“Every American needs to be concerned about what’s happening in Portland,” Oregon's attorney general said. “It could be happening in your city next.” nyti.ms/2D4g40S

#BreakingNews - The United States is suing the City of Seattle in Federal Court to remove the tear gas ban. documentcloud.org/documents/7002…

Sinclair's local TV stations across the country are set to air the discredited "Plandemic" researcher's conspiracy theory about Dr. Fauci this weekend. The segment that is set to air suggests Fauci is responsible for the creation of the coronavirus. cnn.com/2020/07/24/med…

New: A The New York Times investigation found a pattern of insiders at biotech companies selling shares shortly after announcing incremental progress on coronavirus vaccines. When their stock prices jumped, they sold $1 billion+ of stock. David Gelles Jesse Drucker nytimes.com/2020/07/25/bus…

Extreme use of force including copious amounts of pepper spray and more blast balls than I can count.

The Borowitz Report: Barack Obama recently passed a cognitive test that required him to recite the first fifty digits of pi, the former President has disclosed. nyer.cm/K3EwT25

Oh hey, for the third time in a little over a week, a mainstream news source ran a piece about a story I had already reported more than a month earlier, and it happened exactly like I said it did. Glad this is getting attention, but this took too long. kuow.org/stories/seattl…

NEW: Commander at Lafayette Square disputes Attorney General's version of what happened. He says Park Police shocked law enf and troops by suddenly and clearing protesters who weren't violent, using tear gas. W.Tom Jackman THREAD washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020…

The Senate Republican plan: - $29,400,000,000 for the Pentagon - $0 for hazard pay - $0 for nutrition assistance - $0 for the uninsured/under-insured - $0 for the Postal Service - $0 for state and local governments - 100% deduction for three-martini CEO lunches What a disaster.

The GOP COVID-19 bill includes $2 billion for F-35s $1.75 billion for an FBI building $1 billion for surveillance planes $375 million for armored vehicles $360 million for missile defense $283 million for Apache helicopters $0 for millions facing eviction It's Dead on Arrival

Meet Julia Butterfly Hill. She climbed a giant Redwood (Luna) 280ft. She stayed up there alone for 2 years, in raging winter storms, surviving many challenges, physical & mental. She saved the whole forest. Never think that YOU a single person can not make a difference.

NYC is taking after Portland - a trans femme protestor was pulled into an unmarked van at the Abolition Park protest - this was at 2nd Ave and 25th Street

BREAKING: We're receiving reports that at least one protester was abducted off the streets today by unmarked “officers” — this time in New York City. These dangerous, abusive, and indefensible actions must stop. Law enforcement must be held accountable.

Impotus Americanus is one of the heaviest leaders in the animal kingdom, and is famously known to be an orange, ruddy color not found in nature.

Portland’s newest statue is quite something.

A Waycross, GA cop opened fire on a car carrying 5 children—ages 9-16–after following them from a Wal-Mart and then claiming the driver committed a traffic violation. The officer shot at them when they exited the vehicle+tried to run home to their father. news4jax.com/news/georgia/2…

THREAD: Postal Service policy changes are taking a toll on military veterans, whose mail-order medications are delayed. Here's a snapshot of what I've heard: Florida: Vietnam combat vet ordered COPD prescription 10 days ago and was told it'll "probably" arrive around September 9

Yesterday, I directed all CO's and supervisors to select a date within the next 60 days to conduct a one day "stand-down" on extremism in the military. This is an opportunity for us to listen, learn, and try to find solutions -- and it's only a first step.

1/ You've probably heard of Sinclair Broadcasting Group. Maybe you thought it was just another news media merger, no big deal. Or maybe it was a little troublesome, but with Trump in the WH, we have bigger problems, right? Watch this. (thread) h/t Sean Kane 🌊