Monday News Executive Summary

Above the Fold

According to The Washington Free Beacon, “The New York Times announced on Sunday the resignation of editorial page editor James Bennet in the wake of staff uproar over the paper’s publication of an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) calling for the use of military force against rioters.” Furthermore, “The Times also announced the reassignment of Bennet’s deputy, James Dao, to its newsroom from the editorial side. Dao on Saturday claimed responsibility for the publication of the op-ed.” So not only did the Times ridiculously apologize for publishing Senator Cotton’s op-ed — which the Times solicited, by the way — but the rag’s supposed miscreants are being penalized for it. This is the definition of dumb and dumber.
National Review writes, “Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey will seek state and federal aid to rebuild city structures following over a week of looting and rioting, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Friday. Some 220 buildings have been damaged and require at least $55 million in repairs.” Similar to how all whites are being unfairly blamed for perpetrating racism, Minneapolis unfairly wants every taxpayer across the nation to foot the bill for lawlessness.

Government & Politics

Joe Biden formally wins Democratic nomination to take on Trump (BBC)
Birds of a feather flock together: Anti-Trump deep-stater Lisa Page debuts as legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News (The Washington Times)
Searching Twitter for “racist” shows you President Donald Trump’s account (CNET)
Appeals court mulls making Hillary Clinton testify on emails (Politico)
Sen. Lindsey Graham says that he plans on calling former FBI Director James Comey and former deputy director Andrew McCabe to testify before his Senate Judiciary Committee (Fox News)

Culture & Heartland

Man charged with murder of retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn, who was killed during pawnshop looting (Washington Examiner)
Minneapolis bans police chokeholds (New York Post)
Majority of Minneapolis City Council signs pledge to disband police department (Washington Examiner)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejects city council’s push to defund police, despite veto-proof majority (Fox News)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces NYPD funding cuts and reforms (Washington Examiner)
Michigan Supreme Court throws out shutdown orders against barber Karl Manke (Detroit Free Press)
Infamous hate-crime hoaxer Al Sharpton to host August race rally in DC (Hot Air)
NFL apologizes for “not listening” to players about racism (ABC News)
Syracuse University invented evidence to find fraternity guilty of racial slur after investigation cleared them (The College Fix)
“We’re not doing guns”: Elmer Fudd stripped of rifle in Looney Tunes reboot (Washington Examiner)

The Latest on COVID-19

Study claims shutdowns prevented 60 million infections in the U.S. (The Washington Post)
Coronavirus cases on the rise in California, several other states (Fox News)
New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls after declaring on Monday it was free of the coronavirus, one of the first countries in the world to return to pre-pandemic normality (Reuters)
Sweden’s prime minister rebuked as COVID deaths ignite political anger (Bloomberg)

National Security

Trump directs Pentagon to pull 9,500 US troops from Germany by September (Fox News)
Marine Corps bans Confederate battle flag: Display of banner “presents a threat to our core values, unit cohesion, security, and good order and discipline” (The Washington Times)

Other Notables

New York City begins reopening (NPR)
Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall in Louisiana after churning up dangerous weather in the Gulf (Washington Examiner)
Dr. Anthony Fauci says protests are “a perfect setup” for a second coronavirus peak (The Daily Wire)
Russia declares state of emergency over Arctic Circle oil spill (USA Today)

Closing Arguments

Policy: George Floyd and what Martin Luther King Jr. really said about riots and “the language of the unheard” (Foundation for Economic Education)
Policy: The Black Lives Matter movement is deeply unserious (The Federalist)
Humor: Celebrities show solidarity with protesters by burning their own homes to the ground (The Babylon Bee)

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