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4:00 PM ET, May 29, 2020

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Val Demings / Washington Post:
My fellow brothers and sisters in blue, what the hell are you doing?  —  Val Demings, a Democrat, represents Florida's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  As a former woman in blue, let me begin with my brothers and sisters in blue: What in the hell are you doing?
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Jason Hanna / CNN:
A CNN crew has been arrested while covering Minneapolis protests, and the governor has apologized  —  Minnesota police arrest CNN team on live television  —  (CNN)A CNN crew was arrested by Minnesota state police Friday morning while giving a live television report in Minneapolis …
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin In Custody, Charged With Murder In George Floyd's Death  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested four days after George Floyd's fatal arrest that sparked protests, rioting and outcry across the city and nation …
Washington Post:
Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder and manslaugther in death of George Floyd  —  Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Friday afternoon.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just threatened to have looters shot.  Biden urged calm.  That says it all.  —  We need to more fully come to terms with an unpleasant truth.  It begins here: Donald Trump simply does not accept that he has any institutional obligation of any kind as president to use …
WCMH-TV:
Protest in downtown Columbus broken up after demonstrators breach Ohio Statehouse  —  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Crowds gathered across Columbus Thursday evening to protest police brutality after the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody on Monday.
Emily Haavik / KARE-TV:
Former Minneapolis police officer arrested in George Floyd death  —  “Tonight needs to be different,” Gov. Tim Walz said after a night of riots, fires and looting in Minneapolis and St. Paul.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested in connection …
KSTP-TV:
George Floyd, fired officer overlapped security shifts at south Minneapolis club
Associated Press:
Minneapolis cop who knelt on handcuffed black man arrested
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:   When a CNN camera hit the ground, America saw the world through George Floyd's eyes
Erin Donaghue / CBS News:
Fired Minneapolis officer charged with murder in death of George Floyd
Discussion: Townhall, POLITICUSUSA and Denverite
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
McConnell says officers involved in George Floyd's death ‘look pretty darn guilty’
Discussion: The Hill, Vox and Los Angeles Times
globaltimes.cn:
US should stand with Minnesota violent protesters as it did with HK rioters
Discussion: Breitbart
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump wants to win over black voters while his base wants him to be tough. His base is winning.
Discussion: CBS News, Slate and The Hill
Freddy Gray / Spectator USA:
Twitter spreads riot porn — but censors a President vowing to restore law and order … If you have been following the Minneapolis riots on Twitter or Facebook, you may have come across an edgy new media channel called Unicorn Riot.  The company is five years old and describes itself ‘viewer-supported’ …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Most Mendacious President in U.S. History
Discussion: Tony Schwartz
Sky News:
Coronavirus: Monkeys ‘escape with COVID-19 samples’ after attacking lab assistant  —  One of the primates was reportedly later spotted up in a tree, chewing one of the sample collection kits.  —  Created with Sketch.  —  A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped …
Discussion: Louder With Crowder, The Week and WND
Chase Peterson-Withorn / Forbes:
Inside Kylie Jenner's Web Of Lies—And Why She's No Longer A Billionaire  —  Earlier this year, Kylie Jenner sold half of her cosmetics company in one of the greatest celebrity cash-outs of all time.  But the deal's fine print reveals that she has been inflating the size and success of her business.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Where does the phrase ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’ come from?  —  WASHINGTON — Twitter said early Friday that a post by President Donald Trump about the protests overnight in Minneapolis glorified violence because of the historical context of his last line: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump in Trouble  —  President Trump was disappointed.  Bad weather on Wednesday forced a delay in SpaceX's planned launch of the Dragon spacecraft, robbing the president of a prized photo opportunity.  He plans to attend the next launch window, scheduled for May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT …
Discussion: Fox News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Gunshot fired into Republican field office during local Trump campaign event, RNC says  —  EXCLUSIVE: A gunshot was fired through a window of a Republican National Committee office in Mohave County, Arizona during a Trump Victory event Thursday night, GOP officials tell Fox News.
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NBC News:
Despite Trump's threats, Charlotte convention preparations continue
Discussion: Politico
VICE:
Customs and Border Protection Is Flying a Predator Drone Over Minneapolis  —  Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is flying a Predator drone, military technology used for surveilling and killing terrorists abroad, over Minneapolis as protesters continue to demonstrate against police brutality …
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Raw Story
Courier-Journal:
7 shot in downtown Louisville at Breonna Taylor protest.  Here's what we know  —  Louisville, Ky. — At least seven people were shot as hundreds of protesters in downtown Louisville gathered Thursday night to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old ER tech who was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police in March.
Discussion: CBS News, The Root and Breitbart
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios:
Exclusive: Cruz calls for criminal investigation of Twitter  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a letter Friday to the Justice and Treasury departments, is calling for a criminal investigation of Twitter over allegations the company is violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.
Denise Roland / Wall Street Journal:
Blood of Recovered Covid-19 Patients Is Becoming a Hot Commodity  —  Demand buoys blood brokers but challenges makers of antibody tests; $1,000 for one milliliter  —  The blood business is booming.  —  This normally obscure trade has been set alight by the race to develop Covid-19 antibody tests …
 
 
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Amy Maxmen / Nature:
What the growing rift between the US and WHO means for COVID-19 and global health
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Trump teases China action today
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Inside an Extraordinary G.O.P. Event: ‘Pressing Flesh and Kissing Babies’ Again
Matthew Brown / Associated Press:
Investigators: US official used office to get son-in-law job
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden's split-screen opportunity
Discussion: Washington Post
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Border Wall Land Grabs Accelerate as Owners Shelter From Pandemic
Discussion: The Hill
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Democrats urge DeVos to punish student loan firm for emergency relief blunder
 Earlier Items: 
LZ Granderson / Los Angeles Times:
Police put a gun to my head at 12. Tired of reading about racism? I'm tired of living it
Discussion: Mediaite
Reuters:
Biden losing economic argument to Trump as U.S. begins to re-open
Discussion: NB Blog
Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Campaign Drops Fundraiser With Former Top Prosecutor on Mueller's Team
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
Twitter needs to fact-check these tweets from prominent liberals
Associated Press:
Trump ally Stone must surrender to prison by June 30, won't need to go to quarantine site
Discussion: CNN, Law & Crime, The Hill and Axios
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Wisconsin reports record number of new coronavirus cases, deaths
Josh Holmes / Wall Street Journal:
The Covid Political Earthquake
 

 
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
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