1. The response to Trump's racist attacks on @RepCummings, which have been going on for several days, will leave a PERMANENT STAIN on the Republican Party
Most members of the GOP have stayed SILENT
Those that have spoken have EQUATED Cummings and Trump
It's outrageous
@RepCummings 2. Virtually every GOP member of Congress that has spoken has said some variation of: "I don’t think either Congressman Cummings or President Trump are racist"
Excuse me?
Equating the target of racism with the person being racist is not OK.
3. This isn't about Trump. This is about HUNDREDS OF REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS.
Not a single Republican member of Congress -- NOT ONE -- has had the basic moral courage to say: I oppose Trump's racist attacks on my colleague
4. It is possible to disagree with Cummings on the policy issues but still have the basic integrity to say: I oppose these racist attacks
But that's not something any Republican in Congress is capable of doing, apparently
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1. @amazon, @Verizon, and other major corporations have ended or reduced their support for Juneteenth celebrations this year, forcing events in major cities to be significantly scaled back, a Popular Information investigation reveals.
2. In Denver, the annual Juneteenth Music Festival was cut from two days to one day due to "a sharp decline in corporate sponsorships."
An archived version of the festival website reveals that @Verizon, a "Silver" sponsor of the 2024 event, was not listed as a sponsor this year.
@amazon @Verizon 3. Last month, @Verizon told FCC Chairman Brendan Carr that the company was "ending its DEI-related policies…effective immediately." It was part of @Verizon's effort to win approval from the FCC to acquire Frontier Communications, a broadband tech company, for $20 billion.
1. In 2024, Trump said he would deport every undocumented immigrant in the country. "I think you have to do it," Trump said. "They came in illegally."
He said "illegals" were "poisoning the blood of our country."
Then, for a few days, he abruptly reversed course.
Why? Let's follow the money
2. In a Truth Social post last week, Trump said his "very aggressive policy on immigration" was taking "very good, long time workers" away from the agricultural and hospitality industries. These workers, Trump said, are "almost impossible to replace." Therefore, "Changes are coming!
3. On June 12, a senior ICE official, Tatum King, sent a message to ICE staff formalizing the new policy: "Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels."
1. Starlink is turbocharging the operations of a lethal jihadist group operating in West Africa, JNIM
Elon Musk has the capability to limit or prevent the use of Starlink by groups like JNIM but has chosen not to, instead prioritizing growth
2. Before Starlink, JNIM often relied on couriers and paper maps.
Now, JNIM is "using real-time maps, encrypted messaging platforms, and even live streams to plan and secure attacks with incredible coordination," Dr. Obasesam Okoi told Musk Watch.
3. On May 11, JNIM carried out a coordinated attack in Burkina Faso "killing more than a hundred civilians, soldiers, and militia members, according to the International Crisis Group."
After the attack, JNIM "quickly shared videos on social media of its fighters looting the city's army base"
1. In an extraordinary public flogging, the Florida State Board of Education repeatedly threatened a school superintendent with criminal prosecution unless he removed a Judy Blume book from all library shelves.
One member called the district librarians "child abusers."
2. The State Board summarily declared that Judy Blume's Forever and 54 other works of literature were "pornography," even though none of the books met the legal definition of pornographic material.
Many of the targeted books are award-winning literature that have been read by students for years.
3. Florida Education Secretary Manny Diaz warned the superintendent, Hillsborough County's Van Ayres, that any district official who was "complicit" in allowing these allegedly "pornographic" books in libraries would be subject to criminal prosecution by the State Attorney General.