The United States is in the midst of a full-blown second wave of coronavirus. According to Worldometers, Tuesday had 36,015 new cases — the highest number since May 1, and the third-highest ever. Arizona, Florida, South Carolina, California, and Texas are headed for a dire emergency fast. So far deaths have thankfully not returned to their previous…
TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally
Did a successful prank inflate attendance expectations for President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla.? For Diana Mejia, the idea to troll President Donald Trump with false ticket reservations to Saturday’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, came from TikTok. On June 12, Mejia, 19, saw a video from TikTok user Mary Jo Laupp, noting people could reserve tickets…
Trump comeback rally features empty seats, staff infections
President Donald Trump launched his comeback rally amid a pandemic on Saturday by declaring that “the silent majority is stronger than ever before,” but what was meant to be a show of political force was instead met with thousands of empty seats and new coronavirus cases on his campaign staff. Ignoring health warnings, Trump went…
Blue Flu: A number of Atlanta Police Officers walk out in apparent protest
ATLANTA Ga. – The blue flu appears to be sweeping across the Atlanta Police Department as many officers walked out or did not come to work allegedly protesting murder charges filed against one of their own on Wednesday. The non-profit group Georgia Law Enforcement shared the following information late Wednesday night on their FB page….
Free Food, Free Speech and Free of Police: Inside Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’
President Trump challenged Seattle’s mayor to “take back your city” after the police vacated a station house and protesters laid claim to the neighborhood around it. A gathering on Wednesday in the Seattle neighborhood of Capitol Hill, where protesters have established an “autonomous zone.” Credit…Ruth Fremson/The New York Times SEATTLE — On the streets next to…
‘Hypocrites’: Bollywood actors slammed over George Floyd stand
Same actors seen promoting products designed to make people’s skin lighter, or maintaining silence on domestic issues. Several Bollywood stars have been labelled “hypocrites” after speaking out against racism to lend support to global protests while promoting products in India designed to make people’s skin lighter. The actors were also trolled and accused of “cowardice”…
3 more Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd death, Derek Chauvin charges elevated
The three former officers are charged with aiding and abetting murder. The fourth, who placed his knee on Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes, now faces a second-degree murder charge. Three more former Minneapolis police officers were charged Wednesday in the death of George Floyd, five days after charges were brought against a fourth officer who…
AMERICAN CARNAGE
Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black people grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country convulsed through another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns. The protests, which…
VIOLENT PROTESTS ROCK MINNEAPOLIS
National Guard called to respond to Minneapolis violence Protesters face off with police at the Minneapolis Police Third Precinctt, Thursday, May 28, 2020, after a night of rioting as protests continue over the arrest of George Floyd who died in police custody Monday night in Minneapolis after video shared online by a bystander showed a…
TRUMP V. TWITTER
Trump reiterates conspiracy theory about woman’s death, ignoring widower’s plea for peace WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and the White House on Tuesday continued to promote a baseless conspiracy theory about a woman’s 2001 death, ignoring her grieving widower’s plea for peace and putting renewed pressure on social media companies about the president’s use of…