Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) echoed President Trump’s threat to deploy the “unlimited power” of the military amid mounting protests over the death of George Floyd, during an interview on “Fox and Friends” on Monday. Continue reading “Cotton Urges Trump To Deploy Military Forces Against ‘Anarchist’ Protesters”
Where Things Stand: ‘Most Of You Are Weak’
The irony.
Speaking to governors and other state officials from the Oval Office just now, President Trump suggested that most of those governors on the call were “weak” and urged state leaders to crack down on violence as protests erupt across the nation following the death of George Floyd last week.
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NYPD Sergeants Union Doxxes De Blasio’s Daughter After Her Arrest
The union representing police sergeants in New York City tweeted an internal arrest report for the mayor’s daughter on Sunday, after she was arrested at a protest against police brutality.
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Fauci Reveals Meetings With Trump Have ‘Dramatically Decreased’
Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed that meetings with President Trump have decreased amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an interview with STAT News published on Monday. Continue reading “Fauci Reveals Meetings With Trump Have ‘Dramatically Decreased’”
Minneapolis Police Chief: Officers Were ‘Complicit’ In Floyd Death
In an emotional exchange with George Floyd’s family on live television on Sunday, Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo said that all four officers were “complicit” and should be held responsible for Floyd’s death.
“To the Floyd family, being silent, or not intervening, to me, you’re complicit,” Arradondo said, adding that his decision to fire all four officers stemmed from his perception that there is little distinction between the officers who acted and the officers who failed to intervene. “If there were one solitary voice that would’ve intervened an act that’s what I would have hoped for.”
Everyone needs to watch this interview as my colleague @sarasidnerCNN passes along questions from George Floyd’s family directly to the Minneapolis Chief of Police in real time. Wow. #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/NXHIJ60rhO
— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) June 1, 2020
The interview marked the Floyd family’s first interaction with the Minnesota police department since Floyd’s death, which has sent a shockwave of grief nationwide and sparked protests and unrest in the face of yet another instance of police brutality.
Floyd was killed when Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes with the help of three accompanying officers – two of them grabbing Floyd’s legs and back. Chauvin has since been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Arradondo appeared at Floyd’s memorial on Sunday to pay his respects when he was approached by a CNN reporter, who asked the police chief on behalf of Floyd’s family, who participated in the interview on air, if the arrest and conviction for all four officers was warranted in his view.
Removing his hat to address the family, Arradondo said he saw “no distinction” between Chauvin and the other officers involved in the alleged murder. Arradondo passionately repeated the words “you’re complicit” regarding the other three officers, who were fired from the department on Tuesday but have not been charged.
Barr Floats Wild-Eyed Claim That Foreign Actors Could Counterfeit Vote By Mail Ballots
To explain President Trump’s baseless crusade against vote-by-mail, Attorney General Bill Barr floated an unsubstantiated theory that foreign governments could hijack vote-by-mail elections by counterfeiting ballots.
WH Signals Trump Won’t Give Oval Office Address, Says It’s ‘Not Going To Stop Antifa’
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday morning seemed to reject the possibility of President Donald Trump giving a formal Oval Office address on the nationwide unrest over George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota last week.
Which Was Better: The Movie Or The Book? A Debate For The Ages. Here’s TPM’s June Reading Recs
I’ve come to the conclusion that the outside is overrated. There, I said it. I know it’s June and I know summer is just getting started, but why spend your days sweating it out in the humid, hazy outdoors when you can be inside with the A/C pumping? I’m a homebody, so maybe that’s what’s underlying my opinion here.
Can New York City Really Reopen?
Mentioned last week that the big hole in any reopening plan for New York City, the most hard hit region in the United States, is the city’s bus and subway system, without which the city simply can’t function. The Times has a story today about just this question. It’s a fascinating discussion of the mix of questions, risks, challenges and opportunities that go into this question. But what struck me about the article is the general assumption in the writing of it that the issue is convincing residents to use the subways and public transit again rather than whether it’s actually safe to do so.
Trump Aides Biting Their Nails Over POTUS’ Inflammatory Tweets About Protests
As President Donald Trump fires off tweet after tweet attacking his political enemies and protesters amid the demonstrations against the death of George Floyd, his aides are reportedly fretting that his antagonistic rhetoric could come back to bite him in November.
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