tulsa wasn’t just empty seats. It was empty rhetoric. https://t.co/mrGv6sNQOO
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 21, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump, your rally in Tulsa was a flop. You've probably heard this before, but it was smaller than we expected — and it sure wasn't as big as you promised. pic.twitter.com/TOHY1ZOKxM
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 21, 2020
Whatever SDNY investigation Trump hoped to thwart by his actions Friday remains unthwarted as of Sunday
— David Frum (@davidfrum) June 21, 2020
Tom Petty's family issued a cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign after it blasted "I Won't Back Down" at the Tulsa rally.
"Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate," they said. https://t.co/MxWuqH1j9u
— NPR (@NPR) June 21, 2020
Mad World (2020) pic.twitter.com/GAfhfwa3Xg
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) June 21, 2020
Tulsa Ok. Hope you got your money up front because you know Trump and Parscale don't like paying after the fact. pic.twitter.com/xnaqxGNC2q
— ken reed🐳😼🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 #VoteBlue2020 (@kpreed11) June 21, 2020
If you think Trump is on the ropes and will surely lose in November, think again. He will do anything to be reelected. Our side has limits because we believe in democracy. Trump has no limits because he doesn't.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 21, 2020
BREAKING: John Bolton tells The Daily Telegraph he plans to vote for Joe Biden in November. https://t.co/8DdfOKkvAr
— Axios (@axios) June 21, 2020
EARLIER TODAY on #MTP: President Trump blamed protesters and the media for a smaller than usual crowd at his rally in Tulsa. pic.twitter.com/eUJnLSg9cX
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 21, 2020
Elsewhere…
"I think it's all about Donald Trump, that's the only reason Barr did this," fmr. Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman says about the firing of Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman. "This was a conspiracy to obstruct justice between Donald Trump and AG Barr"https://t.co/ikFs26wD3M
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 21, 2020
1/x Barr knows Berman’s investigations all involve sensitive matters touching Trump. With the presidential election less than five months away, cynics like me can be forgiven for thinking that this looks exactly like a housecleaning. Let's count the ways: https://t.co/VQgmxmoMbW
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) June 21, 2020
"Why replace Berman? The answer lies in the firing earlier this year of Jessie Liu, the former U.S. Attorney for D.C…Once they seized control, Barr’s team…interceded in the sentencing of Stone, and made an effort to dismiss the case against Flynn…"https://t.co/SToSRyf8Zj
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 21, 2020
Preet Bharara: "I think it's a reasonable conclusion that the decision to get rid of Geoff Berman was not done in good faith." pic.twitter.com/tqg4TEg8ft
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 21, 2020
House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff said he hopes Geoffrey Berman, the ousted U.S. attorney, testifies before Congresshttps://t.co/ZRPXbJqWeg
— POLITICO (@politico) June 21, 2020
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler tells @jaketapper on @CNNSotu that impeachment proceedings against Bill Barr “are a waste of time at this point,” citing “corrupt” Senate GOP. He says that GOP senators who acquitted Trump are “corrupt against the interests of the country”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 21, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson set to announce cut in two-metre social distancing rule on Tuesday https://t.co/tfFpvo3JGV
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) June 21, 2020
NEW: Independent SAGE has evaluated the scientific evidence on social distancing & concludes it is not safe to reduce it from 2m to 1m indoors as government proposes pic.twitter.com/GHgJ6SXW7C
— Independent SAGE (@IndependentSage) June 21, 2020
This from Helen Whateley is INSULTING to the 25,000 student nurses without whom the NHS would have collapsed & to patients whose lives they saved
Let’s be clear, her letter would have been cleared by Boris Johnson, Sunak & Hancock before it was sent
It’s a whole Govt INSULT https://t.co/ZCAEFzGL7L
— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) June 21, 2020
We are disappointed to see such a factually incorrect letter issued by @Helen_Whately and would welcome a teleconference with her and other MP's so that they can be correctly informed of the contribution of #StudentNurses past, present and future. @MattHancock @BorisJohnson https://t.co/1PJHvMTbsS
— RCN Students (@RCNStudents) June 21, 2020
In Boris Johnson's long history of lies, the Marcus Rashford one is the strangest | Simon Hattenstone https://t.co/m05WD2a3Hz
— Michael Rosen (@MichaelRosenYes) June 21, 2020
EXCLUSIVE Boris Johnson's plans to liberalise Sunday trading laws look set to be sunk by 50 Conservative MPs https://t.co/f5Gze8fyza
— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) June 21, 2020
“I do think it pretty monstrous that you have free care for the elderly in Scotland AND no tuition fees.”
“Scotland should pay for themselves.”pic.twitter.com/eiSCkvxhBx
— 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝟸 💬 (@wordamentalist) June 21, 2020
When the country finally locked down, the virus had spread further than in France, Spain and Italy https://t.co/SAR6dEwB2V
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 21, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
The #coronavirus reproduction rate, known as the R number, has jumped to 1.79 in Germany. https://t.co/LoAXPGg5pL
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) June 20, 2020
Coronavirus: Fears of second wave in Germany as ‘R’ rate jumps from 1.79 to 2.88 in 2 days
An R number of 2.88 means that every 100 people who contract the virus would infect, on average, 288 more people.
Meatpacking
Logistics centres
Church
https://t.co/zp6KeIWa12— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯 (@fascinatorfun) June 21, 2020
“Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate has jumped to 2.88 — almost three times what it needs to be to contain the outbreak. The reproduction rate, or 'R' value, estimates how many people an infected person passes the virus to.” https://t.co/2T3bz6iJAU
— Mark_Coughlan (@Mark_Coughlan) June 21, 2020
and…
Theodore Roosevelt's statue will be removed from the Museum of Natural History in New York City. The memorial has long prompted objections as a symbol of colonialism.https://t.co/aPafBjXCOv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 21, 2020
Remember this racist video clip from the 70s where documentary cameras rolled as white children attacked a group of black children in Queens?
Did you wonder, “Where are those children now?”
We found them.
Watch them in @nytimes own documentary here: https://t.co/wWUlY5FrHd https://t.co/viVKYxuCTF
— Sarah Maslin Nir (@SarahMaslinNir) June 21, 2020
This is what you call wonderful.https://t.co/XwywY0VNlw
— Margoandhow (@Margoandhow) June 21, 2020
The Overnight Note 