Today's News (2020/6/20): Fascism Fallout edition

There's a little COVID-19 in here too; the COVID-19 edition will have this as well, or, at least, the core story. But I'm putting it both places - the version here stresses the fascism side, the version there is mostly the raw quote.

1. Barr echoes Trump's concerns about mail-in voting, says it could 'open the floodgates of potential fraud'
2. Barr and Trump weaponising DOJ to challenge election results this November
3. Barr is attempting to do to Berman in SDNY what he did to Jessie Liu in DC - remove a US Atty with integrity and install someone he can control.
4. Meet Rosie Matlock from Oklahoma
5. Still don't buy Bolton's book, he doesn't deserve to profit from this
6. Judge Lamberth has rejected the Trump administration's request for injunction blocking further distribution of John Bolton's book.
7. Barr is involved in the dubious funding of the Trump 2020 campaign by foreign sources. This is all a lot worse than you realize.
8. Violent clash in Pittsboro over Confederate monument leads to warrant, assault charges [against neoconfederates]
9. Why it will be a tough climb to confirm anyone new to Berman's post before the November elections
10. Trump campaign cancels outdoor address due to zero outside turnout, blames protesters
11. Trump says if his people decide to get violent, they'll win
12. Trump rally turnout much lower than expected, I estimate 6600-6800
13. Trump says at rally that he ordered testing slowed because more testing makes the numbers look bad. White House official calls it "obviously a joke" afterwards.

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/6/20): COVID-19 Edition

Well, lots of people were accusing Trump of slowing testing intentionally, now he's said he did. White House officials called it "obviously a joke" shortly thereafter.

1. "If it is God’s will that I get coronavirus, that is the will of the Almighty"
2. Trumpist: "We had a friend who died from Covid... so we know it's real, but... you don't know what the facts are."
3. Another Florida record day. Added 4049 new COVID-19 cases overnight.
4. Trump at rally says he had testing slowed because the numbers looked bad.

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/6/20: Everything Else edition

Due to just being swamped with the Tulsa rally and the Friday Night Massacre coverage (which was a lot of work tbh) I'm not doing a Police Violence edition today. It will, of course, return.
Defund the police.

1. This was not a Biden rally. [Trump lied about a photo, now all his minions are RTing it forever]
2. Gay refugee who fled homophobic South Africa says Ireland’s reviled asylum system ‘denies fundamental human rights’
3. Homeland Security Services analyst Lee Jeffers identified as man who harassed, threatened 15 year old black girls
4. D.C.'s only outdoor Confederate statue has been toppled, and is now burning on the ground.
5. Fact check: Trump falsely claims 'insurance reasons' prevented him from entering St. John's Church
6. What Lithuania can teach us about grappling with Confederate statues
7. In honor of Juneteenth, a brief story about the America that almost was. [HORRIFYING THREAD. READ IT.]
8. U.S. "not going to allow Russia and China to continue" increasing nuclear weapons stockpile, top negotiator says
9. The goal of the UK's "LGB Alliance" sockpuppet is to replace Stonewall, the actual primary queer rights group in the UK.
10. Mike Pence Refuses to Say 'Black Lives Matter' in Juneteenth Interview
11. Putin concerned about arrangements with U.S. amid protests
12. It’s not even noon in Tulsa and police are arresting a peaceful protestor outside Trump rally

( The articles )