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The White House:
Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1. Policy. Free speech is the bedrock of American democracy.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Plan: Break the Internet to Suppress the Vote — Trump will never leave Twitter. He loves it too much. Now he's trying to browbeat it into helping him win re-election. — The internet, and Twitter in particular, is central to President Donald Trump's power.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's assault on truth takes an ugly new turn
Trump's assault on truth takes an ugly new turn
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Trump's Illiberal Internet Fairness Doctrine
Trump's Illiberal Internet Fairness Doctrine
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Fox News, The Hill, Associated Press and NB Blog
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Twitter Has Little to Fear From Trump
Twitter Has Little to Fear From Trump
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Trump readies executive order targeting Facebook, Google and Twitter, sparking widespread criticism …
Trump readies executive order targeting Facebook, Google and Twitter, sparking widespread criticism …
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Reuters:
Trump executive order takes aim at social media firms: draft
Trump executive order takes aim at social media firms: draft
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Eugene Volokh / Reason:
47 U.S.C. § 230 and the Publisher/Distributor/Platform Distinction
47 U.S.C. § 230 and the Publisher/Distributor/Platform Distinction
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JustOneMinute and Patterico's Pontifications
Alan Macleod / MintPress News:
As Chief Prosecutor, Klobuchar Declined to Bring Charges Against Cop that Killed George Floyd — The latest example of America's racist police brutality problem was caught on camera in Minneapolis Monday, as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on 46-year-old African-American George Floyd's neck …
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
George Floyd protest turns violent, deadly; Minneapolis mayor requests National Guard — “We can have peaceful demonstrations,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said. “But I also have to ensure the safety of everyone in the city.” — The mayor of Minneapolis has requested help …
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NBC News:
Minneapolis police officer at center of George Floyd's death had history of complaints — Derek Chauvin had been with the Minneapolis police since 2001. During his career, he was the subject of a dozen police conduct complaints; he was never disciplined. — The Minneapolis police officer …
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USA Today, New York Post, New York Times, Star Tribune, Discourse Blog, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The Week and MEL Magazine
Kenya Evelyn / The Guardian:
George Floyd killing: two officers involved previously reviewed for use of force — Internal reviews of Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao's use of force resulted in no disciplinary action, database confirms — Two Minneapolis police officers captured in viral video footage restraining George Floyd …
hattiesburgamerican:
Petal mayor says comments on George Floyd death in police incident misinterpreted
Petal mayor says comments on George Floyd death in police incident misinterpreted
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WLBT-TV, Raw Story, The Hill and Law & Crime
Washington Post:
Minnesota governor activates National Guard as upheaval continues in Twin Cities
Minnesota governor activates National Guard as upheaval continues in Twin Cities
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247Sports, Vanity Fair, Reason and Bangor Daily News
U.S. Department of Justice:
Joint Statement Of United States Attorney Erica MacDonald And FBI Special Agent In Charge Rainer Drolshagen
Joint Statement Of United States Attorney Erica MacDonald And FBI Special Agent In Charge Rainer Drolshagen
Kathryn Krawczyk / Yahoo News:
Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints
Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints
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Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast and The Guardian
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Trump was ‘very upset’ after watching George Floyd video, McEnany says
Trump was ‘very upset’ after watching George Floyd video, McEnany says
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Breitbart, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Week
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Sen. Cortez Masto withdraws name from Biden VP consideration — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada said Thursday that she's not interested in serving as running mate to presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden. — Cortez Masto, who in 2016 became …
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Axios and One America News Network
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
Amy Cooper allegedly stalked ex-love interest, slammed him for Obama vote — The white dog-walker, who called 911 on a black man when he asked her to leash her cocker spaniel in Central Park, allegedly stalked a former love interest and chided him for voting for President Barack Obama, The Post has learned.
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TheGrio
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Graham urges senior judges to step aside before November election so Republicans can fill vacancies — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday urged federal judges who are in their mid-to-late 60s to step aside so that Republicans, increasingly nervous …
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CNN:
GOP operatives worry Trump will lose both the presidency and Senate majority — Washington (CNN)A little more than three months ago, as Democrats cast their ballots in the Nevada caucuses, Republicans felt confident about their chances in 2020. The coronavirus seemed a distant, far-off threat.
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Breaking precedent, White House won't release formal economic projections this summer that would forecast extent of downturn — The president's aides will not publish updated economic forecasts, citing volatility in U.S. economy — White House officials have decided not to release updated …
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HuffPost:
Kellyanne Conway Voted By Mail — But She Thinks You Should Have To Wait In Line — She argued that if you'd wait an hour to buy a cupcake, you ought to be able to wait that long to vote. Yet in 2018, she ditched the line and voted by mail. — WASHINGTON — White House aide Kellyanne Conway …
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Tony Schwartz:
The Psychopath in Chief … Among the accomplishments Trump parades most proudly is that he has won eighteen golf club championships. Like so many of his claims, this one is pure fiction. When the sportswriter Rick Reilly investigated for his book Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump …
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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Lori deserves better. So does America. — One is a politician so obsessed with a morning cable news show that he has sought retribution by repeatedly defaming a dead woman's memory. — The other is a soft-spoken Air Force engineer who has worked on projects for 32 years with the singular goal …
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Peter H. Schuck / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Horrifying Lies’ About Lori Klausutis May Cross a Legal Line
Trump's ‘Horrifying Lies’ About Lori Klausutis May Cross a Legal Line
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Callous liars’: Pennsylvania Democrats say GOP put them at risk by hiding member's positive covid-19 test — Democratic state legislators in Pennsylvania accused their Republican counterparts Wednesday of keeping a GOP lawmaker's positive coronavirus diagnosis under wraps for days …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
A G.O.P. Lawmaker Had the Virus. Nobody Told Democrats Exposed to Him.
A G.O.P. Lawmaker Had the Virus. Nobody Told Democrats Exposed to Him.
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HuffPost, Associated Press, NBC News, KDFX-TV and The Root
Craig Brandhorst / University of South Carolina:
1 tweet, 1 sandwich, 1 beer — White House reporter Josh Dawsey tells it like it is — Josh Dawsey is a lowlife reporter. — That's not us talking. That's straight from the mouth of Donald J. Trump. Or straight from his thumbs anyway. Here's the original tweet …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Get Republicans to Vote Against Trump? This Group Will Spend $10 Million to Try — A new organization, Republican Voters Against Trump, is testing the premise of whether there are really any persuadable voters left. — WASHINGTON — Four years ago, 50 of the country's …
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Washington Post:
Administration initially dispensed scarce covid-19 drug to some hospitals that didn't need it — Officials describe early missteps that delayed treatment to critically ill patients. — The Trump administration mishandled the initial distribution of the only approved coronavirus medication …
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Raw Story and Common Dreams
Evan Walker / Surveys:
Missouri Statewide General Election Survey Results — We Ask America, a nationally recognized polling firm, today released the first in a series of 2020 statewide public opinion polls from across the country. The first state tested is Missouri and produced very strong approval ratings …
Ken Paxton / Fox News:
Texas AG Ken Paxton: Trump is right and Twitter ‘fact check’ is wrong - mail-in ballot fraud is a real problem — Twitter purported Tuesday to “fact check” two tweets by President Trump in which the president pointed out - accurately - that mail-in ballots present substantial risks of election fraud.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Trump says he would shut down Twitter if there was a way to do so legally
Trump says he would shut down Twitter if there was a way to do so legally
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
White House encourages hydroxychloroquine use for coronavirus again — WASHINGTON — The White House continued on Thursday to promote the use of hydroxychloroquine, the antimalarial drug that President Trump and some of his supporters have held out as a treatment for the coronavirus …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
‘Sorry, no mask allowed’: Some businesses pledge to keep out customers who cover their faces — For 64 days, Kevin Smith had shut down the Liberty Tree Tavern to comply with government orders. Now he was cleaning and disinfecting and removing stools to cut seating by three-quarters as he prepared to reopen the bar.
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Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
Americans on Unemployment Benefits Post First Drop of Pandemic — Continuing claims fell to 21.1 million in week ended May 16 — Initial jobless claims totaled 2.12 million last week — U.S. states' jobless rolls shrank for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic …
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NBC News, New York Times, The Daily Caller and The Week