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Good Friday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. It's the first Friday in June, which means the Labor Department will unveil the nation's unemployment rate.

It could inch toward 20%, which would illustrate what we already know. The nation's economy has been completely battered by the coronavirus, but reaching 20% would be a psychic blow to the White House and

Republicans. The AP reports, economists have forecasted the government will report that employers

shed 8.5 million jobs last month. The post notes that Donald Trump is banking on the economy

rebounded quickly,

but without more government help for now. Maybe it's the pandemic. Maybe it's the fact that the president

treats his Twitter fee like a therapy couch, but the nation's premier institutions have come under

a tremendous amount of stress. They are convulsing, in some cases buckling and openly warring.

The New York Times is holding a town hall today, as the nation's most important media outlet is in a bit of an open revolt.

Reporters have taken to Twitter to criticize the op-ed page for running Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton's bring in the military op-ed.

Reporters said black journalists would be at risk after its publication.

After a day of defending the decision to publish, the Times issued a statement, saying a rushed

editorial process led to the publication of an op-ed that didn't meet our standards.

Caroline Tabler, a cotton spokeswoman, said we weren't contacted by the New York Times at

advance of this statement, and our editorial process was similar to our past experiences at the New York Times

and other publications. We're curious to know what part of that process and this piece did not

meet their standards. Military brass, current and former are rising up against Trump. Just

this week, John Kelly and Jim Mattis have publicly flogged the president.

Martin Dempsey has criticized him. Various military commanders have felt it necessary to remind the troops what their mission is. Mark Millie, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, sent a letter.

Army secretary Ryan McCarthy posted a video. The New York Times writes that the mutual embrace

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