Fact check: Biden tax plan raises rates for those who make over $400K

Viral posts on Facebook claim tax rates for some families would more than double if Democrat Joe Biden is elected president. “Bidens tax rate on a family making 75000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%,” reads a post Aug. 16 that has been shared more than 126,000 times. “LET THAT SINK IN ALL YOU RIDING WITH BIDEN SUPPORTERS.” ....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/30/fact-check-biden-tax-plan-raises-rates-those-who-make-over-400-k/3418926001/

FDA convalescent plasma authorization: How Trump politicized another federal agency's response to the pandemic - The Washington Post

President Trump’s accusatory tweet barreled in at 7:49 a.m. a week ago Saturday: The “deep state” at the Food and Drug Administration was trying to sandbag his election prospects by slowing progress on coronavirus treatments and vaccines until after Nov. 3. Shocked and upset, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, who was tagged in the tweet, immediately began calling his contacts at the White House to find out why the president was angry. During his conversations, he mentioned the FDA was on the verge of granting emergency authorization to convalescent plasma as a treatment for covid-19. The agency planned to issue a news release. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/convalescent-plasma-treatment-covid19-fda/2020/08/29/e39a75ec-e935-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

Pompeo’s report is Christian Nationalism | Freethought Today

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights produced a report on July 16 asserting that religious beliefs are more important than other peoples’ rights. The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns this report and its flagrant attempt to elevate the rights of believers above the rights of others. The report is Christian Nationalism in print and stamped with government authority, granting the State Department permission to conduct a Christian Nationalist foreign policy. That means not supporting the rights of the LGBTQ community, giving Christian Nationalists a blank check to proselytize, restricting access to HIV/AIDS medications and abortion, and permitting the direct funding of houses of worship abroad.
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-37-no-07-september-2020/pompeos-report-is-christian-nationalism

After Protesters Clash in Portland, Trump Takes to Twitter to Fan Violent Flames and Spread Misleading Claims – Mother Jones

On Sunday morning, as President Donald Trump made his way to his golf course in Sterling, Virginia, he passed a Grim Reaper waving the sign that read “183K”—a reference to the mounting death toll from the coronavirus pandemic. Hours earlier, instead of focusing on his government’s pandemic response or condemning the killing of a man shot in Portland, Oregon, Trump took to Twitter to champion his supporters and condemn Black Lives Matter protesters as the two groups clashed in the Oregon city on Saturday night.
https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2020/08/after-protesters-clash-in-portland-trump-takes-to-twitter-to-fan-violent-flames-and-spread-misleading-claims/

Outcry as US intelligence stops in-person reports to Congress on election security

The United States’ top intelligence office has told lawmakers it will largely stop holding in-person briefings on election security, signaling that it does not trust lawmakers to keep the information secret. Donald Trump’s new director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, notified the House and Senate intelligence panels on Friday that it would send written reports instead, giving lawmakers less opportunity to press for details as the 3 November election approaches. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/30/outcry-as-us-intelligence-stops-in-person-reports-to-congress-on-election-security

No, Trump didn’t create ‘the greatest economy in history’ — or even in the last few years – Raw Story

The most repeated phrase of the Republican National Convention was that President Donald Trump created the greatest economy the world has ever seen. The evidence, however, shows that it’s not the greatest in world’s history, or American history. It may not be even better than the Obama economy, even before the pandemic devastated our economy.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/no-trump-didnt-create-the-greatest-economy-in-history-or-even-in-the-last-few-years/

Opinion | The five dumbest Republican arguments for Trump - The Washington Post

None of Republicans’ commonly deployed arguments for reelecting President Trump are tethered to reality. The paucity of logic and factual support for their rationales suggests many on the right, even “respectable” columnists and elected officials, actually support him for reasons they’re loath to admit, whether it’s because they share his apocalyptic view of crime encroaching on the suburbs or are eager to see a country purged of immigrants.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/30/five-dumbest-republican-arguments-trump/

Tracing The Path Of The Modern GOP, From Reagan To Trump (On Point)

The Wall Street Journal's executive Washington editor Gerald Seib has been a fly on the wall of the Republican Party for the past 40 years. He joins us to unspool the history that led up to President Trump’s election in 2016, and chart the course of the GOP into the future.
Interview:

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/08/28/gerald-seib-tracing-modern-gop

Jerry Falwell's Holy Trinity (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Athiest podast #337)

This week, they all revolved around Jerry Falwell, his wife Becki, and the Pool Boy.
Interview:
https://soundcloud.com/friendly-atheist-podcast/ep-337-jerry-falwells-holy-trinity

Friendly Atheist Podcast · Ep. 337 - Jerry Falwell's Holy Trinity

Evolution is Cancelled! (feat. Dragnauct & Gutsick Gibbon) - Evolution Exposed Exposed

First part of a brand new series covering the "Evolution Exposed" all-star creationist six-hour epic seminar with Ray Comfort and 10 other well-known prominent anti-evolution speakers.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/m3_psAib0SY

The Kenosha Terrorist (Opening Arguments podcast OA416)

17 year old murderer Kyle Rittenhouse was treated as a friend by the police even after he killed two people. Jacob Blake was shot in the back 7 times despite being unarmed. The difference? You already know it. Andrew gives us the breakdown of what happened, and what possible legal defenses we might see from Rittenhouse and the horrible right wingers who are already embracing him.

In the first segment, we get a positive update on the USPS from a listener. And in the final segment, we get more positive news, this time from the Gavin Grimm case we’ve previously covered.
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa416-the-kenosha-terrorist/

New York Times Opinion Columnist Frank Bruni On The RNC And The Campaign Ahead (Diane Rehm, On My Mind)

Last night marked the end of a Republican national convention that broke all the rules.

It was a stark contrast to the Democrats, who, last week, held their convention entirely remotely.

But, defying public health guidance, President Trump accepted the Republican nomination in front of a packed crowd on the south lawn of the White House Thursday night, with few face coverings in sight.

New York Times opinion columnist Frank Bruni says this spectacle mirrors the story of the Republican’s convention message, with speaker after speaker presenting a picture of America that doesn’t line up with reality.

Diane talks to Frank Bruni about just how effective the spectacle was, and what comes next in the 2020 race for president.
Interview:
https://dianerehm.org/shows/2020-08-28/new-york-times-opinion-columnist-frank-bruni-on-the-rnc-and-the-campaign-ahead

Biden campaign signs are being stolen in key states, including Pennsylvania. - The Washington Post

Across Pennsylvania — especially in rural communities — tens of thousands of yard signs supporting Joe Biden have popped up as his fans try to replicate how President Trump showed his growing support in the state when he was campaigning in 2016. And, just as quickly, some of those signs have been vanishing. It usually happens in the dark of night, local Democrats say, but sometimes in daylight. Sometimes entire streets or neighborhoods are cleared. Pro-Biden Facebook groups have devoted long threads to strategies for deterring sign snatchers — one suggestion involves clear hair gel and pesky glitter, another electrifying the metal frame with a car battery. While sign thefts are a problem every election year for candidates of both parties — and are an ongoing source of headaches for campaign staffers and party officials — some Democrats in Pennsylvania and several other states insist it’s worse for them this year and illustrates the emotional intensity of the coming election.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-battlefield-in-a-heated-presidential-campaign-front-yards-bearing-biden-signs/2020/08/29/5264dc70-e962-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.html

White Supremacists Were 'On A Hunting Spree' In Kenosha, Says Wisconsin Lawmaker | HuffPost

A Wisconsin lawmaker has accused armed vigilantes in Kenosha of organizing a “hunting spree” against protesters with little interference from local police. “I literally witnessed firsthand a massive amount of organized white supremacists driving around in pickup trucks, targeting protesters,” Democratic state Rep. David Bowen of Milwaukee said in an interview Thursday on “Democracy Now.” “They were there not there to try to defend businesses,” added Bowen, who was at the protest Tuesday night when two demonstrators were fatally shot. “They were there to hurt people. They were armed, and they were using chemical irritants. They were harassing protesters.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rep-david-bowen-vigilantes-kenosha-wisconsin_n_5f49a3d6c5b6cf66b2b80d95

2020: The Next Great Depression (w/ Richard Wolff ) - YouTube

"We are in the middle of the severest depression, ever. Unemployment is at an all-time high and many people will never work again. Should the government employ many of these unemployed people, as happened the in great depression 100 years ago? Or will they just ignore them?"....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CclatSvMT0&t=217s

Trump is Allowing Right-Wing Extremists to 'Start a Race War,' Ex-DHS Official Says

... She went on to say that more Americans have been killed by white supremacists in the last five years than all other threats combined, and so the biggest threat is "right-wing extremism. It is not antifa."...

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-right-wing-extremists-1528527

Opinion | The Lawbreakers Trump Loves - The New York Times

He uses scare tactics about “law and order.” But what distinguishes this White House is its ties to criminals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/opinion/sunday/trump-protests-law.html

As Trump appointees flout the Hatch Act, civil servants who get caught get punished - The Washington Post

A Defense Logistics Agency employee was suspended for 30 days without pay last fall after giving his office colleagues a PowerPoint presentation that displayed the words, “Vote Republican.” An Energy Department worker was forced to resign in January after admitting she gave a woman running for Congress a tour of a federal waste treatment plant so the candidate could show her expertise to potential voters. Another civil servant began a 120-day suspension without pay from the Food and Drug Administration in July after creating a Facebook page with his name and photograph to solicit political donations and then co-hosting a fundraiser. These were some of the recent consequences for federal workers who illegally mixed government employment with partisan politics in violation of the Hatch Act, the anti-corruption law Congress passed in 1939. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hatch-act-trump-convention/2020/08/28/dce68a7e-e877-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

Liberal Redneck - This Week in Hell

Between the travesty in Kenosha and shitshow of the RNC, this week was a hell of a thing, y'all. https://youtu.be/7OM8wZWL808

Opinion | Kenosha destroyed Tucker Carlson’s narrative - The Washington Post

Before his Wednesday night show, Fox News host Tucker Carlson was staring at a narrative problem. Wisconsin officials had issued an arrest warrant for 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse in connection with the fatal shootings Tuesday night of two people at protests in Kenosha, Wis., over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Quickie biographies indicated that Rittenhouse, who is White, supports both President Trump and the Blue Lives Matter movement. A member of the extended Fox News tribe, in other words, was alleged to have committed heinous, high-profile acts. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/28/kenosha-destroyed-tucker-carlsons-narrative/

Burning laptops and flooded homes: Courts hold Amazon liable for faulty products - The Washington Post

The e-commerce giant has lost a string on decisions holding it responsible for defects in products sold by third-party merchants on its marketplace.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/29/amazon-product-liability-losses/

GOP portrayal of urban mayhem doesn't always match reality - ABC News

At almost every turn at the Republican National Convention, speakers from the president on down portrayed American cities like Portland, Oregon, New York and Chicago as lawless Democratic wastelands that have been overrun with violence, looting and destruction that is forcing residents to flee for safer locales. The reality on the ground is much more nuanced. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gop-portrayal-urban-mayhem-match-reality-72696786

Translation of Kenneth Copeland's "Tongues" Prayer for Pope Francis

https://youtu.be/k3h-KfsD_iw

The GOP Won't Introduce A New Party Platform For 2020. So What Does It Stand For? (On Point)

The GOP will not roll out a new party platform ahead of the 2020 presidential race, instead opting to declare fealty to President Trump’s agenda. So, what does the Republican Party stand for now?
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/08/25/gop-no-platform-2020-trump

The President Versus The Post Office (On Point)

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has maintained under oath that his changes to the U.S. Postal Service have nothing to do with President Trump’s reelection. We talk about why it’s still significant that the president is going after a public institution, and the state of our democracy.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/08/25/post-office-under-attack

The Kenosha Terrorist (Opening Arguments podcast OA416)

17 year old murderer Kyle Rittenhouse was treated as a friend by the police even after he killed two people. Jacob Blake was shot in the back 7 times despite being unarmed. The difference? You already know it. Andrew gives us the breakdown of what happened, and what possible legal defenses we might see from Rittenhouse and the horrible right wingers who are already embracing him.

In the first segment, we get a positive update on the USPS from a listener. And in the final segment, we get more positive news, this time from the Gavin Grimm case we’ve previously covered.
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa416-the-kenosha-terrorist/

Week In The News: The RNC, Hurricane Laura, Protests In Wisconsin (On Point)

President Trump defies the Hatch Act at the Republican Convention, the Gulf Coast is slammed by one of the most powerful storms in decades, and a police shooting in Wisconsin rocks communities across the country. We'll talk about all that and more in our weekly news roundup.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/08/28/witn-rnc-hurricane-laura-kenosha

The News Roundup — Domestic (The 1A) 2020-08-28

Hurricane Laura made landfall in Texas and Louisiana this week, bringing with it storm surges and winds exceeding 150 mph. Where storms normally weaken as they approach the shore, Laura is one of three storms in recent years that have intensified as they approach land.

Major sports leagues around the country postponed games after athletes decided to strike to call attention to the police shooting of a Black man named Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The WNBA, NBA, MLS and MLB all postponed fixtures.
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/news-roundup-hurricane-laura-kenosha/

The News Roundup — International (The 1A) 2020-08-28

TikTok is suing the Trump administration over an executive order that would ban the video platform in the U.S. The lawsuit comes in response to President Trump’s stance against China, including claims that the app could pose a threat to national security.

Still, the platform argued in court the ban would not give them an opportunity to defend itself from the president’s claims, and that more than 10,000 American jobs would be lost.

Almost 500 million children globally have been cut off from remote learning, according to a report by UNICEF. Since March, about 1.5 billion school children have stayed home from school as a result of the pandemic. The report also found that school children in sub-Saharan Africa have been the most affected, of those who unable to receive access to virtual learning.

In New Zealand, the gunman who killed 51 people at two separate mosques has been sentenced to life in prison. The sentencing comes a year after the deadly attacks in Christchurch, and is the first in the country’s history with no eligibility for parole.
Interview:
https://the1a.org/segments/news-roundup-tiktok-school-russia/

Opinion | ‘I Fear That We Are Witnessing the End of American Democracy’ - The New York Times

The frank racism of the contemporary Republican agenda is on display at the R.N.C. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/opinion/trump-republican-convention-racism.html

An American Disaster Foretold

... Increasingly, Europeans speak of the need for "containment" of the United States if Trump is re-elected, the term coined by the U.S. diplomat George Kennan to define America's Cold- War policy toward the Communist Soviet Union. That would be a shocking development, except that nothing is shocking any longer...
https://theworldnews.net/us-news/an-american-disaster-foretold

N.Y.C. Tenants Say They Were Tricked Into Appearing in R.N.C. Video - The New York Times

“I am not a Trump supporter,” one of the tenants said, adding that she was furious that her interview with a government official was used for the convention. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/nyregion/nyc-tenants-rnc-video-trump.html

Vice President Mike Pence: What Do We Know About Trump's Right-Hand Man? (On Point)

In the 2016 election, Vice President Mike Pence served as an important bridge between then-candidate Donald Trump and white evangelical voters. As the Republican National Convention continues, we’ll look at Pence’s record as VP, and the role he plays now.
Interview:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/08/26/vice-president-mike-pence-who

Kenosha vs. Convention (Pod Save America podcast)

The protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the police shooting of Jacob Blake provide the backdrop to a Republican National Convention where the party tries its hardest to stoke division and deny reality. Then Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes talks to Jon about police brutality, the protests, and what Joe Biden needs to do to win Wisconsin.
Interview:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9513168/kenosha-vs-convention

DeJoy’s Illegal Dismantling of the USPS (Opening Arguments podcast OA415)

We’re finally getting the deep-dive we’ve always wanted on the *drum roll* Unites States Postal Service! Questions answered by our esteemed Andrew include: Who is DeJoy? How is he even there? Why is the Post Service losing so much money? What’s with the sorting machines and boxes disappearing? All those answers and more!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa415-dejoys-illegal-dismantling-of-the-usps/

Chyna

Trump has Chinese debt. Ivanka got Chinese patents. So when China says roll over, that's exactly what Trump will do.
https://youtu.be/pyePwpui3ME

Facebook Employees Frustrated With Zuckerberg After Kenosha

Frustrated Facebook employees slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday during a companywide meeting, questioning his leadership and decision-making, following a week in which the platform promoted violent conspiracy theories and gave safe harbor to militia groups. The billionaire chief executive was speaking via webcast at the company’s weekly all-hands meeting, attempting to address questions about violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the QAnon conspiracy that has proliferated across Facebook.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-employees-slam-zuckerberg-kenosha-militia-shooting

GOP candidate John James’ companies hit with tax liens, got tax breaks for jobs they didn't create | Salon.com

Companies owned by Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James have a history with tax liens in multiple states, while another got tax breaks for jobs it did not create, the Detroit Metro Times reports.
https://www.salon.com/2020/08/28/gop-candidate-john-james-companies-hit-with-tax-liens-got-tax-breaks-for-jobs-they-didnt-create/

Donald Trump’s RNC weaponized exhaustion - Vox

The sheer volume of lies and illegal behavior from Trump and the Republicans is what allowed them to get away with it.
https://www.vox.com/2020/8/28/21405144/trump-rnc-speech-fact-check-lies-hatch-act

Kenosha sheriff under fire for past comments, handling of protests following police shooting of Jacob Blake - The Washington Post

After five young Black people allegedly stole about $5,000 of clothing, sped away from police and then crashed into a teenage driver in 2018, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth had a harsh message. Although no one was seriously injured, the maximum sentences the suspects could face were not long enough for the sheriff, the Kenosha News reported. “These people have to be warehoused,” Beth, who is White, said at a news conference. The three men involved in the crime should be removed from society so that they could not father children, he suggested, adding that all five suspects, whose ages ranged from 16 to 23, should go to prison for life. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/28/kenosha-sheriff-aclu-protests-rittenhouse/

Portland suffers serious street violence as far right return 'prepared to fight'

Amy Herzfeld-Copple, the deputy director of Portland-based progressive non-profit, the Western States Center, wrote in an email that: "Portland police allowed alt-right and paramilitary groups to sow chaos and deploy violence against the community with apparent impunity."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/28/portland-violence-far-right-protests-police

RNC: Trump paints Biden as a 'radical' candidate and a danger to America

Against a backdrop of a global pandemic, heightened racial tensions, and widespread unemployment, Donald Trump framed his Democratic rival Joe Biden as the real danger to the country’s safety and economic welfare in his address to the Republican convention on Thursday. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/donald-trump-republican-national-convention-speech

Despite DeJoy's vows to halt changes, serious problems persist, postal workers say

In Chicago, postal employees say backlogged mail is stacked so high in some facilities that workers barely have space to walk by. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, mail handlers tell NBC News first class and priority mail is still running several days a week behind schedule on average. And in Tacoma, Washington, multiple postal workers said new mandates mean many mail trucks per week are being ordered to set out on their routes five minutes early — often entirely empty. ....
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/despite-dejoy-s-vows-halt-changes-serious-problems-persist-postal-n1238666

I was kidnapped by police for nine hours for being a Black Lives Matter protester

There’s no fitting comparison for the sensation of teargas. I can tell you that the chemical weapon, banned from use in war efforts, does indeed burn the skin, nose and eyes – but the burning isn’t simple. It invades all sense of comprehensive thought with a primal and terrifying urgency. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/i-was-kidnapped-by-police-for-nine-hours-for-being-a-black-lives-matter-protester

Trump RNC speech fact-check: 21 false or misleading claims in an hour - Vox

Trump’s RNC speech averaged a false or misleading claim every 3 minutes. https://www.vox.com/2020-presidential-election/2020/8/28/21405325/trump-rnc-speech-fact-check-cnn-daniel-dale

Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 28, 2020

https://youtu.be/zYyTQs2yWD8

Wealthy nations applaud their leaders’ covid-19 responses. The U.S. and U.K. are the exceptions. - The Washington Post

A poll of 14 developed nations found majorities in most countries were pleased with how their governments had handled the coronavirus pandemic. More than 9 out of 10 respondents in Australia and Denmark said their countries have done a good job. But there were two countries where a majority thought otherwise: the United States and Britain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/08/27/wealthy-nations-applaud-their-leaders-covid-19-responses-us-uk-are-exceptions/

Concealed - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlbQ2-MC5Qs&app=desktop

Plans Are Dumb: The Republican Platform for 2020 — New York Times Opinion

“Some people think the government should do things and have plans. They’re wrong. Hi, we’re the new G.O.P. And we have no plan for America. Whether it’s civil unrest, health care, immigration, or affordable housing, we promise to literally copy and paste our 2016 platform, because nothing has changed since then. When coronavirus hit our shores and killed nearly 200,000 Americans, people called for stronger lockdowns and universal mask wearing, pushing their have-a-plan agenda. They were wrong. Winging it and hoping it got better was the key to our success. And when the economy crashed, sending tens of millions out of work, planning extremists called for additional stimulus and to extend emergency unemployment benefits. We pushed back by standing our ground while those expired. Read for yourself about our zero-step process to continue doing nothing for anyone. Vote for the G.O.P. Vote Republican, because plans are dumb.”

John Zmirak Says Voting for Biden Is a 'Serious Sin' Akin to Murder - RWW News

Right-wing commentator John Zmirak declares that voting for Biden/Harris is "a serious sin" akin to murder and blasphemy.
https://youtu.be/Eg7z-q7WmTc

Stephen Colbert: I Didn't Watch The RNC Tonight, And I Feel Great About It

At a time when the NBA is showing more leadership than the RNC, our host found it pointless to watch Republicans spend Night 3 of their convention talking about everything but what's really going on in America, where 180,000 people have been lost to a pandemic and heavily-armed Rambo wannabes murder people in the streets.....
https://youtu.be/kgVlW_7vcf8

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace blames Trump for American disasters: ‘He alone broke it’ – Raw Story

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace brought up the theme of President Donald Trump’s 2016 Republican Convention speech, which was “I alone can fix it.” This year, Trump intends to paint himself as the only one attempting to save the country. Her Thursday panel noted that while Vice President Mike Pence was speaking, California was burning, Texas and Louisiana were bracing for a destructive hurricane, the US was reaching 180,000 dead from the coronavirus, unarmed people of color are still being shot by police, and a radicalized right-wing Trump supporter was in prison for assassinating two protesters. But according to Pence, everything is going great in the United States. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/msnbcs-nicolle-wallace-blames-trump-for-american-disasters-he-alone-broke-it/

The RNC immigrant naturalizations and the rot of Trump’s reality TV presidency - Vox

Why the RNC’s broadcasted naturalizations and pardon ceremony felt so wrong. https://www.vox.com/2020/8/26/21401970/rnc-2020-trump-naturalization-pardon

Harris calls Jacob Blake shooting 'sickening,' says it 'pierced the soul of our nation' - ABC News

She said she and Biden defend all those peacefully protesting. ....
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kamala-harris-wide-ranging-address-ahead-trumps-rnc/story

Apple, Facebook fight over new advertising rules coming to iOS 14 - Vox

Apple and Facebook are fighting again. This time it’s about ads and privacy. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/26/21402457/apple-facebook-advertising-tracking-ios14

Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake named as Rusten Sheskey

Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake named as Rusten Sheskey
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/kenosha-police-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-named-as-rusten-sheskey

The most shocking line in Vice President Pence’s 2020 RNC speech - Vox

Pence blames right-wing violence on a vague leftist enemy.

https://www.vox.com/2020/8/27/21403670/mike-pence-vice-president-boogaloo-boys-rnc-2020-dave-patrick-underwood

Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement | Brennan Center for Justice

The government’s response to known connections of law enforcement officers to violent racist and militant groups has been strikingly insufficient.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law

Colorado teenager was fatally shot while running away from off-duty officer, lawsuit says

The death of Alexis Mendez-Perez, 16, drew protests in Denver calling for the off-duty corrections officer to be criminally charged.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-teenager-was-fatally-shot-while-running-away-duty-officer-n1238455

Tucker Carlson defends teen charged with killing Kenosha protesters - The Washington Post

Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s Wednesday show was filled with images of the unrest in Kenosha, Wis., prompted by the police shooting of Jacob Blake — including graphic footage of a protester bleeding out in the street after he was shot in the head on Tuesday. Police have charged Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, with murder in connection with the shootings that killed that man and another protester after he drove to Kenosha with a rifle to stand with others in self-styled militias claiming to guard local businesses. But Tucker argued that the teen’s actions were understandable after days of chaos. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/27/tucker-rittenhouse-carlson-kenosha-shooting/

Trump’s “Joe Biden’s America” argument is undercut by the fact that he’s in charge - Vox

A recurring GOP talking point obscures the president’s culpability — including when it comes to police violence.
https://www.vox.com/2020/8/27/21404029/mike-pence-trump-joe-biden

Trump Gives Absurd Interview To Far-Right Conspiracy Network One America News | HuffPost

... Kristian Rouz simultaneously worked for OAN and Kremlin-owned propaganda site Sputnik and falsely claimed that Hillary Clinton had given hundreds of thousands in cash to "antifa" protesters. Correspondent Pearson Sharp pushed a narrative dear to Russian propaganda and Syrian dictator Bashar Assad that claims chemical attacks widely blamed on Assad's regime were faked. In the hour before airing President Trump's interview, OAN ran a segment on nationwide anti-racism protests that focused on "leftist rioters" and "antifa" and that used footage from far-right media activist Andy Ngo. OAN then moved on to cover uncritically Trump's claims that the Chinese government wants Biden to win the 2020 election and to air an interview on "the Democratic Party's ties to the Ku Klux Klan."

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