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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr says he didn't give tactical order to clear protesters — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr says law enforcement officers were already moving to push back protesters from a park in front of the White House when he arrived there Monday evening, and he says he did not give …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Federal Agents Release Coronavirus Masks Seized From Black Lives Matter Protesters — The U.S. Postal Inspection Service claimed it suspected that boxes of cloth masks meant to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 “contained non-mailable matter.” — WASHINGTON ― …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
D.C. Mayor Bowser has ‘Black Lives Matter’ painted on street leading to White House
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Washington Post:
In giant yellow letters, D.C. mayor sends message to protesters, and to Trump
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Sarah Westwood / CNN:
Former White House chief of Staff John Kelly: ‘I agree’ with Jim Mattis on Trump
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Maki Becker / The Buffalo News:
57 members of Buffalo police riot response team resign — Police with batons and riot helmets arrive to clear Niagara Square of protestors as the curfew takes effect, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News) — All 57 of the members of the Buffalo Police Department's Emergency …
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Ali Ingersoll / Investigative Post:
Police crowd-control unit resigns in protest — A special squad on the Buffalo Police Department — the Emergency Response Team — has resigned from their posts, according to the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association. — The announcement comes one day after two members were suspended without pay …
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Washington Post:
57 Buffalo officers resign from special squad over suspension of two who shoved 75-year-old — Fifty-seven members of the Buffalo Police Department resigned from a special squad Friday to protest the suspension of two officers shown on video shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground …
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Maki Becker / The Buffalo News:
Protester pushed to ground by police is longtime peace activist from Amherst
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New York Times:
Buffalo Police Shove Man to the Ground
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Jay Croft / CNN:
2 officers suspended after video shows 75-year-old man being pushed during protest
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Washington Post:
89 former Defense officials: The military must never be used to violate constitutional rights — President Trump continues to use inflammatory language as many Americans protest the unlawful death of George Floyd and the unjust treatment of black Americans by our justice system.
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Washington Post:
Pentagon disarms guardsmen in Washington, D.C., in signal of de-escalation — The Pentagon has told the District of Columbia National Guard and guardsmen from other states who have arrived in the nation's capital as backup to not use firearms or ammunition, a sign of de-escalation …
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Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Trump's Public-Relations Army — Will the military allow the President to use it for political advantage? — The image of Donald Trump leading his advisers to St. John's Church may prove to be a defining one of his Presidency: Trump, passing through streets that had been cleared of protesters by tear gas …
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New York Times
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
The recovery from the coronavirus sure looks V-shaped, going by these charts — The U.S. economy added a record number of jobs in May as it appeared to bounce off the bottom of the coronavirus recession, and now the chart of jobs gains and losses is starting to look like a “V.”
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
George Floyd protests created a surge in voter registrations, groups say
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Washington Post, Digby's Hullabaloo and Politico
HuffPost:
As They Scream Voter Fraud, Trump And His Press Secretary May Have Voted Illegally — Kayleigh McEnany was living in Washington, but voted in Florida. Trump used an address he promised Palm Beach officials would not be a residence. — WASHINGTON - Even as they both attack the idea of voting by mail …
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Raw Story and The New Civil Rights Movement
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Backing for Military Presence at Floyd Protests Declines as Support for Demonstrations Grows — 62% support protests, while 48% plurality opposes supplementing police with active-duty military — 42% of U.S. adults say they'd support cities calling in the military to supplement local police forces …
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
GOP's Mike Lee blasts claim of DC plan to evict National Guard troops from city hotels
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
DC readies for Saturday protests as police chief says it may be 'largest we've had in the city'
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Directs U.S. Troop Reduction in Germany — The move would reduce the U.S. troop presence in Germany by 9,500 — President Trump has directed the Pentagon to remove thousands of U.S. troops from Germany by September, U.S. government officials said Friday.
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Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Leaked document reveals details of federal law enforcement patrolling Washington amid protests — WASHINGTON — A leaked Trump administration document details the federal law enforcement and military personnel squaring off against protestors in Washington, D.C. …
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New York Times
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Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
The Story Behind Bill Barr's Unmarked Federal Agents
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Raw Story, Washington Post and Bloomberg
George Conway / Washington Post:
The president's inhumanity is deeper than we knew — Just as crises can provide a test of anyone's character, they do so especially with presidents. We stand burdened with watching a president fail his test, in cataclysmic fashion, and with the nation suffering the consequences.
Alex Ward / Vox:
US Park Police said using “tear gas” in a statement was a “mistake.” It just used the term again. — Police officers wearing riot gear push back demonstrators shooting tear gas next to St. John's Episcopal Church outside of the White House, June 1, 2020 in Washington DC.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Security Concerns Give the White House a Fortified New Look — It increasingly resembles a Washington version of the Green Zone that sheltered American and Iraqi officials in Baghdad. — WASHINGTON — President Trump was furious when news got out last weekend that as protesters gathered outside …
Steven Ahle / David Harris Jr:
Democrat John Hickenlooper Held in Contempt After Failing to Comply with Subpoena over Ethics Complaint — ShareTweetSubscribe to David Harris Jr! — John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado and current Democratic Senate candidate has been held in contempt by the Independent Ethics Commission …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
The Electoral College won't save Trump if this keeps up — (CNN)We've learned the lesson multiple times in the last few decades: There is no national presidential election. Candidates can get fewer votes and win, if they win enough states containing a majority of electoral votes.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Two-Thirds Think Trump Made Racial Tensions Worse After Floyd Was Killed
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PBS NewsHour and ABC News
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Ivanka Trump's commencement speech was canceled because social justice is a disease — Academia is where the absolute horror called “social justice” multiplies, so it was only predictable that White House adviser Ivanka Trump, daughter of the president, would be the latest casualty of that sick ideology.
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The Daily Caller
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
‘Kettling’ of Peaceful Protesters Shows Aggressive Shift by N.Y. Police — Officers have charged and swung batons at demonstrators after curfew with seemingly little provocation. The mayor said he would review any reports of inappropriate enforcement. — It was about 8:45 p.m. in Brooklyn …
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The National Interest and The Crime Report
Press Herald:
Our View: To President Trump: You should resign now — He lacks the character, maturity and judgment to lead the country in a perilous time.
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Alan Ryland / POLITICUSUSA:
Former George W. Bush Staffers Create PAC Supporting Joe Biden — A new super PAC, called 43 Alumni for Biden, has been formed by former staffers of George W. Bush, according to paperwork submitted earlier this week. The news comes just days after the former president issued a statement along …
Molly Crane-Newman / New York Daily News:
Manhattan DA won't prosecute protesters amid mass NYC arrests, commends New Yorkers exercising civil rights at George Floyd demonstrations — Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Friday said his office will decline to prosecute marchers arrested for breaking the city's 8 p.m. curfew …
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