Today's News (2020/6/27): Fashism Feckless edition

Since item 4, #TraitorTrump has been trending since this news broke.

1. An image that speaks volumes about the degree to which FOX has infiltrated the Government.
2. Reform or rebuild, these steps must be taken to end police impunity.
3. Armed Protest Scheduled For Saturday Planned By Member Of The Kentucky National Guard
4. Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says [EDITOR: And the Trump administration has done nothing in response]

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Today's News (2020/6/27): Police Violence edition

Police are still rioting.

1. Law Enforcement Scoured Protester Communications and Exaggerated Threats to Minneapolis Cops, Leaked Documents Show
2. ‘A problem that we need to solve’: Harris takes on policing
3. "we call ‘em pain compliance"
4. Plan advances to allow dismantling Minneapolis Police Dept.
5. Richmond, Virginia, last night - this single clip shows two people targeted with flash grenades directly in the face, one of whom is the photographer.

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Today's News (2020/6/27): COVID-19 edition

Some of us never forgot there was, you know, a pandemic.

1. As COVID-19 spreads in Spokane, Inslee visits and meets unmasked resistance
2. Virus cases surge among the young, endangering older adults
3. In 2 a.m. vote, NC lawmakers target coronavirus measure on wearing masks in public [EDITOR: This headline is misleading. It's Republicans. As always.]
4. North Carolina's [Republican] lieutenant governor says he will sue [Democratic] Gov. Roy Cooper over his coronavirus executive orders [EDITOR: The Lt. Governor (Dan Forest) is running against Governor Cooper this year, to replace him]
5. Reopening Setback: San Francisco Delays June 29 Openings Of Salons, Museums Over Rising COVID-19 Cases
6. Birthday party leaves 18 in Texas family with coronavirus
7. Co-founder of ReOpen Maryland says he has tested positive for coronavirus
8. The Dudes Who Won’t Wear Masks
9. American Airlines will book flights to full capacity
10. How can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem?
11. "Heroes, Right?"
12. One-third of Black adults know a COVID-19 victim
13. Pence raises US death projection to 240,000. Trump administration has continually raised the projection over time.
14. A Horrifying U.S. Covid Curve Has a Simple Explanation

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Today's News (2020/6/27): Everything Else edition

Mostly these are sub-fascism level Trumpian horrors, but it's not just that.

1. Trump administration seeks to drill on more than two-thirds of nation’s largest swath of public land
2. Fact check: Trump falsely claims Biden, who has committed to the debates, is trying to get out of debating
3. Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare
4. It’s like appointing an arsonist to lead the fire department...
5. Trump Mulls Ending Heads-Up to Congress on U.S. Weapons Sales
6. Trump Tuesday: "We will always protect people with pre-existing conditions." Trump Thursday: Explicitly argues to Supreme Court that ACA’s preexisting condition protections should be killed.
7. ‘We’re just tired of what’s going on:’ Metro employees protest racial bias at transit agency
8. I spent tonight at the new occupation in Lower Manhattan, not so far from Occupy Wall Street

( The articles )