Stranger Than Fiction

You can support the newsletter that you’re reading right now using PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, or purchase a subscription on Substack.Don’t forget to join us in the Stranger Slack for access to source documents and a running feed of news throughout the day. (this link was broken for awhile and has now been fixed)TOP NEWS

• Trump Removes District Attorney Investigating Him “Attorney General William Barr’s removal of Geoffrey Berman from his job as Manhattan U.S. Attorney over the weekend rattled the leadership ranks at one of the most prestigious prosecutor’s offices in the country and could test relations between the Justice Department and Capitol Hill.” - WSJ

• After Tulsa Rally, Trump Heads to Arizona, Wisconsin “President Trump’s campaign planned for a raucous show of force at a rally in Oklahoma, but has found itself in a back-and-forth with critics over crowd size Sunday.” - WSJ

• Trump faces backlash after saying he asked officials to slow down testing “The president’s remark drew criticism from congressional Democrats and public health officials — and it frustrated members of his administration.” - WaPo

• Federal Aid Has Capped Rise in Poverty “An unprecedented expansion of federal aid has prevented the rise in poverty that experts predicted this year when the coronavirus sent unemployment to the highest level since the Great Depression, two new studies suggest. The assistance could even cause official measures of poverty to fall.” - NYT

• The U.S. on Saturday reported more than 33,000 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the highest total since May 1, CNBC reports, citing Johns Hopkins data.

WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO

• Did TikTok users and K-pop fans really foil Trump’s Tulsa rally? It’s complicated.

• John Bolton: Trump directly linked Ukraine aid to Biden investigation

• Favre compares Kaepernick to Pat Tillman

• The inside stories of George Floyd, whose death sparked an inflection point in the modern civil-rights movement, and the man charged with his murder.

THE COMMENT

“Maybe Bill Barr isn’t that smart. With less than 150 days to the election, Roy Cohn 2.0 emerged from his scrum with Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for the southern district of New York (SDNY), looking the worse for wear. In less than 24 hours, Barr placed Donald Trump in more jeopardy than he was when their brawl with Berman began late on Friday night.” - Lloyd Green

THE STRANGEST

• Petition calls for Columbus, Ohio, to be renamed 'Flavortown'

THE AV ROOM