WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: "Don't Call in the Troops" AP/MINNEAPOLIS : "On the spot where George Floyd died, his brother urges calm," by Aaron Morrison in Minneapolis: "'I understand y'all are upset. I doubt y'all are half as upset as I am,' said Terrence Floyd, who lives in New York. 'So if I'm not over here blowing up stuff, if I'm not over here messing up my community, then what are y'all doing? What are y'all doing? Y'all doing nothing. Because that's not going to bring my brother back at all.'" THE NYT shared its front page on Twitter at 9:45 p.m., and the banner headline read: "AS CHAOS SPREADS, TRUMP VOWS TO 'END IT NOW'" … This elicited some angry responses. Rep. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ (D-N.Y.) tweeted: "You've got to be kidding me." TJ DUCKLO of the JOE BIDEN campaign tweeted: "This is absolutely embarrassing, and also utterly unsurprising." -- AS OF THIS MORNING, the front page carried a different banner headline: "TRUMP THREATENS TO SEND TROOPS INTO STATES" AROUND THE COUNTRY … STAR TRIBUNE: "Tensions on streets slowly ebb in wake of George Floyd's death" … ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: "'Mayhem': 4 police officers shot during long night of violence and destruction in St. Louis" … LAT: "Looting in Van Nuys, Hollywood, as curfew begins in L.A. County" THE STEP BACK … NYT'S MARK LEBOVICH: "Trump Vowed to Disrupt Washington. Now He Faces Disruption in the Streets": "One of the recurring themes of the last three and a half years is that President Trump has disrupted Washington, just as his voters demanded. This is true in a certain sense: The Trump White House has been a chaotic drama, a procession of scandals, leaks, investigations, feuding protagonists and trampled norms. "But one of the overlooked realities of the reality show is that the day-to-day existence of so-called official Washington has felt anything but disrupted. This gilded capital has actually been a serene and lovely place to live, work and visit, at least for those who can afford it. The trend has only accelerated through what until recently was the booming economy of the Trump presidency. "These last months, though, have been something else entirely. The reality has relegated the TV maestro in the White House to something of a sideshow." NYT TUCKER! … via Matthew Choi: "Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host, expressed dismay at President Donald Trump's leadership on Monday, criticizing the president's handling of mass protests that have engulfed cities across the country and singling out an influential member of his family. "Carlson, who often uses his show to ardently defend the president and attack Trump's foes, lambasted the nation's leaders across the political spectrum for letting protests get out of hand. He also went after Jared Kushner, saying 'no one has more contempt' for the president's supporters than Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser. He accused Kushner of breaking starkly from Trump's platform and talking Trump out of taking decisive actions." THE VIRUS GETS A VOTE -- "Mass protests could undo hard-won progress in pandemic," by Alice Miranda Ollstein, Brianna Ehley, Dan Goldberg and David Lim: "Mass protests over police brutality have shuttered coronavirus testing sites, complicated efforts to track people who have been exposed and set off fears among local officials that the unrest could spark fresh waves of virus infection. "Testing sites in Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Illinois closed after violence broke out over the weekend, limiting cities' ability to track the virus just as thousands of people participate in crowded demonstrations across the country. "It comes at a risky time. Public health officials are already worried about caseloads rising and hospitals filling as states reopen and people venture out — sometimes in defiance of ongoing social distancing guidelines. And many of the neighborhoods affected by the violence are already bearing a disproportionate burden of the epidemic, as black Americans are getting sick and dying at far higher rates than white Americans." POLITICO OH YEAH … TODAY IS PRIMARY DAY: "Mass upheaval and pandemic spell trouble for Tuesday's mega-primary," by Zach Montellaro: "Holding an election in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic is tough. Holding an election as civil unrest sweeps across the country during that pandemic could be seriously problematic. "Election officials will have to grapple with that very challenge Tuesday, when voters in nine states and the District of Columbia vote by mail or head to the polls for primaries. Several cities set to hold an election have seen massive protests, at times spiraling into looting and violence. "With widespread curfews keeping residents in their homes and some ballot-return locations shuttered, some voters could end up disenfranchised, voting rights activists warned." POLITICO -- "Republicans Fear Trump's Criticism of Mail Voting Will Hurt Them," by NYT's Trip Gabriel: "Republican officials and strategists warned that if a wide partisan gap over mail voting continues in November, Republicans could be at a disadvantage, an unintended repercussion of the president's fear-mongering about mail ballots that could hurt his party's chances, including his own. "In Pennsylvania, Iowa, Indiana and New Mexico, all states voting on Tuesday that broadly extended the option to vote by mail this year, a higher share of Democrats than Republicans have embraced mail-in ballots." NYT THE PRIMARY WASHINGTON IS WATCHING … BOSTON GLOBE: "Kennedy, Markey spar at TV debate Monday," by Victoria McGrane and Matt Stout: "In the midst of mounting national crises, Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III reemerged on the debate stage Monday, their sights trained on seemingly different targets: Kennedy going after the incumbent he's trying to unseat and Markey going after President Trump. "Kennedy, 39, leaned into the generational divide between himself and the 73-year-old Markey, arguing that the state needs to move on from the 'same folks' who've made decisions the last 50 years. Markey, for the most part, sidestepped attacks from his opponent and focused his fire on Trump. … "In one of the sharpest exchanges of the night, Markey pushed back on questioning from Wu that implied he doesn't spend much time in Western Massachusetts, or the state generally, when he isn't running for reelection. Markey has faced accusations he actually lives primarily in a house he owns with his wife in Maryland, not his childhood house in Malden. … "Kennedy piled on, saying when he spoke with an unnamed elected official in the region, the official told Kennedy he had been seen in Western Massachusetts more than Markey over the past year. 'I was here — twice,' Kennedy said. 'That is absolutely untrue,' Markey charged. 'If it was true, then all these mayors would not have endorsed me. I am there for them.'" | 
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