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I did not kill George Floyd (Spiked)
There’s a new sin. Forget gluttony. Forget sloth. The great moral error today is whiteness. To be white is to be fallen. Whiteness has become a kind of original sin, an inherited moral defect one must atone for throughout one’s life. In the wake of the brutal execution of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, this almost religious treatment of whiteness as an existential flaw has gone uber-mainstream. [Read More]
LOTTER: Were Today’s RINOs Ever Republicans? (The Daily Caller)
It is one of those stories mainstream media cannot resist. Someone who previously claimed to be a Republican, has not voted Republican since 2004 and/or worked for losing campaigns years ago voices their support for Joe Biden and the media pounces. Welcome to the D.C. swamp! For these so-called conservatives, policy no longer matters as they abandon every belief they previously claimed to hold dear just so they can either get paid as a consultant, get booked by liberal media outlets or keep their standing in the DC social scene. [Read More]
Biden addresses George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter in emotional funeral video (CNBC)
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden addressed George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna in an emotional video played at Floyd’s funeral in Houston on Tuesday.
“Little Gianna, as I said to you when I saw you yesterday, you are so brave,” Biden said in the pre-recorded video, filmed at his home in Delaware. “Daddy is looking down at you, and he is so proud of you. I know you miss that bear hug that only he could give, the pure joy of riding on his shoulders so you could touch the sky.” [Read More]
Plan to remove police from Prince George’s County Public Schools passes first step (FOX 5 DC)
A proposal to remove police from Prince George’s County Public Schools passed the first step on Monday night — but there are questions over whether it would even be legal based on current Maryland law.
Several PGCPS board members announced their proposal at a Black Lives Matter protest outside the District Court in Hyattsville, calling for armed police to be removed from schools entirely. [Read More]
WHO walks back claim about ‘very rare’ asymptomatic coronavirus transmission (NY Post)
The World Health Organization on Tuesday walked back comments from a top official who said it was “very rare” for someone to contract the coronavirus from an asymptomatic carrier.
“Some estimates of around 40 percent of transmission may be due to asymptomatic [cases], but those are from models. So I didn’t include that in my answer yesterday but wanted to make sure that I made that clear,” Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist and technical lead on the pandemic, said during a news conference Tuesday. [Read More]
Sheriff Chuck Jenkins meets with BLM protesters, says “All Lives Matter” (DVM)
Hundreds of Black Lives Matter Demonstrators walked up to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Department front door demanding answers.
“If we don’t get to anything else today, the only thing I want Chuck Jenkins to know is that all lives can’t matter until black lives matter.” said Demonstration Organizer Kavonte Duckett. [Read More]
