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3 Prince George’s County Police Officers Shot In ‘Ambush’ While Responding To Call

By artappraiser on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 7:45pm |

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/08/23/3-prince-georges-county-police-officers-shot-2-people-in-custody/

Apparently someone faked a 911 call, then ambushed three Prince George's police officers. The officers survived the shooting and the two suspects survived it too. https://t.co/ZyGCcS15at

Civil rights movements, how-to's and how-not-to's

By artappraiser on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 6:02pm |

Amen my friend. https://t.co/pHLfHJ3l9v
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 25, 2020

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Judge strikes down FL’s school reopening order, unconstitutional to require ‘brick and mortar’ this month

By artappraiser on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 4:21pm |

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-lawsuits-reopening-order-ruling-20200824-kz3fo7od45c2pc5jrdadzwpahy-story.html

Judge strikes down Florida’s school reopening order, says unconstitutional to require ‘brick and mortar’ classes this month https://t.co/hwSJ777ScP pic.twitter.com/noniDxxr3U
— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) August 24, 2020

Nobody in the House can beat Katie Porter at interrogation

By artappraiser on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 4:12pm |

The postmaster general doesn’t seem to know a lot about postage rates. pic.twitter.com/QdCpOKx8Sf
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) August 24, 2020

Gov. of Wisconsin gets involved in highly questionable police shooting in Kenosha within hours

By artappraiser on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 12:49am |

https://twitter.com/Pervaizistan/status/1297747772146364416?s=20

NEW: Wisconsin governor releases details black man being shot by officers in Kenosha.

“Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot in the back multiple times, in broad daylight...Kathy and I join his family, friends, and neighbors in hoping earnestly that he will not succumb to his injuries.” pic.twitter.com/IhYcEbhpMB

After Beirut, world ports searched for dangerous chemicals. Some didn’t like what they found.

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 10:38pm |

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/after-beirut-ports-around-the-world-searched-for-dangerous-chemicals-some-didnt-like-what-they-found/ar-BB18exh4?ocid=st

After Beirut, ports around the world searched for dangerous chemicals. Some didn’t like what they found. https://t.co/ovt91eKD5p
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) August 24, 2020

“The Fiscal Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Cities: An Initial Assessment”

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 9:34pm |

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2020/08/guest-contribution-the-fiscal-effects-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-cities-an-initial-assessment

Guest contribution by Andrew Reschovsky, Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison @ Econbrowser.com, Aug. 23

Resolution regarding the Republican Party platform

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 9:01pm |

https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/media/documents/RESOLUTION_REGARDING_THE_REPUBLICAN_PARTY_PLATFORM.pdf?_ga=2.109560193.504857691.1598219603-2087748323.1598219603

BREAKING NEWS: GOP Officially Gives Trump Blank Check for Second Term; 2020 RNC "Platform" Is, in Effect, "Do What You Like, Sir" https://t.co/elLS3n2eBe
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 24, 2020

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REPUBLICANS AGAINST TRUMP & LINCOLN PROJECT ADS, PART III

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 8:57pm |

Part I is here (6/13-7/16), Part II is here (7/18-8/23)

Lincoln Project is kicking off RNC week by dragging out Ronnie:

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Wedding Reception in Maine Leads to 53 Coronavirus Infections and 1 Death

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 5:27pm |

https://www.newsweek.com/wedding-reception-leads-53-coronavirus-infections-1-death-1527006

WEDDING OUTBREAK in Maine: 53 infections now linked with a single wedding reception.

of 65 guests—30 infected!

13 secondary, 10 tertiary contacts.

23% infected under age 18. youngest 4 years old

one death in a secondary contact #COVID19 https://t.co/65y1DTliwz

The Chaos Agents: Inside the Boogaloo, America's extremely online extremists

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:53pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/19/magazine/boogaloo.html

I found this piece really really really helpful in understanding what's going on when FBI and other law enforcement experts say things like we have a "domestic terrorism" problem now. They often don't use further definers, there is a reason. It is no longer so simple as labeling them "right wingers" or white supremacists. We've gone beyond that easy labeling. Lots of them are no longer either. Quite a few see radical left and BLM protesters as bedfellows. There seems to be no unifying ideology beyond hating police and feds and having a libertarian ethos.

Progressive Groups Are Getting More Selective In Targeting Incumbents. Is It Working?

By artappraiser on Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:08pm |

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/progressive-groups-are-getting-more-selective-in-targeting-incumbents-is-it-working/

We tracked candidates’ endorsements in hundreds of races. Here’s what we found.

By Nathaniel Rakich & Meredity Conroy @ FiveThirtyEight.com, Aug. 21, with chart

Anarchist brat Sat. nite action in Denver

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 11:43pm |

https://twitter.com/MarcSallinger/status/1297364121621389312?s=20

A protest in front of Denver Police headquarters is small but has escalated quickly. About 50 protesters are here right now, many with shields and helmets. A van pulled up and passed out shields to protesters. Protesters are at a standoff with a SWAT team now #9News pic.twitter.com/XlzmcenfG9

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"Moral crusade – or extremist front?" (on BLM from a UK perspective)

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 11:00pm |

https://thecritic.co.uk/moral-crusade-or-extremist-front/

By Giles Udy @ TheCritic.co.uk, Aug. 20

Thousands have marched for Black Lives Matter without realising the movement’s revolutionary aims

(Udy is the author of Labour and the Gulag: Russia and the Seduction of the Left)

A.C.L.U.: "Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security. Its Tactics are Fearsome."

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 10:36pm |

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/dismantle-the-department-of-homeland-security-its-tactics-are-fearsome/?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=soc&utm_medium=soc&initms=200822_dhs_blog_tw&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=dhs&utm_content=200822_immigration_blog&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=soc&ms=200822_dhs_blog_tw

We won't stop saying it: Dismantle DHS. https://t.co/JVzxSshdxl
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 23, 2020

20 million Americans face eviction by end of September

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 6:35pm |

https://twitter.com/CNNBusiness/status/1296965252412776448?s=20

“I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do.”

Juana Moore, a single mother of two kids, is thousands of dollars behind in rent and had to go to a food bank for the first time.@KyungLahCNN reports on others facing financial stress and evictions. https://t.co/2LvL6CnidD pic.twitter.com/8U4bY3kYQa

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[Gun Crime topic] Syracuse: Shootings soar, murders rise, overall crime drops

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 12:37am |

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/08/syracuse-crime-and-coronavirus-murders-shootings-up-but-overall-crime-plummets.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=syracuse_sf&utm_medium=social

Homicides in Syracuse are up 11% compared to the five-year average and 33% compared to last year. https://t.co/YyY9NxsYzR
— syracuse.com (@syracusedotcom) August 18, 2020

Trump Holds a Rare White House Funeral for His Younger Brother, Robert

By artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 8:06pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/us/politics/funeral-robert-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare

It was the first time a president has held an East Room funeral for a member of his family in nearly 100 years.

Biden is already forming a government. Here's what his Cabinet could look like.

By artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 7:32pm |

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/joe-biden-cabinet-picks-397905

Screw the ideology thing, because: urgent need to get stuff done

By David Siders @ Politico.com, Aug. 21

[....] Interviews with more than a dozen Democrats familiar with his transition process describe an effort by his campaign to assemble a center-left amalgamation of personnel designed to prioritize speed over ideology in responding to the coronavirus and the resulting economic ruin. Think Susan Rice, but also Elizabeth Warren. Pete Buttigieg, but also Karen Bass.

‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016

By artappraiser on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 6:56pm |

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/trump-black-voters-turnout-2016-398520

No conspiracy needed!

In a private meeting inside Trump Tower days before his inauguration, the president-elect told a group of civil rights leaders that lower turnout among Black voters did, in fact, benefit him in the 2016 electionhttps://t.co/sIRgYcmfIT