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4:50 PM ET, May 29, 2020

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Val Demings / Washington Post:
My fellow brothers and sisters in blue, what the hell are you doing?  —  Val Demings, a Democrat, represents Florida's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  As a former woman in blue, let me begin with my brothers and sisters in blue: What in the hell are you doing?
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Jason Hanna / CNN:
A CNN crew has been arrested while covering Minneapolis protests, and the governor has apologized  —  Minnesota police arrest CNN team on live television  —  (CNN)A CNN crew was arrested by Minnesota state police Friday morning while giving a live television report in Minneapolis …
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
When a CNN camera hit the ground, America saw the world through George Floyd's eyes  —  When the camera is rolling, you don't see the camera.  —  The illusion is as old as Thomas Edison and the Lumière brothers: The camera is your eye, it roams the world, seeing and recording it transparently …
Discussion: Twitchy
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin In Custody, Charged With Murder In George Floyd's Death  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested four days after George Floyd's fatal arrest that sparked protests, rioting and outcry across the city and nation …
Washington Post:
Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder and manslaugther in death of George Floyd  —  Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Friday afternoon.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just threatened to have looters shot.  Biden urged calm.  That says it all.  —  We need to more fully come to terms with an unpleasant truth.  It begins here: Donald Trump simply does not accept that he has any institutional obligation of any kind as president to use …
WCMH-TV:
Protest in downtown Columbus broken up after demonstrators breach Ohio Statehouse
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Transport George Floyd Protesters to Jail
Emily Haavik / KARE-TV:
Former Minneapolis police officer arrested in George Floyd death
KSTP-TV:
George Floyd, fired officer overlapped security shifts at south Minneapolis club
Associated Press:
Minneapolis cop who knelt on handcuffed black man arrested
Star Tribune:
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls Minneapolis unrest ‘unacceptable’; President Donald Trump promises action
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump wants to win over black voters while his base wants him to be tough. His base is winning.
Discussion: Politico, Townhall and The Hill
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
McConnell says officers involved in George Floyd's death ‘look pretty darn guilty’
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and Vox
Politico:
Trump announces U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization, making good on his threat to withdraw from the U.N. health agency he's blamed for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic.
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ABC News:
Trump announces China sanctions over Hong Kong, termination of WHO relationship
globaltimes.cn:
US should stand with Minnesota violent protesters as it did with HK rioters
Discussion: Breitbart
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Trump teases China action today
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Where does the phrase ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’ come from?  —  WASHINGTON — Twitter said early Friday that a post by President Donald Trump about the protests overnight in Minneapolis glorified violence because of the historical context of his last line: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
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Sky News:
Coronavirus: Monkeys ‘escape with COVID-19 samples’ after attacking lab assistant  —  One of the primates was reportedly later spotted up in a tree, chewing one of the sample collection kits.  —  Created with Sketch.  —  A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped …
Discussion: Louder With Crowder, The Week and WND
Chase Peterson-Withorn / Forbes:
Inside Kylie Jenner's Web Of Lies—And Why She's No Longer A Billionaire  —  Earlier this year, Kylie Jenner sold half of her cosmetics company in one of the greatest celebrity cash-outs of all time.  But the deal's fine print reveals that she has been inflating the size and success of her business.
Politico:
Flynn urged Russian ambassador to take ‘reciprocal’ actions, transcripts show  —  Flynn's conversations with the ambassador were a key concern to FBI investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 election.  —  Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Flynn, Kislyak transcripts transmitted to Congress after DNI declassification
Discussion: The Hill
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump in Trouble  —  President Trump was disappointed.  Bad weather on Wednesday forced a delay in SpaceX's planned launch of the Dragon spacecraft, robbing the president of a prized photo opportunity.  He plans to attend the next launch window, scheduled for May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT …
Discussion: Fox News
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Inside an Extraordinary G.O.P. Event: ‘Pressing Flesh and Kissing Babies’ Again  —  At the South Carolina event, attended by Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, there were few masks and no social distancing — and that was the point.  —  CONWAY, S.C. — The first mention of the coronavirus pandemic was a joke.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Trump's Assault on Twitter's Free Speech Should Disgust Supporters of Citizens United  —  The president seeks to punish a corporation for engaging in political speech—and Citizens United's biggest defenders are cheering him on. … In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United …
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NBC News:
Troll farms from Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook  —  One of the largest publishers of coronavirus disinformation on Facebook has been banned from the platform for using content farms from Macedonia and the Philippines, Facebook said on Friday.
VICE:
Customs and Border Protection Is Flying a Predator Drone Over Minneapolis  —  Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is flying a Predator drone, military technology used for surveilling and killing terrorists abroad, over Minneapolis as protesters continue to demonstrate against police brutality …
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Gunshot fired into Republican field office during local Trump campaign event, RNC says  —  EXCLUSIVE: A gunshot was fired through a window of a Republican National Committee office in Mohave County, Arizona during a Trump Victory event Thursday night, GOP officials tell Fox News.
Denise Roland / Wall Street Journal:
Blood of Recovered Covid-19 Patients Is Becoming a Hot Commodity  —  Demand buoys blood brokers but challenges makers of antibody tests; $1,000 for one milliliter  —  The blood business is booming.  —  This normally obscure trade has been set alight by the race to develop Covid-19 antibody tests …
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios:
Exclusive: Cruz calls for criminal investigation of Twitter  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a letter Friday to the Justice and Treasury departments, is calling for a criminal investigation of Twitter over allegations the company is violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.
 
 
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Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
Trump's Audience of One  —  The new executive order targeting …
CNN:
Fact check: Breaking down Trump's 654 false claims over 14 weeks during the coronavirus pandemic
Amy Maxmen / Nature:
What the growing rift between the US and WHO means for COVID-19 and global health
Matthew Brown / Associated Press:
Investigators: US official used office to get son-in-law job
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Biden's split-screen opportunity
Discussion: Washington Post
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Border Wall Land Grabs Accelerate as Owners Shelter From Pandemic
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Courier-Journal:
7 shot in downtown Louisville at Breonna Taylor protest. Here's what we know
Discussion: CBS News, Breitbart and The Root
LZ Granderson / Los Angeles Times:
Police put a gun to my head at 12. Tired of reading about racism? I'm tired of living it
Discussion: Mediaite
Reuters:
Biden losing economic argument to Trump as U.S. begins to re-open
Discussion: NB Blog
Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Campaign Drops Fundraiser With Former Top Prosecutor on Mueller's Team
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Wisconsin reports record number of new coronavirus cases, deaths
 

 
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