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Why Gorsuch’s Role In Pro-LGBT Ruling Cuts Conservatives So DeepOn Monday, Just Neil Gorsuch crossed the forces that helped put him on the bench by authoring a majority opinion that gave the LGBT rights movement a seminal court victory. | NewsConservatives Declare End Of The World After Gorsuch, Roberts Help Deliver Huge LGBTQ Win | NewsSCOTUS Dissenters Melt Down Over Pro-LGBT Ruling | NewsTrump On SCOTUS’ Landmark Gay Rights Ruling: ‘We Live With The Decision’ | NewsBlockbuster SCOTUS Ruling Protects LGBT Employees From Workplace Discrimination | NewsConway Says Courts Should ‘Stick To The Statutes’ After SCOTUS’ Gay Rights Ruling | NewsHydroxychloroquine, We Hardly Knew Ye | NewsTed Cruz Gets Into Embarrassing Twitter Brawl With 'Hellboy'EDITORS' BLOGOur Brave New COVID WorldJosh MarshallWay, way back on March 11th, I wrote that we appeared to be entering onto a months’ long period of COVID whack-a-mole: a new normal across the country, an outbreak in this city or region followed by a lockdown until the spread abates, with the cycle repeated over and over indefinitely over time until science and medical research come to the rescue. The reality turned out quite different. The New York City metro was on the cusp of catastrophe. Four days later the state would report its first three fatalities. Just under one month after that post the daily statewide death toll would peak at 799. What slowly became clear was that New York wasn’t the first to be hit. It was a unique and devastating scale of outbreak for the whole United States, indeed on par with the worst in the world. Today we finally seem to be in the midst of that whack-a-mole model we discussed three months ago. For the moment at least New York seems to be one of the most COVID-controlled regions in the country. The state has more than double the rate of national testing and the percentage of positive tests has been consistently under 2% since the beginning of June. Meanwhile cases are growing steadily across the South and in much of the West. Read More Where Things Stand: The First Good News Of 2020Nicole Lafond2020 has been a rough one for everyone.Read More Rubio Adds to Viral Freak Out Over Hippie Jugglers Mistaken for Antifa InvadersJosh MarshallI love this story. It’s an amazing story, which is part of the suburban Antifa invasion genre but takes it in an interesting and novel direction. We start in Columbus, Ohio, another city with BLM protests and what is probably best described as an old school hippie bus with all the flowery freeform murals and the like. It’s the home of a group of street circus performers who do something called Flow Art which the paper calls “an umbrella term for a type of street performance that usually involves juggling and spinning flaming objects.” I just learned about Flow Art. Maybe you already know about it. The troupe call their bus Buttercup. Fair enough. The bus is co-owned by Marisa “Reese” Digati and her partner, Jonathan “Bearpaw” Crane. They live in the bus. Read More Appeals Court Seems OK With Flynn Judge Doing His Thing For The Next MonthTierney SneedWe won’t know for sure until we get their decision. But it sure seemed like a majority of the appellate panel that heard Michael Flynn’s objections to his judge’s recent conduct were okay with letting the judge do the things he has planned in the case for the next month.Read More Where Things Stand: COVID Is Over But Also Don’t Sue Me If It’s Not Actually OverNicole LafondEvery major news outlet has some sort of headline on this news today. It’s too juicy to resist.Read More Justice In The BalanceDavid KurtzIncredibly important oral arguments before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals going on right now in the Mike Flynn case.A New Name for Fort BenningJosh MarshallTPM Reader RS has a good idea about a new name for Fort Benning …It was a pleasure to re-read the essay you wrote on Grant and his memoirs.And it reminded me of another great American general who doesn’t get the credit he deserves: George C. Marshall. Starting at Fort Benning in the late 1920’s, Marshall literally created the modern US Army that won every major battle it fought in WWII, save the Rapido River crossing in central Italy.*Read More Path of DestructionJosh MarshallYou should take a few moments today to read this report in the Times about the photo op stunt in Lafayette Park going on two weeks ago. It’s consistent with other recent reports about the background maneuvering between the Pentagon and the White House. But it adds significant new layers and nuance to the story.The gist is that Pentagon leaders pushed harsh and aggressive tactics, damaging the Guard and the military generally, in an effort to head off a direct order from the President to unleash combat troops against US civilians. In other words, they pushed aggressive and violent tactics to show that regular army combat troops weren’t necessary. The National Guard could knock heads fine on their own. Read More Where Things Stand: This Will Be RichNicole LafondPresident Trump is heading to Dallas, Texas today to participate in some friendly roundtable discussions on reopening the country and to attend a fundraising dinner at a private residence.Read More Thanks!Josh MarshallEvery so often I like to say thanks to all of you who subscribe. You make what we do possible and we really appreciate it. Even during this trying period, when the world is on fire and the economy is in crisis, you have made it possible for us to make small incremental gains in our subscriber numbers. We’re now nearing the milestone of 33,000 paying members, just 74 subscriptions away. So if you’ve been thinking about joining, today is a great day to become a member. Indeed, every day is a great day to join. Just click right here. It is critical to the survival and vitality of our organization and what we do every day. Thanks. Bolton Book | NewsTrump Denounces John Bolton’s Book, Says Conversations Are ‘Highly Classified’Zoë Richards | NewsTrump Expected To Sue To Block Release Of John Bolton’s BookZoë RichardsVoting Rights | Weekly PrimersJune Continues To Be A Rocky Month For Pandemic ElectionsTrump rallies | NewsTrump Campaign Didn’t Expect Level of Blowback On Tulsa Juneteenth Rally DecisionZoë Richards | NewsTulsa World Editorial Board Slams Trump’s Upcoming Rally: ‘This Is The Wrong Time’Cristina Cabrera | NewsGOPers Aren’t Fazed By The High Risk Of COVID-19 Spread At Trump’s Tulsa Rally | Prime‘Another Racist In Town’: Trump Schedules Campaign Events During Black MemorialsConfederate symbol removal debate | NewsJones: Tough For Sessions To Be On The ‘Right Side Of History’ On Confederacy | NewsMS Flag Under Renewed Debate Amid Movement To Scrub Confederate Iconographyantifa freakout! | NewsHippies Or Antifa? A Rainbow Bus In Columbus Gets Caught In The CrosshairsKate Riga | NewsTiny Town In Washington Gets Ramboed Up, Traps Family Over False Antifa Scare | PrimeRight Wingers Are Getting All ‘Jacked Up’ For An Imaginary Antifa Invasion | NewsFalse Claims Of Antifa Protesters Plague Small US Cities | MuckrakerTrump’s Effort To Designate Antifa ‘A Terrorist Organization’ Too Half-Baked To AnalyzeCOVId-19 | MuckrakerOne Month After Reopening, AZ Sees Record COVID Case Growth, ICUs Nearing CapacityGulp | NewsWhy The November Election Is Going To Be Even More Effed Than We RealizedTierney SneedThe election debacles across the country this month made one thing clear: the measures that voting experts hoped would mitigate the pandemic-related challenges didn’t go far enough to make voting accessible in the outbreak.Read More Blame Game | NewsWhite House Floats Theory That Mexico Is To Blame For Spike In COVID CasesPPE | NewsFederal Agencies Have Spent Millions on KN95 Masks, Often Without Knowing Who Made ThemFirst Family | NewsNow We Know Why Melania Trump Delayed Her Move To The White HouseFlynn Case | PrimeGleeson Reminds DOJ: You’d Never Do For Anyone Else What You’re Doing For Flynn | NewsEx-Judge Tears Into Flynn’s ‘Self-serving Gamesmanship’ | NewsDOJ’s Conduct In Mike Flynn Case Is Scorched In New Filing By Ex-Judge | NewsREAD: Judge Told He Should Sentence Flynn, Deny Request To Dismiss CaseGeorgia | NewsHis Campaign Music Video Got Him Arrested. Now He’ll Be The New DA.Kate RigaTrump Vs. Fox | NewsRupert Murdoch Predicts Trump Will ‘Crash And Burn’ In November ElectionVoting Rights | NewsREPORT: Voter Registration Has Plummeted With The COVID-19 OutbreakReopening Amid COVID-19 | MuckrakerThese Factors Will Determine What The Next COVID Outbreak Will Look LikeJosh KovenskyConfederate Monuments | NewsProtesters Topple Jefferson Davis Statue In Richmond, Virginia | NewsPelosi Demands Removal Of 11 Confederate Statues In The Capitol | NewsTrump Will ‘Not Even Consider’ Changing Bases Named After Confederate Generals | NewsEarlier: Protesters Have Been Really Successful At Getting Statues With Racist History RemovedTrump Tweet | NewsWH Boosts Trump’s Shocking Effort To Smear Elderly Victim Of Police BrutalityCristina Cabrera | NewsThe Bizarre Source For Trump’s Claim That Police-Battered Activist Is An Antifa HackerMatt Shuham | NewsTrump Suggests Without Evidence Elderly Man Who Was Shoved To Ground By Cops Could Be Antifa | NewsCuomo Blasts Trump For ‘Reprehensible And Dumb’ Tweet On Elderly ProtesterBlast From Polling's Past | PrimeThe Rich, Dumb History Of Republicans ‘Unskewing’ The PollsKate Riga | NewsTrump Resurrects ‘Unskew The Polls’ Push As Surveys Show Him Trailing BidenZoë RichardsDebate Over Policing | PrimeThe Media Repeatedly Fell Into The ‘Copaganda’ TrapCristina Cabrera | NewsMinneapolis City Council Pledges To Disband Police Dept Amid Harsh Crackdowns On ProtestsCristina Cabrera | NewsDemocrats Unveil Major Police Reform Bill | NewsBiden Won’t Back Calls To Defund The Police Amid Push After George Floyd’s Death | NewsMinneapolis Mayor Won’t Throw Support Behind City Council Pledge To Dismantle Police Department | NewsTrump Admin Officials Continue Denying Systemic Racism In Law Enforcementhelo investigation | MuckrakerGrounded! Army Immediately Suspended Helo Crew That Buzzed DC ProtestersJosh KovenskyThe crew of the helicopter that buzzed protestors in D.C. Monday night was grounded immediately after the incident, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Friday.Read More the Best People | NewsNew Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and ‘Our Homo-Empire’Yeganeh Torbati | NewsEarlier: USAID’s New ‘Religious Freedom Advisor’ Spent Years Bashing IslamThe TPM JOURNALISM FUND | MiscellanyA New Way To Support TPMTPM StaffWe’re launching the TPM Journalism Fund as an additional way for readers and members to support TPM. Every dollar contributed goes toward expanding our editorial staff.Learn MoreREading LIst | CafeWhich Was Better: The Movie Or The Book? A Debate For The Ages. Here’s TPM’s June Reading RecsJackie WilhelmI’ve come to the conclusion that the outside is overrated. There, I said it. I know it’s June and I know summer is just getting started, but why spend your days sweating it out in the humid, hazy outdoors when you can be inside with the A/C pumping? I’m a homebody, so maybe that’s what’s underlying my opinion here.Read More Ep. 123: The Imaginary War Against AntifaJosh, Kate and David discuss Trump’s newest conspiracy theory and how small towns across the country are heeding the call to arms....Subscribe Apple iTunesGoogle PlaySpotifyMEMBER EXCLUSIVESPRIMEWIRE | Weekly PrimersJune Continues To Be A Rocky Month For Pandemic Elections | PrimeOur Brave New COVID World | PrimeWhere Things Stand: The First Good News Of 2020 | Prime‘Another Racist In Town’: Trump Schedules Campaign Events During Black Memorials | PrimeAs DC’s Appeals Court Heard His Case, Flynn’s Fire-And-Brimstone Op-Ed Raised A Lot Of Questions JOIN TPM

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