National Guard Expands Presence Amid Unrest
The National Guard said Monday it had deployed 12,000 additional Air and Army Guardsmen for civil-unrest response in 23 states and Washington, D.C., making the 67,000 members now on the streets for the protests and Covid-19 the largest number ever activated in the U.S. The National Guard expanded its civil-unrest presence from roughly 5,000 to 17,000 from Sunday to Monday following clashes over the weekend, reaching a total that surpassed the 51,000 activated during the 2005 Hurricane Katrina response.
Source:Wall Street Journal
June 01, 2020 18:32 UTC
Facebook Employees Push Back On Zuckerberg's Non-Response To Trump Rhetoric
Facebook employees are speaking out against CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his non-response to President Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric about people protesting the death of George Floyd on the platform. Over the weekend, numerous employees went on Twitter to share their feelings toward the company not taking action on Trump’s post calling protesters, many of whom are people of color, “THUGS” and threatening to send the National Guard. “Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” the president wrote on all of his social media pages including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Trump sent the missive on Friday morning in response to the eruption nationwide over Floyd, a Black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck. Twitter applied a warning label that indicated the message violated rules against glorifying violence.
Source:Huffington Post
June 01, 2020 18:11 UTC
Handling of Trump Posts Prompt Facebook Employees to Stage Virtual Walkout
Facebook Inc. employees staged a virtual walkout Monday and some publicly denounced CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to leave up a post from President Trump about the recent social unrest, comments they said violated the company’s rules about inciting violence. Over the weekend, more than a dozen employees spoke out on Twitter against Mr. Zuckerberg’s decision to keep up a post from the president, which called demonstrators thugs and warned: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Hundreds of employees were part of...
Source:Wall Street Journal
June 01, 2020 18:07 UTC
NWSL sets Challenge Cup schedule, marking first return of U.S. team sports
“It’s our chance to be front and center,” Commissioner Lisa Baird said, “and get America to fall in love with these incredibly gifted athletes.”ADThe Washington Spirit will play on the second matchday, June 30, against the host Utah Royals. Which matchup do you have your 👀 on?#NWSL pic.twitter.com/deqBoaH96B — NWSL (@NWSL) June 1, 2020Each of the nine teams will play four matches apiece in the preliminary round. The semifinals and July 26 final will be held at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, a grass venue where MLS and NWSL matches are held. NWSL teams have returned to regular training sessions. ADPlayers and team personnel will live in an “NWSL Village,” with little or no contact with the public.
Source:Washington Post
June 01, 2020 18:02 UTC
Biden vows to combat institutional racism as he meets with black leaders in Delaware
(CNN) Joe Biden on Monday pledged to take steps to combat institutional racism and reestablish a police oversight body at the Justice Department as he spoke with African American leaders in Delaware after days of protests across the nation. As Biden listened to community leaders in Delaware, Trump was on a call with the nation's governors urging them to "dominate" protesters. Biden said he has been speaking with African American thought leaders in recent days. During the event, Biden was pushed on his record, with one participant raising his involvement in the passage of the 1994 crime bill, which led to mandatory minimum sentences. "I promise you, there are multiple African American candidates being considered," Biden said.
Source:CNN
June 01, 2020 17:57 UTC
Florida Police Officer Suspended After Shoving A Kneeling Black Woman Amid Protest
A Florida police officer has been suspended after he was seen shoving a kneeling protester at an anti-racism demonstration on Sunday. Videos captured by bystanders show the man, identified by authorities as Fort Lauderdale police officer Steven Pohorence, confronting protesters outside a parking garage. As the officer, who appears to be white, is turning to walk away, he pushes to the ground a Black woman who is kneeling with her hands in the air. A Black female police officer can be seen pulling Pohorence from the crowd and scolding him as other demonstrators scream in response to his actions. And it will be swift and corrective in nature.” He also commended the officer who grabbed Pohorence.
Source:Huffington Post
June 01, 2020 17:48 UTC
Netanyahu’s Annexation Plans Meet Surprise Opponent: Israeli Settlers
JERUSALEM — Having crushed his political opponents and won a new term, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cleared a path to fulfilling his most polarizing campaign promise: annexing occupied West Bank territory, the long-held dream of right-wing Jewish settlers. Yet with a month until he says he will apply Israeli sovereignty over large stretches of land the Palestinians have counted on for a future state, Mr. Netanyahu is suddenly facing stiff resistance, including a surprising rebellion in the ranks of the settler leaders who have been agitating for annexation for years. Mr. Netanyahu’s plan, they argue, would open the door for a Palestinian state while ending any expansion of Israeli settlements in much of the West Bank, killing the religious-Zionist project to achieve dominion over the entire biblical homeland of the Jews. “It’s either or,” Bezalel Smotrich, a firebrand lawmaker who has led the push for annexation, said in an interview. “Either the settlements have a future, or the Palestinian state does — but not both.”
Source:New York Times
June 01, 2020 17:48 UTC
Gunna Extends Hip-Hop’s Dominance on the Billboard Album Chart
The Georgia rapper Gunna has taken the top spot on the latest Billboard album chart. 1 album, with the equivalent of 111,000 sales in the United States, according to Nielsen Music. “Wunna” extends hip-hop’s recent dominance of the album chart. It features guest spots from a fraternity of some of rap’s streaming kings, including Travis Scott, Roddy Ricch, Lil Baby and Young Thug — whose label, YSL, Gunna is signed to. Also on this week’s chart, Lil Baby’s “My Turn” is No.
Source:New York Times
June 01, 2020 17:48 UTC
Non-revenue sports fret over college athlete compensation
College coaches in non-revenue sports are worried about the impact legislation allowing compensation for athletes could have on their programs. The memo focuses on non-revenue sports, many of which are included in Olympic competition. Additionally, 34 more states have introduced at least one piece of NIL legislation, according to a committee report from Tulane sports law program director Gabe Feldman. Similarly, lost participation opportunities is a key issue in this case for those non-revenue sports. That committee would likely first meet this fall in a process lasting one to two years, Higer said.
Source:Fox News
June 01, 2020 17:48 UTC
Fortunes of Berlin clubs changed by Bundesliga's virus break
The Bundesliga’s coronavirus-induced break has changed the fortunes of the Berlin clubs. The German soccer league’s unprecedented two-month suspension came at the right time for Hertha Berlin and the wrong time for city rival Union Berlin. Union’s previously mean defense has conceded 11 goals in four games since the league resumed, and the promoted club is coming under increasing pressure from teams below in its fight for survival. “We have to get points, especially at home.”Union’s home advantage has been weakened with no supporters allowed at any games since the league resumed on May 16. Hertha has claimed 10 points from a possible 12 since the league resumed.
Source:Fox News
June 01, 2020 17:48 UTC
Trump Tells Governors To 'Dominate' Protesters, 'Put Them In Jail For 10 Years'
On a nearly hour-long call with governors Monday, President Trump exhorted them to get "much tougher" and to "dominate" demonstrators at sometimes violent protests that have broken out nationwide following the death of George Floyd while being detained by police in Minneapolis last Monday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Trump told governors that most were “weak” and that "they’re going to run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks," according to Ed O'Keefe of CBS News. Trump reportedly said, "You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again." "It's a movement, if you don't put it down it will get worse and worse...The only time it's successful is when you're weak and most of you are weak," Trump said according to CNN. Trump responded that "I don't like your rhetoric much either because I watched it with respect to the coronavirus, and I don't like your rhetoric much either."
Source:Forbes
June 01, 2020 17:48 UTC
Joe Biden Listens to Anguish at a Black Church in Delaware
“Education doesn’t mean anything if we can’t go birdwatching, if we can’t jog and if we can’t go to a convenience store,” Dr. Williams said. Shanika Perry, the church’s youth pastor, asked Mr. Biden to meet with young black people. They have brilliant ideas themselves.”Black women want a seat at the table, too, Ms. Perry said, urging Mr. Biden to choose one as his running mate. Earlier in his career, “I thought we could actually defeat hate,” Mr. Biden said. “What I realized — not just white supremacy, but hate — hate just hides.
Source:New York Times
June 01, 2020 17:43 UTC
N.Y.C. Will Have a Curfew, Cuomo Says: Live Updates
Things were mostly quiet as protests in New York began their fifth day. As New York City braced for another night of protests Monday with an 11 p.m. curfew imposed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo looming, preparations and a few peaceful demonstrations were underway as afternoon turned to evening. In Times Square, hundreds of protesters began the afternoon packed tightly together on the western end of 43rd Street. Mr. Cuomo imposed the curfew in hopes of heading off the kind of violence what have mostly been peaceful demonstrations.
Source:New York Times
June 01, 2020 17:43 UTC
Trump Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ and Urges Governors to Seek ‘Retribution’
Mr. Trump, who has rarely been so directly criticized during his coronavirus-related conference calls with the governors, swiped back. He told Mr. Pritzker he could do “a much better job.”Mr. Pritzker was not the only governor to express unease. The president responded, “we’ll look into that,” before firing back that he expected “a tremendous crowd of people showing up.”“They like their president,” Mr. Trump said. Jim Justice of West Virginia, a Republican, then interjected to say Mr. Trump would be welcome in his state. “I don’t know what’s happening in Manhattan, but it’s terrible,” Mr. Trump said.
Source:New York Times
June 01, 2020 17:41 UTC
Congo Faces 2nd Ebola Outbreak In Northern Province
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a second Ebola outbreak in Congo, the head of the World Health Organization said Monday, adding yet another health crisis for a country already battling COVID-19 and the world’s largest measles outbreak. “The country is also in final phase of battling Ebola in eastern DRC, COVID19 & the world’s largest measles outbreak,” he tweeted. The last known patient in Congo’s eastern outbreak was released in mid-May but the country now must go about another month without any new cases before an official end to the outbreak can be declared. However, like many African countries Congo has conducted extremely limited testing, and observers fear the true toll may be far higher. ASSOCIATED PRESS Martine Milonde, left, a Congolese community mobilizer who works with the aid group World Vision in Beni, eastern Congo, which became the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, engages the public about coronavirus prevention on April 10.
Source:Huffington Post
June 01, 2020 17:37 UTC