Today's News (2020/6/4): Fascism Flush Edition

Once again, the hits keep coming as I try to get this thing ready to post. NEW YORK BE AWARE: COPS CAN NOW HOLD PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. EXPECT SEVERE ABUSES.

Also, key point: Fox News is now all-in, pushing the protests as an insurrection and "war on police," and leaning hard into "they're coming to YOUR SUBURB to BURN YOUR HOUSE and KILL YOU" propaganda. Maybe they're all Boogaloo Boys now.

1. Trump Confronted Defense Chief Esper Over Comments on Protests
2. Andrew McCabe blisters Rod Rosenstein as ‘willing accessory’ to Trump’s efforts to ‘rewrite history’ of Russia probe
3. The moral myopia of the New York Times
4. The New York Times is not a platform, and they put real resources into making Tom Cotton fit to print.
5. The Christians Who Loved Trump’s Stunt
6. White House deletes tweet that falsely identified synagogue anti-terrorism barrier as tool of terrorists
7. Michelle Malkin suspended from Twitter for demanding "looters" be shot
8. Prosecutors: 3 men plotted to terrorize Vegas protests
9. Law enforcement deployed in/to DC we’ve seen/reported:
10. Minneapolis & Outside Agitators
11. Fox News: "Black Lives Matter is planning to train armed militia for war on police"
12. Tom Cotton’s ugly screed hints at the terrible backlash to come
13. Andy Ngo sues Rose City Antifa, others for $900,000
14. Newsroom Breaks Into Open Revolt After New York Times Publishes Call for Military Crackdown
15. Troop presence in DC "meant to create the impression that the White House is under siege from domestic terrorists."
16. Barr says there was "no correlation" between his decision to clear Lafayette Square and the president's walk through the park a few minutes later.
17. We can make this the tipping point
18. More promotion that this is an insurrection and "war against police" from Fox News.
19. Barr seeks to subdue D.C. protests by ‘flooding the zone’ with federal firepower
20. NYC Has Become A Dystopian Novel: What Happened After 8pm Curfew [EDITOR: IMPORTANT REPORT. Insight into NYPD strategy.]
21. Trump wanted footage of Americans who disagree with him being scattered, of violence pushed upon them. That's the photo-op he wanted.
22. Trump statements on policing
23. White House fortifies security perimeter ahead of continued protests
24. Breaking: NYS Judge James Burke rules NYPD can now keep anyone (peaceful protestors arrested for curfew and criminal looters) detained for over 24 hours

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Today's News (2020/6/4): Police Violence and Intimidation Edition

Police are starting to harass people for talking about or covering/reporting on police violence. Also, New York police seem to have a new tactic of working to exhaust and intimidate protesters by keeping them from being able to go home, even when trying to. Watch out for that elsewhere.

1. Police: 110 hours training on firearms and self defence; 8 hours on conflict resolution; hairdressers between 1500 and 2000 hours to practice. Digest that.
2. [SEATTLE] Seattle police chief vows changes in crowd-control tactics
3. [NEW YORK CITY] NYPD Says Looters Are Stashing Bricks. Brooklyn Locals Say Otherwise
4. [SEATTLE] Emergency notification system: Seattle curfew LIFTED
5. [FLORDIA] ‘You’re dead’: Watch an ex Florida deputy threaten to shoot George Floyd 'rioters'
6. [HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA] A Huntsville police lieutenant justified using a "chemical agent" (i.e. tear gas) on peaceful protesters because he said the police department didn't want to "roll the dice" to see if the protest would turn violent.
7. [IOWA CITY] Iowa City Police shot tear gas at peaceful protestors who had their hands up [EDITOR: The video is pretty clear here and it's confirmed by other tweets]
8. [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Opinion: His name is Justin Howell [EDITOR: This one is really bad]
9. [TACOMA, WASHINGTON STATE] ‘Can’t breathe:’ Tacoma police restraint of Manuel Ellis caused his death, medical examiner reports
10. [NEW YORK CITY] The Sergeants Benevolent Association is openly telling its members that they are fighting a "war on New York."
11. [ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI] St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden Is Done Messing With Jeff Roorda
12. [PITTSBURGH] Pittsburgh, PA: police show up at a woman's doorstep the next day after she posts video of them shooting and beating protestors for sport
13. [STREAMWOOD, ILLINOIS] Streamwood, IL: police show up on a kid's doorstep because he posted on social media that there would be a peaceful protest later that night
14. [MINNEAPOLIS] Another Minneapolis city council members calls for dismantling the police
15. [NEW YORK CITY] Police open fire on queer bar giving first aid and washing pepper spray out of Black Lives Matter protesters’ eyes
16. [SEATTLE] Research Says Violent Cops Cause Violent Protests
17. [MINNEAPOLIS] WashPost reporter over in a traffic stop for knocking on the door of the police union's leader.
18. [CHICAGO] Police attack car full of people stopping at mall
19. [DENVER] DPD shoot and gas a car w/ pregnant woman, repeatedly.
20. [NEW YORK CITY] NYPD have custom fake taxis to arrest people trying to go home
21. [ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA] Fact check: Police did destroy a medic area during protests in Asheville, North Carolina
22. [NEW YORK CITY] Cops Turn Violent on Queer Protesters in Manhattan
23. Police say they can't do their jobs unless they can commit lethal violence at will without consequence
24. [NEW YORK CITY] More Than 400 Current And Former Members Of The De Blasio Administration Say The Mayor Is Failing At His Job
25. [SEATTLE] Seattle Residents Got Tear Gassed in Their Own Apartments
26. [NEW YORK CITY] Three police attack, beat man on bicycle
27. [NEW YORK CITY] Medical Workers Fighting COVID Say Cops Are Attacking Them

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Today's News (2020/6/4): Racism, Corruption, and Anti-Queer Action Edition

UPDATED. If you saw only eight articles, reload this page.
Still a bit of a potpourri, if I'm to be honest about it, but important nonetheless.

1. State Dept undersecretary tried to ‘bully’ inspector general into dropping Saudi arms deal investigation: report
2. Trump cites Dallas beating to governors, leaves out details [EDITOR: MUCH WORSE than headline indicates]
3. This Gay H.S. Senior Barred From Walking at Graduation for Wearing Pants
4. Rev. Robert W. Lee IV, great-great-great-grandnephew of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, thrilled that General Lee statue is coming down.
5. Seattle Seahawks HC Carroll: Kaepernick owed 'tremendous amount' for protesting racial oppression
6. LIVETWEET: Court hearing right now of the murder of #AhmaudAubrey
7. Trump claimed again in May that private equity CEO Stephen Schwarzman told him it's impossible for Hunter Biden to have secured Chinese investments without improper influence. A Schwarzman spokesperson says, as she did in 2019, that he has never talked about any Biden with Trump.
8. Threatening notes left at houses with Black Lives Matter signs [CW: DEATH THREATS, THREATS OF VIOLENCE]
9. The Trump administration just asked the Supreme Court to make it legal to ban same-sex couples from adopting

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Today's News (2020/6/4): Covid-19 Edition

Yes, it's small, but, well - the pandemic isn't over! At all!

1. Man Behind Sweden’s Controversial Virus Strategy Admits Mistakes
2. Tyson reinstates policy that penalizes absentee workers
3. RNC expands convention search across the Sun Belt [EDITOR: Looking for a city willing to host it Trump's way, very specifically, as if COVID-19 doesn't exist]
4. Coronavirus: Public health experts urge police to stop using tear gas during the pandemic to prevent spread

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