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Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service:
Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John's church near White House — U.S. — Judaism — Islam — Unaffiliated/Atheism — Hinduism — Buddhism — Sikhism — Alternative Faiths — Other Faiths — Cart — Apparel — Miscellaneous
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump goes full law-and-order — President Trump's final decision to speak in the Rose Garden last evening as protests raged outside the gate was made only hours before, reflecting chaos on both sides of the fence. — Why it matters: Trump's ultimate remarks fell where his instincts always were …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Fox News and The New Civil Rights Movement
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church — “He did not pray,” said Mariann E. Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington. “He did not mention George Floyd, he did not mention the agony of people who have been subjected to this kind of horrific expression of racism and white supremacy for hundreds of years.”
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The Gateway Pundit, NPR, Outside the Beltway, The American Spectator and The Wrap
CNN:
Pentagon officials express concern as Trump threatens to use military to ‘dominate’ protestors — Washington (CNN)Defense officials tell CNN there was deep and growing discomfort among some in the Pentagon even before President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is ready to deploy …
Yahoo News:
Australia probes US police assault on its journalists — Australia is investigating a US police attack on two Australian television journalists outside the White House, the foreign minister said Tuesday, expressing “strong concerns” about the assault caught live on camera.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The most chilling aspect of Trump's Monday night crackdown on law-abiding protesters — President Trump walks past law enforcement in Lafayette Park after he visited outside St. John's Church across from the White House on June 1. Patrick Semansky/AP — There was no need to do this before 7 …
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New York Times:
Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church — Police officers also used flash grenades to disperse a crowd so Mr. Trump could visit for a photo opportunity. And in New York, protesters and looters defied a curfew. — RIGHT NOW At least four police officers were struck by gunfire during …
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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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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Reason, Vox, The Hill, The Guardian, Daily Kos and TheStreet
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Washington can't fix this
POLITICO Playbook: Washington can't fix this
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New York Times, Associated Press and Breitbart
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Bishop at DC church outraged by Trump visit: 'I just can't believe what my eyes have seen'
Bishop at DC church outraged by Trump visit: 'I just can't believe what my eyes have seen'
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Washington Post, Just The News, Common Dreams, Twitchy, The Guardian, Vox and 444
Marina Trahan Martinez / New York Times:
Protests Live: Updates from New York, D.C. and Around the Country
Protests Live: Updates from New York, D.C. and Around the Country
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The Hill, Fox News, The Indian Express, Breitbart and Axios
Washington Post:
Before Trump vows to end ‘lawlessness,’ federal officers confront protesters outside White House
Before Trump vows to end ‘lawlessness,’ federal officers confront protesters outside White House
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Axios, Common Dreams, Politico, Gizmodo, FactCheck.org, Just The News, The Hill, Mediaite and Vanity Fair
Rose Garden / The White House:
Statement by the President
Statement by the President
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The Bulwark, Axios, Associated Press, Common Dreams and Law & Crime
CNN:
Trump threatens military force if violence in states isn't stopped
Trump threatens military force if violence in states isn't stopped
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Vox, ABC News, Spectator USA, KTVZ-TV, Washington Post, POLICE Magazine, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV and Big League Politics
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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Politico, New York Times, The Hill, Associated Press, Bring Me The News, CBS News and The Moderate Voice
Ursula Perano / Axios:
“Shaken”: St. John's rector caught up in tear gas deployment at church
“Shaken”: St. John's rector caught up in tear gas deployment at church
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Slate, The American Independent and Gini Gerbasi
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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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Blames Jared Kushner for Trump's Protest Catastrophe — The Fox News host said that Kushner had “subverted” Trump every step of the way during his presidency. — Fox News host Tucker Carlson tore into White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday night …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Fox News' Tucker Carlson goes after Trump and Kushner over protests
Fox News' Tucker Carlson goes after Trump and Kushner over protests
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UPI and Washington Post
ABC News:
George Floyd protest live updates: Officers shot in Vegas, St. Louis — The shootings took place amid protests Monday night. — The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests in Minneapolis and across the United States.
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CBS News, KTNV, The Hill, Breitbart and The Guardian
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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.
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Courier-Journal:
'My son didn't hurt nobody': David McAtee, Louisville business owner, killed by authorities — LOUISVILLE, Ky. — David McAtee, who turned his talent for food into a popular West End eatery, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers early Monday morning, an incident that's now under state, local and federal investigation.
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Washington Examiner:
Trump is right, antifa are terrorists; they always were — The term “anti-fascist” began as a lie. It remains a lie today. — Clueless commentators, ignorant of its history, have been known to refer to the “antifa” movement as “strictly principled anti-fascists,” or a group that “protests fascism.”
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Forget the Name, Antifa Is No Better Than the Fascists
Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
We've Now Entered the Final Phase of the Trump Era — We are in the Götterdämmerung now, the final phase of the Trump era. We began with the axis of adults that imperfectly constrained him. We then entered the age of hubris and action during which he systematically rid himself …
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Politico, KTVZ-TV and LewRockwell
New York Times:
Black Workers, Already Lagging, Face Big Economic Risks — Black employment rates are plummeting, and the evolving wealth and income hit could fall on the shoulders of those ill-equipped to bear it. — WASHINGTON — The coronavirus recession has hit black Americans particularly hard …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump Takes Us to the Brink — Will weaponized racism destroy America? — Last fall Bob Kroll, the head of the Minneapolis police union, appeared at a Trump rally, where he thanked the president for ending Barack Obama's “oppression of police” and letting cops “put the handcuffs on criminals instead of us.”
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Politico, CNN, Mother Jones, Reason and Washington Post
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Decades-old Confederate statue removed from Alexandria intersection — The Confederate statue “Appomattox,” which depicts a southern-facing Civil War soldier and has stood in an Alexandria intersection for decades, was removed Tuesday morning, a month earlier than planned.
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Washingtonian
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Election officials contradict Barr's assertion that counterfeit mail ballots produced by a foreign country are a ‘real’ worry — Current and former election administrators said it would be virtually impossible for a foreign country to produce and mail in phony absentee ballots without detection …
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Raw Story, Law & Crime, Business Insider and The American Independent
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Trump Finally Gets the War He Wanted — Gen. Milley and Secretary Esper accompanied the president to a photo op — and right into his American war. — President Donald Trump finally got the war he wanted. It isn't in Afghanistan, or Iraq, Syria, or North Korea.
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Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
Trump Went To Church. The Rest Of The Country Must Follow — Now — President Donald Trump went to church Monday. — That isn't exactly accurate. There was no chorus of worship, no corporate prayer, no holy reverence, no gathering of believers, and thus no church.
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ProPublica:
This Treasury Official Is Running the Bailout. It's Been Great for His Family. — Deputy Treasury Secretary Justin Muzinich has an increasingly prominent role. He still has ties to his family's investment firm, which is a major beneficiary of the Treasury's bailout actions.
New York Times:
Where the Virus Is Growing Most: Countries With ‘Illiberal Populist’ Leaders — Brazil, Russia, Britain and the U.S. have something in common. — The four large countries where coronavirus cases have recently been increasing fastest are Brazil, the United States, Russia and Britain.