The Trump Regime Is Beginning to Topple
Updated at 12:04 p.m. on June 6, 2020Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump has indulged his authoritarian instincts—and now he’s meeting the common fate of autocrats whose people turn against them.
Today's Liberal News
At the End of a Hellish Week, Trump Is a Happy Man
This week began with angry Trump, but, don’t worry, it ended with the president as a happy man.There he was Monday evening, jaw set in the familiar simian rictus, marching from the White House across Lafayette Square, with a cloud of flunkies and Secret Service agents trailing him. His path had just been cleared of inconvenient citizens by phalanxes of cops using tear gas in hopes of making the president’s walk in the park as pleasant and uneventful as a walk in the park.
Why K-pop Fans Are No Longer Posting About K-pop
On early Sunday morning, when the Dallas Police Department tweeted asking people to submit videos of “illegal activity” at protests to its iWatch Dallas app, K-pop fans were ready.“I wanted to do something to stop or slow [the police] down,” a 16-year-old Houston girl who goes by @YGSHIT on Twitter told me.
Trump Threatens Protests with Troops, But Police Have Already Been Militarized — With Deadly Results
The American Civil Liberties Union and Black Lives Matter announced Thursday they are suing President Trump and Attorney General William Barr for authorizing an “unprovoked and frankly criminal attack” on protesters at Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C., where the National Guard and officers dressed in riot gear fired tear gas, rubber bullets and flashbangs to disperse peaceful protesters on Monday so Trump could have a photo op with a Bible in front of St.
Watch: Police Pepper-Spray Black Filmmaker in Face at Peaceful Protest & Medics Help Him Survive
As the nationwide uprising in defense of Black lives continues, demonstrators are recording videos of police brutality on the streets. We speak with Chris Frierson, an African American documentary filmmaker and cameraman who was filming a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York, when police moved in on demonstrators. As Frierson filmed, police pepper-sprayed him directly in the face. Chris kept on filming as he struggled to the sidewalk crying in agony from the pain.
Our System Is Corroded: Carol Anderson on Rampant Police Violence and Assault on Voting Rights
On Thursday, disturbing new details were revealed in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man who was chased, ambushed and shot dead by a group of white men in Georgia in what many have called a modern-day lynching.
“Get Your Knee Off Our Necks”: At Memorial for George Floyd, Mourners Condemn 400 Years of Racism
In Minneapolis, members of George Floyd’s family, loved ones and supporters gathered for a tribute to his life. During the memorial service, people stood in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds — the amount of time police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded for his life.
The 13 Best Movies About Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Government
America continues to battle the coronavirus, demonstrators fill the streets to decry police brutality and racism, and former members of President Donald Trump’s own Cabinet are denouncing his leadership. There’s undeniable surrealism to the moment at hand, with police killings captured on camera running parallel to the bizarre image of the president strolling to a church to hold up a Bible, after the police used violent force to clear his path of peaceful protesters.
States move cautiously in contending with huge budget gaps
Many wait to see what Congress will do before committing to tax hikes, big spending cuts
‘It’s Been Setting in on Me That This Is Like a Cycle’
Roger Williams Jr. was 10 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. It was 1968, and the assassination prompted chaos, uprisings, and fires across the country, including in his own Chicago neighborhood. “At the time, as a kid, you didn’t understand it,” Williams, now 62, told me.
Why Politics Keeps Tanking a Bailout Idea That Works
Nobody in Congress likes to give other politicians money. But the track record shows that writing checks directly to states could keep the recession from becoming way worse.
The Lessons of Larry Kramer’s Loud, Confrontational Activism
Kramer wasn’t afraid to scare people in power and alienate his own allies—and he changed the world.
U.S. economy shrank at 5% annual rate in Q1
It was the biggest quarterly decline in more than a decade.
How One Judge Pushed Back Against Lifetime Punishment
Judge Frederic Block on the Nesbeth ruling, and fictional pleas in the criminal justice system.
How One Judge Pushed Back Against Lifetime Punishment
Judge Frederic Block on the Nesbeth ruling, and fictional pleas in the criminal justice system.
St. John’s Would’ve Been Open to a Trump Visit. All He Had to Do Was Ask.
He managed to alienate church leaders who see it as part of their mission to get along with the president.
St. John’s Would’ve Been Open to a Trump Photo-Op. All He Had to Do Was Ask.
He managed to alienate church leaders who see it as part of their mission to get along with the president.
‘A Coward And A Commander’: Attack On Trump By Jim Mattis Stars In Lacerating GOP Ad
Trump “dodged the draft” and now “hides from protesters in a deep bunker firing off tweets,” mocks a new video by The Lincoln Project.
Friday Night Owls: U.N. chief, Friday for Future activists call for bolder global climate action
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
Jessica Corbett at Common Dreams writes—World Environment Day Provokes Warnings That ‘To Care for Humanity, We Must Care for Nature’:
As a pandemic that’s killed over 393,000 people rages on and demonstrations demanding racial justice continue across the globe, the international community on Friday marked World Environment Day with scientifically supported warning
Watch white venture capitalist play security when Black entrepreneurs have audacity to use same gym
An entitled white venture capitalist is now out of a space to lease for his business after viral video shows him practically accusing a group of Black entrepreneurs Tuesday in Minneapolis of trespassing for attempting to work out in a gym their office rental granted them use of. Tom Austin owns the company F2 Group and rents office space in the Mozaic East building in question, Business Insider reported.
Trump Demeans Female Black Reporter As She Challenges Him On Black Unemployment
Trump shushed Yamiche Alcindor of PBS, then angrily told her: “You are something.
Video shows Oregon police warning armed counterprotesters before police action
The Reopen America movement—made up of a conservative, mostly white, and frequently heavily armed set of protests—was a sad affair. In some cases the protests were dangerous affairs as armed white guys screamed in the faces of law enforcement and threatened to take over government buildings. While obviously small, these anti-government “control” theatrical events always seemed to come up against very restrained and sober law enforcement.
‘I don’t want to go back to work and die.’ That’s the choice Congress, states have given workers
The Senate is dragging its heels over extending enhanced unemployment benefits, saying that people are choosing to stay on unemployment rather than go back to work. Well, some of them are. They’re doing so because they’re worried their bosses won’t protect them from coronavirus.
Like Jake Lyon and five of his coworkers in Colorado, who were ordered back to work at the tea shop where they were employed, but wanted to make sure that coming back was safe.
After 2 days in jail, peaceful protester released after videos show what really happened
On June 1, 2020, a collection of peaceful protesters gathered on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia. As curfew approached, the mostly young crowd began to be corralled by bike police officers. An escalation of events took place and 21-year-old Temple University engineering student named Evan Gorski was arrested. According to Philadelphia police, Gorski allegedly “assaulted a police officer by pushing him off a bike, causing him to break a hand.
White House Forces Press To Breach Social Distancing Guidelines Because It ‘Looks Better’
Seats for a news briefing were moved closer together as reporters served as a “prop” for an employment statement by Donald Trump, who refused to take questions.
Roger Goodell Admits NFL Was Wrong About Player Protests
The commissioner is backtracking from the football league’s original stance that players should not be allowed to peacefully protest during the national anthem.
Bad Apples in Buffalo
After an elderly protester in Buffalo, New York, was pushed to the ground by police officers and left to lie there as blood pooled beneath his head, the head of the local police union, John Evans, said his colleagues were disgusted.Disgusted, that is, that two of the officers seen in the video were suspended without pay.
Long Island’s History of Racial Division Started Long Before Black Lives Matter Came to Merrick
This week’s clash of protesters was rooted in the racist housing policy known as redlining.
Twitter Users Point Out Hypocrisy Of Trump’s ‘No Kneeling’ Tweets About Protesting
One person mocked the president by saying, “The racism will continue until morale improves.