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Collected Item: “DC Mayor Fights For Control of Her City”

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DC Mayor Fights For Control of Her City

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News Article

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Amid tensions with the president over his deployment of federal officers during protests, Washington’s mayor had “Black Lives Matter” painted near the White House in an unmistakable assertion of control.

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#ASU, #HST580, #SocialJustice, #NoJusticeNoPeace, protest, Black lives matter, BLM, George Floyd, politics, Trump

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/politics/muriel-bowser-trump.html?fbclid=IwAR1qEcvgd7-Pu1L_HEHUTE6MLkJROIV6-bXcKPHzp5PFE4crSD7DgOS0vfQ

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The New York Times, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Jennifer Steinhauer and Kenneth P. Vogel

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2020-05-05
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