Daily Archives: May 29, 2020

2020-05-29: News Headlines

Alan Macleod (2020-05-29). As Establishment Condemns China for Hong Kong Repression, Trump Tweets About "Shooting Looters" mintpressnews.com Democrats and Republicans are united in condemning Beijing for its overreach, but perhaps its time to look closer to home to find examples of state repression.

commondreams (2020-05-29). ACLU Statement On Trump Tweet Directing the National Guard to Murder Protesters in Minneapolis. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Sasha Abramsky (2020-05-29). Trump's Twitter Tirade Is the Tantrum of a Troll. thenation.com Trump's Twitter Tirade Is the Tantrum of a Troll…

Dan Froomkin (2020-05-29). Reminder to the Press: Trump's Deadly Covid-19 Failures Are Still Happening. commondreams.org When it comes to the virus, Washington is doing basically none of the things we need it to do. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump-tweetin_0.jpg

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-28). Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images. globalresearch.ca The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-28). Trump's Offer to Mediate China/India Border Dispute? globalresearch.ca On Wednesday, Trump tweeted the following: | "We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute." | He ignored longstanding US efforts to drive a stake …

_____ (2020-05-29). 'Racism is over now, thanks!' Madonna trashed for tweeting son's 'TRIBUTE DANCE' to George Floyd amid Minnesota chaos. rt.com Netizens have savaged a bizarre video shared by pop star Madonna, showing her son performing a lively dance routine to stomp out racism in "tribute" to George Floyd — with many asking what this virtue signaling accomplishes. | As Minnesota's Twin Cities erupt into chaos on Thursday night, seeing widespread looting, arson, and vandalism, the Queen of Pop made her own contribution to show solidarity with Floyd's family and those protesting his death — with an interpretive dance routine by her son, David, set to Michael Jackson's 'They Don't Care About Us'. | "My son David dances to honor and pay tribu…

Staff (2020-05-29). Headlines for May 29, 2020. democracynow.org Protests Rage After Minneapolis Prosecutor Does Not Bring Charges Against Officers Who Killed George Floyd, Scores Tear-Gassed, Arrested as Protests Against George Floyd's Killing Spread to Other Cities, Twitter Flags Trump Tweet for Glorifying Violence After President Attacks Minnesota Protesters as "THUGS", Trump Executive Order Threatens to Punish Social Media Companies over Fact-Checking, U.S. Economy Sheds Another 2.1 Million Jobs, Leaving 40.7 Million Unemployed Since Start of Pandemic, Pennsylvania Democratic Lawmakers Accuse Republicans of Knowingly Exposing Them to Coronavirus, Protesters Demand ICE Empt…

Staff (2020-05-29). Twitter Warns Trump Tweet Glorifies Violence as He Signs Executive Order to Weaken Social Media. democracynow.org As President Trump calls Minneapolis protesters "THUGS" and tweets, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," Twitter flags the tweet with a warning it glorifies violence, just as Trump signs an executive order to punish social media companies for how they monitor content. "Trump has prospered through his use of social media and its attention-hoarding algorithms to basically disinform and misinform people," says Ramesh Srinivasan, professor in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Staff (2020-05-28). "No Justification": Minneapolis Demands Murder Charges for Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd. democracynow.org Parts of Minneapolis erupted into flames Wednesday night as residents again took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by white police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday. A viral video shows Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck for a number of minutes as Floyd repeatedly says "I cannot breathe." Three other officers stood by as George Floyd suffocated. They have been identified as Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng. All four officers were fired on Tuesday. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has called on prosecutors to file criminal charges against Derek Chauvin. We speak wit…

Fed Up Facebook User (2020-05-29). Fed-up Facebook Users Urge Shareholders To "Wake The Zuck Up" : Protesters Projected Messa. indybay.org Don't Let Facebook ZUCK Up our Democracy, a coalition of media advocacy organizations, human rights groups, pro-democracy activists, and fed-up Facebook users projected messages to Facebook shareholders on the evening before the annual Facebook shareholders meeting. The messages were projected onto Facebook's San Francisco offices at 181 Fremont Street.

MDAEFG (2020-05-29). Friday 5/29: Demanding Women: Quarintine Conversations About Gun Violence w/ Rep. Val Demings. indybay.org Online via livestream | www.facebook.com/Everytown/ | or | twitter.com/Everytown

_____ (2020-05-29). Denver driver RAMS road-blocking protesters angry at police killing of black man in Minnesota (GRAPHIC VIDEO). rt.com A female motorist in Denver, Colorado plowed her SUV through a crowd of demonstrators protesting the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minnesota. Local activists have tried to identify the woman on social media. | As protesters blocked a street in downtown Denver on Thursday, one motorist lashed out at the activists, some of whom were holding 'Black Lives Matter' placards. | Video footage captured at the scene shows the woman accelerating through the crowd at an intersection, throwing one man onto the hood of her vehicle. When the man falls off the SUV, the driver turns her vehicle in his direction and…

RT (2020-05-29). 'Told the truth': Piers Morgan blasts 'pathetic' BBC for throwing Newsnight presenter 'to the wolves' after Cummings monologue. rt.com TV presenter Piers Morgan has lashed out at the BBC after the public service broadcaster rapped their Newsnight host Emily Maitlis for her stinging Dominic Cummings intro — claiming that she was only telling "the truth." | Morgan took to social media on Friday morning to mock the BBC's assertion that Maitlis had overstepped the mark with her

_____ (2020-05-29). Twitter blocks WHITE HOUSE tweet for 'glorifying violence' after it reposts Trump warning from official government account. rt.com Twitter has hidden a warning from US President Donald Trump to the Minnesota governor behind a censorship notice, as well as the tweet from the official White House account reposting the president's message. | The social media platform warned that the president's message to Democratic governor Tim Walz about sending in the National Guard "violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence." | | © Twitter | The tweet, posted from the @WhiteHouse account, repeated the content of an earlier tweet Trump had posted from his personal account (which was also covered by the censorship message about "glorifyin…

RT (2020-05-29). Driver MOWS DOWN protesters in Denver (GRAPHIC VIDEO). rt.com A female motorist in Denver, Colorado plowed her SUV through a crowd of demonstrators protesting the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minnesota. Local activists have tried to identify the woman on social media. | As protesters blocked a street in downtown Denver on Thursday, one motorist lashed out at the activists, some of whom were holding 'Black Lives Matter' placards. | Video footage captured at the scene shows the woman accelerating through the crowd at an intersection, throwing one man onto the hood of her vehicle. When the man falls off the SUV, the driver turns her vehicle in his direction and…

_____ (2020-05-29). WATCH CNN crew ARRESTED during LIVE BROADCAST covering unrest in Minneapolis. rt.com Minnesota State Patrol officers have arrested CNN journalist Omar Jimenez and two crew members during a live broadcast from protests in Minneapolis, which were sparked by George Floyd's death. The three men were later released. | Footage posted to social media on Friday morning shows Jimenez identifying himself as a journalist and telling officers: "We can move back to where you'd like. We are live on the air at the moment." | Jimenez repeatedly signals that he and his crew will move away from the area and go "wherever you want us." He then continues his report while two officers hold him by the arms and tell…

_____ (2020-05-29). Twitter at war? Trump's warning to Minnesota 'thugs' flagged for 'glorifying violence'. rt.com Twitter has claimed Donald Trump violated its rules by vowing a tough response to rioting in Minnesota. The social media platform flagged the tweet, saying it "glorified violence." | The US president tweeted that he would take action if order was not restored to Minneapolis. | "We will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts," Trump wrote, noting that the military could get involved. | | © Twitter | Hours later, Twitter attached a notice to…

RT (2020-05-29). 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump says military is ready to act against Minneapolis 'THUGS'. rt.com US President Donald Trump has vowed decisive action to quell unrest in Minneapolis, sparked by the police killing of an unarmed black man, threatening to get the military involved if the city's mayor won't do the job "right." | The ultimatum came early on Friday morning from the president's Twitter handle, slamming Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as "very weak" and a "radical left mayor," while warning that the federal government would take over the situation if local authorities don't bring it under control. | "I can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadersh…

RT (2020-05-29). 'Don't throw money at black Americans to riot': Candace Owens spars with Soros-funded NGO over alleged hand in Minneapolis unrest. rt.com Conservative firebrand Candace Owens has started a feud with Open Society Foundations, after accusing the George Soros-funded NGO of fueling the ongoing riots in Minneapolis. | Owens speculated that the fires and looting in Minneapolis was being carried out by activists linked to the billionaire, after noting that Police Chief Medaria Arradondo claimed the criminal activity was being instigated by people not native to the city. | "My guess: As he did with Antifa, Democrat George Soros has these thugs on payroll. He is funding the chaos via his Open Society Foundation," the conservative commentator tweeted. | T…

_____ (2020-05-29). 'Beyond painful when I see my neighborhood burning': Ex-Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura laments 'no-win situation'. rt.com Legendary Minnesotan Jesse Ventura has mourned for his old neighborhood in Minneapolis, which has gone up in flames amid ongoing protests. The ex-governor told RT America that he sees no easy solution to end the social upheaval. | The demonstrations in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose brutal arrest was filmed and went viral, have hit home with Ventura. | The former Minnesota governor told RT America's Rick Sanchez that the rioting has been occurring just two blocks from his childhood home. "This is very personal to me because it's a neighborhood I grew up in for eighteen years…

RT (2020-05-28). Disgrace! AOC & Pelosi lash out at Facebook's Zuckerberg over hesitance to police social media speech like Twitter. rt.com Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez targeted Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg for disagreeing with Twitter fact-checking Donald Trump, saying social media platforms are not "the arbiter of truth." | House Speaker Pelosi slammed Zuckerberg's disagreement with Twitter over fact-checking a tweet from the president linking mail-in voting to fraud as a "disgrace" in a Thursday press conference and accused the Facebook founder of "catering" to the current administration out of fear. | "As far as the platforms are concerned, they want two things from the federal government, no regulation and no taxes," she said. "So…

RT (2020-05-28). Minneapolis police investigate 'homicide' amid reports of 'looter shot dead by pawn shop owner'. rt.com A suspected looter has reportedly been shot and killed in Minneapolis after a protest over police brutality escalated into a full-blown riot, with a law enforcement spokesman confirming one homicide amid the unrest. | Though few details have yet emerged about the murder — the first casualty linked to the riots — a number of unconfirmed reports, including from bystanders on the scene, suggest the man was shot while attempting to loot a pawn shop in the city on Wednesday night. | A video clip surfaced on social media purporting to show the man as emergency response workers attempted to revive him. | <...

_____ (2020-05-28). Trump signs social media executive order challenging platforms' liability protections. rt.com US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at the major social media platforms, denouncing the tech behemoths as "tantamount to a monopoly." The order may alter Section 230, which protects them from litigation. | Trump signed the order, which aims to modify the legal protections currently shielding Big Tech from lawsuits over content hosted on its platforms, on Thursday as he addressed reporters at the White House. | Excoriating the platforms for what he and many others believe to be editorial bias, the president added that US Attorney General William Barr will also be tasked with working wi…

RT (2020-05-28). 'Election process will become badly tainted & laughingstock': Trump doubles down on mail-in voting in heated tweet. rt.com After being fact-checked by Twitter on his assertion that mail-in voting leads to fraud, President Donald Trump doubled down on his stance and directed his anger right at Twitter. | "So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that Mail-In Ballots are not subject to FRAUD," Trump tweeted on Thursday. "How stupid, there are examples, & cases, all over the place. Our election process will become badly tainted & a laughingstock all over the World." | He then tagged Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of site integrity, as a "hater." | So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that Mail-In Ballots are no…

RT (2020-05-28). Trump's retweets declare 'only good Democrat is a dead Democrat' and Covid-19 masks 'slavery'… critics take the bait. rt.com Two retweets from President Donald Trump have outraged critics. One declares "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat" and the other calls Covid-19 protective masks "social control." | Trump has been using Twitter in recent weeks to do everything from slamming mail-in voting to accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of possible murder. And some of his latest tweets have proven just as incendiary. | One "thank you" tweet from Wednesday evening was in response to a video from the pro-Trump group Cowboys for Trump. The footage includes a speaker saying, "I've come to a place where I've come to the conclusion that…

sputniknews (2020-05-29). Prime Time Comedy Show: Netizens Ridicule Indian, Pakistani Panelists 'Brandishing Weapons' on TV. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): While heated verbal attacks are routine in any news channel debate these days, an Indian station became the target of mockery after pundits started threatening each other with weapons during a live show.

yenisafak (2020-05-29). US: Ohio 'Can't breathe' protests turn violent. yenisafak.com Hundreds of protestors stormed the State House in the capital Columbus amid clashes with police.Videos circulating on social media showed protestors smashing the building's windows.Local TV station WCMH reported that the officers responded with tear gas.Shortly before the demonstrations turned violent, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said that he understands the protestors' anger but urged them to remain peaceful."I understand why some residents are angry and taking to the streets. I have said many times that racism exists across the country, state, and right here in Columbus. We are committed to addressing racism…

_____ (2020-05-29). Minnesota National Guard: Stand Down For Black Lives. popularresistance.org We write you as fellow veterans and service members with full knowledge of what's at stake as many of you are being asked to mobilize against civilians in your own country. As your neighbors fill the streets demanding the justice this country promised them, your command is undoubtedly telling you that you're being activated in service to your community. And yet, it is your community members who fill the streets, while your Commander in Chief tweets about using you to murder people over something as insignificant as property damage. A moral choice lies before you. As veterans who have faced similar tests of consci…

_____ (2020-05-29). Minneapolis Protests Police Murder Of George Floyd: Day 2. popularresistance.org Protesters are continuing to gather outside the Minneapolis Police (MPD) 3rd Precinct building today after extended protests and clashes with police yesterday. The Twin Cities is still engulfed in mass outrage after MPD officer Derek Chauvin was filmed choking a black man named George Floyd to death in a disturbing video that went viral Monday night. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to file criminal charges against Officer Chauvin. Chauvin and three other officers involved in Floyd's were fired on Tuesday. Such a quick firing of officers after a police kil…

Staff (2020-05-28). Civil Rights Attorney: Minneapolis Police Have a Long Pattern of Racist Violence. truthout.org Image Credit: Sigal Photos | Parts of Minneapolis erupted into flames Wednesday night as residents again took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by white police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday. A viral video shows Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck for a number of minutes as Floyd repeatedly says "I cannot breathe." Three other officers stood by as George Floyd suffocated. They have been identified as Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng. All…

teleSUR (2020-05-28). Argentina Revitalizes Pro-Abortion Movement on Social Media. telesurenglish.net Social activists in Argentina celebrated on Thursday rough virtual events the 15th anniversary of their campaign to legalize abortion, in order to inject new energy into the movement. | RELATED: | "Let it be law," "Legal abortion," it's the Hashtags who have flooded the social networks this Thursday. | "I'm proud to be part of this movement. For many of us, this is the fight of our lives," legalization campaign member M…

teleSUR (2020-05-28). US: Trump Challenges Social Media With An Executive Order. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Thursday an executive order that confronts the way Facebook, Google, and Twitter manage their online content policy. | RELATED: | This decision comes days after this social media stamped a fact-checking notification on a couple of Trump tweets, where he complained about the fact that a November presidential election's mail-in ballot would result in a "fraudulent election." Due to this, he cla…

commondreams (2020-05-28). Trump Executive Order to Police Social Media Is Blatant and Illegal Power Grab. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Nathan Freed Wessler (2020-05-28). We're Taking Clearview AI to Court to End its Privacy-Destroying Face Surveillance Activities. aclu.org For several years, a little-known start-up based in New York has been amassing a database of billions of our faceprints — unique biometric identifiers akin to a fingerprint or DNA profile — drawn from personal photos on our social media accounts and elsewhere online. The company has captured these faceprints in secret, without our knowledge, much less our consent, using everything from casual selfies to photos of birthday parties, college graduations, weddings, and so much more., , Unbeknownst to the public, this company has offered up this massive faceprint database to private companies, police,…

Staff (2020-05-28). Trump Retweets Speech That Says "the Only Good Democrat Is a Dead Democrat" truthout.org President Donald Trump early Thursday boosted a comment from the founder of the group Cowboys for Trump that "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat." | In his midnight tweet, the president responded to a video clip of Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin making the remark, tweeting from his phone: "Thank you Cowboys. See you in New Mexico!" | t.co/aCRJeskUA8 | — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) The Canary (2020-05-28). Mark Zuckerberg criticises Twitter over fact-checking Trump tweets. thecanary.co Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has defended the platform's decision to fact-check Donald Trump's tweets after Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg questioned the move. | Earlier this week, Twitter added fact-checking labels to two tweets from the US president which made unsubstantiated claims about "fraudulent" postal voting in the United States. | Trump threatened to "close down" social media sites in response, claiming they are biased against him and other conservative voices. | Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has now also weighed into the argument, telling Fox News that Facebook had a different approach and that private com…

Staff (2020-05-27). From George Floyd to Chris Cooper: Ibram X. Kendi on "Racist Terror" Facing Black People in America. democracynow.org "I can't breathe" — that's what George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, repeatedly told a white Minneapolis police officer who pinned him to the ground Monday with a knee to his neck. Video of the police attack went viral. Now four officers have been fired. This comes as another video went viral of a white woman calling the cops on a Black man in New York City's Central Park and falsely accusing him of "threatening her life" after he asked her to leash her dog. We discuss these developments and more with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American Univer…

Chauncey K. Robinson (2020-05-27). 'I can't breathe!': Minneapolis erupts in protest after George Floyd murder. peoplesworld.org Civil unrest and outrage have overtaken the city of Minneapolis as a community seeks retribution for the death of yet another Black person at the hands of police. Video footage went viral earlier this week showing four white officers using excessive force and an unauthorized restraint maneuver to arrest 46-year-old George Floyd. George lost his …

The Canary (2020-05-27). Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Donald Trump tweets. thecanary.co Twitter has flagged tweets from US president Donald Trump with a fact-check warning.The social media site added a warning phrase to two of Trump's tweets in which he called postal voting "fraudulent" and predicted that "mail boxes will be robbed".Under the tweets, there is now a link reading "Get the facts about mail-in ballots" that guides users to a Twitter Moments page with fact checks and news stories about Trump's unsubstantiated claims.Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-27). Costa Rica becomes a first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriages. peoplesdispatch.org Costa Rica became the first Central American country to recognize same sex marriage yesterday, on May 26. | In August 2018 the Supreme Court had asked the parliament to amend country's Family Code which bans gay marriages by May 26, 2020 failing which same sex marriage will automatically be legal. The Costa Rician parliament did not vote to amend the law nor did it allow the request of some of its conservative members, including the President of the Legislative Assembly pastor Eduardo Cruickshank, that asked the court to delay it. | President Carlos Alvarado tweeted "Costa Rica officially recognizes equal marriag…

The Canary (2020-05-27). Lennie's lockdown tunes hit fundraising target after delighting online followers. thecanary.co An eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus has hit his fundraising target after delighting his online followers with scores of piano tunes chosen by those who donate. | Lennie Street, from Morley, West Yorkshire, cannot stand or walk independently but loves music and decided to challenge himself during lockdown to play 100 songs picked by his supporters. | He has had thousands of views on his social media accounts as he tried and mastered everything from Beethoven to Justin Bieber and Stevie Wonder. | Lennie first set himself a fundraising target of £750 for his special school — Paces…

2020-05-29: Social Media Postees

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As Establishment Condemns China for Hong Kong Repression, Trump Tweets About "Shooting Looters"
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-29
Democrats and Republicans are united in condemning Beijing for its overreach, but perhaps its time to look closer to home to find examples of state repression.
mintpressnews.com/us-condemns-china-hong-kong-repression-trump-tweets-shooting-looters/268024/

ACLU Statement On Trump Tweet Directing the National Guard to Murder Protesters in Minneapolis
commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/29/aclu-statement-trump-tweet-directing-national-guard-murder-protesters?cd-origin=rss

Reminder to the Press: Trump's Deadly Covid-19 Failures Are Still Happening
Dan Froomkin | commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
When it comes to the virus, Washington is doing basically none of the things we need it to do. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump-tweetin_0.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/29/reminder-press-trumps-deadly-covid-19-failures-are-still-happening?cd-origin=rss

Conditions Close at Hand
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
"Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand."

Trump Executive Order to Police Social Media Is Blatant and Illegal Power Grab
commondreams.org | 2020-05-28
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/28/trump-executive-order-police-social-media-blatant-and-illegal-power-grab?cd-origin=rss

'Racism is over now, thanks!' Madonna trashed for tweeting son's 'TRIBUTE DANCE' to George Floyd amid Minnesota chaos
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Netizens have savaged a bizarre video shared by pop star Madonna, showing her son performing a lively dance routine to stomp out racism in "tribute" to George Floyd

Twitter Warns Trump Tweet Glorifies Violence as He Signs Executive Order to Weaken Social Media
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-29
As President Trump calls Minneapolis protesters "THUGS" and tweets, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," Twitter flags the tweet with a warning it glorifies violence, just as Trump signs an executive order to punish social media companies for how they monitor content. "Trump has prospered through his use of social media and its attention-hoarding algorithms to basically disinform and misinform people," says Ramesh Srinivasan, professor in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/29/trump_tweets_social_media_regulation

"No Justification": Minneapolis Demands Murder Charges for Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-28
Parts of Minneapolis erupted into flames Wednesday night as residents again took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by white police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday. A viral video shows Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck for a number of minutes as Floyd repeatedly says "I cannot breathe." Three other officers stood by as George Floyd suffocated. They have been identified as Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng. All four officers were fired on Tuesday. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has called on prosecutors to file criminal charges against Derek Chauvin. We speak wit…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/28/george_floyd_death_minneapolis_protests

Fed-up Facebook Users Urge Shareholders To "Wake The Zuck Up" : Protesters Projected Messa
Fed Up Facebook User | indybay.org | 2020-05-29
Don't Let Facebook ZUCK Up our Democracy, a coalition of media advocacy organizations, human rights groups, pro-democracy activists, and fed-up Facebook users projected messages to Facebook shareholders on the evening before the annual Facebook shareholders meeting. The messages were projected onto Facebook's San Francisco offices at 181 Fremont Street.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/27/18833311.php

Friday 5/29: Demanding Women: Quarintine Conversations About Gun Violence w/ Rep. Val Demings
MDAEFG | indybay.org | 2020-05-29
Online via livestream | www.facebook.com/Everytown/ | or | twitter.com/Everytown
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/29/18833364.php

Denver driver RAMS road-blocking protesters angry at police killing of black man in Minnesota (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-29
A female motorist in Denver, Colorado plowed her SUV through a crowd of demonstrators protesting the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minnesota. Local activists have tried to identify the woman on social media. | As protesters blocked a street in downtown Denver on Thursday, one motorist lashed out at the activists, some of whom were holding 'Black Lives Matter' placards. | Video footage captured at the scene shows the woman accelerating through the crowd at an intersection, throwing one man onto the hood of her vehicle. When the man falls off the SUV, the driver turns her vehicle in his direction and…
rt.com/usa/490159-denver-car-runs-over-protesters/

Driver MOWS DOWN protesters in Denver (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-29
A female motorist in Denver, Colorado plowed her SUV through a crowd of demonstrators protesting the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minnesota. Local activists have tried to identify the woman on social media. | As protesters blocked a street in downtown Denver on Thursday, one motorist lashed out at the activists, some of whom were holding 'Black Lives Matter' placards. | Video footage captured at the scene shows the woman accelerating through the crowd at an intersection, throwing one man onto the hood of her vehicle. When the man falls off the SUV, the driver turns her vehicle in his direction and…
rt.com/usa/490159-denver-car-runs-over-protesters/

'Don't throw money at black Americans to riot': Candace Owens spars with Soros-funded NGO over alleged hand in Minneapolis unrest
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Conservative firebrand Candace Owens has started a feud with Open Society Foundations, after accusing the George Soros-funded NGO of fueling the ongoing riots in Minneapolis. | Owens speculated that the fires and looting in Minneapolis was being carried out by activists linked to the billionaire, after noting that Police Chief Medaria Arradondo claimed the criminal activity was being instigated by people not native to the city. | "My guess: As he did with Antifa, Democrat George Soros has these thugs on payroll. He is funding the chaos via his Open Society Foundation," the conservative commentator tweeted. | T…
rt.com/usa/490081-candace-owens-soros-minneapolis-riots/

WATCH CNN crew ARRESTED during LIVE BROADCAST covering unrest in Minneapolis
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Minnesota State Patrol officers have arrested CNN journalist Omar Jimenez and two crew members during a live broadcast from protests in Minneapolis, which were sparked by George Floyd's death. The three men were later released. | Footage posted to social media on Friday morning shows Jimenez identifying himself as a journalist and telling officers: "We can move back to where you'd like. We are live on the air at the moment." | Jimenez repeatedly signals that he and his crew will move away from the area and go "wherever you want us." He then continues his report while two officers hold him by the arms and tell…
rt.com/usa/490107-cnn-reporter-arrested-minneapolis/

WATCH Minneapolis police ABANDON 3rd precinct as protesters TORCH it & celebrate
rt.com | 2020-05-29
A police headquarters in Minneapolis is engulfed in flames after protesters breached the building and set it ablaze amid riots over a recent police killing. Officers fled the scene, having lost all control of the situation. | Less than an hour after the break-in at the 3rd police precinct late on Thursday night, flames had spread to nearly the whole building, with a crowd of demonstrators gathered outside celebrating as police staged a retreat. RT's Sophia Narwitz reported live from the main protest area. | Precinct on fire. pic.twitter.com/JfxP9nIjGd– Sophia Narwitz…
rt.com/usa/490069-minneapolis-3rd-precinct-abandoned-torched/

'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump says military is ready to act against Minneapolis 'THUGS'
rt.com | 2020-05-29
US President Donald Trump has vowed decisive action to quell unrest in Minneapolis, sparked by the police killing of an unarmed black man, threatening to get the military involved if the city's mayor won't do the job "right." | The ultimatum came early on Friday morning from the president's Twitter handle, slamming Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as "very weak" and a "radical left mayor," while warning that the federal government would take over the situation if local authorities don't bring it under control. | "I can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadersh…
rt.com/usa/490070-trump-minneapolis-protesters-riots/

'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump says military is ready to act against Minneapolis 'THUGS'
rt.com | 2020-05-29
US President Donald Trump has vowed decisive action to quell unrest in Minneapolis, sparked by the police killing of an unarmed black man, threatening to get the military involved if the city's mayor won't do the job "right." | The ultimatum came early on Friday morning from the president's Twitter handle, slamming Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as "very weak" and a "radical left mayor," while warning that the federal government would take over the situation if local authorities don't bring it under control. | "I can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadersh…
rt.com/usa/490070-trump-minneapolis-protesters-riots/

'Beyond painful when I see my neighborhood burning': Ex-Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura laments 'no-win situation'
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Legendary Minnesotan Jesse Ventura has mourned for his old neighborhood in Minneapolis, which has gone up in flames amid ongoing protests. The ex-governor told RT America that he sees no easy solution to end the social upheaval. | The demonstrations in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose brutal arrest was filmed and went viral, have hit home with Ventura. | The former Minnesota governor told RT America's Rick Sanchez that the rioting has been occurring just two blocks from his childhood home. "This is very personal to me because it's a neighborhood I grew up in for eighteen years…
rt.com/usa/490120-jesse-ventura-minneapolis-riots-personal/

'Told the truth': Piers Morgan blasts 'pathetic' BBC for throwing Newsnight presenter 'to the wolves' after Cummings monologue
rt.com | 2020-05-29
TV presenter Piers Morgan has lashed out at the BBC after the public service broadcaster rapped their Newsnight host Emily Maitlis for her stinging Dominic Cummings intro

Twitter blocks WHITE HOUSE tweet for 'glorifying violence' after it reposts Trump warning from official government account
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Twitter has hidden a warning from US President Donald Trump to the Minnesota governor behind a censorship notice, as well as the tweet from the official White House account reposting the president's message. | The social media platform warned that the president's message to Democratic governor Tim Walz about sending in the National Guard "violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence." | | © Twitter | The tweet, posted from the @WhiteHouse account, repeated the content of an earlier tweet Trump had posted from his personal account (which was also covered by the censorship message about "glorifyin…
rt.com/usa/490136-twitter-censors-white-house-trump/

Twitter at war? Trump's warning to Minnesota 'thugs' flagged for 'glorifying violence'
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Twitter has claimed Donald Trump violated its rules by vowing a tough response to rioting in Minnesota. The social media platform flagged the tweet, saying it "glorified violence." | The US president tweeted that he would take action if order was not restored to Minneapolis. | "We will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts," Trump wrote, noting that the military could get involved. | | © Twitter | Hours later, Twitter attached a notice to…
rt.com/usa/490085-twitter-violence-trump-rule-violation/

Twitter blocks WHITE HOUSE tweet for 'glorifying violence' after it reposts Trump warning from official government account
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Twitter has hidden a warning from US President Donald Trump to the Minnesota governor behind a censorship notice, as well as the tweet from the official White House account reposting the president's message. | The social media platform warned that the president's message to Democratic governor Tim Walz about sending in the National Guard "violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence." | | © Twitter | The tweet, posted from the @WhiteHouse account, repeated the content of an earlier tweet Trump had posted from his personal account (which was also covered by the censorship message about "glorifyin…
rt.com/usa/490136-twitter-censors-white-house-trump/

Twitter at war? Trump's warning to Minnesota 'thugs' flagged for 'glorifying violence'
rt.com | 2020-05-29
Twitter has claimed Donald Trump violated its rules by vowing a tough response to rioting in Minnesota. The social media platform flagged the tweet, saying it "glorified violence." | The US president tweeted that he would take action if order was not restored to Minneapolis. | "We will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts," Trump wrote, noting that the military could get involved. | | © Twitter | Hours later, Twitter attached a notice to…
rt.com/usa/490085-twitter-violence-trump-rule-violation/

Disgrace! AOC & Pelosi lash out at Facebook's Zuckerberg over hesitance to police social media speech like Twitter
rt.com | 2020-05-28
Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez targeted Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg for disagreeing with Twitter fact-checking Donald Trump, saying social media platforms are not "the arbiter of truth." | House Speaker Pelosi slammed Zuckerberg's disagreement with Twitter over fact-checking a tweet from the president linking mail-in voting to fraud as a "disgrace" in a Thursday press conference and accused the Facebook founder of "catering" to the current administration out of fear. | "As far as the platforms are concerned, they want two things from the federal government, no regulation and no taxes," she said. "So…
rt.com/usa/490057-pelosi-zuckerberg-disgraceful-trump-twitter/

Minneapolis police investigate 'homicide' amid reports of 'looter shot dead by pawn shop owner'
rt.com | 2020-05-28
A suspected looter has reportedly been shot and killed in Minneapolis after a protest over police brutality escalated into a full-blown riot, with a law enforcement spokesman confirming one homicide amid the unrest. | Though few details have yet emerged about the murder

Battleground Minnesota: Disturbing VIDEOS show aftermath of violent riots over police killing of black man
rt.com | 2020-05-28
A night of rioting and looting has left multiple buildings torched and businesses ransacked in Minneapolis, after protests over the police killing of an unarmed black man escalated into violence. | Footage from the scene shows the scale of the destruction, with the city's streets starting to resemble a war zone. On Wednesday night, multiple buildings across the city were set on fire, with smoke and fire still billowing from the ruins in the morning. | This is war torn America. We should all be ashamed. pic.twitter.com/sYTCGd5Hok– üá∫&u…
rt.com/usa/490043-minnesota-riot-aftermath-videos/

Trump signs social media executive order challenging platforms' liability protections
rt.com | 2020-05-28
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at the major social media platforms, denouncing the tech behemoths as "tantamount to a monopoly." The order may alter Section 230, which protects them from litigation. | Trump signed the order, which aims to modify the legal protections currently shielding Big Tech from lawsuits over content hosted on its platforms, on Thursday as he addressed reporters at the White House. | Excoriating the platforms for what he and many others believe to be editorial bias, the president added that US Attorney General William Barr will also be tasked with working wi…
rt.com/usa/490055-trump-signs-executive-order-twitter/

Minnesota National Guard: Stand Down For Black Lives
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-29
We write you as fellow veterans and service members with full knowledge of what's at stake as many of you are being asked to mobilize against civilians in your own country. As your neighbors fill the streets demanding the justice this country promised them, your command is undoubtedly telling you that you're being activated in service to your community. And yet, it is your community members who fill the streets, while your Commander in Chief tweets about using you to murder people over something as insignificant as property damage. A moral choice lies before you. As veterans who have faced similar tests of consci…
popularresistance.org/minnesota-national-guard-stand-down-for-black-lives/

Minnesota National Guard: Stand Down For Black Lives
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-29
We write you as fellow veterans and service members with full knowledge of what's at stake as many of you are being asked to mobilize against civilians in your own country. As your neighbors fill the streets demanding the justice this country promised them, your command is undoubtedly telling you that you're being activated in service to your community. And yet, it is your community members who fill the streets, while your Commander in Chief tweets about using you to murder people over something as insignificant as property damage. A moral choice lies before you. As veterans who have faced similar tests of consci…
popularresistance.org/minnesota-national-guard-stand-down-for-black-lives/

Minneapolis Protests Police Murder Of George Floyd: Day 2
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-29
Protesters are continuing to gather outside the Minneapolis Police (MPD) 3rd Precinct building today after extended protests and clashes with police yesterday. The Twin Cities is still engulfed in mass outrage after MPD officer Derek Chauvin was filmed choking a black man named George Floyd to death in a disturbing video that went viral Monday night. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to file criminal charges against Officer Chauvin. Chauvin and three other officers involved in Floyd's were fired on Tuesday. Such a quick firing of officers after a police kil…
popularresistance.org/minneapolis-protests-police-murder-of-george-floyd-day-2/

Trump signs social media executive order challenging platforms' liability protections
rt.com | 2020-05-28
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at the major social media platforms, denouncing the tech behemoths as "tantamount to a monopoly." The order may alter Section 230, which protects them from litigation. | Trump signed the order, which aims to modify the legal protections currently shielding Big Tech from lawsuits over content hosted on its platforms, on Thursday as he addressed reporters at the White House. | Excoriating the platforms for what he and many others believe to be editorial bias, the president added that US Attorney General William Barr will also be tasked with working wi…
rt.com/usa/490055-trump-signs-executive-order-twitter/

Minneapolis mayor calls on National Guard to tackle riots over police killing of black man
rt.com | 2020-05-28
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is seeking help from the National Guard to control a wave of violent riots across the state, following the police killing of unarmed black civilian George Floyd. | Following widespread looting, a shooting, and police using tear gas on Wednesday night, Frey has asked for the state's National Guard to be deployed. | The mayor said he has spoken with the governor's office "several times" about the riots, and has also requested the help of state police. | Police firing from the roof of the precinct. pic.twitter.com/P0QYhTt67A– Sophia Narwitz…
rt.com/usa/490026-minneapolis-riots-national-guard-george-floyd/

Trump's retweets declare 'only good Democrat is a dead Democrat' and Covid-19 masks 'slavery'… critics take the bait
rt.com | 2020-05-28
Two retweets from President Donald Trump have outraged critics. One declares "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat" and the other calls Covid-19 protective masks "social control." | Trump has been using Twitter in recent weeks to do everything from slamming mail-in voting to accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of possible murder. And some of his latest tweets have proven just as incendiary. | One "thank you" tweet from Wednesday evening was in response to a video from the pro-Trump group Cowboys for Trump. The footage includes a speaker saying, "I've come to a place where I've come to the conclusion that…
rt.com/usa/490039-trum-dead-democrats-twitter/

'Election process will become badly tainted & laughingstock': Trump doubles down on mail-in voting in heated tweet
rt.com | 2020-05-28
After being fact-checked by Twitter on his assertion that mail-in voting leads to fraud, President Donald Trump doubled down on his stance and directed his anger right at Twitter. | "So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that Mail-In Ballots are not subject to FRAUD," Trump tweeted on Thursday. "How stupid, there are examples, & cases, all over the place. Our election process will become badly tainted & a laughingstock all over the World." | He then tagged Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of site integrity, as a "hater." | So ridiculous to see Twitter trying to make the case that Mail-In Ballots are no…
rt.com/usa/490045-trump-twitter-mail-in-voting/

From George Floyd to Chris Cooper: Ibram X. Kendi on "Racist Terror" Facing Black People in America
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-27
"I can't breathe"

Costa Rica becomes a first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriages
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-27
Costa Rica became the first Central American country to recognize same sex marriage yesterday, on May 26. | In August 2018 the Supreme Court had asked the parliament to amend country's Family Code which bans gay marriages by May 26, 2020 failing which same sex marriage will automatically be legal. The Costa Rician parliament did not vote to amend the law nor did it allow the request of some of its conservative members, including the President of the Legislative Assembly pastor Eduardo Cruickshank, that asked the court to delay it. | President Carlos Alvarado tweeted "Costa Rica officially recognizes equal marriag…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/27/costa-rica-becomes-a-first-central-american-country-to-legalize-same-sex-marriages/