Michelle Obama may not be the only First Lady who is capable of holding her own during double Dutch. But we can’t remember another one who, in front of cameras, would have been willing to even try.
THE FEED
One of America’s big pipeline projects has run out of gas
The builders of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are pulling the plug on the project as companies continue to meet mounting environmental opposition to new fossil fuel conduits in the U.S.
Duke Energy Corp. and Dominion Energy Inc. said Sunday that they were abandoning the proposed $8 billion pipeline—which aimed to carry natural gas 600 miles through West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina and underneath the Appalachian Trail—citing continued regulatory delays and uncertainty, even after a favorable Supreme Court ruling last month. …
Duke and Dominion said Sunday that the ruling wasn’t enough to mitigate an “unacceptable layer of uncertainty and anticipated delays” for the project. They cited a Montana court ruling last month that threw another roadblock in the path of the Keystone XL Pipeline as an example of the continued challenges such projects face.
coronavirus
Coronavirus Hot Spot States by the Numbers
crime
What We Know About the Killing of Elijah McClain
Some cold water for the Kanye takes
the belief that a singular celebrity or community leader is representative of all black voters without supplemental evidence is not just galaxy brain, it is an outgrowth of the racist attitudes about black electorates
—@AsteadWesley
vision 2020
Can Trump Pull Off an Upset Like Harry Truman’s in 1948?
the national interest
David Horowitz’s Book Predicting a Trump Victory Was Not Well-Timed
fourth of july
Trump Is Throwing a Mount Rushmore Fireworks Show. What Could Go Wrong?
john lewis
John Lewis’s Lifelong Struggle for Voting Rights Isn’t Over
interesting times
Andrew Sullivan: China Is a Genocidal Menace
the top line
To Reopen the Economy, Close the Bars
vision 2020
Is Biden’s Lead Strong Enough to Make Texas Competitive?
vision 2020
Rove Giving Trump Advice He Cannot Take
ghislaine maxwell
Will Ghislaine Maxwell’s Arrest Make Boldface Names Nervous?
foreign interests
Please Don’t Prolong a Pointless War Just to Show Russia Who’s Boss
california
Affirmative Action and Voting Rights Are on California’s November Ballot
Just a couple months late on this one
*TEXAS GOVERNOR IMPOSES MANDATORY FACE MASK REQUIREMENT
—@jeneps
Just staggering numbers
Two-week percent change in coronavirus cases:
• Idaho: 467%
• Montana: 268%
• Florida: 218%
• Kansas: 186%
• Texas: 156%
• Nevada: 150%
• Oklahoma: 148%
• Wyoming: 144%
• Arizona: 131%
• South Carolina: 120%
• Georgia: 117%
Latest: https://t.co/lhRmRBeTEk pic.twitter.com/6PfFpLqs3b
—@NBCNews
• Idaho: 467%
• Montana: 268%
• Florida: 218%
• Kansas: 186%
• Texas: 156%
• Nevada: 150%
• Oklahoma: 148%
• Wyoming: 144%
• Arizona: 131%
• South Carolina: 120%
• Georgia: 117%
Latest: https://t.co/lhRmRBeTEk pic.twitter.com/6PfFpLqs3b
vision 2020
Trump Believes That He Is Losing Because He Hasn’t Been Racist Enough
It is unclear whether he had the virus while attending
NEW: Herman Cain announces he’s been hospitalized with COVID-19–less than two weeks after he attended Pres. Trump’s rally in Tulsa.
—@alexsalvinews
new york city
New York City Schools to Reopen in September, de Blasio Says
jeffrey epstein
Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested on Sex-Abuse Charges Related to Jeffrey Epstein
Quite the turn of phrase here
At SDNY press conference, FBI Asst. Director William F. Sweeney, Jr. described Ghislaine Maxwell as “one of the villains of this investigation.” She had “slithered away to a gorgeous property” in Bradford, New Hampshire, where she was arrested “without incident” this morning
—@MatthewSchneier
Doesn’t seem ideal
With a population of 21 million, Florida announced 10,109 new covid cases today.
With a combined population of 2.6 billion, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and the European Union are averaging 6,760 new cases. pic.twitter.com/B5zHka3oNn
—@ObsoleteDogma
With a combined population of 2.6 billion, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and the European Union are averaging 6,760 new cases. pic.twitter.com/B5zHka3oNn
the top line
The Good News and the Bad News in the Latest Jobs Report
For now, it’s smooth sailing in Bidenland
Monmouth national poll
Biden 53%
Trump 41%
—–
Men: Biden 48-46%
Women: Biden 57-36%
White, non-college: Trump 57-37%
White, college+: Biden 63-33%https://t.co/DPwPUqFP30
—@SteveKornacki
Biden 53%
Trump 41%
—–
Men: Biden 48-46%
Women: Biden 57-36%
White, non-college: Trump 57-37%
White, college+: Biden 63-33%https://t.co/DPwPUqFP30
A loss for Democrats
BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump administration bid to keep seal on confidential materials from the Mueller investigation. That all but ensures Democrats and the public won’t see them before the election.
—@GregStohr
You can say that again
Trump: “Things are happening like nobody would have thought possible.”
—@ddale8
A major development in the Jeffrey Epstein saga
NBC News: Ghislane Maxwell, the long-time friend and confidante of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested by the FBI and charged by federal prosecutors in New York
—@JesseRodriguez
The coronavirus’s resurgence means the jobs report is by no means a complete picture of what’s happening
Reason to be cautious about today’s headline jobs #’s: leisure and hospitality accounted for about two-fifths of the gain in total jobs. That’s a mid-June snapshot though – since then, a number of states have re-closed bars, restaurants, indoor entertainment, etc.
—@crampell
Considerably better-than-expected numbers
JUST IN: US economy adds 4.8 million jobs in June. Jobless rate falls to 11.1%.
—@kaylatausche
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