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5:10 PM ET, June 2, 2020

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Washington Post:

Live updates: Violent clashes between police and public escalate — Clashes between police and the public intensified Monday night, as largely peaceful daytime protests descended into violence and chaos after dark, amid widespread curfews and National Guard deployments.

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Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:

Live updates: Mayor's office says federal officials floated idea of taking over D.C. police; protesters holed up in D.C. home emerge after curfew lifts — Federal law enforcement officers fired rubber bullets and chemicals at peaceful protesters outside the White House on Monday evening …

Discussion: Lawfare, Daily Kos, The Hill, DCist, Mother Jones and Common Dreams

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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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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Max Cohen / Politico:

Tim Scott: Lafayette Square should not have been cleared for Trump — Sen. Tim Scott said Tuesday that protesters in Lafayette Square should not have been cleared with tear gas and rubber bullets to accommodate President Donald Trump's visit to a historic church, a rebuke of the president by the only black Republican in the Senate.

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Politico:

Republicans chastise Trump for ousting protesters, church photo-op — Senate Republicans offered rare criticism of President Donald Trump on Tuesday after protesters outside the White House were cleared out with tear gas the day before so the president could pose for photos in front of a historic church.

Discussion: Axios

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.”

Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
GOP senator: Trump used ‘Word of God as a political prop’

Discussion: The Hill, Axios and NBC News

Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘Outraged’: Trump faces condemnation for clearing protesters, threatening military force

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ABC News, Washington Post, Raw Story, Daily Kos, NPR and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »

Washington Post:
‘I find it baffling and reprehensible’: Catholic Archbishop of Washington slams Trump's visit to John Paul II shrine

Discussion: The Atlantic, Daily Kos and Raw Story

Washington Post:
Barr personally ordered removal of protesters near White House, leading to use of force against largely peaceful crowd

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Wall Street Journal: Forceful Removal of Protesters From Outside White House Spurs Debate

Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Reverend at St. John's Church Says Clergy Was Tear Gassed to Clear Church For Trump's ‘Cheap Political Stunt’

Discussion: Gini Gerbasi, DCist, WHYY and Damian J. Penny

John McCormack / National Review:
Sasse Slams Clearing of Protesters for Trump's Church Photo Opportunity

Discussion: Mother Jones, Axios and Mediaite

Michael J. O'Loughlin / americamagazine.org:
Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory calls Trump's visit to John Paul II Shrine ‘reprehensible’

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, KRON4, CBS Baltimore and The New Civil Rights Movement

Politico:
House Judiciary panel to hear from DOJ ‘whistleblowers’ amid efforts to reschedule Barr testimony

Discussion: Associated Press

U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on Protests in Washington, D.C.

Discussion: Law & Crime, The Hill, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit

Washington Post:
Inside the push to tear-gas protesters ahead of a Trump photo op

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Washington Post:
Biden, in speech to the nation, denounces President Trump's actions against protesters and vows to heal racial wounds

Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Beast

Bloomberg:
Trump Lambasted After Violent Response to White House Protest

Discussion: The Hill

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Washington can't fix this

Discussion: New York Times and Associated Press

New York Times:

Zuckerberg Defends Hands-Off Approach to Trump's Posts — In a call with Facebook employees, who have protested the inaction on Mr. Trump's messages, Mr. Zuckerberg said his decision was “pretty thorough.” — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive …

Discussion: Axios, TheStreet, VICE, WLNS-TV, Protocol, PAPER, Wired and BuzzMachine, more at Techmeme »

Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Black leader ‘stunned’ after phone call with Facebook's Zuckerberg: He ‘lacks the ability to understand’ race issues — According to a report from Bloomberg, Black civil rights leaders who participated in a conference call with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg walked away afterward …

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Civil rights leaders say they're ‘disappointed and stunned’ after call with Facebook's Zuckerberg and Sandberg

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Jeff Green / Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Leaves Race Justice Leader Frustrated After Call

Discussion: Wired, Vanity Fair, Althouse and Politico

Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:

RedState Duped By Fake Antifa Account Reportedly Run By White Nationalists — The pro-Trump website RedState published a report Monday that was based on a tweet from a hoax “Antifa” account actually linked to a white nationalist group. — As NBC News' Brandy Zadrozny, Emmanuelle Saliba …

Discussion: Politico

NBC News:
Antifa rumors spread on local social media with no evidence

Discussion: Raw Story

Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
White supremacists pose as Antifa online, call for violence

Discussion: Jewish Journal, VICE, Daily Kos, The American Independent and FactCheck.org

Politico:

North Carolina governor rejects GOP's demand for full-fledged convention — North Carolina's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, on Tuesday rejected the GOP's plans for a full-fledged convention in Charlotte, telling Republican officials the only way the event would move forward is with proper health protocols in place.

Discussion: Associated Press and CBS17.com

Business Insider: Trump is planning to bring back his massive in-person rallies as soon as July as the pandemic rages on

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans to tour Nashville as potential convention site

Discussion: NBC News, Fox News and The Hill

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.

Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story, FOX5 Las Vegas and The Daily Wire

ABC News:
George Floyd protest live updates: Officers shot in Vegas, St. Louis

Discussion: KTNV, Breitbart, The Hill and The Guardian

Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Floyd Protests Are Backed by Most Americans as More Say Racism Isn't Taken Seriously Enough

Discussion: Mother Jones and Axios

Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:

Medical Workers Fighting COVID Say Cops Are Attacking Them — “I don't know if it's because they noticed my hospital ID or if it's because they saw the blood, but they stopped, threw my phone at me, and I walked back to the hospital.” — Twenty minutes after leaving his job at a Brooklyn hospital …

Discussion: Texas Monthly and Denverite

Vicky Prodeline / Polls:

Protestors' Anger Justified Even If Actions May Not Be — Most say police more likely to use excessive force on black individuals — West Long Branch, NJ - Most Americans say the anger about black deaths at the hands of police officers that led to recent protests is fully justified …

Discussion: Fox News

Gothamist:

Live Protest Updates: Police Scanner Broadcasts Calls To Shoot And Run Over Protesters — Here's the latest: — Police Scanner Broadcasts Calls To Shoot And Run Over Protesters — 1:40 p.m. As tens of thousands of peaceful marchers flooded New York City streets Monday evening …

Discussion: Raw Story, New Republic and Vanity Fair

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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico

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.

Daniel McCarthy / Spectator USA:

This riot is brought to you by Nike — In Chicago last weekend 82 people were shot, 22 of them fatally. Between May 2019 and late May 2020, homicide claimed the lives of over 300 black men in the city. That's not a police brutality problem, that's a problem of insufficient police power being deployed to stop violent criminals.

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