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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 …
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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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Christians Who Loved Trump's Stunt — He wielded the Bible like a foreign object, awkwardly adjusting his grip as though trying to get comfortable. He examined its cover. He held it up over his right shoulder like a crossing guard presenting a stop sign. He did not open it.
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Common Dreams and Daily Kos
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.
Washington Post:
Biden, in speech to the nation, denounces President Trump's actions against protesters and vows to heal racial wounds — Seeking to console a nation riven by nights of violence with a promise to heal its racial wounds, former vice president Joe Biden on Tuesday bluntly criticized …
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The Daily Beast
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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ABC News:
Biden addresses nationwide Floyd protests, condemns Trump church photo op in Philadelphia speech
Biden addresses nationwide Floyd protests, condemns Trump church photo op in Philadelphia speech
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Raw Story and The New Civil Rights Movement
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The most chilling aspect of Trump's Monday night crackdown on law-abiding protesters
The most chilling aspect of Trump's Monday night crackdown on law-abiding protesters
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Max Cohen / Politico:
Tim Scott: Lafayette Square should not have been cleared for Trump
Tim Scott: Lafayette Square should not have been cleared for Trump
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Washington Post and ABC News
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
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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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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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, KTVZ-TV, POLITICUSUSA, The Guardian, Common Dreams, Just The News and 444
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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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
White supremacists pose as Antifa online, call for violence — New York (CNN Business)A Twitter account that tweeted a call to violence and claimed to be representing the position of “Antifa” was in fact created by a known white supremacist group, Twitter said Monday. The company removed the account.
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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Twitter takes action against Rep. Matt Gaetz for glorifying violence
Twitter takes action against Rep. Matt Gaetz for glorifying violence
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Axios, National Review, NBC News, The Hill, Washington Post, Bloomberg and Vanity Fair, more at Techmeme »
Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Viral White House ‘blackout’ image shared by Hillary Clinton, Democrats edited and from at least 2015 — A viral image shared by Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats that implied President Trump took an unusual step to turn off all the lights in the White House amid protests over the death …
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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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The Hill, Breitbart, Contemptor, Raw Story and Politico
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
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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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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7NEWS.com.au and Daily Kos, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Carol Robinson / al.com:
Watch: Birmingham taking down Confederate monument
Watch: Birmingham taking down Confederate monument
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Washington Times
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.
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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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.
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.
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 …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Is No Richard Nixon — As riots and looting have disordered cities across the United States, many have speculated that the troubles could help reelect President Donald Trump. The speculation is based on analogy. American cities were swept by riots in the mid-1960s, and then …
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Washington Post and Politico
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
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
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
White instigators to blame for mayhem in some protests, local officials say — “What did I tell you?” a voice cried out as the camera recording mayhem in downtown Pittsburgh settled on a white man, clad in all black, smashing the windows of a police vehicle.
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Balloon Juice, The Daily Caller, One America News Network, CBS Pittsburgh and Digby's Hullabaloo