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Because of Sex, Changes in Blue

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The Supremes Sing: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 yesterday that you can’t fire an employee or refuse to hire them because they are gay or transgender. The majority said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination “because …

Again in Atlanta, The Virus Spreading

Monday, June 15, 2020

Police Blotter: An officer was fired, the chief of police resigned, and a restaurant was burned after the shooting death of an unarmed black man in Atlanta over the weekend.   Even as protests continue over the Minneapolis police killing of George …

Forced March into Pandemic

Saturday, June 13, 2020

The Covid Corner: President Trump is scheduled to speak today to the graduating class at West Point, which was brought back from coronavirus furlough at the president’s orders. All the cadets were put into a two-week quarantine leading to today.  Family and …

Deaths Up, Stocks Down

Friday, June 12, 2020

Viral News: The Dow Jones dropped 1,860 points yesterday on investor fears that the coronavirus is making a major resurgence in the US that will further stall the economy.   The Dow dropped 7 percent and the S&P, 6 percent.   This morning, …

Death and Unemployment, Take Back Your City

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Pandemic: As coronavirus cases continue rising in 21 states, the Federal Reserve says unemployment will remain over nine percent through the end of the year, President Trump is planning political rallies with no health precautions, but the Coachella Music festival and …

A Life that Mattered, Conspirator in Chief

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Man of Change: Forty-six-year-old George Floyd, whose death at the hands of the Minneapolis police set off weeks of protests all over the country, was buried yesterday in Houston after several memorials and a funeral service.    The final service was broken …

Defund the Police, Editor Resigns

Monday, June 8, 2020

Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council, a veto-proof majority, pledged yesterday to dismantle the city’s police department and create a new system of public safety in the city where law enforcement has a troubled racial history.

Police Examine Tactics, Good Day for George

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Choke Hold on the Country: As demonstrations continue in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, police departments across the country are beginning to re-examine their use of force policies, even as some cops continue to carry …

Officers Charged, The End of Democracy

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Situation Report: Mostly peaceful protests continued into their 10th day as charges were filed against four former Minneapolis police officers in the death of 46-year-old George Floyd.   Former President Barack Obama, in a rare weigh-in on national issues, called for police reform …

Military Threat and Bible Thumping

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Teargas and God: President Trump last night said the violence and demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis are “acts of domestic terror” shortly before teargas and rubber bullets were deployed to clear his way of peaceful demonstrators …