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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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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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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 …
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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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden and Trump strike vastly different tones in response to a nation in crisis
Biden and Trump strike vastly different tones in response to a nation in crisis
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Axios:
Increased armed presence planned for D.C. tonight
Increased armed presence planned for D.C. tonight
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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:
Trump Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ and Urges Governors to Seek ‘Retribution’
Trump Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ and Urges Governors to Seek ‘Retribution’
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What is President Trump thinking?
POLITICO Playbook: What is President Trump thinking?
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests
Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests
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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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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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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 — (CNN)President Donald Trump declared himself “your president of law and order” during remarks Monday as peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas …
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Washington Post:
Episcopal bishop on President Trump: ‘Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence’ — The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, was seething. — The president of the United States had just visited St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House …
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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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Ursula Perano / Axios:
St. John's clergy say Trump used “one of our churches as a prop”
St. John's clergy say Trump used “one of our churches as a prop”
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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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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Trump threatens to deploy military amid national unrest
Trump threatens to deploy military amid national unrest
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NBC News:
White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on twitter — A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national “antifa” organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a Twitter spokesperson.
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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.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
U.S. police have attacked journalists more than 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 …
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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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Jaclyn Reiss Globe / The Boston Globe:
Baker didn't hold back on what he thinks about Trump's message on protests
Baker didn't hold back on what he thinks about Trump's message on protests
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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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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Twitter takes action against Rep. Matt Gaetz for glorifying violence — The platform did not remove it — Twitter has restricted a tweet from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for violating its policies against glorifying violence, following a similar action taken against President Donald Trump last week.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Twitter adds warning label to Gaetz tweet on antifa for glorifying violence
Twitter adds warning label to Gaetz tweet on antifa for glorifying violence
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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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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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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
White House Coronavirus Testing Czar To Stand Down — The Trump administration's testing czar announced Monday that he will be leaving that position in mid-June. — Adm. Brett Giroir told a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS that he will be “demobilized” …
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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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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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
How a Minnesota Bail Fund Raised $20 Million — After the killing of George Floyd, a small Minneapolis fund that is paying bail for protesters saw a huge influx of donations. — A small Minneapolis bail fund has received millions of dollars in funding from people after the killing of George Floyd …
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