“Federal health officials are already trying to decide who will get the first doses of any effective coronavirus vaccines, which could be on the market this winter but could require many additional months to become widely available to Americans,” the New York Times reports.
A War Over Power, Not Culture
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Justice Department Backs Roger Stone Going to Prison
“The Justice Department supports longtime Trump friend Roger Stone going to prison on Tuesday, according to a new court filing,” CNN reports.
Pelosi Says House Has ‘Path’ to Trump’s Taxes
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that although the Supreme Court ruling does not give the House of Representatives access to President Trump’s financial records, it gives them “a path,” ABC News reports.
Said Pelosi: “We have a path that the Supreme Court has laid out that we will certainly not ignore and we will never stop our oversight… There was never any way they were going to give us the records right now, but they would give us a path to the records.”
Fauci Calls for Some States to Shut Down Again
Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Wall Street Journal that states hit hardest with coronavirus should consider “shutting down” again.
Said Fauci: “What we are seeing is exponential growth. It went from an average of about 20,000 to 40,000 and 50,000. That’s doubling. If you continue doubling, two times 50 is 100… Any state that is having a serious problem, that state should seriously look at shutting down.”
Governor Wants Bust of KKK Leader Removed
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) said the bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader should be relocated to the state museum, marking the first time Lee has explicitly called for the removal of the monument of Nathan Bedford Forrest inside Tennessee’s Capitol, the Tennessean reports.
Fox News Rebuffed In Declaring Victory for Trump
Fox News was ready to declare “victory” for President Trump after the Supreme Court ruled by a 7-2 margin that he must turn over his tax returns to the Manhattan District Attorney. But then Judge Andrew Napolitano stepped in to say not so fast, the Daily Beast reports.
Said Napolitano: “It means that the president of the United States, President Trump and all of his successors and any of his predecessors for that matter, is not immune from criminal prosecution and is not immune from complying with the ordinary process. This is a defeat for the president.”
Trump Says He’s Victim of a ‘Political Prosecution’
President Trump tweet storm after the Supreme Court ruling on his tax returns suggest he’s not very happy.
He’s painting himself as the victim of a double standard in comparison to the “totally corrupt previous Administration.”
He also resurrected his conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “spied” on his campaign, complaining “nothing happens to them.”
Trump’s Really Bad Bet
Ron Brownstein: “Donald Trump is running for the presidency of an America that no longer exists…”
“Americans today are far more racially diverse, less Christian, better educated, more urbanized, and less likely to be married. In polls, they are more tolerant of interracial and same-sex relationships, more likely to acknowledge the existence of racial discrimination, and less concerned about crime.”
“Almost all of these changes complicate Trump’s task in trying to rally a winning electoral coalition behind his alarms against marauding ‘angry mobs,’ ‘far-left fascism,’ and ‘the violent mayhem we have seen in the streets of cities that are run by liberal Democrats.’ The Americans he is targeting with his messages of racial resentment and cultural backlash are uniformly a smaller share of American society now than they were then.”
Republicans May Move Their Convention Outdoors
“The Republican convention in Jacksonville next month could be moved to an outdoor stadium as cases of the novel coronavirus in the state increase,” the Washington Post reports.
“While no decision has been made, Republican officials are studying two outdoor professional sports stadiums near the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena where the convention is currently slated to be held. They are also looking more broadly into the logistics of pulling off an outdoor convention.”
“An outdoor convention could pose its own set of problems, however. Florida is particularly hot in the summer, with temperatures often climbing to 100 degrees, and rain is also a threat.”
Trump Holds Small Lead In Alaska
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Alaska finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in the presidential race, 48% to 45%.
Justices Rule Against Trump on Tax Returns
“The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Manhattan prosecutors can obtain President Trump’s financial records — and punted on House Democrats’ efforts to access those records,” Axios reports.
“The Manhattan ruling, a 7-2 decision, is a stinging loss for Trump, who has fought relentlessly to keep these records secret.”
“The state of play: The public likely won’t see Trump’s tax returns any time soon, because they’ve been subpoenaed as part of a secret grand jury process in New York.”
“And the court’s 7-2 punt of House Democrats’ subpoena means that they won’t get their hands on Trump’s finances ahead of the November election.”
U.S. Broadcast Agency Will Not Extend Visas for Journalists
“Dozens of foreign nationals working as journalists in the U.S. for Voice of America, the federal government’s international broadcaster, will not have their visas extended once they expire,” NPR reports.
“The foreign journalists are particularly valued for their language skills, which are crucial to VOA’s mission as an international broadcaster. One VOA journalist who asked not to be named because of a fear of retaliation, said some of the foreign journalists forced to return home would likely face repercussions from regimes hostile to the U.S.”
Quote of the Day
“We haven’t done any of the things that other countries have done to bring sports back. Sports are like the reward of a functional society, and we’re trying to just bring it back, even though we’ve taken none of the steps to flatten the curve, whatever you want to say.”
— Washington Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle, quoted by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Seoul Mayor Is Missing
“The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul is missing Thursday after leaving a verbal message that his daughter described as sounding like a will,” the AP reports.
“A massive search operation is underway for him. Police officers said they are looking for Mayor Park Won-soon at a small hill in Seoul’s Sungbuk neighborhood where his mobile phone signal was last detected. They said Park’s mobile phone was currently turned off.”
CDC Will Not Revise School Opening Guidelines
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the guidelines for reopening schools will not be revised, CNN reports.
Said Redfield: “Our guidelines are our guidelines, but we are going to provide additional reference documents to aid basically communities that are trying to open K-through-12s. It’s not a revision of the guidelines; it’s just to provide additional information to help schools be able to use the guidance we put forward.”
Pandemic Mars GOP Convention Plans
“President Trump’s plans for a full-scale GOP convention in Jacksonville next month are looking increasingly bleak amid rising numbers of coronavirus cases,” The Hill reports.
Said one GOP source: “It all seems very much up in the air right now.”
Said another: “We’re having to start from scratch.”
1.3 Million Filed New Jobless Claims Last Week
“As rising coronavirus cases pushed some states to reverse course and reimpose shutdown orders on businesses, 1.3 million workers filed new claims for state unemployment benefits last week,” the New York Times reports.
“The number of new claims has been declining since early April, but the weekly total is still far above records from previous downturns.”
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