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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Vote for Trump? These Republican Leaders Aren't on the Bandwagon — Former President George W. Bush and Senator Mitt Romney won't support Mr. Trump's re-election, and other G.O.P. officials are mulling a vote for Joe Biden. — WASHINGTON — It was one thing in 2016 for top Republicans …
Washington Post:
‘Vicious dogs’ versus ‘a scared man’: Trump's feud with Bowser escalates amid police brutality protests — The first night of major unrest in Washington had exploded in chaos on May 29, with protesters and Secret Service officers battling outside the White House.
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Washington Post:
Protesters pack nation's capital — More than 10,000 people poured into the nation's capital on the ninth day of protests over police brutality, but what awaited this sprawling crowd — the largest yet in Washington — was a city that no longer felt as if it was being occupied by its own country's military.
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
‘Beautiful, peaceful and diverse’: Thousands of protesters flood streets near White House — WASHINGTON — Thousands of people gathered outside Washington D.C. monuments and the White House on Saturday protesting the killing of George Floyd, years of unanswered calls for police reform …
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Analysis: White House, Pentagon tensions near breaking point — WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking point over President Donald Trump's threat to use military force against street protests triggered by George Floyd's death.
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CNN:
White House wanted 10k active duty troops to quell protesters — (CNN)The White House wanted to have 10,000 active duty troops on the streets of Washington and other cities earlier this week to quell protesters, but Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint of Chiefs …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Chainsaw-wielding racist gets boosted by a top Trump aide as race protests sweep the nation — President Donald Trump and his allies for years have amplified racist messages on Twitter while simultaneously reaching out to black and Hispanic voters, a dissonant balancing act that's now rocking …
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Craig R. McCoy / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Stan Wischnowski to resign as The Philadelphia Inquirer's top editor … Stan Wischnowski, the top editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, has announced his resignation, days after discontent among the newspaper's staff erupted over a headline on a column about the impact of the civil unrest following …
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NBC News:
In Klamath Falls, Oregon, victory declared over antifa, which never showed up — About 200 protesters came to Sugarman's Corner, the local hotspot in downtown Klamath Falls, Oregon, last Sunday night to protest the killing of George Floyd. — Like in many of the protests that have recently sprung …
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Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
Pittsburgh paper accused of barring black reporters from covering protests, censoring stories — Photojournalist Michael Santiago was part of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette team that in 2019 won the paper a Pulitzer Prize, journalism's highest accolade, for its breaking news coverage of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre.
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Madison Carter / WKBW-TV:
EXCLUSIVE: Two Buffalo Police ERT members say resignation was not in solidarity with suspended officers — BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — “It went bad. It went bad.” — Two officers of the Buffalo Police Department's Emergency Response Team spoke with 7 Eyewitness News under the condition their names not be used.
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Juan Vidal / NPR:
Your Bookshelf May Be Part Of The Problem — One of my favorite passages from Black Boy, Richard Wright's poetic and searing memoir, which turns 75 this year, goes like this: … Black Boy traces Wright's development from a troubled youth who encountered bigotry daily in the Jim Crow-era American South …
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CNN:
Ivanka Trump's commencement speech canceled over backlash to President's response to George Floyd's death — (CNN)Wichita State University Tech, an affiliate of Wichita State University in Kansas, canceled Ivanka Trump's virtual graduation speech amid backlash over President Donald Trump's response …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Silent majorities are a misnomer — (CNN)A few days ago, President Donald Trump tweeted, “SILENT MAJORITY!” amid the recent protests. The President may be hoping that there is a group of people who support him and his positions, yet aren't being captured by the popular zeitgeist.
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Reuters:
'It's complicated', German minister says of ties with U.S. — BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's relationship with the United States is “complicated”, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview, regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany.
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Sam Walker / Wall Street Journal:
When Violence Erupted, One Mayor Found All the Right Words — In a four-minute speech, Atlanta's Keisha Lance Bottoms implored rioters to go home. It was a master class in constructive scolding. — On the evening of May 29, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms received word …
Washington Post:
White House almost completely surrounded by more than a mile of fencing — Protesters arriving in the nation's capital for the ninth consecutive day of demonstrations found the White House encircled by more than a mile of tall metal fencing. — The previous day, work crews had erected enough fencing …
Daniel Politi / Slate:
Activists Create Public Online Spreadsheet of Police Violence Videos — Police officers around the country have been responding with violence as demonstrators gather to protest the killing of George Floyd. Much of this violence has been caught on video and has been instrumental in pushing authorities to hold officers accountable.
Joe Biden / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Joe Biden: No one can stay silent. No one can ignore injustice — In every corner of this country this weekend, George Floyd's words, which were the words of Eric Garner before him, are echoing from millions of voices in our streets and in our hearts. — “I can't breathe.”
USA Today:
Americans' perceptions of police drop significantly in one week as protests continue, survey finds — WASHINGTON - The perception of police by white Americans has dropped by double digits in just one week, as police continue to target peaceful protestors, bystanders and even journalists amid …
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Trump Regime Is Beginning to Topple — Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump has indulged his authoritarian instincts—and now he's meeting the common fate of autocrats whose people turn against them. What the United States is witnessing is less like the chaos of 1968 …
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Rachel Deahl / Publishers Weekly:
Book Deals: Week of June 8, 2020 — DEAL OF THE WEEK — Ballantine Won't ‘Forget’ Alcindor — Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, sold a memoir titled Don't Forget to Ballantine. Sara Weiss won North American rights to the book, at auction, from the Gernert Company's Alia Hanna Habib.
Mallika Kallingal / CNN:
Cyclist caught on video assaulting 3 people posting flyers in support of Black Lives Matter arrested — (CNN)Police in Maryland have arrested and charged the cyclist who was caught on video Monday accosting three people posting flyers in support of Black Lives Matter.
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Minneapolis mayor booed out of protest after reportedly refusing to defund police — Minneapolis' Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey was booed out of a protest on Saturday after reportedly refusing to back far-left calls to defund the Minneapolis Police Department — a week after riots …
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Yoav Gonen / THE CITY:
De Blasio's Staff Taking to the Streets Over His Handling of George Floyd Protests — Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers the State of the City address on the Upper West Side, Jan. 10, 2019. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY — Current and former employees of the de Blasio administration distressed …
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Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
'Don't Forget the White Women!': Members Say Racism Ran Rampant at NOW — BAD FEMINIST — “They don't want to truly engage with young women of color or people of color.” — Monica Weeks knew she was taking a risk when she ran for vice president of the National Organization for Women.