Senate Armed Services Committee defies Trump on ditching Confederate names on military bases

Senate Armed Services Committee defies Trump on ditching Confederate names on military bases
The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has reportedly defied President Donald Trump and has adopted a resolution to push for the renaming of American military bases that were named after Confederate generals.

Hey isn’t it great that it’s 2020 and we’re finally nipping this Confederacy thing in the bud? - John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Top general apologizes for Trump’s St. John’s Church photo-op: ‘I should not have been there’
• US government spy planes monitored George Floyd protests
• Cop says 'I don't care' to man who died after saying he can't breathe
• Confederate and Columbus Statues Torn Down and Defaced During Nationwide Protests
• 'An American fiasco': US hits grim milestone of 2m Covid-19 cases
• Trump signs order sanctioning officials at international court seeking to investigate US troops
• Ex-DEA spokesman admits posing as covert CIA agent in $4 million fraud scheme
• 'Adversaries are attempting to take advantage' of U.S. unrest, national security adviser warns

No general ever had to apologize for hanging out with Obama, just saying. - Jeff Tiedrich

Cadet Bone Spurs Threatens Seattle
President Trump warned Wednesday night that he would take Seattle back from the “ugly Anarchists” protesting the police killing of George Floyd if the city and state leaders do not act. 

We should note, GEN Milley apologized at a graduation of the National Defense University. A school I went to.
The audience was senior government leaders - military Colonels and Captains, interagency executives - studying national security.
The exact right audience. - Mark Hertling

Republican Shenanigans

• 'Slap in the face to black people': Trump faces backlash over rally on Juneteenth
• New polls show the enormous, self-destructive toll of Trump's protest response
• Romney Silent on Who He's Voting For in November, But Nonetheless Predicts: Trump Will Win
• 7 in 10 Republicans Say Confederate Flag Isn't Symbol of Racism. 83 Percent of Black People Say It Is.
• Former CBC chair: ‘I really don’t want to talk to’ GOP lawmakers who won’t ban chokeholds
• Ohio Sen. Stephen Huffman asks if 'colored' people get coronavirus due to poor hand washing
• Police lounged in Bobby Rush’s office while Chicago’s South Side was looted

Trump Blasts Milley: “This Is Not the Military I Avoided Serving In” - Andy Borowitz

Racist NASCAR Driver Ends Career Over Confederate Flag Ban. Oh, OK.
NASCAR driver Ray Ciccarelli on Wednesday announced in a Facebook post that he will be giving up his racing career at the end of the current season after the racing league’s recent decision to ban Confederate flags at its events and properties.

Ray Ciccarelli is quitting NASCAR because they've banned the confederate flag. Or is it because..."With 32 races under his belt, 50-year-old Ray Ciccarelli has never won a NASCAR race." Well, we can see why he identified with the confederates - Elayne Boosler

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The day Trump leaves office will be one of the greatest days in American history. - Scott Dworkin

Rock The Voter News

• Biden: Military Will Remove Trump From the White House if He Refuses to Leave
• Biden campaign goes after Facebook over online speech
• Democrats stiff-arm GOP's 'cosmetic' police reforms

Microsoft Delays Police Spying On Us
Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that the company will not sell facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies in the U.S. until Congress sets national standards for its deployment — becoming the latest tech giant to set limits on its sales of the technology amid scrutiny over government surveillance at protests against the killing of George Floyd.

The bases being named after Confederate Civil War generals was the first instance in US History of government sanctioned participation trophies. - Ruben Gallego

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I never thought I would get a chance to go back in time to vote against the Confederacy, but ok. - Sen. Brian Schatz

Business/Tech News

• Dow down 6%, fear gauge spikes
• NY Times Sparks Outrage Against Protests with False Suggestion That Black Lives Matter Has 'Come for Paw Patrol’
• With Live PD Cancelled, Host Dan Abrams Speaks Out on the Video Footage of Javier Ambler’s Death in Police Custody
• 26 drug makers accused of price fixing on generics

Disney announced today that it's pulling all advertising from TucKKKer Carlson's program on Fox News. - Alex Cole

Way To Go, Buffalo!
The mayor of Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday ordered that a new police unit without military gear and trained in civil rights handle peaceful demonstrations after a riot unit was involved in the injury of a 75-year-old protester.

ME: wish i could eat in a restaurant again

RESTAURANTS: good news, we’re reopening! come on in!

ME: lol f-ck that - Miles Klee

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Odd News

• Revealed: more than 1,000 metric tons of microplastics rain down on US parks and wilderness
• Fossil tracks left by an ancient crocodile that 'ran like an ostrich'
• Megalodon alert: Woman finds ancient shark tooth size of a hand: report
• Architects have designed a Martian city for the desert outside Dubai
• Car fleeing from deputies ends up in backyard swimming pool
• Distillery recalls gin bottles mistakenly filled with hand sanitizer

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The Rare and Mysterious Grinning Monkey Orchids. They don't look like they are grinning to me.

Peace.

Trump shoots down renaming Army posts named for Confederate leaders

Trump shoots down renaming Army posts named for Confederate leaders
President Trump on Wednesday poured cold water on the possibility of renaming Army installations named for Confederate leaders, one day after an Army spokesperson said top Pentagon officials were open to discussions about doing so.

Trump Blames Plummeting Poll Numbers on People Paying Attention When He Talks. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• NASCAR says it is prohibiting the display of the Confederate flag at its events and properties
• 'We Are Not the Same': London Police Publish George Floyd Statement Criticizing US Cops as Policing 'By Force'
• Kayleigh McEnany Justifies Trump Attack on Elderly Man Shoved By Police: 'This Individual Has Some Very Questionable Tweets'
• No masks, no water: New York protesters held in ‘abysmal’ conditions, experts say
• State Department Goes to War With Fired Inspector General, Demands Investigation Of 'Judgment And Conduct'
• White House goes quiet on coronavirus as outbreak spikes again across the U.S.
• WHO backs off claim that people without virus symptoms aren't transmission risk
• 86 new cases are by far the largest day-over-day increase announced by Costa Rica

Serbia Deploys Peacekeeping Forces To U.S. - The Onion

More Proof of Trump & Russia Collusion
If the stories broadcast by the Trump-endorsed One America News Network sometimes look like outtakes from a Kremlin trolling operation, there may be a reason. One of the on-air reporters at the 24-hour network is a Russian national on the payroll of the Kremlin’s official propaganda outlet, Sputnik.

Only in America can a 75 year old man get shoved by the police, hit his head on the pavement with blood pouring out his ears, get a subdural hematoma requiring serial CT scans and even a possible craniotomy, and the President of the United States calls him a terrorist on Twitter. - Dr. Eugene Gu, MD

Republican Shenanigans

• More than 1,250 former Justice Dept. workers call for internal watchdog to probe Barr role in clearing demonstrators from Lafayette Square 
• Trump Takes a 10 Point Tumble in New Gallup Poll, Becomes Latest Recent Survey to Show President's Approval in the 30s
• Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading
• Pa. House Speaker Mike Turzai expected to resign speakership
• Donald Trump Jr.’s Trip to Mongolia To Hunt Sheep Reportedly Cost Taxpayers $75,000
• Trump administration ends ban on killing Alaska bear cubs, wolf pups
• Minn. Neighborhoods Fear White Supremacists Are Infiltrating
• Republicans Reportedly 'Settled' on Hosting RNC in Jacksonville After Move Away From Charlotte
• McConnell accuses NYT of ‘lying’ over Tom Cotton op-ed
• Prison guard suspended after mocking George Floyd's death at racism protest

Funny how they knew exactly what the word meant when they said Defund Planned Parenthood. - Meena Harris

Here Come Da Judge!
A former judge selected to advise on a path forward in the criminal case against Michael Flynn is accusing the Justice Department of distorting the justice system to protect an ally of President Donald Trump by attempting to shut down the prosecution.
The former federal judge, John Gleeson, is recommending that the judge handling the case instead proceed to sentence the former Trump national security adviser on the false-statement charge he admitted to two-and-a-half years ago.

27% of Americans believe Donald Trump was sent to us by God. Anybody know God’s return policy? - Andrea Junker

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Rock The Voter News

• Joe Biden Shuts Down Trump Attacks on Democrats Over 'Defund Police': 'He Lies...He Should Just Stop!'
• Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida
• Georgia, Nevada still counting ballots after day of voting problems
• Democratic senators raise concerns over government surveillance of protests

Nancy Pelosi was asked if she’s embarrassed the KKK were once members of the Democratic Party. “Of course. We’re embarrassed Donald Trump was a Democrat for similar reasons.”

Georgia Republicans Point Finger At Local Officials
Georgia political leaders on Wednesday condemned the chaos that unfolded during the state’s primary election — with Democrats alleging a fundamentally flawed voting system had again resulted in widespread disenfranchisement, and Republicans looking to cast blame for the debacle on local officials.

Georgia Secretary Of State Vows To Investigate Why Some Residents Forced To Wait 2 Centuries To Vote - The Onion

Donald Trump & the GOP have turned our country into a third world nation.
I hate to say it, but I think the time has come for us to ask for UN Inspectors to monitor our elections. - Pam Keith

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Business/Tech News

• U.S. facial recognition technology likely illegal in Europe
• HBO Max Pulls Gone With the Wind Following George Floyd's Fatal Arrest
• U.S. reopens consulate in Greenland amid White House's Arctic push
• Interior to push drilling in Florida waters after November election

Trump and the Republicans say minorities deserve the same rights as white folks, as long as you don't want to speak, vote or breathe. - Tea Pain

𝅘𝅥𝅯 Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do. When they come for you? Bad Cops, Bad Cops. ♪
The president of a Florida police organization has been suspended with pay over Facebook posts offering to hire police officers in other cities charged with assaulting protesters.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Tuesday that Bert Gamin, president of a Florida chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, has been suspended pending an internal investigation into the posts.

It seems only fair that the people responsible for 40 million lost jobs should lose theirs. - Middle Age Riot

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Odd News

• An Italian town promoting itself as 'Covid-free' is selling $1 houses
• Culprit for Mass Extinction 445 Million Years Ago? Global Warming
• Man tears T-shirts for Guinness record on 'America's Got Talent'
• New Hampshire rapper's poetry book sets world record for alliteration
• Wandering alligator wrangled in Walmart parking lot
• Florida Man Let 12-Year-Old Drive Jeep 85 Mph: Police

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An abandoned castle in Sintra, Portugal. I guess the moat wasn't effective.

Peace.

Trump Pushes Conspiracy That 75-Year-Old Man Hospitalized By Buffalo Police is 'ANTIFA Provocateur'

Trump Pushes Conspiracy That 75-Year-Old Man Hospitalized By Buffalo Police is 'ANTIFA Provocateur'
President Donald Trump advanced a conspiracy theory that the elderly man violently shoved to the ground by Buffalo police in a graphic viral video last week was an “ANTIFA agitator” who faked his fall after seeking to jam police equipment.

The president accused a 75 year-old man of being a member of Antifa who was sent out to scramble the signals of the Buffalo Police Department because OANN told him so and that's not the craziest thing he's gonna do today. Buckle up, y'all. - Corey Richardson

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• Tucker Carlson Says Protests Are 'Not About Black Lives': Remember That When the Mob Will 'Come for You'
• NYC police officer charged with violently shoving protester
• NY Police Union Boss Rages: 'Stop Treating Us Like Animals and Thugs, and Start Treating Us With Respect!'
• Federal Judge, After Reading the Unredacted Mueller Report, Orders DOJ to Explain Itself at Hearing
• Army Secretary Reportedly Open to Renaming Bases Named for Confederate Leaders

Kinda surreal when the President starts accusing your 75 yr old friend of being an agent of ANTIFA.

My friend Martin Gugino is an old man with cancer who is now in the hospital with brain damage after being pushed to the ground by a police officer he was trying to talk to. - Keith Giles tweet

Expect Long Voting Lines In Red States
Georgia's secretary of state and state House speaker on Tuesday called for investigations into voting delays in Atlanta and across Georgia on the day of the state's primary.
The announcement of the investigations came after a rocky start for the state's primary on Tuesday morning as voters, primarily in the populous Atlanta area, were met with long lines and delays.

Donald Trump came down harder on 75-year-old Martin Gugino for cracking his skull and bleeding from his ear after being shoved to the ground by cops in Buffalo than he did on Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman for slaughtering Jamal Khashoggi. - Andrea Junker

Republican Shenanigans

• Republican Senators Run for the Hills to Avoid Comment on Trump's Smear of Elderly Protester Attacked By Police
• Seb Gorka Called 'Embarrassment' for Dubious Claim in Smearing Legendary Marine Gen. Mattis as 'No Marine'
• Kayleigh McEnany Brags About Trump Getting 8 Percent of the Black Vote
• Trump Nosedives in His Favorite Poll, Now -11 in Net Approval as Numbers Tumble By 6 Points Overnight
• White House faces suit on order lifting endangered species protections

If "all lives matter" why won't you wear a mask at the grocery store? - Mark Glick

So, Is The Virus Worsening or What? Where's Dr. Fauci?
A total of 14 states and the US territory of Puerto Rico have recorded their worst week yet for new coronavirus infections, with Texas hitting a record high in Covid-19 hospitalizations, all while restrictions to curb the pandemic are being relaxed across America.

They were taking names for the Baby-Fenced in area at the White House.
My favorite of all was "Tinyman Square." - Jay Kuo

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Furious Trump Declares Romney Not Welcome in Bunker. - Andy Borowitz

Rock The Voter News

• ‘Black Americans want to stop being killed’: Democrats unveil sweeping police reform bill
• Biden Delivers Emotional Video Address at George Floyd's Funeral: 'Now Is the Time for Racial Justice'
• Former and current de Blasio staffers march to protest his defense of NYPD
• The $7,000 Covid test: Why states are stepping in to shield consumers

Why Are Homes Allowed To Be Built In High Risk Areas?
U.S. taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars in climate-related property losses as the government backs a growing number of mortgages on homes in the path of floods, fires and extreme weather.

Putin Rejects Trump’s Request for Ten Thousand Russian Troops to Guard White House. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

• Congress Will Extend Unemployment Boost 'Over Our Dead Bodies,' Vows Lindsey Graham
• CNN's Jim Acosta: Trump 'Would Have to Have an Out of Body Experience' to Deliver Empathetic Speech on Racial Injustice
• 3M sues Amazon seller who offered masks at 18 times markup
• IBM terminates facial recognition technology business

Who knew the Stock Market Would Really Flourish with:

1. A President Locked in the Basement2. A Wall Around the White House3. A World Marching During a Pandemic4. 110,000 + Dead5. A 2nd Wave on Our Doorstep6. Police Killing Citizens7. Admin Tear Gassing Priests

Who knew? - Mike Farb

Another Republican President Ushers In Another Recession
The U.S. is officially in a recession, bringing an end to a historic 128 months of economic growth, after the coronavirus pandemic swept the country and shut down the economy.

How about if this hell year closed out with Colin Kaepernick playing and Donald Trump benched? - Schooley

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Odd News

• The first American woman to spacewalk has now conquered the deepest ocean
• Another mysterious radio burst in space is repeating a pattern. This one occurs every 157 days.
• Boy, 5, hits hole-in-one at Florida golf course
•  Artist's 0.35-inch chess board unofficially breaks world record
• Breaching whale crashes into boat, sending men overboard

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Rock pool at Mornington Peninsula, Australia. Are crocodiles included?

Peace.