"Defund the police," without qualification, was a really dumb slogan to adopt. I realize it's hard to fault a movement of people for a thing, but I wish more people had the foresight to realize how quickly that premise was going to be a problem to defend. Something like "reform the police," or, "rebuild the police," would have been much more effective and easier to explain.
Reform the police is popular. Demilitarize the police is wrongly popular because the public are legally allowed to buy the same military gear and weaponry the police have, right-wing and alt-right groups not only have stockpiles of military gear+weaponry but have extensive training in using that gear and weaponry. Some eco-alt-left groups do as well but they don't use the gear the same way, they strictly target industrial infrastructure.
You would think everyone learned their lesson after the rightfully and thankfully metoo movement had their slogan used to attack them, that maybe an extreme slogan without any qualifiers maybe a bad idea. "Reform the police" would have been slightly better. I bet the Republicans is licking their chops to "defund the police" and replace them with private police forces like blackwater and paramilitary.
Defunding the police would be counter-productive. You can use it as a incentive to make departments conform to needed changes. But just to take the money away will only invite more problems and shittier cops. They are already under-paid. There are already not enough police. Police are already overworked and underweaponed. I do not hate the police. I hate the racism and the racists. Do not do to police the very thing we hate the most. Judging all people of one kind, by the actions of a minority. The key issues is accountability. There needs to be some very significant changes to make this happen. End or reform the Qualified Immunity doctrine. Make not only the offending officer answer and face consequences, by the ones that stand by and say nothing, and their superiors as well. Much more extensive training and periodic reviews are needed. Right now it take less training to be a cop than it does to be a hair dresser. This is how we end this problem. Not by scraping the entire system.
It's like the car breaking down and your solution is to get rid of it. That solves nothing. No different than Republicans saying, "there are welfare leechers to eliminate welfare".
Sadly the far left, and I’m talking about like the folks that are as far as you can possibly go, think we can just get rid of police, private healthcare companies, big banks, pharma companies, etc and everyone will be happy and have a livable income and all racism and crime stops.
Use logic, use reality and use common sense. When your solution is all or nothing, you usually end up with nothing.
Joe Biden crushed the entire Democratic field. He is a good candidate and is polling well. It's not what I expected eighteen months ago but it seems hard to dispute at this point.
Georgia Sees 2,500% Increase In Absentee Voting
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/georgia-absentee-voting-surge
To vote is to lobby, all vote are lobbies, all issues are lobbying, every demand for a candidate and elected official to act on something is a lobby, the act of voting is lobbying
GOOD: Democratic Party Does Not Support Defunding Police, now watch all the protestors refuse to vote, handing Trump the win.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/politics/biden-defund-the-police.html
SPOT ON: “As his criminal justice proposal made clear months ago, Vice President Biden does not believe that police should be defunded,” spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. Biden has called for an additional $300 million for community policing as well as funding for body cameras to be worn by police. He still supports strengthening the alternative measures that people wanting to defund the police do, but he opposes defunding as a means of paying for those enhanced systems. Considering that he is aiming for a national office and police can vary widely from region to region, his stance is perfectly reasonable. And only mentally ill deranged pro-crime terrorists support "defunding" the police.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/politics/biden-defund-the-police.html
Amazon Deforestation Soars as Pandemic Hobbles Enforcement | A rise in illegal deforestation heightens the risk of fires in the Brazilian rainforest even more destructive than those that drew global outrage last year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/world/americas/amazon-deforestation-brazil.html
Missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52911797
"S**thole" Countries Have Handled The Coronavirus Better Than The United States
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/developing-countres-coronavirus-united-states-global-south_n_5edaa785c5b6dc3de7b94546
The protests and the Black Lives Matter movement have destroyed the 48 hour news cycle. Instead of people shaking their heads and then going about life as usual, this story rightfully is not going away until the world changes.
https://twitter.com/perlmutations/status/1270041815756894216
Satellite data suggests coronavirus may have hit China earlier | Researchers say surge in cars at hospitals may indicate outbreak in fall. | Dramatic spikes in auto traffic around major hospitals in Wuhan last fall suggest the novel coronavirus may have been present and spreading through central China long before the outbreak was first reported to the world, according to a new Harvard Medical School study. Using techniques similar to those employed by intelligence agencies, the research team behind the study analyzed commercial satellite imagery and "observed a dramatic increase in hospital traffic outside five major Wuhan hospitals beginning late summer and early fall 2019," according to Dr. John Brownstein, the Harvard Medical professor who led the research. https://abcnews.go.com/International/satellite-data-suggests-coronavirus-hit-china-earlier-researchers/story?id=71123270
Did we really expect anything less than lies, deflection, and propaganda at this briefing though?
YEP, THANK YOU: Native Americans want to be included in race talks | A May report from the APM Research Lab found that the COVID-19 mortality rate for black Americans is 2.4 times higher than for white Americans. While the report acknowledged "limited and uneven data" regarding Indigenous populations, it stated that in New Mexico, which contains portions of the Navajo Nation, the Indigenous mortality rate is eight times as high as the white mortality rate. Rep. Barbara Bessette (D-Great Falls), a Chippewa Cree tribal member, said, like coronavirus, she views systemic racism as a public health crisis. "Minority communities have high health disparities, economic injustice and inadequate housing. This isn't about just one incident but a myriad of things. What's happening now is symptomatic of a much deeper 'disease,'" she told the Great Falls Tribune. As Floyd's death sparks an anti-racism movement, some Native Americans wonder if they will be included in conversations of injustice and change. Indian Education for All Instructional Coach Jordann Lankford said that while the growing movement provides an opportunity to discuss inequity, she is disappointed that other minorities have been excluded from the dialogue. "I fear people in Montana will see these things and see the riots and think, 'Well, that really doesn't affect Montana because we don't have a big black population here.' But it's not just a black and white issue — racial inequity affects all minority groups, and it needs to be an open dialogue, including everyone," she said. Craig Falcon, a Blackfeet tribal member who is running for council in Seville District No. 7, said that when it comes to conversations about racism, American Indians are often treated "like the forgotten stepchild of the family that no one likes." "The African American population often gets the spotlight on racism, but our struggle is very similar," Falcon said. "We also deal with racism on a daily basis, so this touches home for us, too. Native Americans are often dehumanized and portrayed as savages. It seems like we get forgotten because America is ashamed, or embarrassed about its treatment of us." | "This country is quite literally founded on stolen lands and the conquering of many peoples, thousands of tribes. But we have a small population; we don't have a large representation in media. As individuals and culturally, we are not as vocal. We haven't had a Dr. (Martin Luther) King or a Dr. Cornel West. We've had other scholars, activists and educators, but our voice is much smaller," he said. | He remembers the ransacking of the Bureau of Indian Affairs building, the burning of a courthouse in South Dakota and protests at Wounded Knee in the 1970s. He also attended Stewart Indian School, which, along with other boarding schools in the country, punished students for embracing their cultural identity. It's hard for Morris to reconcile new anti-racist movements with past injustices. He often wonders where the protesters were when he was fighting for equality. "We've had the Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, ethnic cleansing and genocide. This man didn't deserve to die, and it's very tragic, but where were these people when we needed them to stand?" he said. "Indigenous women, men and children go missing and are murdered every day ... where's the outrage for them? Where's the outrage for the generational trauma that people are still dealing with on reservations? We're still being forgotten."
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/native-americans-want-to-be-included-in-race-talks/article_5ba5b37d-c74e-508c-8ad6-942ac8a2508b.html
Trump’s EPA Just Defied a Court Order to Immediately Ban a Harmful Herbicide | In an extraordinary move, the EPA announced late Monday it would only partially abide by the court order. The agency agreed to halt sale and distribution of the chemicals, but gave the green light to farmers to spray fields with “existing stocks that were in their possession on June 3, 2020, the effective date of the Court decision.”
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/06/trumps-epa-just-defied-a-court-order-to-immediately-ban-a-harmful-herbicide/
Trump Spreads Baseless Conspiracy Theory That Video of Buffalo Cops Pushing Elderly Man Was Antifa ‘Set Up’. He claims he was an antifa plant, scanning police equipment with, something. Then tricked the cops into pushing him, so he could slam his own head into the ground and give himself a cerebral hemorrhage. Gotcha libs! The replies there link to conspiracies about it being a tube with fake blood. Because medics that eventually helped him wouldn't notice that? Or are they also Antifa? Everyone is Antifa. Paramedics, teachers, schoolkids, university lecturers, your pets.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-spreads-baseless-conspiracy-theory-that-video-of-buffalo-cops-pushing-elderly-man-was-antifa-set-up
Great Britain is about to go two full months without burning coal to generate power
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52973089
New voting machines cause lines and problems on Georgia election day
https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/new-voting-machines-cause-lines-and-problems-georgia-election-day/j8UMCg2RisHAyXSJltZ9hO/
Georgia's Primary Elections Quickly Descended into Chaos with Malfunctioning Machines, a Lack of Paper Ballots, and Hours-Long Lines at Polling Places
https://www.businessinsider.com/georgia-election-descends-into-chaos-broken-voting-machines-long-lines-2020-6
Do you remember when Republicans made fun of the Iowa caucuses and said Democrats can't run an election? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Marco Rubio will seek Senate reelection (2022), reversing pledge not to run
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/06/22/marco-rubio-will-seek-senate-re-election-reversing-pledge-not-to-run/
Georgia is using ballot-marking devices from Dominion Voting Systems statewide for the first time today. Voters are facing long lines and broken machines. We’ve filed over a dozen records requests to investigate Georgia’s voting machines and election security.
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1270411683505332224
Joe Biden: "Why in this nation do too many black Americans wake up knowing that they could lose their life in the course of just living their life? Why does justice not roll like a river or righteousness like a mighty stream? Why? Well, ladies and gentlemen, we can't turn away."
At George Floyd funeral, Dem TX Rep Al Green calls for "a Department of Reconciliation."
Leaked conference call shows Chicago aldermen weeping about the amount of damage from looting in their districts, as what little security the city had seemed to primarily guard the richest parts
https://news.wttw.com/2020/06/05/what-are-we-going-have-left-our-community-aldermen-react-panic-sorrow-unrest
My Dad used to say there's no greater sin than the abuse of power. Whether it's an officer bloodying a peaceful protester or a President defending him with a conspiracy theory he saw on TV. I'm a Catholic – just like Martin. Our faith says that we can't accept either.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1270409071250812930
“Members of the D.C. National Guard who were responding to protests in the nation’s capital over the death of George Floyd have tested positive for COVID-19, a spokeswoman said.”
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article243397056.html
Who needs a second wave when we just keep riding the first one?
Just watched Joe's video message to the Floyd family during the funeral.. it was incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyQlQWwOc0M
Bernie emerged from his cardiac ward in Burlington in an e-mail to supporters endorsing all deranged racist antisemitic leftist candidates against outstaning popular progressive Democrats
The Village People order Trump to stop playing 'Macho Man' and 'YMCA' at rallies
https://www.independent.co.uk//arts-entertainment/music/news/village-people-trump-macho-man-ymca-rallies-tweet-a9556251.html
Ah yes. YMCA. A song written to celebrate having a safe place where marginalized, abandoned young people can meet up. I can't imagine a less appropriate song for a Trump rally. What a perfect song to play at republican gatherings. This was my first thought as well. These people don’t even realize the symbolism behind the music they pick. To them, it’s just “catchy upbeat song #37”. Right wingers are famously incapable of analyzing art or understanding subtext. They thought the Colbert Report was serious. They thought Fight Club was pro-toxic masculinity. They think Bioshock is a video game about how cool libertarianism is. They think Fortunate Son is patriotic. Paul Ryan's favorite band was fucking Rage Against the Machine. Being a right winger in the 21st century seems to require a complete inability to understand the message of any media that you consume.
I've always believed in the power of storytelling to bridge cultural divides, to get readers to empathize with people they've never met, to help readers understand issues on an emotional level in a way that history textbooks can't. To me, art is the greatest weapon against ignorance.
Then I look at white supremacists and I think, "How do they not get that they are the Death Eaters!?" "Didn't they have to read 1984 in high school!?" "Did they watch Avatar and think, 'That Princess Azula's onto something!' " I literally cannot imagine living in today's media-obsessed culture and choosing to hate minorities. It's like an entire party is suffering from brain damage .It is so strange that this is the case. Every single conservative I know can't look past the surface level of literally any work of art.
Damn good for nothing hippie liberals... hey can I use your music real quick?
Trump is an Elton John fan and Elton John also told him to stop playing his music at rallies.
In all seriousness, the irony of popular songs played at Republican events that are the anthesis of Republican ideology while the willful ignorance to subtext un lue of the simplistic words really is on brand for Republicans.
Village People: Macho Man
Elton John: "Candle In The Wind," "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer," and "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
The Beatles: "Hey Jude"
Neil Young: "Rockin' in the Free World"
Queen: We will Rock You
Just those bands alone and who they are are almost opposites of the Republicans, but boy do they love to co-opt popular music of people they loath.
Bernie Sanders pushes back on idea of abolishing police departments | Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) distanced himself from the idea of abolishing or defunding police departments in a wide-ranging interview with the New Yorker published Tuesday, instead calling for more training and higher pay for officers as part of sweeping criminal justice reform. | "Do I think we should not have police departments in America? No, I don’t. There’s no city in the world that does not have police departments." | "What you need are — I didn't call for more money for police departments. I called for police departments that have well-educated, well-trained, well-paid professionals." | "And, too often around this country right now, you have police officers who take the job at very low payment, don't have much education, don't have much training—and I want to change that." | Sanders called for the "transformation of police departments" that pares back the responsibilities of officers as it relates to dealing with mental health or addiction issues. | Sanders said the issue of police brutality needs to be addressed in "a very, very aggressive way, pointing to a set of proposals he sent to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last week that seeks to establish independent police conduct review boards for departments and lower the standard for prosecuting officers. | We've got to start investing in education and jobs, not more jails, not more incarceration, and we have to hold every police officer in this country accountable for what he or she does. And when those police officers break the law and commit acts of murder or violence, they have got to be held accountable." | "I think we want to redefine what police departments do, give them the support they need to make their jobs better defined. So I do believe that we need well-trained, well-educated, and well-paid professionals in police departments." | "Anyone who thinks that we should abolish all police departments in America, I don't agree."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/bernie-sanders-is-not-done-fighting
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-calls-for-sweeping-reforms-in-senate-democrats-policy-response-to-police-violence
I don’t have a problem with anyone who supported someone else in the primary for policy reasons or because they thought we needed new blood. Those are legitimate reasons. But the smears on Joe’s character that came from within the party were and still are difficult to stomach. He is and always has been a fundamentally decent person, imperfect like all of us, but possessed of a compassion for others that informs his decision making and allows him to learn from his mistakes. That’s exactly the type of person we need in the White House to steer us back in the right direction.
I didn't support him in the beginning but it's powerful to me as well. He has empathy. He listens, and I mean he really listens. He doesn't just pretend. He cares. Of course sadly he knows loss all too well. NOBODY should ever have to bury a child, it's the most awful thing I can imagine. May the family of George Floyd find peace and meaning somehow. What a dreadful thing to happen to anyone.
I like that Joe went first. Traditionally the most prestigious speaker goes last. Joe gave the spotlight to the people who actually represent George Floyd’s community. That means something.
Just abandon this ludicrous "defund the police" slogan which is a massive gift to Trump. Even Bernie is not reckless enough to touch this drivel.
Mississippi lawmakers drafting resolution to take Confederate emblem off state flag
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/501861-mississippi-lawmakers-drafting-resolution-to-take-confederate-emblem-off
Brevard sheriff ‘embarrassed,’ suspends lieutenant who tried to recruit cops from departments accused of brutality
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-brevard-chapter-fraternity-of-police-apology--20200609-vzt6lv3zwrhiripnvrvxscqyoe-story.html
Georgia Legislature Announces Investigation Into Widespread Reports of ‘Election Irregularities’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/georgia-legislature-announces-investigation-into-widespread-reports-of-election-irregularities/
Rebuild and reform policing is probably a better way to quickly explain the movement. "Reform the police" sounds great. Everybody can get behind that. "Reinvent the police" is a good one that I've heard too. "Defunding" and "abolishing" are just turning a great idea into bad messaging.
There are center right and independent voters who support police reform, but can be turned away by rhetoric like "defund the police" and "abolish the police". If you want to build a coalition that can make lasting change, winning over these people is extremely helpful and such rhetoric just pushes them into the arms of the Republicans. There's no need to fight on such a rhetorical hill, especially when it doesn't accurately describe what people are calling for and requires constant explaining about what they actually mean.
In the sociological sense, recuperation is the process by which politically radical ideas and images are twisted, co-opted, absorbed, defused, incorporated, annexed and commodified within media culture and bourgeois society, and thus become interpreted through a neutralized, innocuous or more socially conventional perspective.[1][2][3] More broadly, it may refer to the cultural appropriation of any subversive works or ideas by mainstream culture. It is the opposite of détournement, in which images and other cultural artifacts are appropriated from mainstream sources and repurposed with radical intentions. The concept of recuperation was formulated by members of the Situationist International, its first published instance in 1960.[4] The term conveys a negative connotation because recuperation generally bears the intentional consequence (whether perceived or not) of fundamentally altering the meanings behind radical ideas due to their appropriation or being co-opted into the dominant discourse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuperation_(politics)
Martin Gugino is a locally well known Catholic peace activist, not an "Antifa provocateur"
New York Senate votes to repeal 50-A, making police disciplinary records public
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-legislature-50a-transparency-george-floyd-20200609-yew7soogazfmdg3cr3xlsbmwye-story.html
New York Senate Votes to Overturn 44-Year-Old Law Shielding Police Disciplinary Records: “New Yorkers will be better able to hold their police department accountable for misconduct committed in their communities,” says one advocate of repeal of provision 50-A (
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/new-york-senate-50-a-police-misconduct-1012357/
No Sign Of Antifa So Far In Republican-Controlled Justice Department Cases Brought Over Unrest
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/09/873278314/no-sign-of-antifa-so-far-in-justice-department-cases-brought-over-unrest
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-west-virginia-primary-elections.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-georgia-primary-elections.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-nevada-primary-elections.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-north-dakota-primary-elections.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-south-carolina-primary-elections.html
This is how fascism crumbles. Read this very important article from the Atlantic yesterday. We are making inroads: A dictator doesn’t maintain power on his own; he relies on individuals and institutions to carry out his orders. A successful democratic revolution prods these enablers to stop obeying. It makes them ashamed of their complicity and fearful of the social and economic costs of cont
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/how-regime-change-happens/612739/
Nobody believes Goodell is doing this for the right reasons, but the fact that he sees this as in his interest is telling. Once you go against Trump, to him, you're irrevocably gone, so Goodell's lawyers and PR team must have told him it was better to be against him than with him. And the NFL's people are much, much savvier than Trump's.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/goodells-black-lives-matter-moment-signals-trumps-weakness.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-video-roger-goodell-racism-black-lives-matter-players-employees-110927703.html
Just read somewhere they are thinking about replacing Goodell. Looks like some people can't handle the truth, most likely the owners. The owners are mostly white republican scum. Goodell himself has said that he'd retire at the end of his current contract which extends through 2023. I think the news of the owners vetting a replacement is just firing back up as a shit-stirring narrative. They probably should be vetting a replacement this far out considering how much stake they have in the league doing well. Goodell has made them an absolute shit ton of money and blasted off NFL's popularity since he became the Commissioner in 2006. I'm sure the owners are collectively unhappy with Goodell pulling the rug out from under them on this, but I can't imagine it'll result in an ousting.
Senate Republicans pretend they haven't seen Trump's tweet about Buffalo protester even when it's printed out for them
https://theweek.com/speedreads/918999/gop-senators-claim-havent-seen-trumps-tweet-about-buffalo-protester-even-when-printed
Dr. Fauci: An efficiently transmitted disease can spread worldwide in six months or a year, but covid “took about a month."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/health/fauci-vaccines-coronavirus.html
Former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was indicted today on charges of making false statements to federal authorities regarding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/harvard-university-professor-indicted-false-statement-charges
The arrest and indictment of Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, signaled a new, aggressive phase in the Justice Department’s campaign to root out scientists who are stealing research from American laboratories
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/health/china-nih-scientists.html
This drone footage shows a long line of voters waiting to cast ballots in Atlanta on Tuesday. Georgia election officials, poll workers and voters have reported major trouble with voting in Atlanta and elsewhere.
https://twitter.com/PodSaveAmerica/status/1270457851748573184
Meet Nikola, the speculative electric vehicle stock that traders believe is as valuable as Ford
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/09/meet-nikola-the-speculative-electric-vehicle-stock-that-traders-believe-is-as-valuable-as-ford.html
FCC fines insurance telemarketers $225 million for a billion robocalls
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fcc-fines-insurance-telemarketers-225-million-for-a-billion-robocalls
NAACP president declines to endorse ‘defund police’ movement
https://nypost.com/2020/06/09/naacp-president-not-endorsing-defund-the-police-movement/
In 1948, after World War II, the U.S. provided Western Europe with over $15 billion in aid. That is what is called the Marshall Plan. Since 1949, the Palestinians have received enough aid for some 30 Marshall Plans. Even in the late 1960s, the PA had already received more than enough aid to climb up the economic ladder. One would think all the anti-Israel racists would inquire about why little has changed for the Palestinians and where the money is going; especially if said organization has taken upon itself to wade into the Israeli/Palestinian issue.
https://www.unrwa.org/how-you-can-help/government-partners/funding-trends/donor-charts
Among the black civil rights leaders, those who are anti-Israel tend to see a similarity between their struggle and the Palestinian struggle. Beside the fact that the notion is absolutely false, it is intentional. Arab leaders have sought to hijack black narratives to legitimize their cause since the 60s. That is why Mahmoud Abbas refers to Israel as “racist,” and compares it to the Jim Crow laws America used to have. Such a propaganda campaign is only effective amongst the “color consumed.” If one is color consumed, all Israel’s enemies have to do is to get them to see Israel as a country of white Europeans. Virtually nothing else has to be done; the color consumed will fill in the blanks with that very bias. It’s why Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, calls Israel an “apartheid state,” though nothing in Israel resembles apartheid. To the black South African with unresolved hurt and bitterness from apartheid, not much else needs to be said.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/7-reasons-why-the-black-struggle-for-freedom-and-the-palestinian-crisis-are-absolutely-nothing-alike-by-a-black-man-whos-sick-and-tired-of-the-comparisons/
Fast-forward to the present day: the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) is one of the major partners of Black Lives Matter. In their policy platforms, they have an “invest-divest” section which, under “cut military expenditures,” it mentions Israel as a apartheid, genocidal regime that routinely arrest 4 year-old Palestinians. All lies, but they have taken their cue straight out of the SNCC playbook; a playbook, if one remembers, of out of unresearched and unverified libels and antisemitic stereotypes written by someone who had previous personal ties to Palestinians. From its beginning, BLM had an anti-Israel bias. From their earliest moments, “From Ferguson to Palestine” was a slogan taken up immediately following Michael Brown’s killing by officer Darren Wilson. The slogan read “From Ferguson to Palestine – Occupation is a Crime.” This feigned support is nothing more than a calculated effort by Palestinian leaders to divert attention away from how they are oppressing their people. And we know now that this is nothing new.
What adds insult to injury is that BLM does seek allyship from the Jewish community, so long as they are diametrically opposed to the Jewish state. Jewish people should not be expected to check their Zionism at the door in order to join arms with BLM. Jews should not be expected to do that, no more than a Kenyan should be expected to denounce Kenya, or a Brazilian be expected to denounce South America. Can black Americans even imagine joining a Filipino justice movement only to be asked to voice our denunciation of the civil rights movement in order to join? No. We would not. Imagine a justice movement for black South Africans that, despite having good people on the ground who may be unaware of the movement’s national positions, posited that slavery was voluntary, and that West Africans got on ships because they were excited to come to America and be worked to death. There is no scenario where a black American, upon finding this out, would be a part of such movement. It is mind boggling to fathom why anyone would expect anyone else to do the same.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-palestinian-appropriation-of-black-pain/
The Palestinian appropriation of black pain | We as black Americans need to stop letting people with no real interest in our well-being tell us how to behave toward our Jewish cousins
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-palestinian-appropriation-of-black-pain/
It’s weird that Democratic Party elected officials get relentlessly hounded about random social media fads, while congressional Republicans just weasel away from public statements by the President of the United States.
Florida police union head suspended after offering to hire officers facing misconduct claims
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/501927-florida-police-union-president-suspended-following
Judge blocks Virginia governor's decision to remove Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/501782-judge-blocks-virginia-governors-decision-to-remove-robert-e-lee-statue
Only six years ago, Congress was overwhelmingly pro-police militarization. Nancy Pelosi, Eliot Engel & 350+ lawmakers of both parties joined together to rightfully vote against Rep. Grayson's amendment to end transfers of military equipment to local police in 2014.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll329.xml
Greg Glassman says he is stepping down as the CEO of CrossFit. In a recording obtained by BuzzFeed News, he can be heard sharing wild conspiracy theories about George Floyd and the coronavirus
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1270503233660653568
Minnesota state troopers admit to "strategically" deflating tires during Black Lives Matter protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-state-patrol-deflated-tires-protests-george-floyd-black-lives-matter/
If we view the primary election as a dry run for November, then Georgia gets an F today.
NEWS: "Cops" was still airing. Cops TV show, which everybody thought was cancelled decades ago, was cancelled for real at Paramount Network
https://nypost.com/2020/06/09/cops-tv-show-canceled-at-paramount-network/
Major Fuel Spill in Russia’s North Spreads Toward Arctic Ocean | A diesel spill has released about half as much petroleum into the environment as the Exxon Valdez tanker accident in Alaska. The fuel is flowing toward the Arctic Ocean. Floating barriers hastily laid across rivers in the far north of Russia have failed to contain a major diesel fuel spill that has now spread to a lake near the Arctic Ocean and is threatening a nature reserve, a regional governor said Tuesday. The environmental disaster is unfolding far to the north of the Arctic Circle, in a marshy wilderness near the isolated mining city of Norilsk. Diesel fuel spilled from a tank that burst last week after settling into permafrost that had stood firm for years but gave way during a warm spring, Russian officials said. The accident, which environmental groups have compared to the Exxon Valdez tanker spill in Alaska in 1989, has highlighted the risks of industrial development in the thawing Arctic, where climate change is warming the environment at a rate about twice as fast as the rest of the Earth. The spill released about 150,000 barrels of diesel into a river, compared with about 260,000 barrels of crude oil released into Prince William Sound during the Exxon tanker accident, a touchstone for environmental damage from petroleum spills.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/world/europe/russia-arctic-oil-spill.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/world/europe/russia-oil-spill-arctic.html
The primaries still matter because it's all about getting as many pro-democrat delegates as possible represented at all the local/state/national democratic party conventions. Bernie is no longer viable, he's not even meeting the threshold to qualify for delegates, the number of Sanders delegates represented at the local/state/national level will be minimal, they won't have any influence on policy-making, and they will be dismissed as a delegate if they attack Biden or other Democrats. The results also prove Biden was broad support. Last time, Trump was merely a candidate, Democrats controlled the government, 99% of voters dismissed all the anti-Trump warnings as Democratic hype. With Trump president and Republicans in control, voters have pivoted hard to Democrats.
The leading contender, Jon Ossoff, earned national attention when he nearly flipped a House seat in a 2017 special election. If no candidate clears 50 percent of the vote, there will be a runoff. He's at 48.6% with several hundred precints and plenty of absentee ballots left to count.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-georgia-primary-elections.html
Antisemite Nabilah Islam was endorsed b AOC and was blown out. All the Sanders/Leftist candidates were blown out.
Republicans oppose extension of additional weekly $600 unemployment benefits, as forced unemployment remains in the double-digit millions during COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-opposes-unemployment-benefits-extension-2020-6
Brazil reported 32,091 new cases of coronavirus and 1,272 new deaths for the last 24 hours
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronaviruss-brazil-toll/brazil-reports-32091-new-coronavirus-cases-and-1272-deaths-idUKKBN23G357
Canada doubles weapons sales to Saudi Arabia - a country that has committed Holocaust-level war crimes and crimes against humanity in Yemen - despite moratorium
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/canada-doubles-weapons-sales-to-saudi-arabia-despite-moratorium
Georgia says 96% of ballots that were requested were delivered. Voters and local officials report many people did not receive them so they showed up in person (which means they have to vote with a provisional ballot and provisional ballots are almost always never counted). Vendor used by state says they sent out 100% of ballots. What happened? No one seems to know. What happened yesterday in Georgia is what Reublicans wants in November. Best of both worlds. Suppression of urban and minority vote to help them win. And enough confusion and chaos to allow them to question legitimacy of the count if they lose. Imagine an election meltdown like today's in Georgia, except in November (with twice the turnout rate), in a state poised to tip the presidential race & where non-white turnout is poised to decide the winner.
Last voter walked out at 12:37am! Technically it’s Wednesday. But the voting advocates groups refused to leave. They called the police on us but we told them we were not leaving until everyone voted. Why? Because @BlackVotersMtr
https://twitter.com/MsLaToshaBrown/status/1270590009809276929
Illinois mayor says he won’t resign after video shows him grabbing man by the neck at protest — There have been several calls for Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk to resign
https://www.wkbn.com/news/illinois-mayor-says-he-wont-resign-after-video-shows-him-grabbing-man-by-the-neck-at-protest/
Christopher Columbus statues toppled in Richmond, beheaded in Boston
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/501998-christopher-columbus-statues-toppled-in-richmond-beheaded-in
"Cops" hooked viewers and angered critics for decades. Now it’s canceled amid protests over police brutality.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/10/cops-tv-reality-cancel/
Tesla defied county orders so it could restart production. Days later, workers tested positive for the coronavirus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/09/tesla-factory-coronavirus/
This is extremely relevant and has to be thoroughly investigated. 2nd degree murder is the correct charge right now. But if you find these two had legitimate beef, pushing it to 1st may become possible. George Floyd and Derek Chauvin "bumped heads" while working at nightclub. Neither were scheduled at the same time but they did meet.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-floyd-derek-chauvin-nightclub-bumped-heads/
Trump administration illegally ends ban on murdering Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alaska-hunting/trump-administration-ends-ban-on-killing-alaska-bear-cubs-wolf-pups-idUSKBN23G33J
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability: Anyone else disgusted that Matt Gaetz sits on this committee? “But as it turns out, notoriety is about the worst consequence Gaetz, now 31, has faced from the DUI arrest. He didn't have his license suspended for a year when he refused the breath test — as Florida law dictates. And he didn't have that refusal used against him in a criminal proceeding. Charges against Gaetz were dismissed after events that included, among other things, the forced resignation of the arresting officer.” Not defending Gaetz whatsoever, but the police officer involved was later forced to resign after choking someone in a completely different incident and his fellow officers saying it was excessive force.
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/12/12/matt-gaetzs-2008-dui-arrest-resurfaces-after-jab-at-hunter-bidens-substance-abuse-heres-what-happened/
Chad Daybell the husband of Lori Daybell who is currently in police custody related to the disappearance of her two kids has been arrested and charges are pending. The police executed a search warrant on his home and it was announced a short time later that human remains have been found on his property that have yet to be identified. Tammy Daybell, Chad’s first wife, died suddenly at the Salem home in October. Chad and his new wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, are being investigated by the Idaho Attorney General’s Office for conspiracy, attempted murder and murder in connection to the death. Lori Daybell’s two children, Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan, have been missing since September, and Lori is in the Madison County Jail on two counts of desertion and nonsupport of a dependent child.
https://www.ksl.com/article/46762858/chad-daybell-taken-into-police-custody-as-officers-search-property
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/06/chad-daybell-taken-into-police-custody/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Tylee_Ryan_and_J._J._Vallow
Fucking disgraceful that Republicans called Hannity regular, Dan Bongino to testify. Dan Bongino is a complete maniac. This guy tweets every single day the date and how Obama is still the most corrupt President in history.
The judge presiding for Michael Flynn’s case was told by the former prosecutor he appointed to advise him that he should deny the Justice Department request and move towards sentencing Flynn. The former prosecutor, John Gleeson, who also is a retired judge, told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan that the Justice Department’s reasons for wanting the case dismissed were contradictory and were disproven by previous filings in the case.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/502066-court-appointed-former-judge-accuses-flynn-of-perjury-urges-court-to
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/michael-flynn-john-gleeson-amicus-filing-justice-department
I wonder where this 99% good cop stat comes from. Where is this study?
Is this just not a massive waste of time, with each side just wanking each other off? No opinions are going to change because of this, no in depth oversight is going on, it's just playing politics and seeking for a shit soundbite.
The wife of a former Putin ally has donated £325,000 to Boris Johnson's Conservatives as he continues to sit on a report into Russian interference. The wife of a former minister in Putin's government has become the biggest ever female donor to a political party in the UK. Lubov Chernukhin, who is married to ex-Russian finance minister Vladimir Chernukhin, gave £325,000 to the party in the first quarter of 2020. This reportedly included £45,000 for a game of tennis with Boris Johnson.
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-report-boris-johnson-conservatives-wife-former-putin-ally-2020-6
MLB owners and players agree on Opening Day July 10. Now owners have to decide how many games to play, and how much to pay. Why the end game in these contentious negotiations is upon us.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-06-09/mlb-owners-players-season-restart-89-games-prorated-pay-coronavirus
Trump's top economic adviser says he does not believe there is systemic racism in the United States. I find it amazing that despite all available evidence to the contrary -- and despite the testimony of black people in their own party, white Republicans continue to insist that they are the authority on whether something they would never experience exists: Larry Kudlow says he does not believe there is systemic racism in the United States at all. “I do not,” he says when questioned again.
George P. Bush is doing the only thing he can do to preserve his political future: Standing in absolute lockstep with Trump. In doing so, he’s backing a man who spent more than a year personally attacking his dad, mom, uncle & grandfather at every turn.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/george-p-bush-endorsement-donald-trump/index.html
As we talk about police reform prospects a reminder via Playbook: This admin “has failed to get a wall, a DACA deal, a gun overhaul, a Middle East peace deal, a comprehensive immigration accord and a health care package. These are all things the president promised.
I was a Special Agent with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. We once arrested a dentist for killing an endangered desert big horn sheep. He volunteered this: "I wanted to kill one before they became extinct." He thought this was a mitigating circumstance. It wasn't.
https://twitter.com/saintmaker52/status/1270760424582111235
The Fed has predicted they will keep interest rates close to zero through 2022
https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/1270783073853022211
Than why is my congressionally set gov't guaranteed student loan interest rate 8.25%. Huh.
https://twitter.com/mommydrank/status/1270784999986302976
The coronavirus is still killing as many as 1,000 Americans per day — but the Trump administration isn't saying much about it. It's been more than a month since the White House halted its daily coronavirus task force briefings.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/10/white-house-stops-talking-about-coronavirus-309993
In testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, Philonise Floyd in in tears as he talks about the death of his brother, George. He says that the video is "all people talk about" and it's everywhere he goes. "My family, they just cry, and cry every day."
“I’ve long predicted the president will be re-elected. I continue to believe that’s going to be the case,” Romney says, after saying he would not be voting for Trump lol
“Bad family situations” is such a racist dog whistle.
Nadler letting this dude go on forever while cutting off other witnesses.
"How do you ignore the white man's knee on the black man's neck for 401 years?"
Republicans state that no gun control is needed because criminals will still get guns. So then why have cops if criminals are still going to criminal.
Also about guns, Republicans: "IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE". Democrats: So let's fund more social services to help with the mental health issues that lead to shootings and cops not properly handling (murdering) people with mental health issues. Republicans: "We can't afford it, we need to give tax cuts to the rich"
Rev. Scott, what do you see in USA's future?
Rev. Scott: Jesus Christ is the future -
Nadler interrupts him. Overtime.
Gohmert: I guess we should have you via internet, then you can keep going. (refers to previous expert who went overtime).
Trump's campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The demand, coming in the form of a cease and desist letter to CNN President Jeff Zucker, was immediately rejected by the network. "We stand by our poll," said Matt Dornic, a CNN spokesman. The CNN poll conducted by SSRS and released on Monday shows Trump trailing the former vice president by 14 points, 55%-41%, among registered voters. It also finds Trump's approval rating at 38% -- his worst mark since January 2019, and roughly on par with approval ratings for one-term Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush at this point in their reelection years -- and his disapproval rating at 57%.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/trump-campaign-cnn-poll/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-chaotic-week/index.html
http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2020/images/06/08/rel6a.-.race.and.2020.pdf
I have to mute. I can’t listen to Lesko.
We need a national standard for police reform, clearly the individual communities cannot be trusted to do it right.
1. End qualified immunity
2. Open Police records to public
3. End no knock warrants/raids
4. 3 strikes you're out, 3 complaints means you turn in your badge
Too bad one good apple can't cure the whole bunch.
"I am offended that you took offense to my offensive comments. How dare you!" -Dan Bondigo, Infowars Fan
The NRA Has Spent Decades Warning About Police Crackdowns. Now They’re Utterly Silent.
https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2020/06/nra-police-protest-george-floyd-donald-trump/
“All life is precious!!” Except for all the people that they want to send back to work during a pandemic “for the economy”. And the kids in cages.
"In other words, it takes more training hours to be a hairdresser than to be a police officer." - Ted Lieu
All of the Republicans not waiting to speak have left. They don't care.
Can I send a cease and desist letter to Trump to end his fake presidency
Lie, con, fail to follow through, blame others, repeat
New York State Senate Judiciary Chair @BradHoylman calls today’s federal ruling banning ICE from conducting arrests inside courthouses a vindication of his bill meant to accomplish the same goal.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1270829047572987904
The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre, Axios has learned.
https://axios.com/zoom-closes-chinese-user-account-tiananmen-square-f218fed1-69af-4bdd-aac4-7eaf67f34084.html
Trump will hold a rally next Friday, June 19, in Tulsa. Mass protests across the country are planned on that day to commemorate Juneteenth, the annual holiday commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Meanwhile covid19 is rapidly increasing everywhere.
U.S. coronavirus cases have topped 2 million.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
.@bubbawallace will run a special paint scheme to honor #BlackLivesMatter
for Wednesday night’s race at @MartinsvilleSwy.
https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1270514401028853760
NASCAR bans the Confederate flag from its races and properties, saying the flag “runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all fans, our competitors and our industry.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/nascar-bans-confederate-flag-races-properties-71182718
Pelosi requests removal of Confederate statues from Capitol, including statues of Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens, former president and vice president of the Confederacy
https://twitter.com/tomlobianco/status/1270830591332810753
Former AG Holder says during a @GUPolitics event that if he could have talked to the originators of "Defund the Police" he would have said, "Let's rethink that phrase." "I agree with what they are saying in the sense that they are talking about reimagining" policing, he says.
https://twitter.com/merica/status/1270830330052857856
Federal Judge Declares ICE Arrests at Courthouses ‘Illegal’ in Huge Blow to Trump Administration
https://lawandcrime.com/immigration/federal-judge-declares-ice-arrests-at-courthouses-illegal-in-huge-blow-to-trump-administration/
As NBA and NBPA are finalizing terms on return-to-play plan today, there’s a faction of players discussing as a group whether restarting season in the Orlando bubble is a good idea. Several dozen players participated in a conference call in last 24 hours to discuss it.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1270832372691472386
The NBA and NBPA are expected to agree on a provision that wouldn't require players to restart the season, nor subject them to discipline for staying home, sources tell ESPN. The players would lose a portion of salary for those games missed.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1270832710404145158
Iowa State Fair is postponed for the first time since World War II
https://www.kcrg.com/2020/06/10/iowa-state-fair-cancelled-for-2020-first-time-since-wwii/
Trump says he will “not even consider” renaming Army bases that honor Confederate leaders who fought to protect slavery and uphold white supremacy despite nationwide reckoning over racial discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-he-will-not-even-consider-renaming-military-bases-n1229471?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np
The bases were not named as part of a post-war reconciliation effort but rather were named in the 1920s during a period when Confederate leaders had started dying off.
Jon Ossoff wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia primary election.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-georgia-primary-elections.html
U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco is expected to resign from his role as the government’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court in the coming days. Who will be picked to replace him seems to still be in flux.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/noel-francisco-solicitor-general/index.html
With the recent killings of African Americans by the police, the epidemic of this violence is again in the news. But, this history has existed since the formation of policing in America.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throughline/id1451109634
Lebron is right. We need to make sure everyone in this country has equal access to the polls. https://usatoday.com/story/news/2018/10/30/midterm-elections-closed-voting-sites-impact-minority-voter-turnout/1774221002/
https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1270878246771388416
Everyone talking about “how do we fix this?” They say “go out and vote?” What about asking if how we vote is also structurally racist? https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1270432672544784384
https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez/status/1270417632605454340
Took @MsLaToshaBrown 3hrs to vote today in GA. Then Brown drove over to predominantly white polling site in Atl suburbs
“I come over to this side of town, and white folks are strolling in. On my side of town, we brought stadium chairs.”
https://politi.co/3dMjQcI
W/@ZachMontellaro
https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez/status/1270417632605454340
Before being fired, the State Dept. inspector general was investigating why a prestigious award was yanked away from a Finnish journalist who’d criticized Trump on social media, officials tell NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fired-ig-was-probing-state-department-s-withdrawal-award-trump-n1229611?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np
LeBron James and Other Stars Form a Voting Rights Group | “This is the time for us to finally make a difference,” the N.B.A. superstar said of the new group, which will aim to protect African-Americans’ voting rights. | The organization, called More Than a Vote, will partly be aimed at inspiring African-Americans to register and to cast a ballot in November. But as the name of the group suggests, Mr. James and other current and former basketball stars — including Trae Young, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Jalen Rose — will go well beyond traditional celebrity get-out-the-vote efforts. | “Yes, we want you to go out and vote, but we’re also going to give you the tutorial,” Mr. James said. “We’re going to give you the background of how to vote and what they’re trying to do, the other side, to stop you from voting.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/us/politics/lebron-james-voting-rights.html
Trump has chosen as the venue for his first rally in months, Tulsa, Oklahoma, site of a horrific massacre of African Americans. And he has set the date for June 19th, Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.
Trump would get his military parade....Biden: Military will escort Trump out of White House if he loses election and refuses to leave
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-says-military-will-escort-trump-out-of-white-house-if-he-loses-election-and-refuses-to-leave
National Guard fired shot that killed Louisville restaurant owner
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/502116-national-guard-fired-shot-that-killed-louisville-restaurant
Men in KKK Hoods Carrying Trump Flags Interrupt Black Lives Matter Protest in Nevada
https://www.newsweek.com/kkk-black-lives-matter-protest-fallon-nevada-1510130
Top 5 states for #COVID19 new cases yesterday were all warm/hot weather states who are now in middle of air conditioning season. #CA, #TX, #AZ, #FL, #NC
#Texas easily set new record for most cases reported in one day with 2,437.
https://twitter.com/BillKarins/status/1271031146139340803
Cancelling Lunatic Ivanka: We stand with President Dr. Jay Golden of Wichita State University. Dr. Golden listened to the student voices’ and took action, which is one of the things that makes him a great university president.
https://twitter.com/WichitaStateSGA/status/1270739357541044224
Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night.
https://apnews.com/8404006d3106a82f15adea12e5c27147
Senate panel votes to require Pentagon to rename confederate-named bases
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/502218-senate-panel-votes-to-require-pentagon-to-rename-bases-named-after
I sincerely hope and pray Trump will be at Mar-A-Lago on election night and the results will clearly point to a Democratic victory and Trump will refuse to return to the White House altogether. I want him to be at Mar-A-Lago, decisively lose by 3am Wednesday morning, and respond to his handlers with, "I'm not going anywhere, I live here, I don't have to go back to the White House because I just lost re-election, since I'm already home I'm not going back there, fuck everybody."
This is a critical milestone. Two therapeutic antibodies are now in the clinic with more on the way. These drugs can be available in time for Fall under an EUA. We must prioritize manufacturing these at scale needed to have sufficient supply for a Fall/Winter resurgence in Covid:
#COVID19 Regeneron begins human trials of Anti-Viral Antibody Cocktail in 4 separate populations
- hospitalized patients
- non-hospitalized symptomatic pts
- uninfected people at high-risk of exposure (HCWs or first responders)
- uninfected people with close exposure to a patient
https://twitter.com/AndyBiotech/status/1271037891876196352
Republicans can’t win if they don’t cheat: Republican-controlled Iowa Senate passes illegal bill prohibiting secretary of state from mailing absentee ballot request forms
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/10/iowa-senate-passes-bill-limiting-secretary-state-paul-pate-absentee-voting/5337093002/
Goldman Sachs is trying to get federal prosecutors to ease up on the bank for its role in a brazen scheme to loot billions of dollars from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/business/goldman-sachs-1mdb-malaysia.html
We’re suing the Department of Justice for Attorney General Barr’s calendars, call logs, visitor logs, and texts. Barr has continually abetted the president’s attempts to politicize DOJ. Here are some examples:
https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-sues-justice-department-for-attorney-general-barr-records
Barr defended the use of force on peaceful protesters last week. Wednesday, more than 1,250 former DOJ workers called on DOJ’s Inspector General to investigate Barr’s role in forcefully clearing peaceful protestors from Lafayette Square on June 1.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/more-than-1250-former-justice-dept-workers-call-for-internal-watchdog-to-probe-barr-role-in-clearing-demonstrators-from-lafayette-square/2020/06/10/608827fe-aa73-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html
The Republican's 2020 platform censures the “current” president for, among other things, imposing “a social and cultural revolution,” causing a “huge increase in the national debt” and damaging relationships with international partners. Republican platform Trump & Republicans will use in 2020 40+ references attacking "the current" president. “The survival of the internet as we know it is at risk," it reads. "Its gravest peril originates in the White House."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/republican-platform.html
Ralph Northam: "I know these statues are causing a lot of pain, but pulling them down is not worth risking someone's life. So, let the local governments take the responsibility for taking these statues down safely."
https://www.c-span.org/video/?472989-1/virginia-governor-northam-coronavirus-news-conference
Dow plunges 1,600 points for its worst day in nearly 3 months
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html
Chicago police officers made popcorn and coffee in Rep. Bobby Rush's office while nearby businesses were being looted last month, he announced at a stunning news conference alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-police-looting-popcorn-20200611-je3afw3lxbhknicv37ijnncgkq-story.html
Caught In De Blasio's Curfew, Essential Worker Spends Week In Jail After NYPD Crushes Bronx Protest
https://gothamist.com/news/caught-de-blasios-curfew-essential-worker-spends-week-jail-after-nypd-crushes-bronx-protest
Unfortunately, Florida is experiencing a new surge in COVID-19 cases. I urge you to do everything you can to protect yourself and your neighbors. Wear a mask. Limit gatherings.
https://twitter.com/RepValDemings/status/1271109555108352002
Spike Lee Cautions Against "Defund The Police" Message, Warning Trump Tries to "Twist the Narrative" — "We've got to be careful what we say because one or two wrong words, they'll twist that thing around and the narratives change," the filmmaker warned.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spike-lee-cautions-defund-police-message-warning-trump-tries-twist-narrative-1297908
Video released of Chicago police 'lounging' at US congressman's office and making popcorn while nearby shops looted
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chicago-police-video-looting-bobby-rush-popcorn-lounging-a9561831.html
Trump’s planned rally in Tulsa, site of a race massacre, on Juneteenth is seriously blasphemous and terroristic
New York Gov. Cuomo says he supports New York City's statue of Christopher Columbus because it represents the "Italian-American contribution in New York"
https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1271121909187514369
A warning is now included when you sign up for Trump rally tickets: "By attending the Rally, you & any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 & agree not to hold Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; BOK Center; ASM Global; or any of affiliates..."
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1271192088667922434
"Every authoritarian regime will now point to the United States to justify targeting judicial institutions." - Chimene Keitner, professor of international law at UC Hastings College of Law told
https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-orders-sanctions-on-icc-prosecutors-probing-war-crimes-in-afghanistan/
Unbelievably, Republicans are voting against removal of Bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the KKK, from the Capitol. It’s 2020. The bust was installed in 1978.
Biden campaign’s decision to publicly challenge Facebook came after private discussions over six weeks, including btw Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon and top Facebook policy exec Nick Clegg, did not move company's stance on political speech
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-demands-facebook-crack-down-on-false-information-11591907150
Also note: what was once branded as “Keep America Great” rallies has now reverted back to “Make America Great Again” events amid a recession and a pandemic
Agreed, mentally ill deranged Democrats need to stop attacking unions: On an @AFLCIO call just now, Liz Shuler, the second-highest officer of the AFL, said that rather than separating from police unions, the federation should have police unions adopt "codes of excellence" in order to "create culture change in those unions."
https://twitter.com/hamiltonnolan/status/1271196802251964416
The White House built a wall to try to keep angry, fired-up Americans away. Protestors transformed it into a memorial of their grief and anguish.
https://news.yahoo.com/outside-the-white-house-fence-as-protests-mellow-the-question-becomes-whats-next-212411898.html
Deaths below 1,000 on a mid-week day, which is good news (that didn't used to happen very often). But otherwise... not so great. It's really looking more like a plateau than a decline.
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1271193479364911105
Ohio State Sen. Steve Huffman, a Republican, has been fired from his position as an emergency room doctor after using racist language to question whether people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus because of poor hygiene.
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/06/ohio-gop-state-senator-fired-from-er-doctor-job-after-using-racist-language.html
As coronavirus cases rise in many states and experts reiterate masks are essential - this is sobering. A before and after of a 20-something patient and the COVID damage requiring a double lung transplant
https://twitter.com/ChrisJansing/status/1271215500626984960
Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, discussed resigning amid criticism over his role in President Trump's controversial photo op at a Washington church, 3 defense officials familiar with the matter tell NBCNews
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joint-chiefs-chairman-milley-discussed-resigning-over-role-trump-s-n1230116?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
The Trump administration's tepid response to U.S. consulate worker Metin Topuz's 8-year sentence sends a damaging message to those abroad working with diplomats
https://www.courthousenews.com/white-house-silent-as-us-consulate-worker-gets-prison-in-turkey/
Most Americans oppose deranged "defund the police" movement and its key goals
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/64-americans-oppose-defund-police-movement-key-goals/story?id=71202300
Defunding the Police Is the Only Police Reform Americans Don’t Like
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/defunding-police-the-only-cop-reform-americans-dont-like.html
Mentally Ill Conspiracy Theorist QAnon Member favored to win U.S. House seat, Republicans refuse to remove candidate, Georgia Republicans fully support mentally ill conspiracy theorist pathological liar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-republican-and-qanon-believer-favored-to-win-us-house-seat/2020/06/11/f52bc004-ac13-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html
Lion cubs legs were purposely broken so he could not escape while tourists took selfies | A lion cub which was exploited by its abusers and used as a photo prob for paying tourists has to be taught to walk again after its hind legs were deliberately broken by torturers so it couldn’t run away. | Local reports stated that Simba’s health was declining rapidly because of the excessive beatings and torture he endured. He also suffered severe injuries to his spine and hips. | Although Simba’s life has been saved he has been left with permanent deformities and his abusers are yet to face any consequences for the abuse and torture they subjected the young lion cub to.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8406827/Russian-lion-cub-legs-broken-not-escape-tourists-posed-photos-it.html
https://dailycolumn.com.au/lion-cub-used-as-photo-prop-for-tourists-had-its-hind-legs-intentionally-broken-by-abusers/
At the end of March, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, set aside $8 billion for tribes. But the money came with restrictions. It can only be used to cover expenses that are "incurred due to the public health emergency." | Navajo President Jonathan Nez says the way to address this public health emergency is to make sure people can wash their hands with clean running water. "Over 30% of our Navajo people don't have running water," Nez says. "If there is a second surge or any future pandemics, it's very critical that we begin to plan for the future." | The Treasury Department is giving tribes until the end of the year to spend the money. But building water lines takes time. "It's literally impossible to have it completed," says Jason John, who manages the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources. John says each step must be approved by the tribal council and its federal counterparts. "Building water lines just to get it to construction, to bid it out and select the construction company that process takes between two to two and a half years alone," John says. "And then construction after that could take a year to a year and a half." | But building water lines is just the beginning. Navajo Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty says many basic needs on the Navajo Nation could help combat the coronavirus — electricity, more hospitals, doctors and nurses, better housing, broadband, grocery stores, agriculture and economic development. The Navajo Nation has the highest coronavirus infection rate per capita in the country.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/05/869949418/navajo-nation-stymied-by-cares-act-restrictions
“What are you signifying that you can kneel on a man’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds and feel like you wouldn’t get the wrath of God? That’s what is happening right now. It’s not for a single cop, it’s for all of it.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dave-chappelle-talks-george-floyd-death-new-netflix-special-he-n1230486?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_blk
Real trouble for Flynn at DC Circuit as Judge Henderson, a GHW Bush appointee who could be swing vote, says there's no reason Judge Sullivan can't have a hearing on the motion to dismiss the case....More coming...
https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1271438801525604355?s=20
Reptiles Suffer, Left to Die at Another Massive PetSmart Supplier Mill
https://investigations.peta.org/reptiles-suffer-petsmart/#takeaction
Trump hasn’t followed through on plan to withdraw US from WHO | Trump said US would immediately exit WHO on May 29 - it hasn't happened
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/trump-hasnt-followed-through-on-plan-to-withdraw-us-from-who/
Scientists Have Discovered Vast Unidentified Structures Deep Inside the Earth: Scientists combed through nearly 30 years of earthquake data to probe huge and mysterious objects near the Earth's core
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4zvw/scientists-have-discovered-vast-mysterious-structures-deep-inside-the-earth
Ivory trafficking has shifted to Cambodia after a crackdown on the illegal trade in China and neighbouring countries, according to a new report.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/stop-the-wildlife-trade-ivory-trade-china-cambodia-animal-trafficking-a9562941.html
Senator Tammy Duckworth: Our Black Servicemembers Deserve Better Than Military Bases Named After Confederate Officers
https://time.com/5852951/duckworth-rename-military-bases/
Voter turnout soared in Georgia despite massive primary day problems | Democrats cast close to a million votes in the Senate primary, more than triple the number in the 2016 primary.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/voter-turnout-soared-georgia-despite-massive-primary-day-problems-n1230806
Mississippi's state legislature is debating whether to keep the stars and bars on their state flag (w/ the Republican speaker of the house supporting the effort, showing it's not a clear partisan divide everywhere)
https://mississippitoday.org/2020/06/09/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-with-speaker-gunns-blessing-pushes-to-change-mississippi-state-flag/
Gov. Bill Lee will no longer have to proclaim Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee now that both chambers of the legislature have passed a bill releasing him from the requirement.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/10/bill-lee-no-longer-proclaim-nathan-bedford-forrest-day-tennessee/5336437002/
"An investigation into whether Rep. Alcee Hastings had an improper relationship with one of his aides was dropped following the disclosure that he has been married to the staffer since January 2019, according to a statement by the House Ethics Committee."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/12/alcee-hastings-ethics-probe-315615
Texas—one of the first states to lift pandemic restrictions—had the largest increase in new cases, 1,945 on June 9 compared to 1,053 on May 26.
https://fortune.com/2020/06/10/coronavirus-cases-rising-texas-arizona-florida-utah-9-states-covid-19/amp/
FAA Warns of Tail Strikes, Off-Course Flying by Near-Empty Jets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-12/faa-warns-of-tail-strikes-off-course-flying-by-near-empty-jets
They're doing this on the fourth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting (and during Pride Month). I support eliminating "transgender" protections (transgenders are a mixture of mentally ill and criminally mysongist and sexual predators) but the irony is not lost on me:
https://washingtonblade.com/2020/06/12/trump-admin-makes-final-rule-allowing-anti-trans-discrimination-in-health-care/
Facing tremendous public and political pressure -- and sometimes even threats to their safety - at least 27 state and local health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 13 states
https://apnews.com/8839ed5e94eea718304820218919738e
A federal appeals court appears reluctant to order Judge Emmet Sullivan to immediately dismiss the guilty plea of Michael Flynn, suggesting courts have the authority to review whether Justice Dept. moves to drop a prosecution are "in the public interest."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/justice-department-bid-to-abandon-michael-flynns-conviction-goes-before-appeals-court/2020/06/11/dc4580c4-ac00-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html
Being vague is the point. He lets his nasty ass racist human centipede followers fill in the blanks: Trump says Abraham Lincoln 'did good' for the Black community but that 'the end result' is 'questionable'
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-lincoln-did-good-black-community-end-result-questionable-2020-6
Building ramparts of secrecy around a $600 billion coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has moved from delay to denial in refusing outright to disclose the recipients of taxpayer-funded loans
https://www.salon.com/2020/06/12/jaw-dropping-corruption-mnuchin-refuses-to-disclose-which-businesses-got-taxpayer-backed-bailouts/
Tennessee Lawmakers Vote To Keep KKK Leader’s Bust In Capitol
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tennessee-capitol-to-keep-forrest-bust_n_5ee23012c5b6625b095bb628
It took three and a half years but finally a nickname that hurts him. Bunker Boy will be on his political tombstone.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/joe-biden-trump-ad-bunker-george-floyd-protests-2020-election-a9563106.html
Woke Rog is something else: National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell, in a league-wide memo obtained by CNN, announced on Friday the NFL will be closing their league offices (making it a league holiday) on June 19th for Juneteenth, a day which commemorates the end of slavery.
https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-to-observe-juneteenth-as-league-holiday
Trump reschedules Tulsa rally after criticism of overlap with Juneteenth
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/502573-trump-reschedules-tulsa-rally-after-criticism-of-overlap-with-juneteenth
David Bowie has some questions and criticisms about MTV’s lack of videos featuring black artists in this 1983 interview with Mark Goodman. Two years before, Bowie had been one of the faces of the network's "I want my MTV" debut promotion. Here, the role of interviewer and interviewee switch when Bowie ask VJ Mark Goodman why the station didn't play more black artists. A defensive Goodman tries to explain programming: "We have to try and do not just what we think New York and Los Angeles will appreciate, but also Poughkeepsie or the Midwest, pick some town in the Midwest that will be scared to death by Prince (who we're playing) or a string of black faces and black music." "That's very interesting; isn't that interesting?" Bowie responds. Goodman continues: "We have to play the music that an entire country is going to like." Falling back into the then-official reason MTV used for not playing black artists (it's a "rock and roll" station), Goodman wonders what a group like the Isley Brothers or Spinners would mean to a 17-year-old. Bowie seizes on that notion to ask, "I tell you what the Isley Bros or Marvin Gaye mean to a BLACK 17-year-old -- and surely he's part of America as well." Goodman agrees. Calling Goodman's POV as "rampant" (negative/racist) in American media, Bowie asks,"Should it not be the challenge to try and make the media far more integrated, especially, if anything in musical terms?" Goodman says it's happening; MTV's now playing more white groups that have a black sound! The look on Bowie's face: Priceless. Ironically, within weeks of this exchange, MTV is playing Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"; nothing would ever be the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGiVzIr8Qg
Was there an overnight conversion or, was it, as the story goes, that CBS (Jackson's label) threatened to pull all their videos unless MTV played Michael Jackson. So, how does this nearly 40-year old interview help explain systemic racism?
Because Goodman would never consider himself racist (and no reason to believe he is), but he admits that decisions were being made that intentionally excluded black artists due to the existence of racist sentiments SOMEWHERE: They could be as close as Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) or as far as "some town in the Midwest" with residents who are scared, not of black music, per se, but "black FACES." As we would say today, this is saying the quiet part out loud. This is an example of an institution (corporation), acting in its financial self-interest using the existence of racism as its rationale.
Now, take that and expand it, because it's not a unique occurrence. Famed comic book writer and editor Jim Shooter, who broke into the medium as 13-year-old tried to introduce a black character into DC's Legion of Superheroes (which had green, orange and other-hue beings) in 1965. His editor shut it down, because of fears of Southern markets not taking the book. This fear kept DC from even putting a black character on a cover for years. Point being, once you get enough individuals OR "institutions" (independently) acting in a way that is exclusionary to someone of another race, not because that individual or institution is racist but because of an awareness that racism somewhere else will have a deleterious impact on that organization's bottom line (revenue), that is systemic racism.
It's fair to say, well, 1965 was 55 years ago. '83 was 37 years ago. Times have changed a whole lot. True. For one, the culture IS far more diverse (too much so, some might say). But, let's go to the end of the Bowie interview; Goodman discusses differences in eras: "It's not like it was in '67, when you'd say, 'I'm not into that, but you are and that's cool.' Now, it's, 'You're into that? I don't like YOU.' And that's scary." Want to know what's scary? How much those words perfectly fit today's temperament.
Police union says new bill criminalizing chokeholds and releasing disciplinary records will leave them "unable to do the job." Speaks volumes as to what they think their jobs are.
https://twitter.com/NYCPBA/status/1271513850186215424
A 70 year old coronavirus survivor in Seattle has received a hospital bill charging him $1,122,501.04 for life saving healthcare. The bill is 181 pages long.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/inspiring-story-of-seattle-mans-coronavirus-survival-comes-with-a-1-1-million-dollar-hospital-bill/
Hundreds of partiers converged on St. Marks Place in the East Village Friday night — coronavirus pandemic be damned.
https://nypost.com/2020/06/12/hundreds-pack-st-marks-place-to-drink-despite-coronavirus/
Secret Service reverses previous denial, says one agent used pepper spray against protester
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-reverses-previous-denial-says-one-agent-used-pepper-spray-against-protester/2020/06/13/b29f6638-adac-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html
Fox News ran digitally manipulated, scaremongering images of the Seattle protests that a photojournalism ethics expert panned as “disgraceful propaganda.”: Fox News runs digitally altered images in coverage of Seattle’s protests, Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/fox-news-runs-digitally-altered-images-in-coverage-of-seattles-protests-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/
Folks, we can beat these guys, but I need your help:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/djfs2020?refcode=sm06
Younger white men who are angered (and probably threatened) by women of color with any power are also part of the problem. Just saying.
This is in Oaxaca in Mexico. A 16 year old was murdered by Municipal Police. This is how his teammates and family honored him. Scoring His Last Goal. Soccer was his passion.
https://twitter.com/davealmy/status/1271819191415214080?s=20
The good news is that deaths remain well below their peak. It's not clear why that is:
1. Could be because deaths lag infections (i.e. they'll begin increasing later)
2. Could be that new cases are hitting mostly younger populations
3. Could be that better treatments are helping
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1271918863450595338?s=20
This is a *lot* of new cases. The most since May 14. It's *also* a lot of tests. Seems likely though that infections are growing in a number of Southern, Western and Southwestern states even once you control for test volume. Other states still improving.
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1271918093514805248?s=20
Fucking idiots: The Denver Public Schools Board of Education has voted unanimously to end its contract with the Denver Police Department that provides school resource officers to the district.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/dps-contract-with-dpd/73-a55f3ad8-54e4-4c72-bdbb-8becb4d93f7c
Over 115 meat-processing plants in 19 states have reported outbreaks of Covid-19, yet plants are reopening. We FOIA’d the CDC for records — including communications from the White House — about Covid-19 outbreaks in meat-processing plants.
https://www.americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_document_keyword=meat-processing
Beijing recorded roughly 50 new coronavirus infections over the weekend, and now officials are shutting down the capital anew, reimposing "wartime-like" measures to keep a fresh recurrence at bay. "Beijing has entered an extraordinary period." The outrbeak is tied to an outdoor meat market where live animals are murdered.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-coronavirus-outbreak-tied-to-huge-market-sparks-resurgence-concerns-11592141786
This is insane. Republicans have, for years, taken disproportionate advantage of absentee ballots. Now they’re burning absentee ballot applications in protest?!? By sullying absentee voting to his own tribe, Trump may wind up burning himself and too bad
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2020/06/13/trump-supporters-burn-michigan-absentee-ballot-applications/111958524/
If MLB and the MLBPA can't agree to play more than the 50-ish games the commissioner will force on them in 2020, it will be sad for everybody. The best thing to do is cancel the rest of the NBA season and the entire MLB season.
Trump loses 2 pivotal allies in his anti-kneeling crusade: NASCAR and the NFL
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/14/trump-nfl-nascar-kneeling-crusade-316528
Vegans Eat Well, Best Cookies Ever, been buying their cookies for 16+ years
https://www.alternativebaking.com/
A freshman Virginia Republican congressman who angered Republicans in his district when he officiated a gay wedding has lost his party’s nomination | U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman lost the Republican convention Saturday that was done via drive-thru because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was defeated by Bob Good, a former official in the athletics department at Liberty University. Riggleman, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, upset many Republicans in his district last summer when he officiated the wedding of two male campaign aides.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gop-congressman-officiated-gay-wedding-loses-primary-71241851
Lindsey Graham praises Joe Biden in campaign ad
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/lindsey-graham-praises-joe-biden-in-what-might-be-the-best-campaign-ad-ever-according-to-harvard-prof-2020-06-14
The coronavirus won’t be loosening its grip on the U.S. any time soon, infectious disease experts said on Sunday. Experts have estimated that without a vaccine, about 70% of the population will need to be infected and develop immunity to stop the spread.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/14/health/coronavirus-summer-spread.html
The Trump campaign lawyer is sharing a poll that’s says Trump is statistically tied with Biden in Arkansas — a state Trump won in 2016 by 27% to say a CNN poll showing Trump is losing nationally is fake.
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1272276252905418753
Trump campaign touts a poll showing the President up by 2 in Arkansas. He won it by 27 in 2016.
https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1272275262705631234?s=20
They make billions off it and distribute the worst of it every day: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan say they were “deeply shaken and disgusted by President Trump’s divisive and incendiary rhetoric.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-disgusted-trump-rhetoric.html
None of 400 arrested in Washington during George Floyd protests show ties to Antifa or extremist groups, D.C. officials said
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/among-more-than-400-arrested-during-protests-in-the-district-most-cases-involve-curfew-violations-and-burglary/2020/06/14/ef7e2e82-ac93-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html
Body camera footage released by Atlanta police shows Rayshard Brooks appearing good-humored and largely cooperative with two white officers for about 40 minutes during an encounter that ended with Brooks being fatally shot by police.
https://apnews.com/e5741e6b7d1a3c9be991201d21b90e13
Lindsey Graham praises Joe Biden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Xpwyd4aMM
Woman hatches ducklings from supermarket eggs
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/14/uk/waitrose-eggs-hatched-gbr-intl-scli/index.html
Eating eggs is murder and cooking eggs is murder. GO VEGAN. LET ANIMALS LIVE. END THE ANIMAL EXPLOITATION INDUSTRY. END ANIMAL BREEDING.
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