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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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Washington Post:
As Trump's smearing of protesters gets worse, Adam Schiff raises a red flag — As protests against police brutality spread across the country, President Trump looked impotent, unable to offer anything reassuring and tweeting angrily from inside a White House under siege.
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA and Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump urges governors to ‘dominate’ protesters after another night of unrest — After pockets of the United States descended into chaos — following more protests over the death of yet another black man in police custody, leading to another night of fire and fury …
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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
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden and Trump strike vastly different tones in response to a nation in crisis — The differences between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Trump are plain as day as the two respond to recent protests. — Why it matters: Americans are seeing firsthand how each presidential nominee responds …
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Politico, The Hill, Bring Me The News and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Trump Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ and Urges Governors to Seek ‘Retribution’
Trump Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ and Urges Governors to Seek ‘Retribution’
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Chicago Sun-Times, The Wrap, Raw Story and New York Post
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
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Live updates: Police, National Guard sweep protesters from Lafayette Square ahead of curfew, Trump visit to church
Live updates: Police, National Guard sweep protesters from Lafayette Square ahead of curfew, Trump visit to church
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TheStreet, Mediaite, Just The News and Raw Story
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, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, 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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Military Times, Breitbart and Task & Purpose
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What Biden must do to meet the moment
What Biden must do to meet the moment
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New York Times, Slate, Vox, Vanity Fair and Twitchy
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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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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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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indystar, Talking Points Memo, Jacobin and Vanity Fair
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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CNN:
Trump declares himself the ‘law and order’ president as peaceful protesters are dispersed
Trump declares himself the ‘law and order’ president as peaceful protesters are dispersed
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Washington Post, Politico and KTVZ-TV
ABC News:
Trump says he is mobilizing ‘heavily armed’ military to stop protests
Trump says he is mobilizing ‘heavily armed’ military to stop protests
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Big League Politics, Just The News, Raw Story, The Week, The New Civil Rights Movement and WTRF-TV
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Trump threatens to deploy military amid national unrest
Trump threatens to deploy military amid national unrest
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The American Independent
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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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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Breitbart, Raw Story, Balloon Juice, National Review, Vox and Axios
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.
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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Elizabeth Kim / Gothamist:
Citywide Curfew Will Go Into Effect At 11 P.M. Tonight — Following two nights of looting and clashes between police and protesters, New York City will impose a curfew beginning at 11 p.m. and ending at 5 a.m. — Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the decision on Monday afternoon during an interview with WAMC's Alan Chartock.
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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.
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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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 …
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
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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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
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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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, Axios, Talking Points Memo, IJR, Mediaite and Political Wire
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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