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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Days of Discord, a President Fans the Flames — Mr. Trump has presented himself as someone who seeks conflict, not conciliation, a fighter, not a peacemaker. And he has lived up to his self-image at an inopportune time. — WASHINGTON — With a nation on edge, ravaged by disease …
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ABC News:
Protest live updates: 'If you can say you can't breathe, you're breathing', mayor faces comments backlash — Over 1,000 additional National Guard troops are being activated Saturday. — The death of George Floyd, a black man who was seen pinned down in a video by a white police officer and later died …
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Theo Keith / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Jail records show most arrested in Minneapolis riots have Minnesota addresses — MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The overwhelming majority of people arrested in connection with the Minneapolis unrest have Minnesota addresses, a search of the online Hennepin County Jail log shows.
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CBS News:
Minneapolis protesters defy curfew in fourth night of unrest — Protesters in Minneapolis defied curfew orders as firefighters worked to put out fires across the city in the fourth night of unrest over George Floyd's death. — CBS Minnesota reports they were battling fires at businesses.
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James Laporta / Associated Press:
Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis — DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis …
Sergei Klebnikov / Forbes:
Every Person Arrested In Saint Paul Last Night Was From Out Of State, Mayor Says — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, along with mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter, on Saturday condemned violent protests in the state, blaming organized outside groups for promoting unrest, while also announcing …
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New York Times:
George Floyd Protests: Live News and Updates
George Floyd Protests: Live News and Updates
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Violent protests are not the story. Police violence is.
Violent protests are not the story. Police violence is.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner and KDFX-TV
Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:
Gov. Walz to ‘fully mobilize’ the National Guard for Floyd riots
Gov. Walz to ‘fully mobilize’ the National Guard for Floyd riots
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Axios
New York Times:
Appeals for Calm as Sprawling Protests Threaten to Spiral Out of Control
Appeals for Calm as Sprawling Protests Threaten to Spiral Out of Control
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The Week
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How Violent Protests Change Politics
How Violent Protests Change Politics
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Wall Street Journal:
Minnesota Bolsters Law Enforcement as Protests Roil U.S. After George Floyd's Death
Fox News:
Minnesota Governor authorizes ‘full mobilization’ …
Minnesota Governor authorizes ‘full mobilization’ …
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tries to calm Minneapolis after days of chaos following George Floyd killing
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tries to calm Minneapolis after days of chaos following George Floyd killing
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The Sun, KDFX-TV and The North Star
Tess Owen / VICE:
Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War — Far-right extremists are showing up, with guns, to the protests against police brutality that have exploded across the country. — Others are egging on the violence from behind their computers …
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New York Times:
What Top Conservatives Are Saying About George Floyd and Police Brutality — For those on the right whose usual instinct is to stand up for law enforcement, the stark video showing Mr. Floyd being fatally pinned by a police officer raises conflicting feelings about the incident.
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Protests Flare in Brooklyn Over Floyd Death as de Blasio Appeals for Calm — Demonstrators stormed the perimeter of Barclays Center, hurling bottles and debris at police officers. The police responded with pepper spray and arrested more than 200 people. — Protesters angry over the death …
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Los Angeles Times, Vox, Washington Post, Althouse, Conservative News Today, VICE and New York Post
Jason Koebler / VICE:
NYC Bus Drivers Union Refuses to Transport Protesters for the NYPD
NYC Bus Drivers Union Refuses to Transport Protesters for the NYPD
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Mia Bloom / Just Security:
Far-Right Infiltrators and Agitators in George Floyd Protests: Indicators of White Supremacists
Far-Right Infiltrators and Agitators in George Floyd Protests: Indicators of White Supremacists
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The Daily Caller, Variety and Sputnik News
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:
National Guard summoned to aid cities amid police clashes
National Guard summoned to aid cities amid police clashes
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Washington Post:
The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
After Minneapolis, Can Trump's Law-And-Order Strategy Work?
After Minneapolis, Can Trump's Law-And-Order Strategy Work?
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Sputnik News, The Dispatch, Daily Kos, Deadline and New York Times
NBC News:
FBI's top lawyer, Dana Boente, ousted amid Fox News criticism for role in Flynn investigation — After a 38-year career with the Justice Department, the FBI's top lawyer Dana Boente was asked to resign on Friday. Two sources familiar with the decision to dismiss Boente said it came …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Think Outside the Box, Jack — Trump, Twitter and the society-crushing pursuit of monetized rage. — WASHINGTON — C'mon, @Jack. You can do it. — Throw on some Kendrick Lamar and get your head in the right space. Pour yourself a big old glass of salt juice.
Greg Wilson / Fox News:
Fox News crew harassed, chased by angry mob while reporting on protests outside White House — An angry mob of rioters stoked by the death of a black man at the apparent hand of a Minneapolis cop turned its rage on a Fox News crew early Saturday, chasing and pummeling the journalists outside …
CBS San Francisco:
Updated: Security Officers Gunned Down At Oakland Federal Building; DHS Official Calls Gunman ‘An Assassin’ — OAKLAND (CBS SF) — As tensions began to soar on the streets of Oakland Friday night, a gunman opened fired on two Federal Protective Service officers posted at the city's federal building …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Launch provides Trump moment to relish during difficult week — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated on Saturday the first launch of American astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade, marveling at the power of the rocket ship and the danger faced by its passengers …
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Joe Lockhart / CNN:
Now is the moment to sign Colin Kaepernick — Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst. He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration. He co-hosts the podcast “Words Matter.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
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Washington Post:
All U.S. — The number of people reported to have died of the novel coronavirus in the United States surpassed 100,000 this week, a grim marker of lives lost directly to the disease, but an analysis of overall deaths during the pandemic shows that the nation probably reached a similar terrible milestone three weeks ago.
Shellie Sylvestri / WAVE-TV:
LMPD officer fires pepper balls at WAVE 3 News reporter during Louisville protest — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - WAVE 3 News reporter Kaitlin Rust appeared to have been hit by pepper balls reportedly fired by an LMPD officer during a protest in downtown Louisville.
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New York Times:
Flynn Discussed Sanctions at Length With Russian Diplomat, Transcripts Show — The former national security adviser now says he does not remember those discussions as he fights a criminal charge he had previously pleaded guilty to. — WASHINGTON — The former national security adviser …
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