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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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The White House, The Bulwark, Reason, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Fox News, Law & Crime 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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Fox News, NPR, The American Independent, The Gateway Pundit, 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 …
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KTVZ-TV, IJR, Reuters, Task & Purpose, Spectator USA, Variety and Big League Politics
Washington Post:
Inside the push to tear-gas protesters ahead of a Trump photo op — President Trump began mulling a visit to St. John's Episcopal Church on Monday morning, after spending the night devouring cable news coverage of protests across the country, including in front of the White House.
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ABC News, DCist, Raw Story and The American Independent
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Biden, in speech to the nation, denounces President Trump's actions against protesters and vows to heal racial wounds
New York Times:
Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church
Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church
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Washington Post:
Episcopal bishop on President Trump: ‘Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence’
Episcopal bishop on President Trump: ‘Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence’
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Reason, The Hill, Vox, Mediaite, 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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KTVZ-TV, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Just The News, Common Dreams, Twitchy and 444
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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Talking Points Memo, Axios, Common Dreams, Politico, Gizmodo, FactCheck.org, Just The News, Mediaite, The Hill and Vanity Fair
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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Mediaite, Slate and Gini Gerbasi
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.
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Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Viral White House ‘blackout’ image shared by Hillary Clinton, Democrats edited and from at least 2015
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Blames Jared Kushner for Trump's Protest Catastrophe
Tucker Carlson Blames Jared Kushner for Trump's Protest Catastrophe
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Breitbart, Contemptor, Raw Story and Politico
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
U.S. police have attacked journalists more than 110 times since May 28
U.S. police have attacked journalists more than 110 times since May 28
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BuzzFeed News, Daily Kos, DCReport.org, Washington Post, Unfogged and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »
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
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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Fox News, Mother Jones and Althouse, more at Techmeme »
Anders Hagstrom / The Daily Caller:
At Least Five Police Officers Reportedly Shot, One On Life Support As Rioters And Law Enforcement Battle Across The Country — At least four police officers in St. Louis, Missouri, were shot and another was killed in Las Vegas on Monday night, according to multiple reports.
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CBS News, FOX5 Las Vegas and Fox News
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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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KTNV, The Hill, Breitbart and The Guardian
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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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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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
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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CNBC
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
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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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:
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 …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
The Flynn Calls: His Dismissal of Russian Interference and the Kremlin's Savvy — Newly declassified transcripts show the seeds of Russia's overtures to the Trump administration as both sides sought to downplay Moscow's election sabotage. — WASHINGTON — Russian spy services had just carried …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
West Point Cadets Ordered Back For Trump's Speech Test Positive For Coronavirus — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point's class of 2020 was summoned to return after Trump declared he would deliver their commencement address on June 13. — More than a dozen cadets who were ordered …
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CNN, Mother Jones and Task & Purpose
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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Raw Story
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.”
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Biden Fight Takes Off in Six Battleground States — Polls show Trump trailing in five states he narrowly carried four years ago, while he holds a slight edge over Biden in a sixth — WASHINGTON—Joe Biden, who is poised to earn enough delegates to formally clinch …