Protests over the police killing of George Floyd continue in Minneapolis tonight, in defiance of a curfew imposed by the mayor. Protesters have now overtaken the westbound interstate 35 freeway… Read the rest of the article: Protesters shut down I-35 freeway in Minneapolis
• One Trump fundraising event in Dallas next month has a price tag of $580,600 per couple. Impeached president Donald Trump is scheduled to headline in-person fundraisers as early as… Read the rest of the article: Donald Trump campaign resumes in-person fundraisers in June. What COVID-19?
Buzzfeed News reporters obtained the explanation offered by United States Department of Homeland Security's CBP to congressional staffers who asked why it decided to fly a Predator Drone over Minneapolis… Read the rest of the article: Why is Customs and Border Protection flying a Predator drone over Minneapolis?
Donald Trump on Friday afternoon claimed to be completely ignorant of the racist history of the phrase 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts,' which he tweeted, and the White… Read the rest of the article: Trump claims he didn't know racist origin of his 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' tweet (and WH retweet)
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has had it with Donald Trump's bullshit threats of violence against Americans.
• You'll never guess how much the computer originally cost.
“If we fail the test case here, history will not judge us kindly.” Leaked internal Facebook posts reveal that Facebook employees are horrified that Mark Zuckerberg and C-suite executives refuse… Read the rest of the article: Here's what Facebook employees are saying about Zuckerberg's decision not to remove Trump's threats of violence
The Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, has declared a curfew for the city following protests over impunity in the killing of George Floyd. An 8 p.m. curfew imposed by the… Read the rest of the article: Minneapolis Mayor declares curfew after protests over impunity in George Floyd killing
Impeached President Donald Trump announced on a Friday afternoon in the middle of a pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 that he is terminating the relationship between the United… Read the rest of the article: Trump says he's ending U.S. relationship with WHO, president is promptly trashed by AMA
The letter from 4 senators was addressed to Zhang Yiming, founder and CEO of TikTok owner ByteDance.
Wow. This is a thing of great beauty. A giant 3D topographic wood map of Westeros, the world of Game of Thrones, by IMGURian @ARUNK55. It's 60"x35".
A postcard mailer that went out all American homes to highlight President Donald Trump’s role in the stimulus check program cost the government $28 million.
Three years after "I Have a Dream" and the March on Washington, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King spoke with Mike Wallace of CBS News about change within the Civil… Read the rest of the article: 'A riot is the language of the unheard.' —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Donald Trump is threatening a Twitter employee, on Twitter, just after Jack Dorsey tweeted to leave his employees out of this. The drama continues.
“Test counts inflated, death tolls deflated, metrics shifted.”
“You don’t want to wear a mask fine, but you don’t have a right to go into that store if that store owner doesn’t want you to.” — NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo
IMGURian @KRANKARTA6 did an awesome topography visualization project in the "Ridgeline Style" that reminds us of the album cover for Joy Division's classic LP 'Unknown Pleasures.'
I don't know who made this, but it's pretty great.
Always an aggrieved victim, isn't he.
• Mark Brnovich (R) sued Google on Wednesday, alleging violation of user privacy. Arizona's state Attorney General is suing Google over claims the company collected Android users' location data even… Read the rest of the article: Arizona AG sues Google over claims Android user location data was collected even when digital tracking off
