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Amanda Marcotte | Red-State Reopening Has Been a Disaster - and Republican Hopes for a Comeback Are Collapsing
Cafe opening after Covid 19 lockdown. (photo: Adobe)
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Excerpt: "Reopening stores and restaurants won't save the economy with the caseload spiking, and even Republicans know it."
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Participants in the 32nd annual Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles on Jan. 16, 2017. (photo: Ronen Tivony/AP)
Participants in the 32nd annual Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles on Jan. 16, 2017. (photo: Ronen Tivony/AP)

Trump Moves to Kill Obamacare on Same Day US Hits New COVID-19 Infection Record
Meagan Flynn and Tim Elfrink, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court late on Thursday to overturn the Affordable Care Act, telling the court that 'the entire ACA must fall.'"
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Police officers behind a barricade look on as protesters fill the street in front of Seattle City Hall. (photo: Elaine Thompson)
Police officers behind a barricade look on as protesters fill the street in front of Seattle City Hall. (photo: Elaine Thompson)

Why the City of Seattle and Their Police Department Is in Trouble
Adam Andrzejewski, Forbes
Andrzejewski writes: "George Floyd protesters have occupied for the last several weeks a 'police-free' Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone within Seattle's East Precinct. They want city officials to defund the police and reallocate resources to neighborhoods."
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President Trump at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin. (photo: Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
President Trump at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin. (photo: Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Trump Suggests Navy Sent $5 Billion to Wisconsin Firm to Help Him Win Election
Robert Mackey, The Intercept
Mackey writes: "In what sounded like a confession that his administration is corruptly using federal funds to boost his re-election campaign, President Donald Trump told workers at a shipyard in Wisconsin on Thursday that 'one of the big factors' in the Navy awarding a $5.5 billion contract to their firm was, 'your location in Wisconsin, if you want to know the truth.'"









Nine Minneapolis City Council members declare their commitment to defunding and dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department during a gathering at Powderhorn Park on June 7, 2020. (photo: Liam James Doyle/MPR)
Nine Minneapolis City Council members declare their commitment to defunding and dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department during a gathering at Powderhorn Park on June 7, 2020. (photo: Liam James Doyle/MPR)


Minneapolis Council Puts Plan to Dismantle Police in Motion
Amy Forliti, Associated Press
Forliti writes: "The Minneapolis City Council votes Friday on a proposal to change the city charter to allow elimination of the city's Police Department, a radical move supported by a majority of the council after George Floyd's killing but far from assured."
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Saudi Arabian armed forces. (photo: Getty)
Saudi Arabian armed forces. (photo: Getty)

Trump Reportedly Looking to End Congressional Review of Foreign Arms Sales After Lawmakers Blocked Deal With Saudis
Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Lambe writes: "In what could be the downfall of yet another institutional norm, the Trump administration is reportedly looking to end the practice of informally notifying Congress about plans to enter into major weapons deals with foreign countries, several news outlets reported Thursday."
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Protesters held signs outside courthouse on the opening day of a trial of Exxon in 2019. (photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty)
Protesters held signs outside courthouse on the opening day of a trial of Exxon in 2019. (photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty)

DC Is the Latest to Sue Exxon and Big Oil for Climate Disinformation Campaigns
Dana Drugmand, DeSmogBlog
Drugmand writes: "Washington, D.C. is suing the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies - BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell - for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change, including historically undermining climate science and even now using deceptive advertising about the companies' role in leading solutions to the climate crisis."
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