Protesters involved in George Floyd protests sue City of Fort Lauderdale, police after being injured by law enforcement Several protesters are putting their pain on display by suing the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, years after being injured during 06/3/2024 - 10:14 am | View Link
The 25 Photos That Defined the Modern Age And it somehow seemed like the end of the export of revolution from Cuba, which very much shut down after Che’s death ... Weems in “Nation.” Marcoci: I think that’s an amazing image. It’s actually a ... 06/2/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Upside-Down ‘Distress’ Flag Popular With Trump Supporters—And Black Lives Matter, Abortion Rights Protesters (Photos) But the flag has become commonplace in the past decade at protests over government policy—on both the left and the right. The flag made a recent appearance at a Washington D.C. protest led by ... 06/1/2024 - 10:17 am | View Link
Moline rally will mark 4th anniversary of George Floyd’s death A rally will be held in Moline to observe the fourth anniversary of George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, according to a news release. In 2020, his death “sparked huge local and ... 05/28/2024 - 12:52 am | View Link
4 years after George Floyd's death, Congress struggles with police reform Four years after George Floyd's murder, work on federal police reform legislation has halted almost entirely amid a partisan stall on Capitol Hill. 05/25/2024 - 12:14 pm | View Link
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT today (10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Virgo into Libra.
Happy Birthday for Friday, June 14, 2024:
You are organized and have a strong desire to take charge of most situations around you.
Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the homes of the Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director and some board members in a cowardly act, using red-smeared paint. This act of targeting Jewish people will not help the Palestinians. What a despicable thing to do, and I'm not sure how, in their minds, they felt this was productive.
Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1st to begin a 4 month sentence for contempt of court after failing to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Immediately after being ordered to report to court, he was defiant, saying "Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department, they're not going to shut up Trump, they're not going to shut up Navarro, they're not going to shut up Bannon, and they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA."
Well, just a week later, Bannon has changed his tune and is now begging the Appeals Court to intervene and pretty please keep him out of prison.
Read the filing here.
In the filing, he claims this is a "landmark case." It absolutely IS NOT.
Above, RAC performs, Why Even Try. Sometimes I wonder why we even try to make sense of the media.
MPC Commentary presents, Much Ado About Hunter.
The Psy of Life asks, "Does it even matter?"
Adventus says it's all inside MAGA Baseball.
Play Typer Guy talks "West Wing."
Bonus Track: Because we are all about the music and about the art Open Culture presents Andy Warhol creating a portrait of Debbie Harry.
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Two things died recently. First, Republican dignity when Ted Lieu was done listing all of Trump's associates who are convicted felons--criminals--just like he is. Lieu went on a rant that laid out perfectly why Trump is so unfit to clean floors much less be President.
And the best part, Lieu made sure to remind Trump whose choices it was that got him where he is, and he didn't do it nicely
Second, Lieu also pointed out how Democrats like Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden have been pursued, again showing what a joke Republican claims are of a "rigged" Department of Justice.