1
Defense Secretary Will Assess How to Promote More Minorities in Military
Mark T. Esper’s announcement comes as the military is working through
issues on race that reflect the larger forces sweeping the country.
The staff is supposed to plan for everything.
2
Promotion in Jeopardy for Army Officer Who Challenged Trump on Ukraine
Military officials fear the White House may retaliate against Lt. Col.
Alexander Vindman for his testimony in the House impeachment inquiry.
Trump is a sadist.
3
Unemployment Claims: 1.5 Million New State Filings in a Week
With new state unemployment claims topping one million for the 13th week,
the coronavirus crisis seems to be reaching deeper into the labor market.
Covid-19 infections are rising in early opening states.
The relief system is not working well.
4
Joe Biden Begins First General Election TV Ad Blitz
The $15 million advertising effort will target six fall battlegrounds, all
states that President Trump carried in 2016.
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/17/us/politics/17reuters-usa-election-poll.html
A thirteen percent advantage is not a bad place to start a campaign.
5
Jean Kennedy Smith Dies at 92; Helped Forge Peace in Northern Ireland
The last surviving sibling in a family that wrote itself into U.S. history,
she was the first Kennedy woman of her generation to take on a serious
political role.
Every one gets older.
6
Bolton, Belatedly, Tells All
House Democrats could use a time machine just about now: This is your
morning tip sheet.
Just noise now.
7
China Slams Trump Over Uighur Law Amid Bolton Accusations
A new law aimed at punishing Chinese officials involved in mass internments
of Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang came as John Bolton accused
President Trump of supporting Beijing’s crackdown.
Trump does not do diplomacy.
8
How the Trump Campaign’s Plans for a Triumphant Rally Went Awry
Instead of offering President Trump a glide path back into the campaign
season, Saturday’s rally in Tulsa has become yet another flash point for a
candidate who has repeatedly displayed insensitivity about race.
Trump is taking iconographic advice from the wrong group.
9
‘Power to the People’: Detroit Students Preserve This Moment in Paint
A mural on the city’s main thoroughfare that honors the spirit of the
protests was the result of a contest in which students chose their favorite
rendering, and helped paint it.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias
"I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Detroit is probably the wrong place.
10
5 Takeaways From John Bolton’s Book "The Room Where it Happened"
“The Room Where It Happened” describes Mr. Bolton’s 17 turbulent months at
President Trump’s side through a multitude of crises and foreign policy
challenges.
Trump would like to make the only account.
11
Michael Pack, Chief of Media Agency, Dismisses Heads of U.S. News Outlets
The moves by Michael Pack, an ally of Steve Bannon appointed by President
Trump, raised concerns that the news organizations would become partisan.
Michael Packi will sign Trumps Name to the product.
12
Justice Dept. Escalates Legal Fight With Bolton Over Book
The Trump administration asked a judge to order the former national
security adviser to stop publication of his memoir even as explosive
details emerged.
The book will not be pulped.
13
Is Cruelty Required?
Is it possible to have a society without cruelty? That’s really the
fundamental political question. (Economics, as you know, is a subset of
politics, not different from it. So it’s also the fundamental economic
question.) It’s fair to say that there has never been a major society
without cruelty baked into it, at least not […]
Most cruelty is habit. Some is sadism.
14
With the Federal Health Megaphone Silent, States Struggle With a Shifting Pandemic
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Noah Weiland, Sarah Mervosh and David E. Sanger at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
As state and local governments confront a new wave of coronavirus
infections, President Trump is sending mixed messages and Washington’s
public health bully pulpit has gone silent.
Covid-19 is infectious and opportunistic.
15
What Joe Biden’s Event Was Like
As one candidate plays to a nearly empty room, another prepares for a rally
with health risks.
Lisa Lerer likes drama.
Joe Biden provides little drama.
16
On L.G.B.T.Q. Rights, a Gulf Between Trump and Many Republican Voters
As more Republicans say they support at least some L.G.B.T.Q. protections,
President Trump and party leaders continue to stand in opposition and
particularly target transgender Americans.
The Conservative coalition does not have a sexual consensus.
17
Senate G.O.P. Unveils Narrow Policing Bill, Setting Up a Clash With Democrats
Republicans proposed incentives for state and local police departments to
change their tactics as Democrats pushed for a sweeping overhaul.
Racism is not defeated.
The reactionaries cannot negotiate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactionary
18
House Lawmakers Examine Lack of Diversity at State Department
The agency’s efforts to increase diversity in its ranks have fallen short
compared with the federal government’s average, according to a recent study.
Vote.
The electorate has no more powerful control.
19
In the Race for Trump Tell-Alls, Simon & Schuster Is Leading
The publisher, which is up for sale with a brand-new chief executive, is
behind John Bolton’s and Mary L. Trump’s books as well as a new one about
Melania Trump.
I hope they become happier.
20
Justice Dept. Defends Dropping Flynn Case and Again Asks Judge to Dismiss It
Prosecutors rejected a scathing brief that portrayed their reversal in the
case as a “gross prosecutorial abuse.”
A plea of guilty establishes fact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea
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