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6:15 PM ET, May 30, 2020

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ABC News:
Protest live updates: 'If you can say you can't breathe, you're breathing', mayor faces comments backlash  —  Over 1,000 additional National Guard troops are being activated Saturday.  —  The death of George Floyd, a black man who was seen pinned down in a video by a white police officer and later died …
Discussion: Twitchy, The Hill and Star Tribune
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CBS News:
Minneapolis protesters defy curfew in fourth night of unrest  —  Protesters in Minneapolis defied curfew orders as firefighters worked to put out fires across the city in the fourth night of unrest over George Floyd's death.  —  CBS Minnesota reports they were battling fires at businesses.
Sergei Klebnikov / Forbes:
Every Person Arrested In Saint Paul Last Night Was From Out Of State, Mayor Says  —  Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, along with mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter, on Saturday condemned violent protests in the state, blaming organized outside groups for promoting unrest, while also announcing …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
What Top Conservatives Are Saying About George Floyd and Police Brutality  —  For those on the right whose usual instinct is to stand up for law enforcement, the stark video showing Mr. Floyd being fatally pinned by a police officer raises conflicting feelings about the incident.
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Beast and The Week
James Laporta / Associated Press:
Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis  —  DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis …
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Protests Flare in Brooklyn Over Floyd Death as de Blasio Appeals for Calm  —  Demonstrators stormed the perimeter of Barclays Center, hurling bottles and debris at police officers.  The police responded with pepper spray and arrested more than 200 people.  —  Protesters angry over the death …
Associated Press:
As Minneapolis burns, mayor takes heat for the response
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:   The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes
Tess Owen / VICE:
Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War
Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:
Gov. Walz to ‘fully mobilize’ the National Guard for Floyd riots
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Appeals for Calm as Sprawling Protests Threaten to Spiral Out of Control
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:   Minnesota Bolsters Law Enforcement as Protests Roil U.S. After George Floyd's Death
NBC News:
FBI's top lawyer, Dana Boente, ousted amid Fox News criticism for role in Flynn investigation  —  After a 38-year career with the Justice Department, the FBI's top lawyer Dana Boente was asked to resign on Friday.  Two sources familiar with the decision to dismiss Boente said it came …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Think Outside the Box, Jack  —  Trump, Twitter and the society-crushing pursuit of monetized rage.  —  WASHINGTON — C'mon, @Jack.  You can do it.  —  Throw on some Kendrick Lamar and get your head in the right space.  Pour yourself a big old glass of salt juice.
Greg Wilson / Fox News:
Fox News crew harassed, chased by angry mob while reporting on protests outside White House  —  An angry mob of rioters stoked by the death of a black man at the apparent hand of a Minneapolis cop turned its rage on a Fox News crew early Saturday, chasing and pummeling the journalists outside …
Eric Ting / SFGATE:
Federal Protective Services officer shot and killed in Oakland, FBI says  —  A Federal Protective Services officer was shot and killed Friday night, the FBI reports, as protests and riots took place in the city of Oakland.  —  In a statement, the FBI stated the shooting occurred …
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CBS San Francisco:
Updated: Security Officers Gunned Down At Oakland Federal Building; DHS Official Calls Gunman ‘An Assassin’
Discussion: Disrn and New York Post
WXYZ-TV:
Man killed in shooting not involving police, several arrests made at large protest in Detroit
Discussion: NPR, Breitbart and COURIER
Theo Keith / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Jail records show most arrested in Minneapolis riots have Minnesota addresses  —  MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The overwhelming majority of people arrested in connection with the Minneapolis unrest have Minnesota addresses, a search of the online Hennepin County Jail log shows.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Brandon Stahl / KARE-TV:   KARE 11 Investigates: Records show arrests so far are mostly in-state
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Launch provides Trump moment to relish during difficult week  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated on Saturday the first launch of American astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade, marveling at the power of the rocket ship and the danger faced by its passengers …
Discussion: Politico, Fox News and Breitbart
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Marina Koren / The Atlantic:
SpaceX Pulled It Off
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Verge
Washington Post:
All U.S.  —  The number of people reported to have died of the novel coronavirus in the United States surpassed 100,000 this week, a grim marker of lives lost directly to the disease, but an analysis of overall deaths during the pandemic shows that the nation probably reached a similar terrible milestone three weeks ago.
Shellie Sylvestri / WAVE-TV:
LMPD officer fires pepper balls at WAVE 3 News reporter during Louisville protest  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - WAVE 3 News reporter Kaitlin Rust appeared to have been hit by pepper balls reportedly fired by an LMPD officer during a protest in downtown Louisville.
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
CNN host Chris Cuomo's viewership has plunged by HALF since he contracted coronavirus after segments with brother Andrew were panned as ratings stunts  —  CNN host Chris Cuomo's ratings have plunged 49 percent in the two months since he announced he'd contracted coronavirus, data from Nielsen Media Research shows.
Discussion: Instapundit and New York Post
Joe Lockhart / CNN:
Now is the moment to sign Colin Kaepernick  —  Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst.  He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration.  He co-hosts the podcast “Words Matter.”  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
 
 
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WCMH-TV:
Rep. Joyce Beatty, Columbus City Council President Hardin pepper-sprayed during protest
Discussion: The Hill, WTRF-TV and fox8.com
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Barr: DOJ will take action against crossing state lines for “violent rioting”
Discussion: ABC News, Townhall and The Hill
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
New York's nursing home horrors are even worse than you think
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Iowa Is Back in Limelight With Closely Watched Political Primaries
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump has given record proportion of ambassador jobs to his own backers
CNN:
From AIDS to Covid-19: Trump's decades of spreading dangerous misinformation about disease outbreaks
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Kris Kobach Is Back, and a Kansas Senate Seat May Be Up for Grabs
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Joe Biden Challenges White Americans
Keith Cowing / NASA Watch:
Eric Trump's Brother-In-Law Is The New Deputy NASA Chief Of Staff. Seriously.
CNN:
North Carolina governor: Trump insisted on full convention with no face masks or social distancing
Discussion: KDFX-TV and Washington Post
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country