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Kathryn Krawczyk / Yahoo News:
Amy Klobuchar didn't prosecute officer at center of George Floyd's death after previous conduct complaints — George Floyd's death in police custody is — renewing criticism of Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) prosecutorial record. — Before she became a senator and a top contender …
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The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, Althouse, Star Tribune, Washington Post, Bring Me The News and The Guardian
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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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Star Tribune, Reuters, ABC News, KARE-TV, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, The Hill, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, IJR and TalkLeft
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Minneapolis Man: Cop Who Kneeled on George Floyd ‘Tried to Kill Me’ in 2008 — In 2008, Derek Chauvin barged into Ira Toles' home while responding to a domestic-violence call and shot him at close range, leaving him with a permanent hole in his stomach. — Ira Latrell Toles …
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Breitbart, Star Tribune, New York Times, Raw Story, New York Post, The Hill, The Daily Caller and The Sun
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 …
Alan Macleod / MintPress News:
As Chief Prosecutor, Klobuchar Declined to Bring Charges Against Cop that Killed George Floyd
As Chief Prosecutor, Klobuchar Declined to Bring Charges Against Cop that Killed George Floyd
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Daily Kos, The Root, Twitchy, Common Dreams, FactCheck.org, Discourse Blog and The Guardian
Kenya Evelyn / The Guardian:
George Floyd killing: two officers involved previously reviewed for use of force
George Floyd killing: two officers involved previously reviewed for use of force
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Jezebel, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Mother Jones, NBC News, Axios, NPR, The Hill and The Daily Signal
New York Times:
National Guard Called as Minneapolis Erupts in Solidarity for George Floyd
National Guard Called as Minneapolis Erupts in Solidarity for George Floyd
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U.S. Department of Justice, The Hill and NPR
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, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Reason and Bangor Daily News
Associated Press:
Minnesota governor calls in National Guard as Minneapolis braces for more violence
Minnesota governor calls in National Guard as Minneapolis braces for more violence
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Fox News, Associated Press and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
James Varney / Washington Times:
Amy Klobuchar missed chance to prosecute Minneapolis cop now at center of George Floyd death
Amy Klobuchar missed chance to prosecute Minneapolis cop now at center of George Floyd death
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The Guardian
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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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Power Line, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Vox, Reason, The Wrap, Morning Consult and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »
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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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New York Times, Gizmodo, Protocol, NBC News and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Twitter Has Little to Fear From Trump — A moment's frustration won't push the president to destroy his favorite toy. — Donald Trump was at the steering wheel as we drove through the rain together on a New Jersey highway in 2005. He had recently considered taking the stage …
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Trump's Illiberal Internet Fairness Doctrine
Trump's Illiberal Internet Fairness Doctrine
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Fox News, The Hill, Observer and Associated Press
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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CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Vox, Washington Free Beacon, POLITICUSUSA, Reason, NPR, Redstate, Mediaite, The Wrap, The Verge, Raw Story, The American Independent and Esquire, more at Techmeme »
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
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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Talking Points Memo, VICE, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Observer, The Hill and Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Trump Prepares Order to Limit Social Media Companies' Protections
Trump Prepares Order to Limit Social Media Companies' Protections
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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
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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Washington Post and Axios
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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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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Raw Story, 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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Associated Press, National Review, Politico, Raw Story, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, Vanity Fair, GovExec.com and Power Line
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
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 …
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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New York Times, Russ Diamond, KDFX-TV, Vox, TheGrio, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, VICE, Digby's Hullabaloo and American Prospect
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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, NBC News, Associated Press, KDFX-TV and The Root
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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New York Times and Techdirt
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
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 and Washington Monthly
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 …
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
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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Althouse
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Fired State Department inspector general was cleared in leak inquiry prior to his removal, sources say — Pompeo defends Trump in firing of inspector general — Washington (CNN)Administration officials said President Donald Trump fired the State Department's inspector general this month …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Vox