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9:55 PM ET, June 4, 2017

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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
World leaders call for unity after London attack.  Trump tweets the complete opposite.  —  In the early confusion of Saturday's attack in London, as police urged people not to spread rumors, those world leaders who did speak out early were largely circumspect.  Restrained.  Sympathetic.
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Martin Evans / Telegraph:
London terrorist had twice been referred to police over his extremist views  —  One of the three jihadists who murdered revellers in central London on Saturday had been reported to the anti-terror police on at least two occasions, it has been claimed.  —  A former friend of the terrorist …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
With his London tweets, Trump embarrasses himself — and America — once again  —  The stoic determination and decency of the British people and their leaders were on full display in the hours after the latest horrific terrorist rampage.  The Brits fought back, launching drinking glasses and chairs at the savages who attacked them.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
What Trump Doesn't Understand About Gun Control in Great Britain  —  Amid a flurry of other comments after the London attack, the president of the United States tweeted the following: … OK, so let's talk about guns.  —  Here's a picture of London's Borough Market on a more typical day in 2011.
Discussion: IJR
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties  —  WASHINGTON — On one level, President Trump reacted to Saturday night's terrorist attack in London much as his predecessors might have.  He expressed solidarity and telephoned Britain's prime minister to offer condolences.  “WE ARE WITH YOU,” he wrote to Britons.
Charles Riley / CNNMoney:
Uber criticized for surge pricing after London terror attack
Discussion: Raw Story
Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:   How Will the London Attacks Affect the U.K. Elections?
Adam Shaw / Breitbart:
Trump Blasts London Mayor Sadiq Khan for Saying ‘No Reason to Be Alarmed’ After London Attack
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump reacts to London terror by stoking fear and renewing feud with mayor
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
London Bridge Attack: Why Most U.K. Police Don't Carry Guns
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Week, BBC and RedState
Washington Post:
London attack toll rises to 7 dead as Theresa May insists ‘things need to change’
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
London's Mayor Says ‘We Will Never Let These Cowards Win’ After Attack
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.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Dems want Hillary Clinton to leave spotlight  —  Democrats say they'd like Hillary Clinton  —  to take a cue from former President Obama and step out of the spotlight.  —  They say her string of remarks explaining her stunning loss in November coupled with the public remarks blaming …
Discussion: New York Post, IJR and AOL
Hannah Natanson / Commencement 2017:
Harvard Rescinds Acceptances for At Least Ten Students for Obscene Memes  —  Harvard College rescinded admissions offers to at least ten prospective members of the Class of 2021 after the students traded sexually explicit memes and messages that sometimes targeted minority groups in a private Facebook group chat.
Robert Rorke / New York Post:
Cary Grant dropped acid 100 times to get over his mommy issues  —  “For many years, I have cautiously peered from behind the face of a man known as Cary Grant.  The protection of that facade was both an advantage and a disadvantage.  If I couldn't see out, how could anyone see in?”
Discussion: Daily Mail
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
The coming Democratic civil war  —  Even before the election of Donald Trump, and more so afterwards, the dysfunction of the GOP has been glaringly obvious.  Yet, despite the miserable favorability ratings for both Trump and the Republicans, those of the Democrats, notes Gallup …
Discussion: Instapundit
Times Colonist:
Man who mowed lawn with tornado behind him says he ‘was keeping an eye on it.’  —  Theunis Wessels mows his lawn at his home in Three Hills, Alta., as a tornado is seen in the background on Friday, June 2, 2017.  Cecilia Wessels snapped the picture of her husband, Theunis as the twister passed near their home in Three Hills.
Adventure:
Exclusive: Climber Completes the Most Dangerous Rope-Free Ascent Ever  —  Alex Honnold has become the first climber to free solo Yosemite's 3,000-foot El Capitan wall.  —  View Images  —  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA—Renowned rock climber Alex Honnold on Saturday became the first person …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
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.
Carter / The Gateway Pundit:
WATCH: CNN Creates #FakeNews in London Following Terror Attacks, Stages Anti-ISIS Muslim Protesters  —  A video released a day after the Islamic terror attacks in London show a CNN crew staging a scene with Muslims holding signs saying “ISIS Will Lose”.  —  The following is a screenshot of the signs:
Discussion: Power Line and twitchy.com
Paul Sperry / Reuters:
‘Kushnergate’ is a big fat nothing-burger  —  MORE FROM: … Trump senior adviser Jared Kushner privately met with dozens of officials from a wide range of nations as part of his role during the campaign and transition as conduit to foreign governments.  But the liberal media …
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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Vladimir Putin on Dinner With Michael Flynn: 'I Didn't Even Really Talk to Him'
 
 
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
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Mark Townsend / Observer:
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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