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Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
Trump tells “weak” governors they “have to dominate” as civil unrest divides the nation — President Trump unloaded on the nation's governors Monday morning, calling them “weak” for failing to more aggressively enforce law and order over the weekend, as some of the nation's biggest cities burned …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
LISTEN FOR YOURSELF: Trump's ‘Unhinged’ Rant to Governors on Protests — ‘BUNCH OF JERKS’ — President Trump on Monday told the nation's governors that they needed to get “much tougher” in responding to the protests breaking out across the country. He said the lack of response has so far made state officials look weak.
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Politico and Blue Virginia
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump urges governors to ‘dominate’ protesters after another night of unrest
Live updates: Trump urges governors to ‘dominate’ protesters after another night of unrest
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CNN, NBC News, Lawfare, DCist, Breitbart, The Verge, The Mahablog, Right Wing Watch, Vox, The Root, IJR, Daily Kos, 444, New York Times, The Week and Associated Press
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests
Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests
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Florida Politics and The Hill
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Illinois governor butts heads with Trump on conference call
Illinois governor butts heads with Trump on conference call
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Washington Post and The Hill
Washington Post:
As Trump's smearing of protesters gets worse, Adam Schiff raises a red flag
As Trump's smearing of protesters gets worse, Adam Schiff raises a red flag
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Talking Points Memo, JONATHAN TURLEY, New York Times and POLITICUSUSA
USA Today:
AG Barr deploying federal riot teams to DC, Miami to quell unrest, DOJ official says
AG Barr deploying federal riot teams to DC, Miami to quell unrest, DOJ official says
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The Hill, Daily Kos, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, DCist and New York Post
Axios:
Increased armed presence planned for D.C. tonight
Increased armed presence planned for D.C. tonight
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Breitbart, Military Times and Task & Purpose
Washington Post:
Trump calls governors ‘weak,’ urges them to use force against unruly protests
Trump calls governors ‘weak,’ urges them to use force against unruly protests
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Politico, Reason, Vanity Fair and UPI
Katelyn Burns / Vox:
Trump called governors “weak” and said they need to “dominate” George Floyd protesters
Trump called governors “weak” and said they need to “dominate” George Floyd protesters
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Chicago Sun-Times and Mediaite
Courier-Journal:
'My son didn't hurt nobody:' David McAtee, Louisville business owner, killed by authorities — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — David McAtee, the owner of YaYa's BBQ in western Louisville, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers early Monday morning, an incident that's now under state and local police investigation.
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Axios, VICE, Law & Crime and Raw Story
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Courier-Journal:
Investigation launched into LMPD, National Guard fatal shooting of West End restaurant owner — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Monday afternoon that the police officers involved along with National Guard personnel in the early morning shooting of the owner …
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USA Today, CBS News, NPR, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
John P. Wise / WKYT-TV:
Louisville mayor fires police chief — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer on Monday announced that LMPD Chief Steve Conrad has been fired. — Sunday marked the fourth straight night of citywide protests — some of the violent through the weekend.
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Raw Story
Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
Louisville Police Left the Body of David McAtee on the Street for 12 Hours
Louisville Police Left the Body of David McAtee on the Street for 12 Hours
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Jacobin, NBC News and The Daily Caller
Barack Obama / Medium:
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change — As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change.
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National Review, The Hill, Politico, ARTnews.com, Vox, New York Times, New York Post, NPR, CNBC, KRON4, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, IJR, Daily Kos, Althouse, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, TheGrio, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA, ABC News, Mediaite, CBS Boston, Deadline, UPI, Variety, KTVZ-TV, One America News Network, Axios and KRQE-TV
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George Clooney / The Daily Beast:
America's Greatest Pandemic Is Anti-Black Racism
America's Greatest Pandemic Is Anti-Black Racism
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Raw Story, Balloon Juice, National Review and Vox
New York Times:
Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts — While Twitter started labeling some of the president's inflammatory posts, Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has said his company should leave them alone. — OAKLAND, Calif. — Dozens of Facebook employees …
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BuzzFeed News, Protocol, Vox, BuzzMachine, The Wrap, Variety, Fox News, Gizmodo, 444, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Verge, CBS San Francisco and Financial Times, more at Techmeme »
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George Will / Washington Post:
Trump must be removed. So must his congressional enablers. — This unraveling presidency began with the Crybaby-in-Chief banging his spoon on his highchair tray to protest a photograph — a photograph — showing that his inauguration crowd the day before had been smaller than the one four years previous.
NBC News:
Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering invoking a 213-year-old federal law that would allow him to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to protests in cities across the country, according to four people familiar with the internal White House discussions.
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Washington Post, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo and MSNBC
Politico:
DOJ urges Appeals Court to force dismissal of Flynn case — The Justice Department on Monday urged a federal Appeals Court to force a lower-court judge to dismiss the prosecution of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn. — District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan …
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Associated Press and Fox News
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Robert A. George / New York Daily News:
End it: NYC protests have exposed a truth Cuomo and de Blasio have missed; the lockdown is over — End it. — Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio: End it. — End New York City's lockdown. Not next Monday, now. Not a piecemeal “Phase One” ending that means construction and manufacturing can resume, along with curbside retail.
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NBC News:
Minneapolis police rendered 44 people unconscious with neck restraints in five years — Several police experts said that number appears to be unusually high. “By using this tactic, it's a self-fulfilling tragedy,” said one. — Since the beginning of 2015, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department …
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The Root, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, Daily Kos, INSIDER, The Hill, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Killed Obama's Police Reforms. Now He's Getting What He Asked For.
Trump Killed Obama's Police Reforms. Now He's Getting What He Asked For.
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The Guardian, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Chicago Sun-Times and Mother Jones
Crispian Balmer / Reuters:
New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says — ROME (Reuters) - The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. — “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,” said Alberto Zangrillo …
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Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
William Barr's State of Emergency — The attorney general has long held an expansive view of presidential power. With multiple crises converging in the run-up to the 2020 election, he is busy putting his theories to work. — On the first Monday in May, the Department of Justice headquarters …
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Law & Crime, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, IJR and The American Independent
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Charlie Cooper / Politico:
UK would veto Russia's return to G7 — LONDON — Any push by Donald Trump to readmit Russia to the G7 gathering of economically advanced nations would be vetoed by the U.K., Boris Johnson's official spokesperson said Monday. — Trump announced Saturday he is postponing the annual G7 summit …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What is President Trump thinking? — DRIVING THE DAY — 80 days since Friday, March 13, which many Americans remember as the last day of normalcy pre-Covid-19. — AN UGLY MIASMA of disease, economic unrest and protests and riots is simmering around America.
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Slate, Fox News, Star Tribune, UPI and Breitbart
Helen Branswell / STAT:
Anthony Fauci on Covid-19 reopenings, vaccines, and moving at ‘warp speed’ — Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has seen the photos of bars packed with mask-less patrons. He was not impressed. — He was similarly unenthused …
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Axios, IJR, Mediaite and Political Wire
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
U.S. police have attacked journalists at least 100 times in the past four days — As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country one week after a white police officer allegedly murdered a black man, George Floyd, it's becoming clear that attacks by police on journalists are becoming …
The Daily Beast:
‘The Breakfast Club’ Battles Rush Limbaugh in Truly Wild Chat: 'You're Being Delusional' — During their lengthy back-and-forth, Limbaugh at one point asked host Charlamagne tha God why black Americans are still angry about racial injustice even after Obama was elected.
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The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Hill and Breitbart
Seema Mehta / Yahoo News:
Nine-term Iowa GOP Congressman Steve King may lose his seat at the hands of his own party — Rep. Steve King is among the most conservative members of Congress, and he represents a district so red that Donald Trump won it by 27 percentage points in 2016. Yet the nine-term congressman …
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Adam Rubenstein / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Tosses Steve King Overboard
The G.O.P. Tosses Steve King Overboard
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Iowa Starting Line
Dave Zirin / The Nation:
Gregg Popovich: ‘The System Has to Change’ — The legendary San Antonio Spurs coach is past done with Donald Trump's inability to rise to this moment. — People from across the sports world have spoken out, raised money, and taken part in demonstrations following the police murder of George Floyd.