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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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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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Gizmodo, Protocol and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »


Trump's assault on truth takes an ugly new turn
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Trump's Illiberal Internet Fairness Doctrine
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Trump executive order takes aim at social media firms: draft
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Trump Prepares Order to Limit Social Media Companies' Protections
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Trump targets social media companies with executive order after Twitter fact-checks his tweets
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47 U.S.C. § 230 and the Publisher/Distributor/Platform Distinction
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Trump readies executive order targeting Facebook, Google and Twitter, sparking widespread criticism …
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Mark Zuckerberg says social networks should not be fact-checking political speech

Trump expected to sign executive order that could threaten punishment against Facebook …
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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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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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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 …


Petal mayor says comments on George Floyd death in police incident misinterpreted
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George Floyd killing: two officers involved previously reviewed for use of force
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Minnesota governor activates National Guard as upheaval continues in Twin Cities
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Joint Statement Of United States Attorney Erica MacDonald And FBI Special Agent In Charge Rainer Drolshagen


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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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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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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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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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


Trump's ‘Horrifying Lies’ About Lori Klausutis May Cross a Legal Line — The president's innuendo about the death of a congressional staffer in 2001 could lead to a costly court judgment against him. — Mr. Schuck is an emeritus professor of law at Yale and Darling Foundation visiting professor …
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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


‘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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A G.O.P. Lawmaker Had the Virus. Nobody Told Democrats Exposed to Him.
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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


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 …


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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‘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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Exclusive: U.S. taxpayers' virus relief went to firms that avoided U.S. tax — LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Last month Zagg Inc, a Utah-based company that makes mobile device accessories, received more than $9.4 million in cash from a U.S. government program that has provided emergency loans …


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


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


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 …