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Ben Ptashnik and Victoria Collier, Truthout: The Democratic primary season was hobbled from the start by blatant partisanship on behalf of party favorite Hillary Clinton, but was it stolen outright from the Bernie Sanders campaign? Collier and Ptashnik examine election irregularities and what progressives can do about them. Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: For over a decade, the Pulse nightclub in Orlando was a popular destination for the LGBT community in central Florida. We speak to Orlando native Daniel Leon-Davis, who wrote, "The Site of the Orlando Shooting Wasn't Just a Gay Nightclub. It Was My Safe Haven." Dien Luong, Truthout: Even if Vietnam has apparently made some behind-closed-door trade-offs for the lifting of the arms sales ban, its rapprochement to the US must not involve unfettered pandering to Monsanto. Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch: Prospects for decent, long-term survival are not high unless there is a significant change of course. It is not entirely clear that we have the capacity to deal with the global crises we face, but there can be no doubt that the longer the delay, the more extreme the calamity. William K. Black, New Economic Perspective: It has nothing to do with China winning or losing. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is all about Article 9, which allows CEOs to rig the system so that they win. The tribunals of Article 9 will intensify the global "race to the bottom." Richard Kim, The Nation: Gay bars are therapy for people who can't afford therapy; temples for people who lost their religion. This place of solidarity and empowerment was violated when Omar Mateen killed 50 people and wounded 53. Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: In a bitterly funny (if politically disappointing) novel by a well-regarded Bulgarian-German writer, one frustrated scientist takes matters into his own hands to bring attention to the growing environmental crisis. Kevin Matthews, Care2: The next time you hear someone moaning about Democrats trying to increase the minimum wage, hit them with this fact: There is nowhere in the United States that people can afford to live on a minimum wage. Lyndal Rowlands, Inter Press Service: The Australian government's request for the removal of a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef from a UNESCO report on climate change grabbed widespread media attention. However, as the report indicates, the Great Barrier Reef is not the only coral reef at risk due to climate disruption. Mike Lofgren, ConsortiumNews.com: Despite a nearly $600 billion military budget, congressional Republicans are demanding even more money for the Pentagon, while rejecting cuts in spending for military music bands and resisting emergency funds to fight the Zika virus. Emma Baccellieri, OpenSecrets.org: Hard money is contributed directly to candidate's campaigns, political parties or regular PACs and, unlike outside money, is subject to limits. Candidates need it for expenses that are hard to avoid, and many a campaign has foundered for lack of it. Matt Higgins, Occupy.com: A free market economy incentivizes people to invest in something only in exchange for profit. That leaves the job of providing affordable housing up to government, but municipalities have moved away from programs establishing dense urban public housing. | 
