memeorandum: At George Floyd's funeral, Sharpton calls out Trump in eulogy (Washington Post)

10:45 PM ET, June 9, 2020

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‘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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, Axios, The Hill, Raw Story, CBS News, IJR, ABC News and POLITICUSUSA

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Root, Reason and Raw Story

Emily Cochrane / New York Times: That Trump Tweet? Republicans Prefer Not to See It

democratandchronicle:
Amherst man pushed by police responds after Trump tweet: ‘Black Lives Matter’

Discussion: The Sun, Raw Story and The Hill

Ben Collins / NBC News:
President Trump tweets antifa conspiracy theory that originated on anonymous blog

Discussion: abc7NY, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fox News, The Guardian, FactCheck.org, The Hill, WIVB-TV and Patterico's Pontifications

Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Targets Buffalo Protester, 75, as ‘Antifa Provocateur’

Discussion: The American Independent, Raw Story and The Intercept

CNN:
Senate GOP dodges over Trump's baseless Buffalo tweet: ‘I would rather not hear it’

Discussion: The Bulwark, Mediaite, Washington Post, WIVB-TV, Talking Points Memo and The Hill

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump sides with deranged conspiracy theories over Black Lives Matter protesters

Discussion: Mediaite, Mother Jones, Breitbart, BuzzFeed News, Raw Story, americamagazine.org, The Hill and ABC News

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Redstate, Daily News, New York Post, Raw Story, Mashable, Rolling Stone, WCDC-TV, KRON4, The Hill, Los Angeles Magazine and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

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.

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.

Discussion: New York Post, USA Today, Raw Story, Mike Young, PhD, The Daily Beast, Chicago Sun-Times, DCist and Forbes

Kendall Baker / Axios: CrossFit faces mass exodus after CEO's controversial George Floyd tweet

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 …

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, New York Post and Mother Jones

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story and Axios

New York Times:
Live Coronavirus Updates: A Warning From the W.H.O.

Discussion: UPI, The Hill, Mission Local, Gizmodo, NPR, The Dispatch, WGN-TV and CNBC

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.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Free Beacon, NPR, The Guardian, Raw Story, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NBC News, Bloomberg, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, Vox, Daily Kos, Al Jazeera, Vanity Fair, TheGrio and The Hill

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 …

Discussion: 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.

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 …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story

Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Wave of New Polling Suggests an Erosion of Trump's Support

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, The American Independent, The Mahablog, Raw Story and The Hill

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 …

Discussion: 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 …

Discussion: ESPN, Fox News, USA Today and Breitbart

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 …

Discussion: 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).

Discussion: Queerty

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 …

Discussion: The Hill

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 …

Discussion: Breitbart, WJXX-TV and Fox News

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 …

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.

Discussion: The Hill and The Root

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 …

Discussion: The Hill and Mother Jones

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story

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 …

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

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 …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Los Angeles Times

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Discussion: ABC News, IJR and Contemptor

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.

Discussion: Raw Story

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Music Industry Rethinks ‘Urban’ as a Genre for Black Artists — Warner Music and IHeart both plan to eliminate the term — The expression, which originated in radio, is seen as racist — As protests against racial injustice sweep the world, efforts to root out discrimination …

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 …

Discussion: Townhall

UNICORN RIOT:

National Guard Soldier Who Deployed to DC Identified as Neo-Nazi — Columbus, OH - When Ohio sent one hundred National Guard troops to Washington D.C. to assist the Trump administration's repression of protests, they also sent at least one soldier tied to neo-nazi and white supremacist ideology.

Discussion: Right Wing Watch

Lisa Friedman / New York Times:

Trump Administration Revives Banned Hunting Techniques in Alaska — The move reverses an Obama-era ban on hunting methods like baiting bears with doughnuts and shooting swimming caribou. — WASHINGTON — Baiting grizzly bears with doughnuts soaked in bacon grease.

Discussion: Axios and Federal Register

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 …