Breaking: the Trump-Barr DOJ secretly seized phone records last year of four NYT reporters, the Biden-Garland DOJ has disclosed. Joins similar recent disclosures of WaPo, CNN https://t.co/vrBT5XTGWY
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) June 3, 2021
Now we know that Trump's Justice Department secretly seized comms records of reporters working for the Washington Post, CNN, AND The New York Times… https://t.co/pSRJknZqoH
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 3, 2021
Bill Barr should be in prison. https://t.co/s5YdQaxq4q
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) June 3, 2021
Trump Justice Dept. secretly obtained the phone records of four New York Times reporters as part of a leak investigation, the newspaper reported on Wednesday. https://t.co/5OiFcrxU4g
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 3, 2021
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet said the act "profoundly undermines press freedom." https://t.co/k8TtIXZ5ag
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 3, 2021
Meanwhile…
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's insane notion of an August restoration to power was apparently inspired by … MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. https://t.co/Lo9TeVXaO5
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 2, 2021
CPAC event in July among Trump's upcoming speaking engagements https://t.co/yirdJy9EjM pic.twitter.com/EOzkCgwynC
— The Hill (@thehill) June 3, 2021
Lara Trump responds to alleged Trump theory he will be reinstated to the White House by August https://t.co/8SnehY3x5C
— The Independent (@Independent) June 3, 2021
Lara Trump is cunning, not stupid. She lands the end: “maybe there is something I don’t know.” It’s a perfect line, the hint of possibility, stirring hope (like they did with 1/6) whose disappointment could lead to violence, a violence she can wipe her hands of. #believethem https://t.co/6lVcejm375
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) June 3, 2021
FBI investigating Postmaster General DeJoy's political fundraising: report https://t.co/9i2WRa4tFp pic.twitter.com/Nve9b6ebgM
— The Hill (@thehill) June 3, 2021
Trump and Flynn are calling for a coup that would put Trump in power in August. How does that go unpunished? pic.twitter.com/3PZ382CzQY
— Chip Franklin.com (@chipfranklin) June 1, 2021
NEW: Extremism experts & veterans say the @DeptofDefense & @USArmy's decision not to recall Lieutenant General (ret) Michael Flynn for a court-martial over his call for a Myanmar-style military coup amounts to ignoring a dangerous national security threat. https://t.co/uqqYpJV9BD
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 3, 2021
Today, I called upon United States Attorney General Merrick Garland to conduct a full and thorough investigation into retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s recent calls for violence against the United States, and a pattern of behavior that poses a threat to our national security. pic.twitter.com/jmtxvaSypn
— Rep. Brendan Boyle (@CongBoyle) June 3, 2021
WH releases details on President Biden’s first overseas trip:
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) June 3, 2021
June 10: Meeting w/British PM Boris Johnson
June 11-13: G7 Summit
June 13: President & First Lady meet with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle.
June 14: NATO Summit
June 15: U.S.–EU Summit
June 16: Putin meeting
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TORY SLEAZE CLAIMS GROW
Peter Cruddas resigned as Tory Treasurer amidst allegations of cash for access.
— Anneliese Dodds (@AnnelieseDodds) June 3, 2021
He failed the Lords vetting process but Boris Johnson made him a peer anyway.
He made a £500,000 donation to the Tories a few days later.
Incredible sleaze from the PM.https://t.co/2ziWmy3Uzm
BREAKING: A Conservative Lord has donated £8,000 to the Tories while claiming thousands in furlough cash.
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) June 3, 2021
– Lord Wharton given top job by Boris Johnson after running his campaign
– Claimed up to £10,000 a month despite company declaring large reserveshttps://t.co/6CQJHDlmu8
The Conservative Party has been fined £10,000 for sending 51 emails in Boris Johnson’s name to people who did not want to receive them https://t.co/eBlfZa9tmA
— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) June 3, 2021
Meanwhile…
I think the vast majority of us want it over. And if that means delaying the end of lifting all measures then so be it. We can live with this https://t.co/J953LbEpNE
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 3, 2021
UK removes Portugal from safe travel list https://t.co/I4pbCSfLU6
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 3, 2021
Champions League final was on Saturday in Portugal between 2 English clubs. 2 weeks earlier Boris Johnson put Portugal on the green list rather than allow 1,000 UEFA officials into the UK so that the game could be hosted at Wembley. Today he removed Portugal from the green list.
— Bill Esterson (@Bill_Esterson) June 3, 2021
This "I see nothing in the data" line is sounding more and more like Lord Nelson's "I see no ships".
— stefanstern (@stefanstern) June 3, 2021
Nurse who claimed Covid symptoms ‘caused by 5G’ is struck off https://t.co/7uFAwdYyQM
— The Independent (@Independent) June 3, 2021
This is a UK Govt rotten to its core yet the bold @BorisJohnson thinks he is untouchable and can do as he pleases. Scotland, we can leave this union and find another way based on democracy and decency. https://t.co/4jr8xJxKxN
— Ian Blackford 🇺🇦🏴 (@Ianblackford_MP) June 3, 2021
Exhausting https://t.co/th1H9UXb1p
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) June 3, 2021
Edwin Poots ending the boycott on north-south meetings just adds further to the question: what was the coup against Arlene Foster actually about? #bbctheview @bbctheview
— Brendan Hughes (@brendanhughes64) June 3, 2021
Ireland’s shared future requires us to be ‘unshackled from snares of past’ – Higgins https://t.co/GNoLk8p3wg
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) June 3, 2021
The Overnight Note 