Politics
Dissension in the ranks? Pentagon breaks with Trump over protest crackdown
June 4, 2020The right-wing coalition built around Trump is showing cracks that could end up splitting off support for the president in November.
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Biden offers a sharp contrast to Trump in remarks on the uprising
June 3, 2020“It’s all at stake. That is truer today than ever. And it’s in this urgency we can find the path forward…To paraphrase Reverend (William) Barber, it’s in the mourning we find hope.”
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker, others warn of Trump’s dangerous turn
June 2, 2020Pritzker was irate, saying afterwards that Trump “is strictly trying to make himself sound like a strong man – almost like a dictator.” HRF blasted Trump’s “frightening turn towards despotism.”
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George Floyd’s murder: The spark for a powderkeg of racism
May 29, 2020A cartoon from Greg Kearney.
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‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump revives segregationist war cry
May 29, 2020In 1967, racist police chief Walter Headley rained bullets down on Black protesters. Trump just revived his declaration of war.
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