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Above the Fold

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• “A Gallup poll published Monday found that only 20 percent of adults between the ages of 18 and 29 are ‘extremely proud to be an American.’” The Washington Free Beacon reports. “This is the lowest percentage of any demographic, falling 23 percent since 2017. According to the poll, this is the sixth consecutive year of decline in American pride across all demographics, and the first time ‘extreme pride’ among whites fell below 50 percent. American pride among nonwhites is 24 percent.” Not coincidentally, “The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation released a study last year that found 70 percent of millennials and 64 percent of Gen-Z are likely to vote for a socialist, whereas only one-in-two millennials and Gen-Z have a favorable opinion of capitalism.”

• The Daily Wire reveals, “On Wednesday, Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (CA) gifted Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, a folded, encased American flag during a photo-op. The House Speaker posted the images to her Facebook page and notified the public that the flag she gifted Philonise was ‘the flag that flew over the Capitol on the day of his brother’s murder.’” Mere weeks ago, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hypocritically pontificated, “Tear-gassing peaceful protesters without provocation just so that the president could pose for photos outside [the St. John’s Episcopal Church] dishonors every value that faith teaches us [emphasis added].”

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Government & Politics

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• One-upping the Kennedy Courts: Supreme Court, per Justice Neil Gorsuch, invents new LGBT rights (Power Line)

• Adding insult to injury, the Supreme Court refuses to hear Trump administration challenge to California sanctuary law (National Review)

• “Looking the other way”: Justice Clarence Thomas accuses his colleagues of dodging gun cases (The Washington Free Beacon)

• President Trump is considering a new $1 trillion infrastructure “stimulus” plan (Business Insider)

• Joe Biden and the DNC raise over $80 million in May, their biggest monthly haul of 2020 race (CNBC)

• Trump campaign and the RNC raise $14 million on Trump’s birthday, breaking fundraising record (The Daily Caller)

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Business & Economy

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• Dow rallies after record retail sales jump of 17.7% in May (CNBC)

• Facing huge budget gaps, governments have furloughed or laid off more than 1.5 million workers (The New York Times)

• Research finds lockdowns are far worse for health and lives than coronavirus (The Federalist)

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Culture & Heartland

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• “No question it is going to make it harder to defend our religious freedom, as far as an organization being able to hire people of like mind”: Conservative Christians concerned over “seismic implications” of Supreme Court ruling (The New York Times)

• NYPD commissioner disbands plainclothes anti-crime units (FOX 5)

• Orthodox Jews cut locks on closed New York City park to let children play (Washington Examiner)

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The Latest on COVID-19

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• FDA withdraws emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine citing clinical-trial failures (The Hill)

• Patients with underlying conditions were 12 times as likely to die of coronavirus as otherwise healthy people, CDC finds (The Washington Post)

• Mutation in new coronavirus increases chance of infection (Reuters)

• Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “contact tracing team” isn’t allowed to ask patients if they attended a protest (The Daily Caller)

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Other Notables

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• Justice Department schedules first federal executions since 2003 for convicted child murderers (Washington Examiner)

• NOAA leaders violated agency ethics code in “Sharpiegate,” independent panel finds (Washington Examiner)

• Supreme Court validates LGBT protections on grounds LGBT activists reject (The Federalist)

• U.S. embassy in Seoul removes “Black Lives Matter” banner day after being unveiled (The Daily Caller)

• North Korea blows up South Korea liaison office (Fox News)

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Closing Arguments

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• Policy: SCOTUS’s transgender ruling firebombs the Constitution (The Federalist)

• Policy: An analysis of Joe Biden’s tax proposals (American Enterprise Institute)

• Humor: CNN adds Greta Thunberg to expert panel on “What It’s Like Being Black in America” (Genesius Times)

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