“A surge of attacks in one of Canada’s most multicultural cities during the pandemic is surfacing long-simmering racial tensions,” reports Bloomberg’s Natalie Obiko Pearson.
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Federal intelligence sent to Oregon and Portland indicates right-wing extremists pose biggest lethal threat
Via The Oregonian, confirmation of what we already knew: “Racially motivated extremists and ad-hoc citizen militias appear to present the most pronounced threat of violence to human life, according to a Joint Intelligence Bulletin circulated to law enforcement in June by the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and National Counterterrorism Center.”
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Watch Pramila Jayapal take Trump’s AG Bill Barr apart on Capitol Hill
When it was her turn to spar with Trump’s enforcer, Pramila Jayapal made the most of it. Watch her take Bill Barr apart in this three minute video.
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July 4th: An opportunity to celebrate the idea of progressive freedom, which is dynamic
Feeling conflicted about celebrating Independence Day and honoring America’s founders this year? Take a few minutes to read this excerpt from Whose Freedom.
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Drew Brees has learned from the events of the past few days. He has a message for Donald Trump.
“We must stop talking about the flag and shift our attention to the real issues of systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial & prison reform. We are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history! If not now, then when?”
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Revealed: Matt Shea aided group training young men for ‘biblical warfare’
Archconservative Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich told The Guardian that “it almost sounds like going back to the Hitler Youth concept”.
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Alabama Democratic activist decries the hypocrisy and lack of mutual responsibility in their home state
A racist old white male newspaper editor who called for the Klan to ride again and lynch people in D.C. will be replaced by a black woman. Read an anonymous Alabama Democratic activist’s take on these events.
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Abolition of death penalty in Washington draws attention from national, world media
A roundup of national and world media coverage of the Washington State Supreme Court’s decision in State v. Gregory.
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“Trump, Trump, Trump!” How 45’s name became a racial jeer
The New York Times examines “a phenomenon distinct from the routine racism so familiar in this country: the provocative use of Trump, after the man whose comments about Mexicans, Muslims and undocumented immigrants — coupled with his muted responses to white nationalist activity — have proved so inflammatory.”
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Police officer: Relax, we only kill black people
In this dashcam video, presented with context by The Young Turks, Police Lieutenant Greg Abbott can be heard saying to a motorist he has pulled over, “Remember, we only kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right? All of the videos you’ve seen, have you seen the black people get killed? You have.”
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Reader responds to revival of hunger strike at Tacoma’s infamous private prison
To The Editor: More than four hundred people have joined the hunger strike in the NWDC in Tacoma that started Monday. What are they demanding?
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Highlights from court ruling halting Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0
Courtesy of the New York Times: “Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Derrick K. Watson of United States District Court in Honolulu, who issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s revised travel ban from going into effect nationwide.”
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Fearful of Trump policies, families risk frigid 3 AM hike from Minnesota into Canada
There are so many problems with Trump. I always wanted to come to America, I love America, but not any more, not with Trump. —
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How Washington State upended Trump’s travel ban
The New York Times profiles Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The nation’s attention is now on Washington after the state won a sweeping victory against the Trump regime in federal court, incensing the so-called president.
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As Democrats take to the streets, lawmakers rush to keep up
Democrats either need to feed, nurture and aggressively champion the resistance, or they need to get out of the way in favor of someone who
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Mexico: We will not pay for Trump border wall
Mexico’s political leaders have wisely chosen defiance instead of capitulation. In a nationally televised address, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto declared that his country does not believe in walls and will not finance the border barrier that Trump has vowed to build. If the last few days have taught us anything, it’s that by uniting together against Donald’s bigotry, we can stop neofascism in its tracks.
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Trump weighing Muslim registry, says adviser
Can you say “unconstitutional”? “Un-American”?
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Maricopa County’s Joe Arpaio officially charged with criminal contempt
“Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was officially charged Tuesday with criminal contempt of court when a federal judge affixed her signature, a formality that throws the lawman’s political and personal future into a level of crisis never before seen in his twenty-three years in office,” reports the Arizona Republic’s Megan Cassidy.
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Arrest Arpaio, not the people! Racist Trump-supporting sheriff, accused of targeting Latinos, is charged with criminal contempt
“Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County with criminal contempt of court, saying he willfully defied a judge’s orders to stop targeting Latinos — including citizens and legal immigrants — in traffic stops and other law enforcement efforts, behavior the judge said showed a pattern of discriminatory policing,” The New York Times reports.
LaunchArrest Arpaio, not the people! Racist Trump-supporting sheriff, accused of targeting Latinos, is charged with criminal contempt
“Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County with criminal contempt of court, saying he willfully defied a judge’s orders to stop targeting Latinos — including citizens and legal immigrants — in traffic stops and other law enforcement efforts, behavior the judge said showed a pattern of discriminatory policing,” The New York Times reports.
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NCAA moves championship events out of North Carolina, citing anti-LGBT law
Breaking from The New York Times: “The National Collegiate Athletic Association said on Monday that it would relocate all seven previously awarded championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year because of concerns over laws passed by the state that it said violated the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.”
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