…waiving the flag [DOT 20/6/20]

call it the anti-social contract...

…well, it’s the morning after the night before

Justice Dept. Seeks to Oust U.S. Attorney Who Investigated Trump Associates

[& if it all seems too much you might want to skip on down to the bits you can listen to at the end]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-replaces-manhattan-us-attorney/2020/06/19/story.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/manhattan-u-s-attorney-geoffrey-berman-who-investigated-trump-associates-n1231628

…but before we get into what might be before us between this morning & tonight

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tulsa-imposes-curfew-ahead-of-trump-rally-to-prevent-violent-protesting/2020/06/19/story.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-juneteenth-tulsa-rally-might-have-been-mistake-or-ncna1231490

…when there is no lower life than thou, what say thee?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/19/black-leaders-tulsa-are-outraged-by-trumps-planned-rally-during-pandemic/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/top-members-coronavirus-task-force-advised-against-trump-s-tulsa-n1231585

…there’s a few yesterdays to contend with

The Navy will not restore Capt. Brett E. Crozier to command of the nuclear-powered carrier, and the promotion of his boss will be put on hold.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/navy-upholds-firing-of-aircraft-carrier-captain-who-pleaded-for-coronavirus-help/2020/06/19/story.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-won-t-reinstate-captain-fired-raising-coronavirus-concerns-n1231582

In California, Hanging Deaths of Two Black Men Summon a Dark History and F.B.I. Scrutiny

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/19/tulsa-security-guard-shooting/

A never-released report shows that the number of people killed by police activity in New York is more than twice what has been reported.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-3-louisville-police-officers-breonna-taylor-case-be-fired-n1231571

Nearly a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the search for the dead continues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/19/there-was-this-tool-that-they-had-figured-out-was-powerful-kamala-harris-working-system-justice/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/malcolm-scott-wrongfully-convicted-murder-hopes-see-shift-wake-george-n1231605

Mueller Report Redactions on Roger Stone Are Revealed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-matt-gaetz-and-son-nestor-appear-together-on-fox-news/2020/06/18/story.html

…& while we’re on the subject of yesterday’s bullshit

…is this what they mean when they talk about peak irony?

…so…manipulated media…it’s a thing

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/twitter-labels-video-tweeted-trump-manipulated-media-n1231511

…& maybe even not a small thing given that it got twitter off its ass for a hot minute

Social Media Giants Support Racial Justice. Their Products Undermine It.

…but seriously…if we’re comparing oranges with apples

From Minneapolis to Buffalo, Homeland Security officials dispatched drones, helicopters and airplanes to monitor Black Lives Matter protests.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/federal-agents-monitored-facebook-arrest-protesters-inciting-riots-court-records-n1231531

…& bad apples in particular

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-chief-of-staff-mick-mulvaney-trump-didnt-hire-very-well/2020/06/19/story.html

…I gotta say I for one don’t like them apples

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/apple-s-app-store-suddenly-flashpoint-big-tech-debate-n1231457

…so before we got into that lets look at one brief evolutionary cycle of the Dolt45 sub-species of tweets…think of it like a three panel cartoon

…all caps…triplicate exclamation…June 14th
…see…what did I say…June 17th
…in quotes…still all caps…but no exclamation…Juneteenth

…& the chorus goes “people are saying it”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/19/evaluating-what-trump-has-done-black-america-by-his-own-standards/

…I know it’s a petty little detail about a petty little man but sometimes these little examples of the needless but extensive effort he & his are plowing into propping up their shitty dimestore farce of an administration barely register

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/how-trumps-obsessions-with-media-and-loyalty-coalesced-in-a-battle-for-voice-of-america/2020/06/19/story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/white-house-says-it-will-again-host-fourth-of-july-event-despite-pandemic/2020/06/19/story.html

…a shitshow barely mitigated at an intrinsic level by its own sheer incompetence that has thus far served to put the world on notice that the great american experiment stands a legitimate chance of flunking out without completing the course

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kentucky-braces-for-possible-voting-problems-in-tuesdays-primary-amid-signs-of-high-turnout/2020/06/19/story.html

…seriously the depth & breadth of the cumulative election fuckery that is happening right now at even a conservative estimate ought to be a clear signal & the fact that it isn’t sounding louder says a lot about the noise obscuring it

…there may be better places to get a handle on how fucked up this shit gets but I haven’t found ’em…if I’d been talking about this stuff as long as this lady & not got more traction I don’t know that I can say I’d still be at the coalface…especially when that coalface involves twitter

…because almost by definition the more immediate & historically grevious issues of our time eclipse them in both scope & urgency

Atatiana Jefferson: ‘Why I will no longer call the police’

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/it-was-execution-nicolas-chavez-was-his-knees-when-police-n1231461

…& we haven’t even started on the tomorrows

We Need to Stop Measuring Black Lives by Their Whiteness

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/how-juneteenth-s-history-being-reshaped-america-reckons-its-past-n1231510

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/juneteenth-tulsa-massacre-what-isn-t-taught-classrooms-has-profound-n1231442

Bernie Sanders Predicted Revolution, Just Not This One
Few politicians delight in seizing on the news of the day, or even the hour, to ridicule their rivals as President Trump, but Joseph Biden has been mostly off camera and avoiding gaffes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-operation-warp-speed-trump-plan-for-a-coronavirus-vaccine-is-well-warped/2020/06/05/story.html

Former C.D.C. Officials: The W.H.O. Is Our Best Bet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/public-health-experts-warn-pences-sunny-approach-to-pandemic-ignores-possibility-of-dark-days-ahead/2020/06/19/story.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-pandemic-accelerating-americas-worst-who-warns-n1231576

Coronavirus Attacks the Lungs. A Federal Agency Just Halted Funding for New Lung Treatments.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/06/19/countries-keeping-coronavirus-bay-experts-watch-us-case-numbers-with-alarm/

…& they aren’t the only alarming cases

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/what-happened-lone-police-department-investigation-started-trump-s-doj-n1231321

Mike Pompeo Dishonors the State Department

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/19/we-cannot-let-trump-administration-turn-this-countrys-back-asylum-seekers/

…the DACA ruling may have gone the right way but it came with a free template for the right on how to get their way that came pretty damn close to a pre-approval…the devil seems at home in those details

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/19/chief-justice-roberts-is-no-liberal-conservative-judicial-project-isnt-dead/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-intends-to-renew-effort-to-end-daca-protections/2020/06/19/story.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-taking-another-run-daca-texas-case-real-threat-program-n1231562

…& it bears repeating

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-country-has-always-known-about-systemic-police-brutality-will-we-finally-do-something-about-it/2020/06/19/story.html

…even when we feel like we get the picture often we have trouble really taking in the details

https://t.co/JXE3vBxFN8?amp=1

…or to come at the thing from a different direction

…I’m not saying you’ll be glad you read the whole thread…but my guess is at least some of it might come as a surprise when you scale it up

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/19/it-is-not-easy-convict-cops-so-start-with-structural-reforms/

…yeah…it’s kind of a lot to take in…& it is the weekend after all…so apologies for the lack of comedy clips but at least I’m not inflicting the extended playlist on your unsuspecting morning…& you know what they say about small mercies

I don’t want no one to squeeze me / they might take away my life
I locate my old halos and pass em out to the pavement
you can wait / & soon be sorry
and you could throw my dreams out in the street / and let the rain make ’em grow
I look to the left / I look to the right
you lied to me all these years
the life I’ve always wated / I guess I’ll never have
pulling for you to push through this feeling
hunger only for a taste of justice / hunger only for a world of truth
all I ever wanted was to pick apart the day / put the pieces back together my way
finally the tables are starting to turn
I ain’t buying fear just because it’s all you got left
knowing right, being wrong / would you change?
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5 Comments

  1. That Emily galvin thread was eye opening. I knew things were bad, but good gravy. The people sworn to protect and serve are robbing us blind and ruling with impunity. Time to start over.

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