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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;

On Days of Disorder

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

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A snarky reading of this would be “Conservatives have always been more right then liberals” but that would be mean to Benjamin Rush who did his best. Having send that, many conventional treatments for Covid pushed by doctors (like ventilators) have also shown themselves to be harmful so that is also a parallel. Americans Have Always Politicized Public Health

Not in the Bee. Minnesota Governor and Media Blame White Nationalists and Russians for Riots

Russians are scary I guess. Riot Police, National Guard ‘Completely Abandon’ Perimeter in Minneapolis, Chased Away by Protesters

All those people who were up in arms because protesters against the lock down were literally killing people are strangely silent. Mayor Frey Gives Masks to Rioters But Says Opening Churches Would Be a ‘Public Health Disaster’ and also De Blasio backs George Floyd protests despite coronavirus gathering ban

If they were changed every hour and people did not pull them down to talk they might help. But that is never going to happen. More evidence masks are merely a symbolic gesture

Fang Fang’s “Wuhan Diary”

After day of fiery protests, uneasy calm in Seattle

Coming soon to a broke city/town near you? New Speed Limit Turns DC Into Giant School Zone

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What to Make of Secretary Pompeo Decertifying Hong Kong Autonomy

Not far from the LAC, satellite picks up Chinese armour, artillery

I am suprised they admitted this. It will feed speculation that it came from the lab. COVID-19: China says Wuhan wet market was site of ‘superspreader’ event, not ground zero

Of all the comments that Trump made they picked this one to censor? Given Trump I expected a something a little more outrageous. Twitter censors Trump tweet about Minneapolis protests for “glorifying violence”

The WHO says it, must be true. A recent headline, not a throwback. Healthy people should wear masks only if caring for coronavirus patients, WHO says

NYC on Track to Open June 8, 5 Regions Move to Phase II; NJ Sets Dates for Day Care, Camp

First this has been known for a long time. Second, how come people always pass this off as bad news? Most coronavirus patients on cruise were asymptomatic, study says

The Mysterious Anomaly Weakening Earth’s Magnetic Field Seems to Be Splitting

Bipartisan revolt upends vote to reauthorize FISA

Moscow, Ankara ‘Divide Up Influence’ In Libya: Analysts