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6:45 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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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 Week and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
Mia Bloom / Just Security:
Far-Right Infiltrators and Agitators in George Floyd Protests: Indicators of White Supremacists  —  When anyone studies the Middle East for as long as I have, you become practically immune to conspiracy theories.  The word in Arabic “muamarrat” is pervasive and after hearing my whole adult life …
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
This is why Colin Kaepernick took a knee  —  Two knees.  One protesting in the grass, one pressing on the back of a man's neck.  Choose.  You have to choose which knee you will defend.  There are no half choices; there is no room for indifference.  There is only the knee of protest or the knee on the neck.
CBS News:
Minneapolis protesters defy curfew in fourth night of unrest
James Laporta / Associated Press:
Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Trump rips White House protesters, says “vicious dogs” were ready
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Violent protests are not the story. Police violence is.
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
Wall Street Journal:   Minnesota Bolsters Law Enforcement as Protests Roil U.S. After George Floyd's Death
New York Times:   A Justice Dept. Skeptical of Police Abuse Cases Vows to Investigate Floyd Death
New York Times:
Appeals for Calm as Sprawling Protests Threaten to Spiral Out of Control
Discussion: The Week
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  —  Hennepin County Jail records show the vast majority of those arrested for rioting, unlawful assembly and burglary are Minnesotans.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — In casting blame on those responsible for the worst damage from the riots …
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
USA Today:   ‘There are anarchists’: Minnesota officials say ‘outside agitators’ are hijacking peaceful protests
Associated Press:
As Minneapolis burns, mayor takes heat for the response
Discussion: Politico
Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:
Gov. Walz to ‘fully mobilize’ the National Guard for Floyd riots
Discussion: Vox and Axios
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 …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Days of Discord, a President Fans the Flames  —  Mr. Trump has presented himself as someone who seeks conflict, not conciliation, a fighter, not a peacemaker.  And he has lived up to his self-image at an inopportune time.  —  WASHINGTON — With a nation on edge, ravaged by disease …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:   Trump Threatens White House Protesters With ‘Vicious Dogs’ and ‘Ominous Weapons’
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Barr: DOJ will take action against crossing state lines for “violent rioting”
Discussion: ABC News, Townhall and The Hill
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 …
CBS San Francisco:
Updated: Security Officers Gunned Down At Oakland Federal Building; DHS Official Calls Gunman ‘An Assassin’  —  OAKLAND (CBS SF) — As tensions began to soar on the streets of Oakland Friday night, a gunman opened fired on two Federal Protective Service officers posted at the city's federal building …
Discussion: Disrn and New York Post
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Eric Ting / SFGATE:
Federal Protective Services officer shot and killed in Oakland, FBI says
WXYZ-TV:
Man killed in shooting not involving police, several arrests made at large protest in Detroit
Discussion: NPR and Breitbart
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: Fox News, Politico 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
 
 
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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
Joe Lockhart / CNN:
Now is the moment to sign Colin Kaepernick
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:
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
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