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3:10 PM ET, May 29, 2020

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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 …
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New York Times:
Twitter Warns that Trump Tweet Could Spur Violence  —  The move by the social media platform is likely to spur more threats from the White House and criticism from the president's supporters.  —  Twitter said early Friday that a tweet from President Trump suggesting that protesters …
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 …
Discussion: NBC News, CNN and The Moderate Voice
KSTP-TV:
George Floyd, fired officer overlapped security shifts at south Minneapolis club  —  A former club owner in south Minneapolis says the now-fired police officer and the black man who died in his custody this week both worked security for her club up to the end of last year.
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 …
Associated Press:
Minneapolis cop who knelt on handcuffed black man arrested  —  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests …
Star Tribune:
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls Minneapolis unrest ‘unacceptable’; President Donald Trump promises action
WCMH-TV:
Protest in downtown Columbus broken up after demonstrators breach Ohio Statehouse
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin In Custody, Charged With Murder In George Floyd's Death
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
McConnell says officers involved in George Floyd's death ‘look pretty darn guilty’
Discussion: The Hill, Vox and Breitbart
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, The Hill and POLICE Magazine
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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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Most Mendacious President in U.S. History
Discussion: Tony Schwartz
Michael Rosenwald / Washington Post:
‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump quotes Miami police chief's notorious 1967 warning
Discussion: The Guardian
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?
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.
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
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
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: Raw Story
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.
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Key House panels to interview State Department officials in probe of fired watchdog
Discussion: The Hill
Matthew Brown / Associated Press:
Investigators: US official used office to get son-in-law job
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
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
Has the Pandemic Peaked?
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
This former intelligence official was a hero. He's now the target of a brutal campaign by MBS.
Courier-Journal:
Protester who hoisted Gov. Andy Beshear effigy fired from job at Neil Huffman Auto Group
Discussion: Fox News and Sputnik News
Josh Holmes / Wall Street Journal:
The Covid Political Earthquake
 

 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
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