Today's News (2020/7/12): Fascism and Police Violence edition

And it's only mid-July.

1. Robert Mueller: Roger Stone remains a convicted felon, and rightly so
2. Debunking 12 lies and falsehoods from the White House statement on Roger Stone's commutation
3. The worst president ever keeps getting worse
4. Trump Allegedly Suggested Selling Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria Approached
5. If you want someone to stay loyal to your cult, you could do worse than demanding the impossible of them: "I can do $IMPOSSIBLE_THING and so will you, if your faith is pure."
6. Stone Walks Free in One of the Greatest Scandals in American History
7. Barr recommended Trump not give Stone clemency: report [EDITOR: I'm hesitant to report this because it's shite. Barr doesn't give a fuck about right and wrong, he also needs to be impeached. This is just part of the "see I'm reasonable" act as he covers for Trump's corruption and fascism.]
8. Barr 'decapitates' third U.S. attorney's office looking at Trump
9. Twelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship in a second term
10. THREADS: QAnon is an Augmented Reality Game where the problem of content generation has been solved. That's why it's popular. TWO threads, both linked.
11. SEATTLE: When reporters get arrested in Seattle and get a view from inside the criminal justice machine
12. I did not fully appreciate the issue with "most cops don't live in the neighborhood they police" until seeing this [EDITOR: VIDEO BUT WORTH YOUR TIME.]

( The articles )

Today's News (2020/7/12): COVID-19 Edition

Just the two editions today, but I think they're enough.

1. Op-Ed: People ask me if I’ve recovered from COVID-19. That’s not an easy question to answer
2. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos calls on schools to reopen despite CDC guidelines that say children meeting in groups can put everyone at risk
3. Fauci is sidelined by the White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic
4. American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map)
5. GREAT WHITE Plays Concert In North Dakota With No Restrictions In Place: No Social Distancing, No Masks (Video)
6. At fraternities, an alarming spike in cases
7. As death toll rises, pressure mounts on governors to pass mask requirements
8. Larry Brilliant on How Well We Are Fighting Covid-19
9. ‘You can’t do that’: Chris Wallace scolds Betsy DeVos for trying to illegally cut off school funding
10. Trump-quote annotated COVID case graph by Fipi Lele

( The articles )

The Arc of Conflict, Saga 17: The Knight, the Squire, and the King in His Castle

Katya Volskaya's government in Russia has destroyed the omnium Koschei, and held their own against the Gods of Oasis. But with Jesse McCree having upset a precarious balance, Lena, Hana, and Sombra have intervened in Russia's rising civil war. Now, what little stability Overwatch had managed to maintain seems on the verge of disintegration...

...Torbjörn is relieved that Reinhardt is leaving Nepal, and particularly relieved that he is taking Brigitte with him.

Of Gods and Monsters: The Arc of Conflict
Saga 17: The Knight, the Squire, and the King in His Castle
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