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Politico:
‘Ugh’: Republicans cringe after Trump's attack on 75-year-old protester — If there was ever a tweet from President Donald Trump that Senate Republicans didn't want to touch, it's this one. — For four years, Senate Republicans have endured a regular gantlet of reporters' questions about Trump tweets …
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The Daily Beast:
The Cesspool That Spat Out Trump's New Conspiracy About Cops — Here is how Trump got the idea that a 75-year-old protester who was pushed to the ground and bled out of his head may have been antifa. It's as crazy as you can imagine. — Out of all the blogs on the pro-Trump internet …
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Talking Points Memo, The Root, Reason and Raw Story
Ben Collins / NBC News:
President Trump tweets antifa conspiracy theory that originated on anonymous blog
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Mediaite, abc7NY, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, The Guardian, Mother Jones, WIVB-TV and Patterico's Pontifications
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Targets Buffalo Protester, 75, as ‘Antifa Provocateur’
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Vanity Fair, Washington Post and The American Independent
April Ryan / American Urban Radio Networks:
White House Seeking Ways to Repair Race Relations — George Floyd was laid to rest today in his hometown of Houston, with the eulogy delivered by Rev. Al Sharpton. — The White House is preparing a speech on race relations written by Stephen Miller, who crafted the Trump Administration's …
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Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo and Mediaite
BuzzFeed News:
The Head Of CrossFit Told Staff On A Zoom Call, “We're Not Mourning For George Floyd” — We may all be at home, but that hasn't stopped our reporters from breaking exclusive stories like this one. To help keep this news free, become a member. You can also share tips with BuzzFeed News securely.
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Kendall Baker / Axios:
CrossFit faces mass exodus after CEO's controversial George Floyd tweet — Multiple sponsors, affiliated gyms and athletes have abandoned CrossFit following a controversial tweet (and other comments) from company founder and CEO Greg Glassman about the death of George Floyd.
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Cops’ Canceled at Paramount Network — The move follows the ViacomCBS cable network's decision to pull episodes of the show in the wake of protests against police brutality. — Paramount Network has pulled the plug on Cops for good. — The ViacomCBS-owned cabler had removed …
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
‘Cops,’ Long-Running Reality Show That Glorified Police, Is Canceled — The show's 33rd season was expected to premiere on the Paramount Network on June 15. — “Cops” is no longer. — The Paramount Network confirmed on Tuesday that it had removed the reality show from its schedule, as protests nationwide call for police reform.
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wanted to Fire Esper Over Troops Dispute — How defense secretary's stand against federal troops at protests prompted president's plan to fire him — WASHINGTON—President Trump last week was on the brink of firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper over their differing views of domestic use …
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Fauci Delivers Grim Assessment, Saying, 'It Isn't Over Yet' — The W.H.O. walks back comments that asymptomatic transmission is rare. New Jersey's governor lifts the state's stay-at-home order. — RIGHT NOW Senator Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the Senate Health Committee …
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New York Times:
Live Coronavirus Updates: A Warning From the W.H.O.
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New York Times:
Major Problems With Voting in Atlanta as 5 States Hold Primaries — Some voting machines were not working as polls opened, and voters across Georgia reported long lines and widespread frustration. Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and West Virginia are also voting today.
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Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
Don Jr. cost taxpayers at least $75,000 with hunting trip to Mongolia to shoot the world's largest sheep - getting permit to kill protected species AFTER he hunted it — Donald Trump Jr. cost taxpayers more than $75,000 to take a father-and-son trip to Mongolia last August to hunt an endangered argali sheep
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Trump Jr.'s Mongolian sheep hunting trip cost taxpayers about $75,000, documents show
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Vanity Fair, POLITICUSUSA and HuffPost
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘What I saw was just absolutely wrong’: National Guardsmen struggle with their role in controlling protests — Pvt. Si'Kenya Lynch, a member of the D.C. National Guard, was on duty at Lafayette Square near the White House last Monday when U.S. Park Police cleared the area of protesters ahead …
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Video evidence increasingly disproves police narratives — Minneapolis police initially told the public that George Floyd died after a “medical incident during a police interaction.” The Buffalo, New York, department said a protester “tripped and fell.” Philadelphia police alleged …
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Axios
CourierPostOnline.com:
Counter protest reenacting George Floyd's death in South Jersey goes viral — FRANKLIN TWP. - Videos of a man apparently re-enacting the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd during a Black Lives Matter protest Monday in Gloucester County has gone viral, spurring immediate backlash for the incident on social media.
Politico:
Kentucky governor vows universal coverage for black residents — Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. — QUICK FIX — Kentucky's governor promised health coverage for all of the state's black residents, but it's not clear if he can deliver. — Lawmakers want Congress …
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Arizona Republic, Bloomberg Law, Breitbart and The Hill
Dan Gelston / Associated Press:
Ban the Confederate flag? NASCAR could see the end of an era — The familiar scene of Confederate flags waved by fans at NASCAR tracks could soon be a relic of racing's good ol' boy roots. — Bubba Wallace — the lone black driver in the sport — wants the stock car series with deep ties …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
White voters are turning on Trump, new data shows. Why now? — In the mythology that holds sway over President Trump's political imagination, the massive crises rocking the country — pandemic, depression, the worst civil unrest in 50 years — are all being alchemized by the president's …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Wave of New Polling Suggests an Erosion of Trump's Support
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POLITICUSUSA, The American Independent, The Mahablog, Raw Story and The Hill
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Terry McAuliffe recorded saying Dems prefer Biden stay ‘in the basement’ — EXCLUSIVE: Top Joe Biden surrogate Terry McAuliffe told a videoconference meeting of Virginia Democrats over the weekend that the former vice president should remain in his basement — where he has famously campaigned remotely during …
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Redstate, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and ABC News
Lisa J. Huriash / Sun-Sentinel:
Porn actor running for office in Wilton Manors … A porn actor is bidding for a role in something new: politics. — Adult film actor Juan Melecio submitted his paperwork Monday to run for a commission seat in Wilton Manors. He also goes by several other names, including Juan Davila (his mother's last name).
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Queerty
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
So this is why Bill Barr is such a bully — Police in Buffalo shove a 75-year-old man to the ground and blood pours from his ear. Police in Brooklyn knock down a young woman and call her a “bitch” because she asked why she had to leave the street. Federal authorities in Washington fire tear gas …
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ABC News, IJR and Contemptor
ABC News:
George Floyd updates: Removal of Confederate statues spreads across country — Statues are coming down across the U.S., from Virginia to Indiana to Kentucky. — The death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day after a white police officer was filmed kneeling …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Task Force Warns Governors of COVID Spike Tied to Protests — In calls obtained by The Daily Beast, Dr. Birx said 70 testing sites were destroyed during the marches. — Top officials on President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force told governors on Monday they were worried …
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Officer Who Violently Shoved Protester in Brooklyn to Face Charges — The police officer, who was recorded knocking down a young woman that questioned his order, surrendered himself on Tuesday. — A New York City police officer surrendered to face criminal charges on Tuesday …
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The Hill
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
No Sign Of Antifa So Far In Justice Department Cases Brought Over Unrest — Attorney General William Barr has repeatedly blamed anti-fascist activists for the violence that has erupted during demonstrations over George Floyd's death, but federal court records show no sign of so-called Antifa links …
Washington Post:
At George Floyd's funeral, Sharpton calls out Trump in eulogy — The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday used his eulogy at George Floyd's funeral service to take aim at President Trump after former vice president Joe Biden in a somber video linked Floyd's death in police custody to the nation's enduring struggle for civil rights.
Li Cohen / CBS News:
Scientists around the world will go on one-day strike to protest institutional racism — Thousands of researchers and STEM professionals, including two prominent scientific journals, have vowed to not partake in business as usual on Wednesday as an act of solidarity with ongoing protests against racial injustice.
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Science News, Twitchy and Gizmodo
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
“This Has To Stop”: A Court Invoked George Floyd's Death In Denying Qualified Immunity To Cops Who Shot A Man 22 Times — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday invoked the recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in denying legal immunity to five cops in West Virginia who were sued …
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Raw Story
Adam Ganucheau / Mississippi Today:
Bipartisan group of lawmakers, with Speaker Gunn's blessing, pushes to change Mississippi state flag — A bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers, with the blessing of Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, began whipping votes and drafting a resolution on Monday to change the state flag …
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The Hill and Mother Jones
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed News:
How Antifa Became The Bogeyman Of Small-Town Protests — Rumors of roving bands of Antifa have followed small protests all over the United States. Why are people so ready to believe them? — Copy — The rumor that shadowy leftists planned to start trouble in Great Falls, Montana …
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Daily Kos and Los Angeles Times
Kirsten Fleming / New York Post:
With no public bathrooms, the Big Apple is now ‘the Big Toilet’ — Working at a beer store on St. Mark's Place, Brittany Spano, 27, has seen the Big Apple's robust social life return, albeit in an abridged form. — Drink windows selling to-go cocktails and beers have sprung up throughout the city …
CNN:
Pompeo's ‘deafening’ silence angers diplomats as protests over racial injustice spread globally — Washington (CNN)As protests against racial injustice engulf America and spread globally, State Department officials have suggested Secretary of State Mike Pompeo address his workforce on the issue that …
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Talking Points Memo
LasVegasSun.com:
Report: FBI found weapons, booby traps after arrest of 3 Las Vegas men — FBI agents found rags, gasoline, aerosol cans and weapons along with booby traps, fireworks and handwritten notes of military and survival tactics while serving search warrants on three Nevada men who authorities …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump May Compare Himself to Nixon in 1968, but He Really Resembles Wallace — The president has employed the same kind of inflammatory language as George Wallace did in the 1968 campaign. Richard Nixon ran that year seeking the middle between the Alabama governor and Hubert Humphrey.
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Raw Story
Brent Lang / Variety:
Patti LuPone: ‘The Country Is Doomed’ Because of Donald Trump — Universal International Distribution President Duncan Clark Steps Down, Veronika Kwan Vandenberg Tapped as Replacement … Patti LuPone has lost countless friends and colleagues to AIDS. — As a mainstay of the Broadway stage …
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
He Tweeted That He Was the Leader of Antifa. Then the FBI Asked Him to Be an Informant. — It all began with a tweet. Chandler Wirostek, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was reading the news last Monday when he saw that the attorney general had declared that the leaderless anti-fascist movement known …
PBS NewsHour:
PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor Named Recipient of WHCA's Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage — Arlington, VA (June 9, 2020) — The White House Correspondents' Association today named PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor the recipient …
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
On China's Attempted Coercion of the United Kingdom — The United States stands with our allies and partners against the Chinese Communist Party's coercive bullying tactics. In the latest example, Beijing has reportedly threatened to punish British bank HSBC and to break commitments …
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