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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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Twitchy, The Hill and Star Tribune
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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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KTLA, Spectator USA, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, New York Times, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, NPR, The Hill, The Wrap and IJR
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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POLITICUSUSA
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.
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Vox, The Daily Beast and The Week
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 …
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, Althouse, Conservative News Today, VICE, New York Post and Twitchy
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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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NBC News and The Daily Caller
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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CityLab, New York Post, Payday Report, Rolling Stone, The Hill, Spectrum News NY1, OPB, ABC7, The Root and Common Dreams
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
Washington Post:
The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes
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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CNN, The Week, Breitbart and The Guardian
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
New York Times:
George Floyd Protests: Live News and Updates
George Floyd Protests: Live News and Updates
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Axios, Ohio Capital Journal, KSTP-TV, Associated Press, Mother Jones and Rolling Stone
Tess Owen / VICE:
Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War
Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War
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Washington Times and New York Times
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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ABC News, The Long Version, Raw Story, BuzzFeed News, Fox News, PBS NewsHour, The Week, Mediaite and Deadline
Associated Press:
Minneapolis overwhelmed again by protests over Floyd death
Minneapolis overwhelmed again by protests over Floyd death
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fox5sandiego.com, Slate, New York Post, Florida Politics and New York Times
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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Vox, NBC News, Talking Points Memo and The American Conservative
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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Politico, detroitnews, NBC News, Townhall and Disrn
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 …
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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Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, Rolling Stone, TheGrio, DCist and Conservative News Today
Eric Ting / SFGATE:
Federal Protective Services officer shot and killed in Oakland, FBI says — A Federal Protective Services officer was shot and killed Friday night, the FBI reports, as protests and riots took place in the city of Oakland. — In a statement, the FBI stated the shooting occurred …
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Conservative News Today
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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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The Daily Caller
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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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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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Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
CNN host Chris Cuomo's viewership has plunged by HALF since he contracted coronavirus after segments with brother Andrew were panned as ratings stunts — CNN host Chris Cuomo's ratings have plunged 49 percent in the two months since he announced he'd contracted coronavirus, data from Nielsen Media Research shows.
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Instapundit and New York Post
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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