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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Theresa Greenfield leads Joni Ernst in tight race for U.S. Senate — Fresh off a four-way primary race that drew millions in outside spending, Democrat Theresa Greenfield leads Republican Sen. Joni Ernst by 3 percentage points in Iowa's hotly contested U.S. Senate race, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
CNN:
Atlanta police chief steps down after black man shot and killed by an officer — (CNN)Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down from her job Saturday less than 24 hours after one of her officers shot and killed a black man. — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for the officer who shot the man to be fired.
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Shaddi Abusaid / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Man shot, killed by Atlanta police in Wendy's drive-thru — A 27-year-old man was shot and killed by Atlanta police Friday evening during a struggle in a Wendy's drive-thru line that was captured on cellphone video, the GBI said. — At a protest held outside the restaurant on Saturday morning …
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation:
GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Atlanta — The GBI has obtained additional surveillance video from the Wendy's restaurant. Agents have also reviewed video posted on social media. These new videos indicate that during a physical struggle with officers, Brooks obtained …
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NBC News, WAGA-TV, Associated Press, NPR, Breitbart, The Hill, WXIA-TV, Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Just The News, New York Post, KEYT-TV, The Root and Axios
Vanessa McCray / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Atlanta police chief resigns — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Saturday that police Chief Erika Shields is stepping aside and the city will launch a search for her replacement. — Bottoms said Shields offered her resignation, which the mayor accepted.
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ABC News, New York Post, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Atlanta police chief resigns after black man is shot by police
Atlanta police chief resigns after black man is shot by police
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New York Post and The Hill
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
Trump has trouble lifting glass of water and walking down stairs at West Point graduation — He's trembling again. — President Trump struggled to lift a glass of water Saturday during his speech to U.S. Military Academy graduates at West Point. — Trump started to lift the glass …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump greeted by silence after telling West Point cadets it's his birthday on Sunday — Midway through his commencement address at West Point, Donald Trump noted that tomorrow is notable for being both the birthday of the U.S. Army and his own — and was greeted with silence by the graduating cadets.
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The White House:
Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 United States Military Academy at West Point Graduation Ceremony
Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 United States Military Academy at West Point Graduation Ceremony
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Fox Runs Monty Python Parody Post From Reddit as Example of ‘Infighting’ at CHAZ Protest Area in Seattle — On Friday night, Fox News put on screen an image of a Reddit post that played off a famous Monty Python bit, mistaking it for a genuine message of discontent from among those at the so-called “autonomous zone” in Seattle.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News publishes digitally altered and misleading images of Seattle demonstrations — New York (CNN Business)Fox News published digitally altered and misleading images on its website's homepage Friday that made a demonstration in Seattle, in which a group of largely peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters …
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Axios, Mother Jones and Rolling Stone, more at Mediagazer »
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Fox News removes manipulated images from coverage of Seattle protests
Fox News removes manipulated images from coverage of Seattle protests
Tulsa World:
Tulsa Health Department director ‘wishes’ Trump rally would be postponed as local COVID cases surge — Expressing concerns about COVID-19's increasing spread, the Tulsa City-County Health Department's director said he wishes the campaign rally for President Donald Trump at the BOK Center on June 20 would be pushed back to a later date.
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Washington Post:
Lafayette Square clash, still reverberating, becomes an iconic episode in Donald Trump's presidency — President Trump, besieged by a long season of crisis, wanted to create an iconic moment. — Less than one hour after federal authorities forcibly removed peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square …
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The Guardian:
Dr Amy Acton resigns amid backlash against Ohio's lockdown after leading coronavirus fight — Ohio doctor won widespread praise for her assessments of the pandemic, but also faced lawsuits and protests for pushing for lockdown orders — Dr Amy Acton, the health director …
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
'To Say That She's An Abusive Figure Is An Understatement': At ABC News, Toxicity Thrives — Sources say Barbara Fedida, a powerful ABC News executive, has an extensive history of insensitive comments. She's now been placed on administrative leave while the network investigates.
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The Hill and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
Hotair:
Josh Hawley: I'll Offer An Amendment To Block Warren's Effort To Rename Bases Named After Confederate Soldiers — Does Mitch McConnell want an up-or-down vote for his caucus on whether U.S. military bases should continue to honor the CSA in their nomenclature?
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Politico
Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
Retired NYPD spokesman says ‘we killed Eric Garner’ in emotional post — In a stunning and emotional bombshell, a retired NYPD spokesman blasted cops over the chokehold death of Eric Garner, calling it a “horrible injustice” on his Instagram page. — “We killed Eric Garner,” Michael DeBonis …
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Raw Story
Tampa Bay Times:
St. Pete bars the Galley, Park & Rec and the Avenue Eat + Drink close after employees test positive for COVID-19 — Management at all three say they won't reopen until all employees have been tested for the coronavirus. — ST. PETERSBURG — Three downtown bars within a couple of blocks …
Melissa Chan / South China Morning Post:
In Brazil's Amazon, China is buyer, trader, lender and builder — With Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on a ‘mission from God’ to settle the Amazon and carve it up for economic gain, Beijing's growing reliance on the country for its soybean supply spells disaster for the region's peoples and its rainforests.
VVNG.com:
Sheriff's Department says foul play not suspected after Black man found hanging in tree near Victorville City Library — VICTORVILLE, Calif. (VVNG.com) — The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said foul play is not suspected in the death of a Black man who was found hanging in a tree in Victorville.
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New York Post:
Hundreds pack St. Marks Place to drink, party despite coronavirus — Hundreds of partiers converged on St. Marks Place in the East Village Friday night — coronavirus pandemic be damned. — Crowds of at least 200 were seen drinking outside for hours, most without facemasks, on the stretch between Avenue A and First Avenue alone.
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The Gateway Pundit
Shashank Bengali / Los Angeles Times:
The COVID-19 pandemic is unleashing a tidal wave of plastic waste — When he stepped onto a beach on Hong Kong's uninhabited Soko Islands, Gary Stokes was surprised to find — amid the discarded water bottles, shopping bags and usual piles of plastic waste — a new type of garbage washing ashore.
New York Times:
How Black Lives Matter Reached Every Corner of America — Before this moment of America's reckoning with race, the warm spring air was already charged. — A killer virus had ripped through black communities. Bullets, too. — Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor.
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Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
Denver school board votes unanimously to remove police from public schools — Denver's public school system is officially ending its relationship with the Denver Police Department (DPD). The district's school board voted unanimously this week to remove police from all schools by next year in order to undo …
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KEYT-TV