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Cotton writes: "This week, rioters have plunged many American cities into anarchy, recalling the widespread violence of the 1960s."
Obviously, The New York Times has jumped back from this piece since they first published it. RSN is republishing it as a reminder of who we are dealing with and what the stakes are. Meet Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas. No, he’s not joking. Time to get busy. – MA/RSN
The nation must restore order. The military stands ready.
NY Times Editors’ Note, June 5, 2020:
After publication, this essay met strong criticism from many readers (and many Times colleagues), prompting editors to review the piece and the editing process. Based on that review, we have concluded that the essay fell short of our standards and should not have been published.
The basic arguments advanced by Senator Cotton — however objectionable people may find them — represent a newsworthy part of the current debate. But given the life-and-death importance of the topic, the senator’s influential position and the gravity of the steps he advocates, the essay should have undergone the highest level of scrutiny. Instead, the editing process was rushed and flawed, and senior editors were not sufficiently involved. While Senator Cotton and his staff cooperated fully in our editing process, the Op-Ed should have been subject to further substantial revisions — as is frequently the case with such essays — or rejected.
For example, the published piece presents as facts assertions about the role of “cadres of left-wing radicals like antifa”; in fact, those allegations have not been substantiated and have been widely questioned. Editors should have sought further corroboration of those assertions, or removed them from the piece. The assertion that police officers “bore the brunt” of the violence is an overstatement that should have been challenged. The essay also includes a reference to a “constitutional duty” that was intended as a paraphrase; it should not have been rendered as a quotation.
Beyond those factual questions, the tone of the essay in places is needlessly harsh and falls short of the thoughtful approach that advances useful debate. Editors should have offered suggestions to address those problems. The headline — which was written by The Times, not Senator Cotton — was incendiary and should not have been used.
Finally, we failed to offer appropriate additional context — either in the text or the presentation — that could have helped readers place Senator Cotton’s views within a larger framework of debate.
'Our law enforcement agencies learned many of the most routine aspects of policing from U.S. excursions abroad for the purpose of stamping out rebellion.' (photo: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images)
Yes, American Police Act Like Occupying Armies. They Literally Studied Their Tactics
Stuart Schrader, Guardian UK
Schrader writes: "For the past week, our social media and television screens have been dominated by images of police officers in head-to-toe body armor wielding batons, pepper-ball guns, riot shields, and teargas against mostly peaceful protesters."
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Stuart Schrader, Guardian UK
Schrader writes: "For the past week, our social media and television screens have been dominated by images of police officers in head-to-toe body armor wielding batons, pepper-ball guns, riot shields, and teargas against mostly peaceful protesters."
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Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO's emerging disease and zoonosis unit, called the controversy over asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus 'a misunderstanding.' (photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
Are Asymptomatic People Spreading the Coronavirus? A WHO Official's Words Spark Confusion, Debate
William Wan and Miriam Berger, Washington Post
Excerpt: "The World Health Organization moved Tuesday to clarify its position on whether people without symptoms are widely spreading the new coronavirus, saying much remains unknown about asymptomatic transmission."
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William Wan and Miriam Berger, Washington Post
Excerpt: "The World Health Organization moved Tuesday to clarify its position on whether people without symptoms are widely spreading the new coronavirus, saying much remains unknown about asymptomatic transmission."
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Capital One recovered hundreds of millions of dollars of debt beyond any other card issuer last year and has continued collecting despite a global pandemic. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Capital One and Other Debt Collectors Are Still Coming for Millions of Americans
Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica
Excerpt: "As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Americans got protection from evictions, foreclosures and student debt. But debt collectors have continued to siphon off their share of paychecks from those who still have jobs."
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Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica
Excerpt: "As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Americans got protection from evictions, foreclosures and student debt. But debt collectors have continued to siphon off their share of paychecks from those who still have jobs."
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The mugshot of Harry Rogers. (photo: Henrico Sheriffs Office)
Officials Say a KKK Leader Drove His Truck Into a Crowd of Protesters in Virginia
Amber Jamieson, BuzzFeed
Jamieson writes: "A man who rammed his truck into a crowd of peaceful protesters in Virginia on Sunday, injuring one person, is a Ku Klux Klan leader, authorities said Monday."
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Amber Jamieson, BuzzFeed
Jamieson writes: "A man who rammed his truck into a crowd of peaceful protesters in Virginia on Sunday, injuring one person, is a Ku Klux Klan leader, authorities said Monday."
Harry Rogers, 36, is "an admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a propagandist for Confederate ideology," said Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor in a statement.
In a statement, Taylor said Rogers had been "driving recklessly down Lakeside Avenue on the median, drove up to the protestors, revved the engine, and drove into the protestors."
Rogers appeared in Henrico Court Monday to face charges of assault and battery, attempted malicious wounding, and felony vandalism.
Taylor said her office is investigating possible hate crime charges.
Rogers is also known as Skip Rogers, Taylor told BuzzFeed News. A man by that name, who appears to resemble Harry Rogers, can be seen wearing KKK robes and carrying a Confederate flag outside a World War II memorial in photos published in a 2016 article by Progress-Index.
Driving into crowds of protesters has been a known tactic used to endanger those marching in the streets — such as the 2017 fatal attack in Charlottesville — and a reoccurring issue during the recent Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality.
One week ago, BuzzFeed News reported over 17 of these incidents had occurred so far. More have happened since then. On Saturday, a man died after a car rammed into him during a protest in Bakersfield, California.
Henrico County is on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, where heated protests saw a Confederate statue toppled over the weekend.
The KKK, a white supremacy organization, has a known presence in the area. Just last year, over 100 KKK flyers, along with bags of rocks, were distributed to people's homes in Henrico, on the outskirts of Richmond.
"COME JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNIST ANTIFA TERRORIST, THE ZIONIST POWERS THAT BE AND THE POLITICAL VERMIN WHO WISH TO REPLACE OUR PEOPLE, OUR CULTURE, AND OUR WAY OF LIFE," read the message distributed in August 2019.
"At this moment in time when we are talking about racism and inequality and injustice," said Taylor in a phone interview on Monday, "this organization and what it stands for will not be tolerated."
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The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, left, with Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, center, and King Salman. (photo: Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Royal Council/Getty Images)
Morgan Palumbo and Jessica Draper | How the Saudi, the Qataris, and the Emiratis Took Washington
Morgan Palumbo and Jessica Draper, TomDispatch
Excerpt: "It was a bare-knuckle brawl of the first order. It took place in Washington, D.C., and it resulted in a KO. The winners? Lobbyists and the defense industry."
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Morgan Palumbo and Jessica Draper, TomDispatch
Excerpt: "It was a bare-knuckle brawl of the first order. It took place in Washington, D.C., and it resulted in a KO. The winners? Lobbyists and the defense industry."
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The Saudis Come Out Swinging
The stage had been set for the blockade of Qatar seven months before it began when Donald Trump was elected president. Just as his victory shocked the American public, so it caught many foreign governments off guard. In response, they quickly sought out the services of anyone with ties to the incoming administration and the Republican-controlled Congress. The Saudis and Emiratis were no exception. In 2016, both countries had reported spending a little more than $10 million on FARA registered lobbying firms. By the end of 2017, UAE spending had nearly doubled to $19.5 million, while the Saudi’s had soared to $27.3 million.
In the months following Donald Trump’s November triumph, the Saudis, for instance, added several firms with ties to him or the Republicans to an already sizeable list of companies registered under FARA as representing their interests. For example, they brought on the CGCN Group whose president and chief policy officer, Michael Catanzaro, was on Trump’s transition team and then served in his administration. To court the Republican Congress, they hired the McKeon Group, run by former Republican Representative Buck McKeon, who had previously served as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
And that was just registered foreign agents. A number of actors who had not registered under FARA were actively pushing the Saudi and Emirati agendas, chief among them Elliott Broidy and George Nader. Broidy, a top fundraiser for Trump’s campaign, and Nader, his business partner, already had a wide range of interests in both Saudi Arabia and the UAE. To help secure them, the two men embarked on a campaign to turn the new president and the Republican establishment against Qatar. One result was a Broidy-inspired, UAE-funded anti-Qatar conference hosted in May 2017 by a prominent Washington think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It conveniently offered Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) a platform to discuss his plans to introduce a bill, HR 2712, that would label Qatar a state sponsor of terrorism. It was to be introduced in the House of Representatives just two days after the conference ended.
In truth, however, the real loser in this struggle for influence hasn’t been Saudi Arabia or the Emiratis, it’s been America. After all, the efforts of both sides to deepen their ties with the military-industrial complex (reinforcing the hyper-militarization of U.S. foreign policy) and increase their sway in Congress have ensured that the real interests of this country played second fiddle to those of Middle Eastern despots. Certainly, their acts helped ensure near historic levels of arms sales to the region, while prolonging the wars in Yemen and Syria, and so contributing to death and devastation on an almost unimaginable scale.
None of this had anything to do with the real interests of Americans, unless you mean the arms industry and K Street lobbyists who have been the only clear American winners in this never-ending PR war in Washington. In the process, those three Persian Gulf states have delivered a genuine knockout blow to the very idea that U.S. foreign policy should be driven by national -- not special -- interests.
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Fossil fuel emissions. (photo: DWalker44/Getty Images)
Renewables Surpass Coal in US Energy Generation for First Time in 130 Years
Oliver Milman, Grist
Milman writes: "Solar, wind, and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the United States for the first time in over 130 years, with the coronavirus pandemic accelerating a decline in coal that has profound implications for the climate crisis."
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Oliver Milman, Grist
Milman writes: "Solar, wind, and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the United States for the first time in over 130 years, with the coronavirus pandemic accelerating a decline in coal that has profound implications for the climate crisis."
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