"Brazil is the second hardest hit country in terms of number of cases, with the third highest deaths in the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Despite that, Reuters reported that President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to pull out of the WHO." Because of course he did.
"Now, seven years after the old department was booted, the city's crime has dropped by close to half. Officers host outdoor parties for residents and knock on doors to introduce themselves. It's a radically different Camden than it was even a decade ago. Here's how they did it."
"A Virginia judge has issued an 10-day injunction that prevents Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing an iconic but controversial statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond."
"Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is now 'open' to renaming the service's 10 bases and facilities that are named after Confederate leaders, an Army spokesperson told POLITICO, in a reversal of the service's previous position." Open? How about "done"?
"The contrast is striking: On May 28, Donald Trump demanded the First Amendment right of free speech for himself on privately owned social media, and then, four days later, declared war on the people, gathered on public property, as they sought, in the words of the amendment itself, 'to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.'" One rule for him, other rules for us.
"The U.S. economy entered a recession in February, a group of economists declared Monday, ending the longest expansion on record." February would make it before COVID infections force governors to issue stay at home orders.
"Thousands of protesters who took to the streets of Hong Kong in defiance of a police order to mark the first anniversary of the anti-government movement have been charged at by riot units who arrested several of them."
"Attorney General William Barr said Monday that the US Secret Service recommended moving President Donald Trump to the underground White House bunker during late May protests, contradicting the President's earlier assertion that his visit to the bunker was for 'inspection.'" At this point the ground is prepared so that this contradiction really doesn't matter anymore. The president can say whatever he likes and his base will believe him. Such as, "Trump also told Kilmeade he'd been to the bunker before, what he said was 'two and a half times,' also to get a sense of the space rather than to protect himself from harm." How do you visit some a "half time"? WTF is that?
"Trump lit into Biden on Twitter, painting him as the leader of the 'radical left' and responsible for a movement that celebrates anarchy, coddles 'antifa' and demonizes law enforcement… But the swiftness and clarity of Biden's dismissal, which came as CBS, ABC’s 'The View' and other media outlets were peppering Democratic politicians with questions about defunding the police, suggests Biden's team wanted to head off an issue it saw as politically poisonous."
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