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Could the key to Covid be found in the Russian pandemic?

Antifa Seizes Seattle PD, Sets Up ‘Autonomous Zone’ Just Like ISIS and the Paris Commune

China mobilises thousands of troops, armoured vehicles near border with India

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In some cases, demonstrations devolved into riots, including looting, arson, and vandalism. The city experienced its most violent day in 60 years on May 31, with 18 people murdered and 65,000 calls to 911. Twenty-five people were killed between May 29 and May 31, and 85 were wounded by gunfire.

Catching on yet?

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Coronavirus sparks ‘insane’ evacuation from NYC, movers say, as residents head south

Following Riots 5 Years Ago, One U.S. City Defunded Its Police Force in 2015; How Did That Turn Out?

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German Report Blasts Shutdown

Have we already defunded the police?

The Real History of Antifa

Why isn’t Andrew Sullivan allowed to write his column?

Former Obama aide goes off on looters: ‘There are human beings that live in this goddamn neighborhood’

Blue Lives Matter website to be shut down because shut up, they said

Last Sunday was the deadliest day in Chicago’s history going back to 1961

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Much more at the link. “We should always evaluate the risks and benefits of efforts to control the virus,” Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins epidemiologist, tweeted on Tuesday. “In this moment the public health risks of not protesting to demand an end to systemic racism greatly exceed the harms of the virus.”

The New York Times and the Vanguard of the Incognizant More on drama here. And Tom Cotton’s side here.

CEO of Babylon Bee: ‘Awana Is Threatening To Sue Us’ If We Don’t Remove Article,

Minneapolis City Council May Eliminate Police Dept. for ‘Transformative New Model’

Former MI6 head claims COVID-19 was made in a Chinese lab

The Gospel According to Peter Thiel

Russian policy on nuclear deterrence (quick take)

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A mysterious company’s coronavirus papers in top medical journals may be unraveling

Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters

Worse than war: My night besieged by looters and thugs in NYC

Police Chief: Arrested Looters in NYC Are Immediately Released Because of Bail-Reform Law

Liberty, accused of being reckless hotspot for COVID, ends semester with zero campus cases

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Sweden’s “road alone” and elderly care;

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Model this New York City police force Related: Mayor de Blasio calls for punishment of NYPD officer based on edited video of incident

More than 50 Secret Service agents are injured in clashes outside the White House: Rioters throw Molotov cocktails in DC while looters trash Gucci and Chanel stores in NYC on a sixth night of violence in cities across the US

THAT WAS THE RIOT THAT WAS

Episcopalians Confused By Strange Book Trump Brought To Church