14:08 Charles-(CA) | Do you believe in ANYTHING supernatural?
28:59 David-NJ | Why Aristotle Believed in a God
33:38 Andre-PA | God & QUANTUM Mechanics
39:54 Brian-MI | Matt's Position on Likelihood of God Has Changed (Clarified)
48:03 Michael-AZ | God Exists & Doesn't Exist
51:39 Glenn-PA | God DOESN'T Exist, No One Will Ever Call In with Evidence
1:00:22 Vladimir-CA | Proof of God, Just Look Around
1:09:21 Matt-IN | This Equation MAY Demonstrate God
1:19:04 Kanyon-AZ | I’ve Seen LOTS of Unexplained Things, So It MUST Be Something
1:43:08 Daniel-(CA) | Some Alien Abduction Stories MUST Be True
Interview:
https://youtu.be/AFwgERzC6wg
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Talk Heathen 04.19 with Eric Murphy & Dragnauct Sylvas
00:05:30 Gullapalli - IL - The idea of God existing is important
00:25:20 Cole - NC - Has issue with a previous episode and call
00:52:01 Ellen - MI - Has a specific question about blood type for Drag
00:58:46 Adam - FL - Wife became more of a fervent believer after marriage
01:16:44 Kathy - PA - Would like to talk about the afterlife and sins committed in this life.
01:18:40 David - Israel - The tri-omni God is preposterous
01:26:33 Kathy - PA - She called back!
01:46:15 Jesse - NJ - Sibling claimed Judaism in a small group became a genetic trait
Interview:
https://youtu.be/7cZCnCiRgzI
00:25:20 Cole - NC - Has issue with a previous episode and call
00:52:01 Ellen - MI - Has a specific question about blood type for Drag
00:58:46 Adam - FL - Wife became more of a fervent believer after marriage
01:16:44 Kathy - PA - Would like to talk about the afterlife and sins committed in this life.
01:18:40 David - Israel - The tri-omni God is preposterous
01:26:33 Kathy - PA - She called back!
01:46:15 Jesse - NJ - Sibling claimed Judaism in a small group became a genetic trait
Interview:
https://youtu.be/7cZCnCiRgzI
A Tampa Church is Hosting Christian COVIDpalooza (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Athiest podast #324)
— Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is planning Christian COVIDpalooza this weekend. (0:36)
— The CDC website has removed sensible virus guidance for churches. (5:02)
— There’s a black Republican Jewish atheist on the Cincinnati City Council. (7:48)
— After Jerry Falwell, Jr. tweeted a “joke” about blackface and the KKK, one Liberty University professor resigned in protest. (30:29)
— Conservative Christians are very concernstipated about Pixar’s short film “Out,” which is a love story featuring a gay man. (45:59)
— A well-known Jehovah’s Witness published a book denouncing the religion’s leaders. Will he be kicked out because of it? (48:04)
— A former star of Christian rock said he’s no longer Christian. (53:02)
— The dad from Duck Dynasty has a secret love-child… but it’s okay since the affair occurred before he found Jesus. (58:01)
— The Museum of the Bible is returning a stolen Gilgamesh tablet. (1:05:05)
Interview:
https://soundcloud.com/friendly-atheist-podcast/ep-324-a-tampa-church-is-hosting-christian-covidpalooza
— The CDC website has removed sensible virus guidance for churches. (5:02)
— There’s a black Republican Jewish atheist on the Cincinnati City Council. (7:48)
— After Jerry Falwell, Jr. tweeted a “joke” about blackface and the KKK, one Liberty University professor resigned in protest. (30:29)
— Conservative Christians are very concernstipated about Pixar’s short film “Out,” which is a love story featuring a gay man. (45:59)
— A well-known Jehovah’s Witness published a book denouncing the religion’s leaders. Will he be kicked out because of it? (48:04)
— A former star of Christian rock said he’s no longer Christian. (53:02)
— The dad from Duck Dynasty has a secret love-child… but it’s okay since the affair occurred before he found Jesus. (58:01)
— The Museum of the Bible is returning a stolen Gilgamesh tablet. (1:05:05)
Interview:
https://soundcloud.com/friendly-atheist-podcast/ep-324-a-tampa-church-is-hosting-christian-covidpalooza
“Biden Grieves, Trump Tweets.” (Pod Save America podcast)
The two candidates mark the pandemic death toll reaching 100,000 Americans in starkly different ways, a masked Biden emerges from his home, and both campaigns compete for black voters amid new incidents of racism and violence. Then Obama veteran Paul Tewes talks to Jon about recruiting an army of organizers to beat Trump in 2020.
Interview:
https://crooked.com/podcast/biden-grieves-trump-tweets/
Interview:
https://crooked.com/podcast/biden-grieves-trump-tweets/
#Obamagate (w/guest AG!) (Opening Arguments podcast OA389)
Today’s episode brings back AG of the Mueller She Wrote and Daily Beans podcasts to help delve in to all the craziness that is #Obamagate. And, as a bonus, we also discuss the five Inspectors General fired by Trump and what they were investigating. You won’t want to miss this special episode!
As it turns out, #Obamagate is nonsense. Who knew?
After the hour-long interview, it’s time to revisit #T3BE, in which Thomas decided the issue was hearsay, not spousal privilege. Did he get the answer correct? Listen and find out!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa389-obamagate-w-guest-ag/
As it turns out, #Obamagate is nonsense. Who knew?
After the hour-long interview, it’s time to revisit #T3BE, in which Thomas decided the issue was hearsay, not spousal privilege. Did he get the answer correct? Listen and find out!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa389-obamagate-w-guest-ag/
5 good Netflix movies to watch this weekend: High Strung Free Dance
You’re likely getting ready for the new drop of Netflix movies on Monday. Before you start looking ahead at this week, there are some great options to check out this weekend.
As usual, there’s something for everyone. Whether you love dance movies or want one of the top releases from 2019, here are the top five movies to check out from May 30 to 31.
https://netflixlife.com/2020/05/30/good-netflix-movies-watch-may-30-31/
https://netflixlife.com/2020/05/30/good-netflix-movies-watch-may-30-31/
Why Ditching the WHO Will Backfire on Trump - POLITICO
If the past is any guide, the president’s politically-motivated decision to withdraw from the international organization could come back to haunt the U.S.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/30/pulling-out-of-the-who-wont-help-trump-290610
Voting Rights Roundup: Court axes Florida GOP's poll tax, restoring voting rights to roughly 775,000
In a historic victory against Republican voter suppression, a federal district court struck down a law that Republicans passed to impose a modern-day poll tax that disenfranchised would-be voters who had served their felony sentences but still owed court fines and fees. The judge ruled that the law established a "tax by any other name" in violation of the 24th Amendment's ban on disenfranchising voters "by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax." The court's decision means that hundreds of thousands of disproportionately Black voters will regain the right to vote. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/29/1948663/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Court-axes-Florida-GOP-s-poll-tax-restoring-voting-rights-to-roughly-775-000
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/29/1948663/-Voting-Rights-Roundup-Court-axes-Florida-GOP-s-poll-tax-restoring-voting-rights-to-roughly-775-000
Police violence, like in George Floyd’s killing, has been made worse under Trump - Vox
With pardons, abdication of oversight, harsh rhetoric, and executive orders, the Trump administration has encouraged violent policing.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/5/30/21275588/trump-policing-policies-doj-george-floyd-protests
https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/5/30/21275588/trump-policing-policies-doj-george-floyd-protests
Policing in the US is not about enforcing law. It’s about enforcing white supremacy
Police treatment of two CNN reporters at a George Floyd protest shows the US has opposite systems of justice – one for white people, one for people of color
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/30/policing-in-the-us-is-not-about-enforcing-law-its-about-enforcing-white-supremacy
Twitter Had Been Drawing a Line for Months When Trump Crossed It - The New York Times
Inside the company, one faction wanted Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief, to take a hard line against the president’s tweets while another urged him to remain hands-off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/technology/twitter-trump-dorsey.html
Trump hammers China over Hong Kong, China responds with: What about Minneapolis? - The Washington Post
Chinese officials appeared to shrug off President Trump’s latest slaps against Beijing and struck back with their own rhetorical punch Saturday: highlighting the growing street clashes triggered by the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-trump-hong-kong/2020/05/30/37ad056e-a25a-11ea-9d96-c3f7c755fd6e_story.html
George Floyd protests: Police, protesters clash on day of march, rally
What started as a peaceful protest against police brutality at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters on Friday afternoon turned into a series of violent clashes between police and protesters throughout downtown past midnight.
A 21-year-old man from Eastpointe was also fatally shot by an unknown suspect in the area of Congress and Randolph, Detroit Police said. The circumstances surrounding the incident are still being investigated.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2020/05/29/march-against-police-brutality-planned-detroit/5285082002/
'Cowboy for Trump' thinks 'the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,' so Trump retweets it
Couy Griffin, the New Mexico Republican whose video was just retweeted by Donald Trump, wants you to know that he wasn’t really calling for people to kill his political opposition when he told a crowd: “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”
Griffin claims he didn’t mean that literally, just politically. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Then he adds that Democrats may yet be convicted of treason: “You get to pick your poison: you either go before a firing squad, or you get the end of the rope.”
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/28/1948304/--Cowboy-for-Trump-thinks-the-only-good-Democrat-is-a-dead-Democrat-so-Trump-retweets-it
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/28/1948304/--Cowboy-for-Trump-thinks-the-only-good-Democrat-is-a-dead-Democrat-so-Trump-retweets-it
RWW News: Gordon Klingenschmitt & Josh Bernstein On The George Floyd Protests
Gordon Klingenschmitt and Josh Bernstein want to know why those who are protesting the murder of George Floyd have not been protesting Planned Parenthood's "genocide" of black babies.
https://youtu.be/qFh4CsLctPc
Curt Landry Says Satan Wants to Defeat Trump and Carry Out 'Another Holocaust' - RWW News
Right-wing pastor Curt Landry says that Christians cannot let Satan defeat Trump in November and install a "far left socialist communist" who will carry out "another Holocaust."
https://youtu.be/T7GfqfrHLpo
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Week In The News: Death Of George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Coronavirus Death Toll
American COVID-19 deaths surpass 100,000. And protests erupt over the death of George Floyd. Our weekly roundtable digs into the week’s news.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/05/29/week-in-the-news-100000-coronavirus-minneapolis-george-floyd
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/05/29/week-in-the-news-100000-coronavirus-minneapolis-george-floyd
The News Roundup—Domestic (The 1A) 2020-05-29
The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the United States crossed the 100,000 mark, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. There are 1.7 million confirmed cases in the United States and 5.6 million cases across the globe.
A black man named George Floyd in Minneapolis died after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Video of the act catalyzed protests and riots throughout the city. Minneapolis’s mayor has called for the intervention of the National Guard.
And a white woman called the police on a black man who was bird-watching in New York’s Central Park after he asked her to put her dog on a leash in a part of the park where it’s required.
Footage of the incident went viral. The woman lost her job and surrendered her dog to a shelter.
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/the-news-roundup-domestic-2020-29-5/
A black man named George Floyd in Minneapolis died after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Video of the act catalyzed protests and riots throughout the city. Minneapolis’s mayor has called for the intervention of the National Guard.
And a white woman called the police on a black man who was bird-watching in New York’s Central Park after he asked her to put her dog on a leash in a part of the park where it’s required.
Footage of the incident went viral. The woman lost her job and surrendered her dog to a shelter.
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/the-news-roundup-domestic-2020-29-5/
The News Roundup—International (The 1A) 2020-05-29
This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Hong Kong no longer has significant autonomy from China. The statement comes as the Chinese government is expected to pass a law allowing its security agencies to “take broad actions limiting the liberties of Hong Kong residents,” according to The New York Times.
Protests in Hong Kong against the Chinese government have been happening for months, but flared up in recent weeks. The Times reported that 360 protesters were arrested on suspicion of “unauthorized assembly” on Wednesday alone.
What likely steps will the United States take next?
The death toll due to COVID-19 reached over 25,000 in Brazil. The country continues to be one of the virus’s hotspots. And Americans in the country struggled to return home before the United States banned arrivals from Brazil earlier this week.
What is required to stop the spread in Brazil?
And what’s behind New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez’s op-ed in CNN this week? The Democrat wrote that the Trump administration “is currently trying to sell thousands more precision-guided bombs to the President’s ‘friend,’ Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.”
DefenseNews put Menendez’s piece into context: “It comes after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday confirmed that he knew his department’s inspector general, Steve Linick, who the president fired this month, was investigating a massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia made last year.”
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/the-news-roundup-international-2020-29-05/
Protests in Hong Kong against the Chinese government have been happening for months, but flared up in recent weeks. The Times reported that 360 protesters were arrested on suspicion of “unauthorized assembly” on Wednesday alone.
What likely steps will the United States take next?
The death toll due to COVID-19 reached over 25,000 in Brazil. The country continues to be one of the virus’s hotspots. And Americans in the country struggled to return home before the United States banned arrivals from Brazil earlier this week.
What is required to stop the spread in Brazil?
And what’s behind New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez’s op-ed in CNN this week? The Democrat wrote that the Trump administration “is currently trying to sell thousands more precision-guided bombs to the President’s ‘friend,’ Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.”
DefenseNews put Menendez’s piece into context: “It comes after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday confirmed that he knew his department’s inspector general, Steve Linick, who the president fired this month, was investigating a massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia made last year.”
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/the-news-roundup-international-2020-29-05/
Transcripts of calls between Flynn, Russian diplomat show they discussed sanctions - The Washington Post
Transcripts of phone calls in late 2016 between President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a Russian diplomat were released Friday, showing that the two did discuss sanctions as the incoming administration sought to avoid escalating the conflict over Russian interference in the presidential election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/transcripts-of-calls-between-flynn-russian-diplomat-show-they-discussed-sanctions/2020/05/29/cc3d29c6-a1f0-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/transcripts-of-calls-between-flynn-russian-diplomat-show-they-discussed-sanctions/2020/05/29/cc3d29c6-a1f0-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html
Mueller Memos Part 7: These Documents Reveal What People Close To The President Told Mueller’s Team About Trump And Russia
A cache of secret documents from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and potential attempts by President Donald Trump to obstruct the inquiry was turned over to BuzzFeed and CNN Friday in response to Freedom of Information Act lawsuits.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/mueller-memos-part-7-more-secret-documents
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/mueller-memos-part-7-more-secret-documents
Rank-And-File Republicans Turn On Trump In New Effort To Block His Reelection | HuffPost
“I’d vote for a tuna fish sandwich before I’d vote for Donald Trump again,” says one voter in the video testimonials.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-voters-against-trump_n_5ed09e83c5b6aeca900f0949
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-voters-against-trump_n_5ed09e83c5b6aeca900f0949
Trump reveals a striking divide with his reaction to armed lockdown protesters vs George Floyd protesters – Raw Story
President Donald Trump reacted in remarkably different ways to protests at the start and end of May.
When predominantly white demonstrators carried military-style rifles to the Michigan Statehouse to protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders, the president urged her to give in to their demands to reopen the state as the coronavirus pandemic raged. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trump-reveals-a-striking-divide-with-his-reaction-to-armed-lockdown-protesters-vs-george-floyd-protesters/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trump-reveals-a-striking-divide-with-his-reaction-to-armed-lockdown-protesters-vs-george-floyd-protesters/
Chris Hayes Turns Donald Trump’s Own Campaign Claims Against Him In Withering Monologue | HuffPost
“There is no plan from the president, who warned against American carnage, with the carnage and chaos we are living through now.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-hayes-donald-trump-american-carnage_n_5ed0ad06c5b6aeca900f14bb
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-hayes-donald-trump-american-carnage_n_5ed0ad06c5b6aeca900f14bb
Texas Supreme Court vote-by-mail decision could disenfranchise millions amid pandemic - Vox
Voters under age 65 could potentially be disenfranchised.
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/29/21273063/texas-supreme-court-vote-by-mail-ruling-coronavirus-pandemic
CNN reporter Omar Jimenez arrested in Minneapolis - Vox
Early this morning, Minnesota state police officers dispatched to the scene of riots in Minneapolis arrested CNN reporter Omar Jimenez while he was live on camera doing a news broadcast. The footage, which was beamed into American living rooms in real time, shows a calm and polite Jimenez repeatedly offering to relocate if he’s in officers’ way. But instead of receiving clear instructions, he’s simply placed under arrest.
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/29/21274377/omar-jimenez-arrest-minneapolis
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/29/21274377/omar-jimenez-arrest-minneapolis
White House Hid CDC’s Warning That Singing in Church Choirs Can Spread Coronavirus, Says Report
The Trump administration took down warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website that singing in choirs can spread the novel coronavirus, The Washington Post reports.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-hid-cdcs-warning-that-singing-in-church-choirs-can-spread-coronavirus-says-report
Nursing Homes Fought Federal Emergency Plan Requirements for Years. Now, They’re Coronavirus Hot Spots. — ProPublica
The long-term care industry resisted a federal mandate to plan for disasters including pandemics. About 43% of nursing homes have been caught violating the requirement, including facilities that have now had deadly COVID-19 outbreaks.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nursing-homes-fought-federal-emergency-plan-requirements-for-years-now-theyre-coronavirus-hot-spots
https://www.propublica.org/article/nursing-homes-fought-federal-emergency-plan-requirements-for-years-now-theyre-coronavirus-hot-spots
The US-China trade war has erased $1.7 trillion from US companies' market value, Fed report says | Markets Insider
The two-year trade war between the US and China has slashed $1.7 trillion from American companies' market cap, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a Thursday report. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/trade-war-cut-trillion-stocks-market-value-us-federal-reserve-2020-5
https://www.businessinsider.com/trade-war-cut-trillion-stocks-market-value-us-federal-reserve-2020-5
Judge who asked alleged rape victim if she tried closing her legs is removed from office
A New Jersey judge who asked an alleged rape victim if she "closed her legs" to prevent her attacker from assaulting her has been removed from office.
The state Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on Tuesday to permanently bar former Ocean County Superior Court Judge John Russo, Jr.....
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-who-asked-alleged-rape-victim-if-she-tried-closing-n1216611
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-who-asked-alleged-rape-victim-if-she-tried-closing-n1216611
Friday, May 29, 2020
Kaepernick on George Floyd's death: 'When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction' | TheHill
Former NFL star and activist Colin Kaepernick spoke out on social media regarding the recent death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died earlier this week shortly after being placed in police custody in Minneapolis.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/499986-kaepernick-on-george-floyds-death-when-civility-leads-to-death
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/499986-kaepernick-on-george-floyds-death-when-civility-leads-to-death
Nina Turner on George Floyd killing: 'There's a post-traumatic stress disorder in the African American communities' | TheHill
Nina Turner, a former top aide for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) presidential campaign, reflected on the recent killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minn., saying the African American community has endured a kind of generational trauma from deaths like Floyd's.
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/499963-nina-turner-on-george-floyd-killing-theres-a-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/499963-nina-turner-on-george-floyd-killing-theres-a-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in
Comey, Rice, Clapper among GOP senator's targets for subpoenas amid Obama-era probe | TheHill
Some of the most high-profile figures of the Obama administration are among a list of officials Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) would like to subpoena as part of his investigation into the FBI's probe of Russian election meddling and the Trump campaign.
The list, released by Johnson's office on Thursday night, comes after he scheduled a committee vote for June 4 to seek subpoena authority.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500052-comey-rice-clapper-among-gop-senators-targets-for-subpoenas-amid-obama-era
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/500052-comey-rice-clapper-among-gop-senators-targets-for-subpoenas-amid-obama-era
Anti-Trump super PAC launched by Republicans takes aim at McConnell - The Washington Post
The Lincoln Project, a super PAC launched by veteran Republican operatives seeking to oust President Trump from office, has now trained its sights on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), accusing him in a new ad of neglecting his home state.
The 60-second spot accuses McConnell of enriching himself during his long tenure in Washington, dubbing him “Rich Mitch,” while noting Kentucky’s low rankings among states in job opportunity, education and health care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anti-trump-super-pac-launched-by-republicans-takes-aim-at-mcconnell/2020/05/28/3009e522-a0e1-11ea-9590-1858a893bd59_story.html
WATCH: Trump warns kids in California are committing voter fraud by ‘raiding mailboxes’ for vote by mail ballots – Raw Story
President Donald Trump went on a long rant Thursday afternoon when a reporter told him he was wrong about mail-in voting. Trump is falsely claiming the State of California is sending out ballots to everyone in the state, including non-citizens.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/watch-trump-warns-kids-in-california-are-committing-voter-fraud-by-raiding-mailboxes-for-vote-by-mail-ballots/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/watch-trump-warns-kids-in-california-are-committing-voter-fraud-by-raiding-mailboxes-for-vote-by-mail-ballots/
Graham urges senior judges to step aside so Trump, GOP can replace them | TheHill
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is publicly urging judges in their mid- to late 60s to consider stepping aside ahead of Election Day to help ensure that their seats could be filled by Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/499957-graham-urges-senior-judges-to-step-aside-ahead-of-november-election
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/499957-graham-urges-senior-judges-to-step-aside-ahead-of-november-election
Trump Wants To Help Conservatives Sue Twitter, Brett Kavanaugh Could Get In The Way.
Trump signed an executive order aimed at stripping Twitter and other social media companies of legal immunity.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-twitter-executive-order-230-brett-kavanaugh
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-twitter-executive-order-230-brett-kavanaugh
Trump tries a new response after George Floyd's death - ABC News
President Donald Trump and his allies have taken a very different tone with the in-custody death of a black man in Minneapolis compared with past instances of police brutality involving African Americans
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-response-george-floyds-death-70939810
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-response-george-floyds-death-70939810
Trump campaign tries to get satirical cartoon taken off shopping site - Business Insider
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign is alleged to have demanded a satirical cartoon of the president be removed from an on-demand retail site.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-tries-to-get-satirical-cartoon-taken-off-redbubble-2020-5
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-tries-to-get-satirical-cartoon-taken-off-redbubble-2020-5
Everything Bush said to do to prepare for a pandemic but Trump ignored - Business Insider
In 2005, while on vacation at his ranch outside Crawford, Texas, President George W. Bush read John M. Barry's "The Great Influenza." The book examines how the US was impacted by the 1918 flu pandemic, the deadliest viral outbreak since the Black Death.
At the time, the country was focused on other crises — notably the war in Iraq and global terrorism — but Bush was adamant about preparing for a massive national health crisis.
https://www.businessinsider.com/george-bush-said-prepare-for-a-pandemic-that-trump-ignored-2020-5
https://www.businessinsider.com/george-bush-said-prepare-for-a-pandemic-that-trump-ignored-2020-5
Breaking precedent, White House won’t release formal economic projections this summer that would forecast extent of downturn - The Washington Post
The president’s aides will not publish updated economic forecasts, citing volatility in U.S. economy ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/28/white-house-coronavirus-economic-projections/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/28/white-house-coronavirus-economic-projections/
Anti-Trump Republican Group Launches $10 Million Project to Get Biden Elected
Republican voters who do not want to see President Donald Trump win reelection in the fall are coming together as part of a $10 million project to get presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden elected instead. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-republican-group-launches-10-million-project-get-biden-elected-1507168
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-republican-group-launches-10-million-project-get-biden-elected-1507168
Donald Trump's move against Twitter factchecking could backfire
Donald Trump’s apparent plans to punish Twitter for appending a factcheck to his claims that mail-in ballots would be “substantially fraudulent” could reshape the web – but not necessarily in the ways he or his supporters intend.
....
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/28/donald-trump-move-against-twitter-factchecking-could-backfire
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/28/donald-trump-move-against-twitter-factchecking-could-backfire
Trump draft order could expose Twitter and Facebook to more lawsuits
Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that could erode legal protections for social media companies for content posted on their platforms, potentially opening them to liability claims over controversial content. If it survived anticipated legal challenges, the order could also allow federal regulators to sanction companies that in the government’s judgment are not even-handed in their editorial practices.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/trump-draft-order-could-expose-twitter-and-facebook-to-more-lawsuits
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/trump-draft-order-could-expose-twitter-and-facebook-to-more-lawsuits
The 5 Most Underrated Netflix Movies Of 2020 So Far | HuffPost Life
These movies got lost in the pandemic news cycle.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/underrated-netflix-movies-2020_l_5ecd42a0c5b6cf43a92e3129
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/underrated-netflix-movies-2020_l_5ecd42a0c5b6cf43a92e3129
Prosecutor investigating whether Tara Reade gave false testimony as expert witness | TheHill
A California district attorney has launched an investigation into whether Tara Reade, who has accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of Joe Biden of sexual assault, gave false testimony as an expert witness.
The Monterey County district attorney is examining the accuracy of testimony Reade provided as an expert witness in domestic violence cases for the office, Politico reported Tuesday. The investigation will also reportedly look into whether she lied about her credentials to qualify as an expert.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/499687-prosecutor-investigating-whether-tara-reade-gave-false-testimony-as
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/499687-prosecutor-investigating-whether-tara-reade-gave-false-testimony-as
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Right-Wing Group Aims to Purge 800,000 Voters in Pennsylvania
SIX STATES ARE facing federal lawsuits and threats of litigation from the ultra-conservative nonprofit Judicial Watch that could jeopardize the integrity of upcoming primary and general elections.
https://theintercept.com/2020/05/28/pennsylvania-voter-rolls-purge-judicial-watch/
https://theintercept.com/2020/05/28/pennsylvania-voter-rolls-purge-judicial-watch/
False START (Pod Save the World podcast)
China tries to crush dissent in Hong Kong. Tommy and Ben discuss what the White House, Congress and the Biden campaign can do to stop them. Failed diplomacy with North Korea and why the US is walking away from bipartisan arms control agreements. Facebook leadership ignored evidence that the platform was polarizing users and driving them to extremism, the US bans travel from Brazil, scandal erupts in the UK, and Iran and Venezuela increase cooperation. Then Ben talks to Aidan Eyakuze, a Tanzanian activist, about the Tanzanian government's failure to take coronavirus seriously.
Interview:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9513168/false-start
Interview:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9513168/false-start
White House organizes harassment of Twitter employee as Trump threatens company - The Verge
After the company fact-checked two of Trump’s tweets
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/27/21272210/trump-twitter-fact-check-admin-targeting-employee-voter-fraud-controversy
“What You’re Really Finding Is White Women Switching”: After Ahmaud Arbery, Is Georgia Turning Blue? | Vanity Fair
With two GOP senators up for reelection, a horrific murder case, Trump, and a flailing governor are changing the climate. “Georgia is competitive,” says James Carville....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/after-ahmaud-arbery-is-georgia-turning-blue
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/after-ahmaud-arbery-is-georgia-turning-blue
The Michael Flynn "unmasking" controversy unmasked - Axios
President Trump and his allies have made a lot of noise about purported Obama administration wrongdoing via the “unmasking” of then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn’s identity in reports of intercepted conversations between Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016–17 presidential transition.
https://www.axios.com/flynn-unmasking-explained-6f72c5d4-5ac7-45b9-b21c-21c32e5d09c3.html
https://www.axios.com/flynn-unmasking-explained-6f72c5d4-5ac7-45b9-b21c-21c32e5d09c3.html
Multiple reporters FORCE Trump’s press sec to answer question she was avoiding
Multiple reporters just FORCED Trump’s press secretary to answer a question she was avoiding.
https://youtu.be/0EvnUstC46Y
Republican Group Gives Trump A Harsh Reminder Of His Biggest Coronavirus Blunder | HuffPost
A group of conservative critics of President Donald Trump is out with a stark new video highlighting the growing death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic.
And it puts one of the president’s most infamous falsehoods about the disease into a harsh spotlight.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservative-groups-trump-coronavirus-toll_n_5ecddd0fc5b6ed2bae791f9c
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservative-groups-trump-coronavirus-toll_n_5ecddd0fc5b6ed2bae791f9c
Trump’s latest display isn’t just deranged. It’s also an abuse of power - The Washington Post:
Trump's war on Twitter is already working exactly as he intends it to....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/27/trumps-latest-display-isnt-just-deranged-its-also-an-abuse-power/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/27/trumps-latest-display-isnt-just-deranged-its-also-an-abuse-power/
Your election angst is real: Trump's gonna cheat and it could be total hell | Salon.com
During the presidential campaign of 1988, "Saturday Night Live's" Dana Carvey played then-Vice President George H.W. Bush as a lovable oddball and Jon Lovitz portrayed Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis as an emotionally detached technocrat, musing out loud during a debate, "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy."....
The FDA relaxes food label rules for fifth time during the pandemic - The Washington Post
Manufacturers may now substitute ingredients without relabeling, and vending machine operators may ditch calorie information....
Trump threatens to ‘close down’ social media companies if they don’t stop fact-checking his tweets – Raw Story
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to “close down” social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter if they didn’t stop fact-checking his tweets about mail-in voting.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trump-threatens-to-close-down-social-media-companies-if-they-dont-stop-fact-checking-his-tweets/
Hell hath no fury like a president suckered - The Washington Post
What's Trump to do now that it's obvious he fell for a dictator's charms?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/26/hell-hath-no-fury-like-president-suckered/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/26/hell-hath-no-fury-like-president-suckered/
Hank Kunneman Says Christians Cannot Allow the 'Anti-Christ' Party to Defeat Trump - RWW News
Right-wing pastor Hank Kunneman says Christians must vote to reelect Trump because the "anti-Christ" party wants to murder babies and shut down churches.
https://youtu.be/TMGjaiEg_r4
https://youtu.be/TMGjaiEg_r4
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Democratic Congressman Calls for Probe Into Former White House Official’s $3 Million Mask Deal — ProPublica
Trump’s former deputy chief of staff won a $3 million federal contract just days after registering his company. He delivered masks to Navajo hospitals that may not work. Rep. Gerry Connolly asked the HHS inspector general’s office to look into it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/democratic-congressman-calls-for-probe-into-former-white-house-officials-3-million-mask-deal
https://www.propublica.org/article/democratic-congressman-calls-for-probe-into-former-white-house-officials-3-million-mask-deal
A US passport used to be an asset. Under Trump it has become a liability
The president has stopped pretending to do anything about coronavirus. Travellers from the US are about to become the pariahs of the world
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/26/us-passport-used-to-be-asset-under-trump-it-has-become-a-liability
FBI investigating death of black man after footage shows officer kneeling on his neck
The FBI and authorities in Minnesota have launched investigations into the death of an African American man after an incident, captured on video, in which a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck as he lay on the ground.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/26/george-floyd-killing-police-video-fbi-investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/26/george-floyd-killing-police-video-fbi-investigation
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