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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Criticizes 75-Year-Old Buffalo Protester Injured in Altercation With Police  —  Two Buffalo, N.Y., police officers were charged with felony assault in connection with the Thursday night altercation that was caught on video  —  President Trump criticized a 75-year-old protester …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump claims 75-year-old man shoved by Buffalo police could be part of ‘set up’  —  President Trump on Tuesday shared an unfounded theory that an incident in which elderly man was pushed to the ground by police in Buffalo, New York, during a protest over the death of George Floyd could be a “set up.”
WGRZ-TV:
Protester injured in Niagara Square still hospitalized  —  The 75-year-old man who was injured when shoved by Buffalo Police officers during a protest in Niagara Square last week is still in the hospital recovering.  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. — The 75-year-old man who was injured when shoved …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump sides with deranged conspiracy theories over Black Lives Matter protesters
Discussion: Mother Jones, Reason and Slate
Politico:
Trump's latest attempt to tag Biden as a radical flops  —  Joe Biden declared he opposed a growing movement on the left to defund police departments.  —  President Donald Trump and Republicans are determined to make him own it anyway.  —  Trump lit into Biden on Twitter …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NBC News
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Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Bernie Sanders Is Not Done Fighting  —  The senator on the protests, his phone calls with Joe Biden, and when to compromise.  —  In 1997, during his fourth term as a U.S. representative, Bernie Sanders published a political memoir called “Outsider in the House.”
Discussion: Axios
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to restart MAGA rallies this month despite coronavirus
ABC News:
Biden targets young voters amid anger over racial inequality in new digital ad
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
David Roth / New Republic:
American Psycho  —  To understand how Jared Kushner received the opportunity to fail at managing the federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic, you mostly need to know that he is married to the president's daughter.  But to truly grasp the distinctive style of failure that Kushner has brought …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump gets the 2016 band back together as he tumbles in polls
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump ‘Desperately’ Wants Bush to Endorse Biden.  Some Dems Love the Idea, Too.  —  A president once reviled could prove to be an easy punching bag for Trump or a signal of bipartisan appeal for Biden.  Choose your own adventure.  —  President Donald Trump and his political lieutenants …
Discussion: Redstate and Sputnik News
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Tom Benning / Dallas Morning News:
At least one notable Bush - George P., the Texas land commissioner - will vote for Trump in November  —  The Republican, son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said Trump is the ‘only thing standing between America and socialism’  —  WASHINGTON - At least one notable member …
Washington Post:
14 states and Puerto Rico hit highest seven-day average of new coronavirus infections  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
Discussion: NBC News and Slate
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Wall Street Journal:   New Coronavirus Cases Accelerating in More Than a Dozen U.S. States
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
The Daily Beast:
Trump Camp Runs Ads on D.C. Cable to Ease the Boss' Anxieties and Buck Up Congressional GOPers  —  The president has been worried about his standing electorally.  So his team gave him some content to watch on his favorite cable networks.  —  With their boss growing increasingly agitated …
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Liberty's Jerry Falwell Jr. apologizes for tweet; director of diversity resigns  —  Faced with outrage from black alumni and the resignation of at least three African American staffers, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has deleted and apologized for a two-week-old tweet that showed …
Discussion: Mediaite and Blue Virginia
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Falwell's Blackface Tweet Brings Racial Dissent to Liberty University
Discussion: The Daily Dot
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
‘The Future Is Blue, Not Purple’: Is This the Year Georgia Flips?  —  With both Senate seats in play and President Trump up for re-election in November, Georgia Democrats are telling anyone who will listen: This time, it's real.  —  ATLANTA — There's a joke about Atlanta's most popular sports teams …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Bunge / KIMT-TV:
St. Paul man arrested for burning down of Minneapolis police precinct  —  Accused of arson in federal court.  —  Photo Gallery  —  5 Images  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal charge has been filed against a St. Paul man for the burning down of the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Wave of New Polling Suggests an Erosion of Trump's Support  —  Joe Biden appears in a stronger position to oust an incumbent president than any challenger since Bill Clinton in the summer of 1992.  —  The coronavirus pandemic, a severe economic downturn and the widespread demonstrations …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide  —  LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 email accounts over a period of seven years.  —  New Delhi-based BellTroX …
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Paul Murphy / Financial Times:
Hackers for hire targeted hundreds of institutions, says report
Associated Press:
Confederate statue in Florida is removed in predawn hours  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Confederate statue that had been in a northeast Florida park for more than a century was removed in the predawn hours Tuesday ahead of a protest demanding racial equality.
Washington Post:
Big majorities support protests over Floyd killing and say police need to change, poll finds  —  Americans overwhelmingly support the nationwide protests that have taken place since the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and they say police forces have not done enough …
Discussion: The Crime Report and POLITICUSUSA
Julia Azari / FiveThirtyEight:
1968 Isn't The Only Parallel For This Political Moment  —  When protests kicked off throughout the nation a week and a half ago, commentators turned to history to make sense of events.  One year dominated the conversation: 1968.  Racial tensions, clashes between police and protesters …
Discussion: spiked
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Mongolia Hunting Trip Cost Taxpayers $77,000  —  The president's son apparently hunted with a major GOP donor and bagged a rare sheep.  —  Donald Trump Jr.'s trip last summer to Mongolia to kill an endangered sheep cost American taxpayers nearly $77,000 in Secret Service costs alone …
Discussion: CREW, The Root and Raw Story
David Petraeus / The Atlantic:
Take the Confederate Names Off Our Army Bases  —  As I have watched Confederate monuments being removed by state and local governments, and sometimes by the forceful will of the American people, the fact that 10 U.S. Army installations are named for Confederate officers has weighed on me.
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Georgia political wunderkind Niles Francis dishes on his state's primary  —  WHIZ KID  —  The 18-year-old just graduated from high school but he regards his pastime as simply a hobby  —  Those who follow Niles Francis's lively Twitter page — featuring his incisive and sometimes caustic commentary …
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Live updates: Most temporary fencing around Lafayette Square will be removed by Wednesday, National Park Service says  —  As the protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police stretched into their 11th day in Washington, District leaders proposed significant reforms …
New York Times:
Trump Rebuffs Protests Over Systemic Racism and Calls Police ‘Great People’  —  In a meeting with law enforcement officials, Mr. Trump said he opposed any defunding or dismantling of police departments, which many demonstrators have been demanding to address police violence.
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Dan Bongino expected to testify at House police brutality hearing  —  Trump ally and frequent cable news commentator Dan Bongino is expected to testify Wednesday in a high-profile House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality, according to a communication reviewed by POLITICO.
Alicia Lee / CNN:
Florida police organization offers to hire cops who were fired or resigned over police misconduct  —  (CNN)As the cries for police reform grow louder across the nation, some police departments are holding their officers accountable, firing or suspending those accused of excessive force during recent protests.
Alex Thompson / Politico:
White America is reckoning with racism.  It could reshape 2020.  —  Joe Biden says he, like many white people, was wrong about racism in America.  —  “I thought we had made enormous progress when we finally elected an African American president,” he told voters in a livestreamed “Young Americans Town Hall” last week.
Discussion: New Republic
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Lobbying firm cuts ties to Trent Lott amid national anti-racism protests  —  Lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs announced Monday evening it is severing ties with former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) following days of anti-racism protests across the country.  —  Mark Ruehlmann, chair and global CEO …
Discussion: Politico
Maddie Stone / Washington Post:
New bill would prohibit the president from nuking a hurricane  —  The measure is a direct response to President Trump's reported suggestion of using nuclear bombs to defuse Atlantic tropical cyclones  —  Last August, Axios reported that President Trump repeatedly asked top national security officials …
USA Today:
What Never Trump Republicans deserve: The thanks of a grateful nation, and nothing more  —  Key “Never Trump” Republicans have figured out something obvious that eluded them in 2016: Stopping Donald Trump requires getting behind the one person who can finish the job — the Democratic nominee for president.
Christian Schneider / The College Fix:
After tweet supporting ‘good police officers,’ Arizona State revokes journalism dean offer  —  Arizona State University has rescinded a job offer to the new dean of its journalism school after students complained of past microaggressions and other insensitive comments.
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's Only Black Driver, Calls for Confederate Flag Ban at Tracks: ‘Get Them Out of Here’  —  Bubba Wallace, the first full-time driver in NASCAR's Cup Series since 1971, is calling on the sport to ban the confederate flag at its tracks.  —  In an interview with Don Lemon …
Brad Parscale / Washington Examiner:
Fake polls destroy media credibility  —  The purveyors of fake news at CNN are convinced, just as they were four years ago, that they have this presidential election in the bag.  Donald Trump is done, and Joe Biden is headed for a landslide, just like Hillary Clinton was.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 
 
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CNN:
Murkowski brushes off Trump's promise to campaign against her: ‘I cannot live in fear of a tweet’
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Julian Mark / Mission Local:
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott ‘open’ to defunding police department
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Law and Order Isn't Fascist
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Admiral from bin Laden raid: US ‘needs to move forward without’ Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Amid US tension, Iran builds fake aircraft carrier to attack
Discussion: Breitbart
CNBC:
Texas reports a record number of hospitalized coronavirus patients after state reopened early
Discussion: NPR, Fox News and The Hill
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Have we normalized the COVID-19 death toll?
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
If You Want To Know What Disbanding The Police Looks Like, Look At Mexico
Discussion: New York Times
USA Today:
Virginia judge blocks Gov. Ralph Northam's order to take down Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond for 10 days
Discussion: National Review and Blue Virginia
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Arizona state health director tells hospitals to activate emergency plan
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