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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Terrified of Protest — Presidents live within a protective cocoon built and continually fortified for one purpose: keeping them alive. But inside the White House compound these days, Donald Trump seems rattled by what's transpiring outside the windows of his historic residence.
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Voice of America, Vox, wusa9.com, The Root and Washington Post
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Joe Biden:
We are a nation furious at injustice. — These last few days have laid bare that we are a nation furious at injustice. Every person of conscience can understand the rawness of the trauma people of color experience in this country, from the daily indignities to the extreme violence, like the horrific killing of George Floyd.
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Mother Jones, NPR, Outside the Beltway and New York Times
Associated Press:
'We're sick of it': Anger over police killings shatters US — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Americans began cleaning up charred and glass-strewn streets Sunday after another night of unrest fueled by rage over police mistreatment of African Americans destroyed businesses, damaged landmarks …
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Vox, HuffPost, Daily News and KTLA
Clark Neily / The Bulwark:
To Make Police Accountable, End Qualified Immunity — In their preference for a policy that protects police, conservatives abandon their commitment to textualism and embrace pro-government judicial activism. — MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - MAY 30: POLICE ADVANCE ON DEMONSTRATORS WHO ARE PROTESTING …
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Unlawful Shield
Washington Post:
More cities impose curfews as police become increasingly aggressive — After a night of fire and fury across the nation, officials announced more curfews Sunday as police in several cities significantly increased their use of force and hundreds of people were arrested.
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CBS New York, Reason, The Daily Caller and The Hill
ABC News:
George Floyd protest updates: Police arrest almost 1,700 people across 22 cities in 3 days
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Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, One America News Network, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post, The Hill, Vox and CBS News
NBC News:
Minneapolis officers use more aggressive tactics against protesters as rallies flare around U.S.
ABC News:
Protesters converge on White House for second straight day
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Politico, Chicago Tribune, Fox News and The Hill
Stephen L. Miller / Spectator USA:
End the lockdown. Stop the riots
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The Intercept, Instapundit and NBC News
The Daily Beast:
Scenes of ‘Urban Warfare’ Erupt from Miami to Seattle
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The Philadelphia Inquirer and Axios
New York Times:
Fiery Clashes Between Police and Protesters
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New York Post, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The New Civil Rights Movement, INSIDER, The Hill, Fox News and Vox
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump calls Floyd death ‘grave tragedy,’ decries violent protests in Florida speech
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Fox News, ABC News, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post and Raw Story
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don't understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge — What was your first reaction when you saw the video of the white cop kneeling on George Floyd's neck while Floyd croaked, “I can't breathe”? — If you're white …
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Vanity Fair and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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LZ Granderson / Los Angeles Times:
George Floyd and the special hell reserved for black journalists covering his killing — When my cell rang, an unfamiliar number popped up on the screen. Normally I ignore these calls, certain my service provider has sold my information to half the country's telemarketing companies.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Riots and Domestic Terrorism — Attorney General William P. Barr has issued the following statement: — “With the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities around the country, the voices of peaceful and legitimate protests have been hijacked by violent radical elements.
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Axios
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
George Floyd Probe Echoes William Barr's Oversight of Rodney King Case — Attorney general handled federal civil-rights investigation after 1992 Los Angeles riots — The Justice Department's civil-rights investigation into the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody puts …
Matthew Dessem / Slate:
Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide — Share widely: National guard and MPD sweeping our residential street. Shooting paint canisters at us on our own front porch. Yelling “light em up” #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #JusticeForGeorge #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/bW48imyt55 — Tanya Kerssen (@tkerssen) May 31, 2020
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Mother Jones and Rolling Stone
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Advantage Biden, with risks; Trump disapproval grows: POLL — Biden holds a lead over Trump among registered voters. — Joe Biden holds a 10-point lead over President Donald Trump among registered voters in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, but that's sliced in half among those certain to vote …
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Bloomberg
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Washington Post:
Biden leads Trump in Post-ABC poll as president's coronavirus rating slips — Americans give President Trump negative ratings for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and as the crisis has persisted his prospects for reelection in November have eroded, with former vice president Joe Biden …
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Financial Times and The Hill
Nick Waters / bellingcat:
US Law Enforcement Are Deliberately Targeting Journalists During George Floyd Protests — Bellingcat has identified and collected multiple instances of US law enforcement deliberately targeting journalists during the protests against the killing of George Floyd.
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The Guardian, The Wrap and INSIDER, more at Mediagazer »
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David Siders / Politico:
The most volatile swing state of all — Minnesota, the longtime Democratic presidential stronghold that Donald Trump nearly won in 2016, has suddenly become ground zero in a campaign that already promised to inflame racial and cultural divides. — The shock waves from the brutal death …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Case Against Riots — What nonviolent protest gains, violent protest unravels.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Times reporter recounts being hit with tear gas and rubber bullets by Minnesota police — When Minnesota police advanced on peaceful protesters gathered at an intersection outside the Fifth Precinct late Saturday, I didn't expect them to fire on reporters. — I was wrong.
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Vanity Fair, Washington Post, The Daily Beast and KTLA, more at Mediagazer »
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Florida's Seen a ‘Statistically Significant’ Uptick in Pneumonia Deaths. The CDC Says It's Likely COVID. — There's a conspiracy theory brewing on the left that Gov. DeSantis is cooking the books. Instead, it's very likely due to lack of testing. — Since the beginning of this year …
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Raw Story
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Don't assume riots will help Trump's reelection campaign — As major U.S. cities are engulfed in flames amid mass rioting and looting, there has been a default argument people have been making that this will play right into President Trump's hands and give a boost to his reelection prospects.
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Atlanta mayor on Trump's riot response: “He speaks and he makes it worse” — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms responded on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday to President Trump's tweets and comments about the mass protests that have swept across the United States, urging him to “just stop talking.”
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The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
D.C., Atlanta mayors call for calm, say ‘solution is not to destroy our cities’
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CBS News, UPI, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Vox and The Dispatch
CNN:
In a sad week for America, Trump has fled from his duty — David Gergen has been a White House adviser to four presidents and is a senior political analyst at CNN. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a professor of public service at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he founded the Center for Public Leadership.
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump calls for delay in Group of 7 meeting, seeks expansion — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will postpone a meeting of Group of 7 nations until fall and called for an expansion of the group's membership because he considers it an outdated group …
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