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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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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 …
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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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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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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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.
Jason Koebler / VICE:
NYC Bus Drivers Union Refuses to Transport Protesters for the NYPD — Workers for New York City's MTA are refusing to transport people arrested during protests against police brutality in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A video of a bus driver refusing …
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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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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
New York Times:
George Floyd Protests: Live News and Updates
George Floyd Protests: Live News and Updates
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Politico:
Trump confronts a culture war of his own making as election looms
Trump confronts a culture war of his own making as election looms
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
America Is a Tinderbox — Scenes from a country in free fall.
America Is a Tinderbox — Scenes from a country in free fall.
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Fox News:
Minnesota Governor authorizes ‘full mobilization’ …
Minnesota Governor authorizes ‘full mobilization’ …
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Wall Street Journal:
Minnesota Bolsters Law Enforcement as Protests Roil U.S. After George Floyd's Death
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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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How Violent Protests Change Politics
How Violent Protests Change Politics
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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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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 Intercept:
The George Floyd Killing in Minneapolis Exposes the Failures of Police Reform
The George Floyd Killing in Minneapolis Exposes the Failures of Police Reform
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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 …
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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CBS San Francisco:
Security Officers Gunned Down At Oakland Federal Building; One Dead, One Wounded — 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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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 …
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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Washington Post:
Gripped by disease, unemployment and outrage at the police, America plunges into crisis — A global pandemic has now killed more than 100,000 Americans and left 40 million unemployed in its wake. Protests — some of them violent — have once again erupted in spots across the country over police killings of black Americans.
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
Biden fails to condemn rioting in remarks on Minneapolis
Biden fails to condemn rioting in remarks on Minneapolis
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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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