Sorry, lots of things happening including car trouble.
So, what shall we talk about today?
"Declaring himself 'your president of law and order,' President Donald Trump vowed Monday to return order to American streets using the military if widespread violence isn't quelled, even as peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets. It was all, apparently, so Trump could visit a nearby church."
"Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Monday that the protesters removed from Lafayette Park 'deliberately stayed to trigger police action.'" "Baby, why do you make me hurt you this way," Marco, probably.
"… Elizabeth Warren criticized President Donald Trump's statements that the military could be called in against demonstrators on Monday."
"Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday labeled President Donald Trump 'a miserable failure' as nationwide protests have intensified over the death of George Floyd."
I’m old enough to remember when Pat Buchanan stood in front of the Republican National Convention and said that we needed to take back control of the nation the way the 81st Airborne took back control of Los Angeles and people were like, “whoa, that’s way out there.”
"DPS Commissioner John Harrington says it appears that no protesters on the southbound lanes of the interstate were seriously hurt. He estimates that 5,000 to 6,000 people were on the bridge at the time the truck sped through. Harrington says the truck was already on the interstate before the incident, even though it had closed about 40 minutes earlier at 5 p.m. and barriers were in place specifically for the marchers." (Grokked form Xeni Jardin)
"In footage of the moment referenced by the network, a man could be seen appearing to load an arrow into a hunting bow while standing in the middle of the street on Saturday." The man wants you to know he's not a racists. Sure, Bob.
"U.S. cities are assessing the aftermath of another night of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. Peaceful protests against police brutality and systemic racism once again turned destructive overnight, with tensions flaring between law enforcement and demonstrators."
"A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national 'antifa' organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a Twitter spokesperson."
"(The memo) also reveals, citing the FBI, that on May 27, two days after Floyd’s death, 'a white supremacist extremist Telegram channel incited followers to engage in violence and start the "boogaloo" — a term used by some violent extremists to refer to the start of a second Civil War — by shooting in a crowd.' One Telegram message encouraged potential shooters to 'frame the crowd around you' for the violence, the document said… Despite the DHS intelligence note, administration officials have focused overwhelmingly on alleged left-wing violence." Never let a crisis go to waste.
"Civil rights leaders have criticised Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to take no action against a Facebook post from Donald Trump appearing to threaten to start shooting 'looters', after a Monday night meeting with the company’s executives ended in acrimony."
"Some Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout on Monday to protest CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action on a series of controversial posts from President Donald Trump last week, a person familiar with the plans told CNN Business."
"Twitter on Monday added a warning label to a tweet by Rep. Matt Gaetz that called for members of the radical activist group antifa to be hunted down like 'terrorists' for violating the company’s policies against glorifying violence — the social network’s latest enforcement action against a prominent GOP official."
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