“One person familiar with almost all the conversations with the leaders of Russia, Turkey, Canada, Australia and western Europe described the calls cumulatively as 'abominations' so grievous to US national security interests that” …
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 29, 2020
Ex-FBI agent warns Bill Barr will engage in ‘mother of all gaslights’ to save Trump from Russia bounty scandal
https://t.co/1ydRshI4ed— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 29, 2020
The White House Press Secretary said at the briefing today that Trump "has not been briefed" on the Russia bounty story. Yet Trump tweeted last night that he had spoken to "intel" about the matter. https://t.co/WBe9jv5seU
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 29, 2020
“The intelligence officials told the AP that the president was briefed on the matter earlier this year; Trump denied that, tweeting on Sunday that neither he nor Vice President Mike Pence had been briefed” https://t.co/SRyJv8RHmR
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) June 29, 2020
Analysis: Kayleigh McEnany’s answers on Russia’s bounties and Trump don’t make sense https://t.co/LNHxAIp351
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 29, 2020
The US govt has known about the alleged Russian bounties since Jan without any response. During that time, Trump & Putin spoke 5 times and issued a joint declaration. Trump also invited Putin back to the G-7 & gushed that “we have this great friendship.” https://t.co/jQa36NFfnf
— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) June 29, 2020
Not a word from Trump about Russia. Not a word about what he is planning to do to protect our troops. Instead, he is back to watching TV and tweeting insults. This is not a president.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 29, 2020
President Trump on Monday retweeted a video of a white man and woman in St. Louis confronting black protesters with a rifle and a handgun over the weekend, amplifying a scene that embodied the racial divisions roiling the countryhttps://t.co/WvtER3nUKn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 29, 2020
"Running as a plague spreading racist polls terribly."@NicolleDWallace discusses President Trump's declining poll numbers.https://t.co/lbXUcIYVwx
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 29, 2020
Coronavirus surges in Florida, Arizona, Texas imperil Trump campaign reboot https://t.co/OvZ3nf2sOR
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 29, 2020
Trump owns a lot of this: A late response, conflicting messaging, politicizing science. But some of this is also the fault of selfish and immature Americans who think civic responsibility is for other people. A minority who'd rather make everyone sick than follow a few rules. https://t.co/3arDUudd5v
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 29, 2020
#BREAKING LA County beaches ordered closed for Fourth of July weekend
All beaches, piers, bike paths, access points closed to public from 7/3-7/6 https://t.co/SxkEek5ctZ
— KCAL News (@kcalnews) June 29, 2020
The Supreme Court's decision to strike down a Louisiana law is being hailed as a major win for abortion rights advocates—even as they are still wary about the road ahead. https://t.co/a55zQW5eZn
— ABC News (@ABC) June 29, 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest prank involves a racist singalong at a far-right rally https://t.co/KORAiCAQyN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 29, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Shutting Leicester schools(except for vulnerable/key worker children) suggests the Health Secretary believes opening them risks spreading the virus https://t.co/R7Zk5LRQ9f
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) June 29, 2020
BREAKING: Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the national lockdown easing due on 4 July will not happen in Leicester due to a rise in #COVID19 cases.
Follow live: https://t.co/fIQljo5ksa pic.twitter.com/p6qFkXit53
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 29, 2020
Tuesday’s Telegraph: "Leicester put back in lockdown as virus surges" #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday (via @BBCHelena) pic.twitter.com/t4auIehnzD
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 29, 2020
Boris Johnson bats back gentle lobs on Times Radio's tame debut | John Crace https://t.co/stp2PArZaw
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) June 29, 2020
BBC News – Coronavirus: UK hardest hit by virus among leading G7 nations https://t.co/f5u4GQxqvH
— Bruce McPherson 🇪🇺🇫🇷🏴 (@brucemcpherson) June 29, 2020
How is it possible that we're so many months into the pandemic & no one seems to know what UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's objective & strategy is for COVID-19? https://t.co/u6nsKfPQyK
— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) June 29, 2020
Does it matter if the national security adviser is politically appointed? https://t.co/eT2CmrLuui
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 29, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for President Trump over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3. The U.S. and Interpol both dismissed the idea of acting on such a warrant https://t.co/1CGAo9yoii pic.twitter.com/lVWcMo7PC6
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2020
US left off EU list of nations exempt from virus travel ban https://t.co/HOel7GG597
— Financial Times (@FT) June 29, 2020
WHO warns "the worst is yet to come" as lack of international unity helps coronavirus spread faster pic.twitter.com/VO6WIPLZS0
— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) June 29, 2020
Yeah. Every virus thinks it’s the next big pandemic. Come back to me when you’ve killed 130,000 Americans and the president is telling people they should shine a light up their arse to kill you. https://t.co/twdvs5wIOR
— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) June 29, 2020
Israel's Netanyahu and Gantz at odds over West Bank annexation moves https://t.co/DO6ApRDEEj pic.twitter.com/dUx6Sg4rPw
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2020
Putin continues to build a total surveillance state in Russia. Instead of even hiding it, they've named the school surveillance system "Orwell". No, I'm not joking. https://t.co/JRSOVzJALX
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) June 29, 2020
Russia denies nuclear incident after international body detects isotopes https://t.co/O9LV7CbgMm pic.twitter.com/GKdWcyZehu
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2020
The Overnight Note 