1. GOPers Seethe as Pelosi Orders Mask-Wearing in Committees

  COVER YOUR MOUTH 

House Republicans have raged against masks, with one calling them part of the “dehumanization of the children of God.”

2. Beijing Starts Sealing Off Again, Cancels 1,000+ Flights

 DÉJÀ VU 

A shock surge in new COVID-19 cases has closed school and now some 1,255 flights were canceled at two of the city’s airports—roughly 70 percent of those scheduled.

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 Be there or be square.

3. The Theragun Is the Answer to All Your Foam Rolling Fears

 ALL KNOTTED UP 

These electronic devices alleviate muscle pain—no stretching required.

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4. India-China Clash Saw Troops Fight With Barbed-Wire Clubs

 GOING MEDIEVAL 

Improvised weapons such as iron bars, rocks, and batons were reportedly used.

5. Trump Golf Course Begs Palm Beach County for Rent Relief

 TINY VIOLIN 

The club complained that an order to shut down golf courses came in the “busiest part of our season.”

6. Anyone Visiting Putin Must Go Through ‘Disinfection Tunnel’

 CLEAN MACHINE 

All visitors have to be skooshed before they can get anywhere near the Russian president.

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7. Trump Admin Stuck With 66 Million Doses of Malaria Drugs

 CUCKOO FOR CHLOROQUINE 

The FDA rescinded its authorization to treat COVID-19 with Trump’s favorite malaria drugs on Monday.

8. Texas Police: Black Teen Found Hanged Outside School

 NOT AGAIN 

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says there is “security video, witnesses and other evidence” that suggest the teen hanged himself.

9. FBI Probes Wash. Lawmaker’s Role in Armed Standoffs: Report

 ‘CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION’ 

State Rep. Matt Shea is reportedly under federal investigation for his alleged involvement in Cliven and Ammon Bundy’s takeover of a wildlife refuge.

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10. White Lawyer Who Spit on Black Teen Tests Negative for COVID

 PHEW 

Stephanie Rapkin also allegedly shoved a protester outside her home and assaulted a police officer trying to arrest her.

11. U.S. Exported Millions of Pounds of Meat Amid Shortage Panic

 OVERBLOWN? 

Critics say the ominous warnings of a breakdown in the food supply chain were used to justify Trump’s order for meat plants to stay open amid the pandemic.

12. Tennessee’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 30% in One Week

 THAT’S ALARMING 

There were 400 coronavirus patients in hospitals last week. That number could be 1,000 by the end of July, researchers say.

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13. FL Health Care Worker, 15 Friends Get COVID After Bar Visit

 ‘MURPHY’S LAW’ 

“We should be wearing masks. We should be social distancing. It was too soon to open everything back up,” Erika Crisp said.

14. NC State Rep. Calls BLM Protesters ‘Thugs’ and ‘Vermin’

 OFF THE RAILS 

He encouraged police to shoot demonstrators and said George Soros sponsored them.

15. Wildfires Force More Than 1,000 in Arizona to Evacuate

 GET OUT 

The Bush Fire had consumed 64,000 acres with zero percent containment as of Tuesday.

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