NYTimes: Tracking Kyle Rittenhouse in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings
Tracking Kyle Rittenhouse in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings https://nyti.ms/3b0lwyD
Great work by The Times here.
When I was 17 I just wanted to smoke a Camel light and air drum to Rush. What the fuck happened to us?
Right-wing political operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl have targeted Black voters in at least two states with robocalls chock full of disinformation in an apparent effort to dissuade Black voters from voting by mail.
NYTimes: NYTimes
NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/politics/mail-in-voting-foreign-intervention.html
NYTimes: N.B.A. Postpones Playoff Games After Milwaukee Bucks Boycott
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/basketball/nba-boycott-bucks-magic-blake-shooting.html
Lifelong Celtics fan here. Marcus Smart is my all time favorite Celtic.
“We tried to be peaceful, kneeling,” Marcus Smart of the Celtics said on Tuesday. “We tried to protest. And for us, we tried to come out here and get together and play this game and try to get our voice across. But it’s not working, so obviously, something has to be done. Right now, our focus shouldn’t really be on basketball.”
Wall Street, Trump Administration Unite to Loot American Retirement - Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/retirement-private-equity-trump-administration-wall-street-1047576/
Because he's GOOD for the economy, right?
The Washington Post: In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/maryanne-trump-barry-secret-recordings/2020/08/22/30d457f4-e334-11ea-ade1-28daf1a5e919_story.html
And here's the Ai...
Asteroid heading our way right before Election Day - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/us/asteroid-earth-november-2020-scn-trnd/index.html
Sure. Why not?
Kanye West Gets Thrown Off the Ballot in Wisconsin
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w5qd/kanye-west-gets-thrown-off-the-ballot-in-wisconsin
Yeah Democrats! Stop suppressing Black people's right to vote!
Susan Collins helped cripple the USPS: Now Maine farmers are getting dead baby chicks in the mail | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2020/08/21/susan-collins-helped-cripple-the-usps-now-maine-farmers-are-getting-dead-baby-chicks-in-the-mail/
Q: Why did the baby chicken die in the mail?
A: Because Susan Collins.
Almost 2,000 K-12 students in Mississippi have been quarantined in the state due to possible exposure to Covid-19, according to the state's department of health https://cnn.it/3aGVZe0 https://t.co/VTJVpKZQkM
A media company linked to former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon and exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui raised more than $300 million in a private offering this spring that is now being investigated by federal and state authorities.
NYPD used facial recognition software during investigation targeting Black Lives Matter activist http://hill.cm/8GuwbDM
Studies have shown that current facial recognition software is seriously flawed, ESPECIALLY in regards to black people, studies have shown that on darker skinned black people that there is a 50% chance of a failed positive -
meaning you have a 50% chance of being wrongly identified if your a dark skinned black man or woman
Facebook has removed hundreds of groups, pages and advertisements in an effort to crack down on accounts promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory. It is also cracking down on a range of militia and anarchist groups. https://cnn.it/2Q9L4zK
A St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters near their home in June will speak at the Republican convention next week, a source says
https://cnn.it/2Q0dQTk
I have a Rage Against the Machine song stuck in my head, constantly.
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