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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
Anti-Anti-Chauvinism — Conservative trolls are the REAL victims! — We all saw it. It was captured on video. It lasted nine interminable minutes. It ignited our righteous indignation—an oil fire floating on an ocean of grief. — Most people felt this way about the video of the murder …
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The Daily Beast:
Columbus Police Fatally Shoot Black Teen Who Called Them for Help, Aunt Says — Just as Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter, Columbus police killed another person. Eyewitnesses said the victim was a Black teenager. — COLUMBUS—A Columbus police officer shot …
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New York Daily News, Washington Examiner, WCMH-TV, WBNS-TV and TheBlaze
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
By bearing witness — and hitting ‘record’ — 17-year-old Darnella Frazier may have changed the world — Her motivations were simple enough. You could even call them pure. — “It wasn't right,” said Darnella Frazier, who was 17 last year when she saw George Floyd pinned under a Minneapolis police officer's knee.
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The Intercept
Mark Ferenchik / The Columbus Dispatch:
Columbus police shooting updates: Aunt says teen girl killed; crowd protests — An angry crowd protested near a home on the Southeast Side where a Columbus police officer fatally shot someone while responding to an attempted stabbing call. — The shooting happened just minutes …
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New York Times, WSYX, Breitbart, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner and Breaking911
New York Times:
Ex-Officer May Face Decades for Killing That Spurred Protests — Members of the jury, I will now read the verdicts as they will appear in the permanent records of the Fourth Judicial District: State of Minnesota, County of Hennepin District Court, Fourth Judicial District, state of Minnesota …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
It's time to ‘be mindful’ of the police reaction now Chauvin has been convicted: Professor Eddie Glaude — On MSNBC Tuesday, Princeton professor Eddie Glaude warned that the conviction of Derek Chauvin does not yet mean there will be peace — and to be on the lookout for negative reactions …
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POLITICUSUSA
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
How a teenager's video upended the police department's initial tale. — The Minneapolis Police Department's initial inaccurate and misleading description of George Floyd's death last May “might have become the official account” of what took place, had it not been for video taken by a teenage bystander …
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MyNorthwest.com and The Week
Washington Post:
Derek Chauvin convicted of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day.
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Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Ilhan Omar says Derek Chauvin trial ‘feels like a closed case’ — Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said the contentious trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd, “feels like a closed case.” — “The case to me feels like a closed case …
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Yahoo News:
Columbus Police Fatally Shoot Black Teen Who Called Them for Help, Aunt Says
Columbus Police Fatally Shoot Black Teen Who Called Them for Help, Aunt Says
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Politico, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, TheGrio and NBC News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden, Harris slam ‘systemic racism’ in US, say Chauvin guilty verdict is ‘giant step’ toward racial justice
Biden, Harris slam ‘systemic racism’ in US, say Chauvin guilty verdict is ‘giant step’ toward racial justice
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RedState, New York Times, Poynter and National Review
New York Times:
Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murdering George Floyd.
Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murdering George Floyd.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Harris says verdict in Chauvin trial ‘will not heal the pain that existed for generations’
Harris says verdict in Chauvin trial ‘will not heal the pain that existed for generations’
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Politico, Fox News, NBC News, ABC17NEWS, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, The Hill, Associated Press, The Federalist and The Week
Alexa Mencia / KARE-TV:
Derek Chauvin trial: What happens when a jury is sequestered?
Derek Chauvin trial: What happens when a jury is sequestered?
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Star Tribune:
Who are the jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial?
Who are the jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial?
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Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Biden says he's praying for ‘the right verdict’ in Chauvin trial
Biden says he's praying for ‘the right verdict’ in Chauvin trial
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Troubled Waters: Congresswoman's comments complicate the Chauvin case
Troubled Waters: Congresswoman's comments complicate the Chauvin case
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera and The Jeffrey Lord
Averi Harper / ABC News:
Pressure on Biden to act on police reform will grow post-Chauvin conviction: ANALYSIS
Pressure on Biden to act on police reform will grow post-Chauvin conviction: ANALYSIS
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Politico, Associated Press, TheGrio and Insider
David Edwards / Raw Story:
McEnany lectures Biden: 'It's the role of the president of the United States to stay back, to not inflame' — Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday blasted President Joe Biden for speaking out about the Derek Chauvin trial even though her former boss, Donald Trump, often expressed his opinion on similar events.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA, Occupy Democrats, CANNONFIRE and Townhall
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Who's the president? Because it's apparently not Joe Biden
Who's the president? Because it's apparently not Joe Biden
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Politico, ABC News, The Western Journal, Washington Free Beacon, HotAir and RedState
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Feds Track Down Capitol Rioter With Facial Recognition Hit On His Girlfriend's Instagram — Stephen Chase Randolph was arrested in Kentucky. Federal authorities say he told undercover agents it was “f**king fun” to be in the Capitol mob. — Federal authorities arrested a suspect …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Bolton puts out a poll to sandbag Trump — John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser turned outspoken critic, has commissioned a new poll to illustrate that the former president's grip on the Republican Party is loosening. — The poll, released on Tuesday morning …
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The Hill, Washington Times, The Daily Caller and USA Today
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David Siders / Politico:
'It's almost like insanity': GOP base continues to lash out over Trump's defeat
'It's almost like insanity': GOP base continues to lash out over Trump's defeat
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CNN, HuffPost, Washington Post, WHDH-TV, Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Lin Wood Working ‘20 Hours a Day’ to Reverse 2020 Election Result
Lin Wood Working ‘20 Hours a Day’ to Reverse 2020 Election Result
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National Review, Political Wire, Raw Story and TheBlaze
Politico:
Democratic leaders find a way to defuse conservatives' House floor sabotage — House Democratic leaders believe they've found a workaround to defuse weeks of delay tactics used by hard-line Republicans that have irked lawmakers in both parties and brought much of the chamber's floor action to a halt.
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Washington Examiner and Townhall
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Politico:
GOP fails to censure Waters with nation on edge over Chauvin verdict
GOP fails to censure Waters with nation on edge over Chauvin verdict
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
House rejects GOP attempt to censure Rep. Maxine Waters over remarks about Chauvin trial
House rejects GOP attempt to censure Rep. Maxine Waters over remarks about Chauvin trial
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
‘Anglo-Saxon’ Is What You Say When ‘Whites Only’ Is Too Inclusive — Last week, far-right Republican Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar distanced themselves from a proposal to create an America First Caucus, after a document bearing the group's name made reference to “Anglo-Saxon political traditions.”
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Washington Post, HotAir and New Republic
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Cheney: I didn't invite Trump to GOP retreat in Florida
Cheney: I didn't invite Trump to GOP retreat in Florida
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POLITICUSUSA and BizPac Review
Washington Post:
‘The wheels fell off’: How Biden's misgivings on border surge upended plan on refugees — President Biden overruled his top foreign policy and national security aides, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, when he kept in place the Trump administration's record low cap on the number …
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The Hill, Townhall and PolitiFact
Jonathan Edwards / Virginian-Pilot:
Norfolk fires police lieutenant who donated to accused vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse — NORFOLK — The second in command of the Norfolk Police Department's internal affairs unit has been fired after he made what the city manager called “egregious” comments praising Kyle Rittenhouse …
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POLITICUSUSA, Twitchy and HotAir
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Dementia Risk After Age 50 Increases With Less Sleep, Study Says — The research, tracking thousands of people from age 50 on, suggests those who sleep six hours or less a night are more likely to develop dementia in their late 70s. — Could getting too little sleep increase your chances of developing dementia?
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Portland Mercury, The National Interest and WHDH-TV
Politico:
Biden's open to doing immigration through reconciliation, Hispanic lawmakers say — President Joe Biden promised Hispanic lawmakers on Tuesday that he would make a more proactive case for the economic benefits of immigration. — In the process, he left the impression that it would not just be a portion …
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Wall Street Journal:
Satellite Images Show Russia's Expanding Ukraine Buildup — Combat aircraft, other military equipment seen in Crimea and along the Ukraine border as estimates of Kremlin forces grow — Russia has moved warplanes to Crimea and bases near Ukraine to an extent greater than has previously been disclosed …
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New York Times, Defense One, Foreign Policy, Insider, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg and Reuters
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell vents over ‘fake news’ — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday vented about his “frustration” with media coverage of the Biden administration's exploration of expanding the number of seats on the Supreme Court. — McConnell chastised members of the Capitol press corps …
Politico:
Matt Gaetz sparked William Barr to drop the f-bomb in a legal spat over Florida voting — Months before news broke that the feds were investigating him for sex trafficking, Rep. Matt Gaetz was at the center of a separate internal fight at the Justice Department.
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Raw Story, RedState and Florida Politics
Isobel Lewis / The Independent:
Ted Nugent tests positive for coronavirus after calling pandemic a ‘scam’ — Musician Ted Nugent has tested positive for coronavirus months after he said that the virus was “not a real pandemic”. — In his Christmas message shared on social media in December, Nugent called the worldwide crisis a …
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The Daily Caller and The Intellectualist
Politico:
Trump's former aides say he whiffed on vaccination legacy — With more than half of adults in the country having received at least one shot of a Covid vaccine, Trump supporters remain stubbornly resistant to vaccination — and it's sparking a new round of questions over what role, if any …
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Washington Post, HotAir, The Week and Raw Story
Ryan Mills / National Review:
Private School Head Admits ‘Anti-racist’ Curriculum Is ‘Demonizing White People for Being Born’ — The head of a New York City private school that has been accused of indoctrinating students with progressive politics and “anti-racist” orthodoxy privately acknowledged that the school is guilty of …
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Manhattan Contrarian, The Western Journal, New York Post, HotAir, The Daily Caller, Melanie Phillips, BizPac Review and Twitchy
Politico:
GOP senators float $600-800 billion infrastructure counteroffer — Republican senators Tuesday discussed a counterproposal to President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, likely coming in at $600 billion to $800 billion and paid for with user fees and unspent Covid relief money.
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida transgender sports bill might have just died in the Florida Senate — “I don't know that we will have sufficient time to revisit SB 2012 this session,” the Senate sponsor of the version said in a statement. — Published Earlier today — TALLAHASSEE — A national effort …
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