memeorandum: ‘London is not reeling’: A city that weathered Nazi bombs pushes back against fear (Peter Holley/Washington Post)

2:35 PM ET, June 4, 2017

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London attack: Theresa May says enough is enough after seven die — The prime minister has said “it is time to say enough is enough” as she condemned a terror attack on “innocent and unarmed civilians” which left seven people dead and 48 injured in London. — A white van hit pedestrians …

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Robert Mendick / Telegraph:

‘They shouted ‘this is for Allah’, as they stabbed indiscriminately’ - How the London terror attack unfolded — How the London Bridge terror attack unfolded — The attack came out of the blue and out of the night. Beneath the shadow of The Shard, Europe's tallest skyscraper, terror hit Britain's streets again.

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Peter Holley / Washington Post:

‘London is not reeling’: A city that weathered Nazi bombs pushes back against fear — The first reports of “an incident” in London emerged Saturday evening. — Within hours, cable news channels were saturated with the all-too-familiar loop of panicked faces, desperate crowds scurrying for safety and scowling, heavily armed police.

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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
London Bridge Attack: Why Most U.K. Police Don't Carry Guns

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Theresa May / Real Clear Politics:
Enough Is Enough: We Must Defeat Islamist Extremism

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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
Significant terrorist attacks have sprung up across the globe since …

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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
MSNBC Anchor's Response to London Terror Attack: Could Police Be ‘Overreacting?’

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CNN:
London terror attack: Police fired ‘unprecedented’ number of rounds

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Leon Watson / Telegraph:
Live London Bridge attack latest: Theresa May says ‘enough is enough’ after seven are killed

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The Guardian:
London Bridge attack: one Canadian and one French citizen among dead - latest updates

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Peter Walker / The Guardian:
London attack: Theresa May says ‘enough is enough’ after seven killed

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Ann Schmidt / Daily Mail: ‘On the floor!’: …

Peter Baker / New York Times:

After Britain Attack, Trump Unleashes a Twitter Storm — WASHINGTON — President Trump assailed political correctness, gun control supporters and the mayor of London on Sunday, arguing that the world needed to be more serious about fighting terrorism a day after seven people were killed …

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Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed:

Sadiq Khan Says He “Has More Important Things To Do” Than Respond To Donald Trump's Tweets — Sadiq Khan's spokesperson said the mayor of London “has more important things to do than respond to Donald Trump's ill-informed tweet that deliberately takes out of context his remarks”. — Reporting From

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Adam Shaw / Breitbart:

Trump Blasts London Mayor Sadiq Khan for Saying ‘No Reason to Be Alarmed’ After London Attack — President Trump tore into London's left-wing Mayor Sadiq Khan Sunday in the wake of a terror attack in London that left at least seven dead and dozens injured — after Khan told Londoners there is “no reason to be alarmed.”

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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
World leaders call for unity after London attack. Trump tweets the complete opposite.

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Mayor of London:
The Metropolitan Police are responding to the horrific terrorist attack …

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Washington Post:
London attack toll rises to 7 dead as Theresa May insists ‘things need to change’

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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
London's Mayor Says ‘We Will Never Let These Cowards Win’ After Attack

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Victoria Friedman / Breitbart: Nigel Farage: ‘Words Are Not Enough, People Want Action’, Slams Sadiq Khan, Theresa May on Terror Responses

Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
After London Attack, Prime Minister Says, ‘Enough Is Enough’

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Michael Crowley / Politico:

The bottleneck in Rex Tillerson's State Department — When former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who successfully promoted Rex Tillerson for her old job during the presidential transition, tried to reach him last month, it was an aide to his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin who called back, asking what Rice wanted to discuss.

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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:

Breitbart employees infuriated by colleagues' ‘appalling’ comments after London terror attack — Breitbart employees expressed strong displeasure on Sunday with two of their colleagues for inflammatory comments posted to Twitter in the aftermath of the London terror attack.

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Desmoinesdem / Bleeding Heartland:

Democrats dropped the ball in Iowa House district 22 special election — Democratic candidate Ray Stevens will not appear on the ballot for the June 27 special election in Iowa House district 22. He missed the deadline for filing paperwork with the Iowa Secretary of State's office.

Des Moines Register:

Kim Weaver withdraws her candidacy in Iowa's 4th District race for Congress — Kim Weaver is ending her campaign for Iowa's 4th Congressional District. — In a Facebook post Saturday, Weaver, a Democrat, cited threats to her safety, financial security and her mother's ongoing health problems as reasons for her withdrawal.

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Kim Weaver:
Over the last several weeks, I have been evaluating personal …

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Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:

How a ‘shadow’ universe of charities joined with political warriors to fuel Trump's rise — The crowd rose to its feet and roared its approval as Sen. Jeff Sessions bounded onto the stage at the Breakers, an exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Stephen Miller, an aide to the Alabama Republican …

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Mark Townsend / Observer:

Far right raises £50,000 to target boats on refugee rescue missions in Med — Now anti-Islam ‘Identitarians’ are crowdfunding to pay for vessels to chase them down … Far-right activists are planning a sea campaign this summer to disrupt vessels saving refugees in the Mediterranean …

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

These Campus Inquisitions Must Stop — Racism pervades our country. Students who have roiled college campuses from coast to coast have that exactly right. — But we're never going to make the progress that we need to if they hurl the word “racist” as reflexively and indiscriminately as some of them do …

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:

The Myth of the Kindly General Lee — The strangest part about the continued personality cult of Robert E. Lee is how few of the qualities his admirers profess to see in him he actually possessed. — Memorial Day has the tendency to conjure up old arguments about the Civil War.