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Steve King (Getty/Alex Wong)

Top 5 moments: Steve King Hall of Shame

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Police officers clash with protestors near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyd's death continue. - Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality. (Getty Images)

It can’t happen here — and then it did

Joe Saltzman - The Conversation
David Swaray, also known as Davey Dave, joined hundreds of protestors joined at the Government Center to support CAIR-Minnesota to call for the arrest of the police who killed George Floyd. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

The downfall of a president

Lucian K. Truscott IV
FILE - In this Saturday, May 31, 2014, file photo, members of the graduating class and faculty attend the Savannah College of Art and Design commencement in Atlanta. For the first time on record, living with parents is now the most common arrangement for Americans ages 18 to 34, an analysis of Census data by the Pew Research Center has found. The sharp shift reflects a long-running decline in marriage age, amplified by the economic upheavals of the Great Recession. The trend has been particularly evident among Americans who lack a college degree. (AP Photo/John Amis, File) (AP)

Graduation speech for an age of collapse

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
Protestors take part in a Black Lives Matter march (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

This movement deserves better media

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
George Soros (Getty/Sean Gallup)

GOP pushes new Soros conspiracy theory

Alex Samuels - The Texas Tribune
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden about restoring "law and order" in the wake of protests at the White House (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's eternal presidential campaign

Stephan Richter, Uwe Bott - The Globalist
US Senator Martha McSally (R) (R-AZ) speaks next to US President Donald Trump at a Keep America Great Rally in Phoenix, AZ, on February 19, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Fox poll spells doom for GOP in Arizona

Roger Sollenberger
An elderly man is knocked to the ground by two police officers (Twitter/@WBFO)

Shover cops suspended, whole squad quits

Roger Sollenberger
Susan Collins and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Susan Collins won't join Trump in Maine

Roger Sollenberger
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden about restoring "law and order" in the wake of protests at the White House (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump: "It's a great day" for Floyd!

Igor Derysh
Demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Capitol to protest the death of George Floyd (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Protesters aren't pandemic hypocrites

Amanda Marcotte
A casino employee cleans areas of the casino floor during a media tour of Bellagio hotel and casino reopening in Las Vegas, Nevada (BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Latinas hardest hit by COVID-19 slowdown

Alexia Fernández Campbell
A person gives aways face-masks to people during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis, near the White House, in Washington, DC (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Cops seize BLM mask shipment: report

Igor Derysh
US President Donald Trump holds up a bible in front of boarded up St John's Episcopal church after walking across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

John Dowd: Protesters are "terrorists"

Igor Derysh
U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr speak in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media (Doug MIlls-Pool/Getty Images)

Barr takes command: It's not good

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump holding up a bible | Protestors gathering across the street from the White House during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump sued for assault on protesters

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Two police officers take a knee during a demonstration by protesters in Times Square over the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Copaganda: Media still playing along

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump lashes out at GOP amid protests

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
Sen. Tom Cotton (ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rebellion at the New York Times

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Ukraine audit blows up Biden conspiracy

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
Robert Reich; Donald Trump (Getty/AP/Salon)

Robert Reich: Trump’s presidency is over

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is shown on a computer screen on Thursday, June 27, 2019, in New York. (AP/Jenny Kane)

When a president tweets

Stephan Richter - The Globalist
Protester with an ANTIFA flag draped over his shoulders during a rally (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

WH lies that bricks were Antifa setup

Igor Derysh
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