Minnesota police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd

George Floyd Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin was taken into custody by investigators Friday in connection with the death of 46-year-old George Floyd. The announcement comes from John Harrington, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, who told the press that Chauvin was taken into custody but did not elaborate on any charges.  Floyd was arrested…

Coronavirus has moved Trump from dismissing science to outright hating it

Trump started promoting hydroxychloroquine based on wildly insufficient studies with major methodological problems, but none of the evidence since has dented his belief in a drug he now claims to be taking himself. The study in veterans hospitals found “increased overall mortality” for people given hydroxychloroquine. Other studies have found no benefit. But in Trumpworld: “If you…

Biden: If it’s hard ‘figuring out whether you’re for me or for Trump, then you ain’t black’

Charlagmagne had been pressing Biden on the report that Sen. Amy Klobuchar is being vetted as a possible vice presidential pick.  “I’m not acknowledging anybody who is being considered,” Biden responded. “But I guarantee you there are multiple black women being considered. Multiple.” At that point, the aide stepped in to end the interview. “You…

Meatpacking companies aren’t worried about COVID-19 lawsuits—Team Trump has their back

The Smithfield lawyer’s confidence that the Trump administration would be on the company’s side has since been backed up by other reports, like a Senate Republican staffer saying that protecting companies from liability was in Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia’s “bailiwick,” and Deputy Labor Secretary Pat Pizzella playing coy. “All I can say is this issue…

Stephen Miller-pushed pandemic order has resulted in the deportation of hundreds of migrant kids

Campaign Action As we recently noted, Miller had long been itching for a public health crisis as a pretext to implement more of his racist agenda—and he got his wish in COVID-19, “invoking a 1940s-era public health law” that the administration “believes allows border officials to bypass asylum, immigration and anti-trafficking laws” due to supposed pandemic…