Today's News (2020/6/17): Everything Else edition

Not much in this folder today. Still, a few articles.

1. It was Trump's failure to attack Iran - not the litany of other instances of disturbing behavior, corruption, and impeachable offenses - that per Bolton was the real "turning point" for him.
2. Zoom admits to shutting down activist accounts at the request of the Chinese government
3. 12 false claims Trump has made about Obama since last month

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Today's News (2020/6/18): Fashism Flagged edition

The Facebook ad campaign was more obvious than just the one Nazi-used symbol. It's not that uncommon. But the fact that they placed 88 different ads with it, all starting with 14 words? That's less "dog whistle" and more "dog siren."

1. "Firefighter prophet" Mark Taylor claims Black men hanging themselves to prevent Trump's reelection.
2. Trump just spouted off one bizarre claim after another in a Wall Street Journal interview — here are the highlights
3. Facebook finally removed Trump campaign ads with inverted red triangle — an infamous Nazi symbol
4. In his WSJ interview, Trump spends nearly 300 words—unprompted—defending his walk down the ramp at West Point.
5. I don’t like John Bolton any more than you do. He’s a crank. He’s a snob. He’s a warmonger. One thing you can’t question, though, is his loyalty.
6. Parker Molloy has a theory about the Trump campaign's 1488 political prisoners ad campaign
7. Trump tweets modified CNN footage, flagged as "manipulated media" on Twitter
8. Criminal investigation into Phoenix Mayor
9. Elderly Buffalo Protester Getting Death Threats

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/6/18): Police Violence edition

The current end of Greg Doucette's long thread of police violence. There's some nasty stuff in there, be warned.

1. Portland police prohibit 'autonomous zone' from being set up
2. Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old Black man found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, say the man killed by LASD deputies earlier today in Kern County was Fuller's half-brother
3. Police Shot At A Man Who Filmed Them Tackling Protesters In Louisville
4. SF police officers were instructed not to use their body-worn cameras during last year’s illegal raid of journalist Bryan Carmody’s home and office, according to an internal department memo

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/6/18): COVID-19 edition

The April 21 plan proceeds apace. Here's Trump saying people wear masks because they hate him, here's Republican governors sabotaging pandemic control efforts, here's economic war against states who are trying, here's state starting to run out of ICU beds again.

1. Trump says some Americans wear coronavirus masks 'to signal disapproval of him'
2. Airline passengers refuse to wear masks, mayhem ensues
3. Inslee: 'Draconian' cuts in Washington state services if Congress doesn't help
4. Trump again increased his estimate of the final COVID death toll
5. This Trump supporter compared face masks to slavery while railing against her city council
6. AMC Theater CEO Adam Aron says their cinemas won't require masks upon reopening because they didn't "want to be drawn into a political controversy"
7. Multiple Florida Hospitals Run Out of ICU Beds as Coronavirus Cases Spike
8. Ricketts tells local governments they won't get federal COVID-19 money if they require masks

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/6/18): Everything Else edition

The LGB Alliance is getting more and more ludicrously anti-queer in general. Today it was out there saying being against same-sex marriage rights isn't homophobic.

This sockpuppet has a lot of holes in it now.

1. Coronavirus Is Killing Our Economy Because It Was Already Sick
2. Activist instrumental in the launch of the LGB Alliance linked to anti-abortion and anti-LGBT+ hate groups
3. LGB Alliance says it's not homophobic to be against equal marriage rights
4. Brett Kavanaugh walloped by John Roberts in ruling on Trump immigration policy
5. UK government preparing ‘shock and awe’ Brexit media campaign
6. Australia says it has been victim of ‘state-based’ cyber-attacks

( The articles )