I can, apparently, still be stunned by adequately callous evil.

I can, apparently, still be stunned by adequately callous evil.

Officers responding to this mass murder attempt by a semi driver - he plowed his tanker truck into a crowd of seated protesters at highway speed - thought it was important to slow down and spray random people's faces with mace along the way.

Both links are to video. cw: mass murder, police violence.

I legit didn't know that could happen anymore. I mean, I've watched fascists commit successful mass murders and seen cops execute people in the street. I thought I was done with this emotion. Apparently, I'm not. Not quite.

I think it's a particular kind of callousness combined with the right degree of obvious contempt that made it happen.

"We wouldn't even respond to this if we didn't have to, because we're just fine with what this guy did. But since we have to respond anyway, we may as well make sure you know how we feel."

I guess that's it.

I guess.

I honestly don't know.

Today's News (2020/6/1): Military Crackdown Edition

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Contact your representatives and senators and ask them what they're going to do about this.

Contact your governor and ask what your state will do to resist this, and what the plan is if the military fails to refuse an illegal order to send US troops against American citizens.

Now.

1. Trump says he will deploy military if state officials can't contain protest violence
2. Trump statement saying he'll send in US troops across the US
3. DOD's Esper: must "dominate the battlespace," referring to protests.
4. Twitter restricts tweet from Gaetz for glorifying violence
5. President Trump unloads on the nation's governors on a call
6. ‘Send in the troops’: Republican Marsha Blackburn wants the military to crush civil rights protests
7. Tom Cotton: "let's see how tough these Antifa terrorists are when they're facing off with the 101st Airborne Division"
8. Republicans need to reaffirm their commitment to republicanism over the use of force.
9. Park Police, MPs, DC national guard violent sweep peaceful protestors from street
10. Video: Australian news crew violently attacked by police while live on TV.
11. Video: DC police attacking news videographer live on TV
12. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs assessing the military presence.
13. How posse comitatus works, and why the Insurrection Act doesn't apply here.
14. Trump calls governors facing unrest 'weak' and 'fools,' urges stronger police tactics [EDITOR: Note, this is BEFORE the troop declaration]
15. Inslee rebukes Trump for calling governors ‘weak’ in not cracking down harder on protests over death of George Floyd
16. The most chilling aspect of Trump’s Monday night crackdown on law-abiding protesters

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/6/1): Police Violence, Sabotage, and Ratfucking Edition

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Ratfucking and sabotage, followed by police and rightist violence.

1. White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter
2. Lancaster officials say group of armed, white men infiltrated protests, instigated violence Sunday
3. Report: Over 100 Militant Groups Have Been Promoting Second Civil War on Facebook [Updated]
4. UNCONFIRMED: Police stashing bricks in Boston. Boston peeps, help out here?
5. How 'vehicle ramming' became a rightist tactic.
6. Louisville police, National Guard shoot and kill Black chef known for giving free food to cops & homeless
7. Louisville police chief fired after no body camera footage of shooting
8. This Weekend, Police Responded to Protests Against Police Violence With Even More Wantonly Brutal Violence
9. De-escalation Keeps Protesters And Police Safer. Departments Respond With Force Anyway.
10. you want a link to the stream where the huge chunk prior to this moment was 100% peaceful? this is a POLICE RIOT.

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/6/1): COVID-19 and Everything Else edition

Still a pandemic going on. Remember that?

Neat, huh.

1. Trump pulls US from WHO, also breaks up G7 meeting
2. Several cadets brought back for graduation at West Point test positive for Covid-19
3. "Pretty extraordinary filing by Judge Sullivan just now in the Michael Flynn case."
4. Judge in Michael Flynn case defends decision not to immediately drop criminal case
5. In new filing, Justice Department pushes for end to Flynn case

( The articles )