The mushrooming violence in Kenosha is what people mean when they say “violence begets violence”: not that one act of violence deserves or justifies another, but that they often follow and attract each other, spreading organically, like rot, infestation, contagion. Denying or downplaying any of these violent deeds can only make that reproduction more difficult to halt.
Month: August 2020
Homicide charges filed against Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse in fatal shooting during protests
News Publishers Join Fight Against Apple Over App Store Terms
News Publishers Join Fight Against Apple Over App Store Terms
The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are among companies seeking more favorable terms in Apple’s app store
‘A tragic impasses’: Pelosi halts stimulus negotiations until ‘Republicans start to take this process seriously’
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) laid down an ultimatum for stimulus negotiations to resume after failing to make any progress in talks with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Kenosha police chief finds a way to blame protesters for their own deaths
Trump Jr. And Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Paris Trip Cost Taxpayers At Least $64,000 For Security
Trump Jr. And Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Paris Trip Cost Taxpayers At Least $64,000 For Security
WASHINGTON ― Taxpayers shelled out at least $64,443 to safeguard the president’s eldest son and his girlfriend during a two-day visit to Paris in 2018 that included a stay at a $1,000-a-night hotel a few blocks from the Champs-Elysees, according to U.S. Secret Service records.
Abbott soars 10% after its 15-minute COVID-19 test wins FDA approval (ABT)
Abbott soars 10% after its 15-minute COVID-19 test wins FDA approval (ABT)
The new COVID test will be accompanied by a free smartphone app that will display a user’s test results, which can then be displayed when asked at social gathering places like schools and workplaces.
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FDA gives emergency-use approval for Abbott’s $5, 15-minute COVID-19 test, though not for home use
The test should help meet a growing demand for cheap, less-accurate COVID-19 tests that some public health officials argue the U.S. needs to return to school and work. Peter Weber
🙄 Don Jr. robocall urges supporters to vote by mail
Don Jr. robocall urges supporters to vote by mail
The president’s son made the appeals as his father continues to rail against widespread mail-in voting.
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Intel officials contradict Trump on voting by mail
The officials said they had seen no signs that foreign countries were looking to undermine mail-in ballots, in a break with the president and attorney general.
Jacob Blake Had a Knife! Several Media Channels Don’t Say That in Their Titles!
Officers arrived at Blake’s address responding to a call from a woman who said her boyfriend wasn’t supposed to be there, the state DOJ said. Officers tried to arrest Blake on a domestic warrant uncovered en route to the scene, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. One officer tased Blake, and when he continued trying to leave the scene, three officers followed him at close range. Sheskey grabbed and shot Blake after he “leaned forward” into the driver’s side door, the Wisconsin DOJ said. State officers found a knife on the floorboard, but no other weapons in the car, and it is unclear if the Kenosha police officers knew about the knife. Blake was shot less than three minutes after police arrived.
Fed to seek higher inflation in bid to boost employment
Fed to seek higher inflation in bid to boost employment
Essentially, the Fed is pledging not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly.
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