Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and US Navy Admiral Mike Mullen
Former Lieutenant General Russel Honore of Joint Task Force Katrina
Conservative Author George Will
Conservative Evangelical Leader Pat Robertson
Conservative Propagandist Ann Coulter
Just six individuals who has remained silent and no longer are doing so.
Donald Trump is rapidly being assaulted politically, and the fact that his Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is now in trouble for speaking up on the horrendous incident where pepper spray and tear gas was used on peaceful demonstrators outside the White House is an indication that Trump is being challenged in a multitude of ways more every day!
Pat Robertson and Ann Coulter?! Rather surprised about that!
Robert E Lee’s statue in Richmond is going to be taken down.
How Protesters Responded to Trump’s Exercise in Domination
By singing and dancing, these magnificent young people are showing that they will not be intimidated.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/06/04/how-protesters-responded-to-trumps-domination-exercise/
George Floyd was asymptomatic.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-tested-positive-coronavirus-april-autopsy-says-n1224396
Trump is turning the White House into a fortress, literally building his wall around him.
Guess he’s scared an angry mob with pitchforks and torches is going to take him out.
JC Penney has filed for bankruptcy and will be closing stores, one of which will be in our neck of the woods.
What we have from Senate Republicans in response to the president’s latest foray into fascism are:
1. Silence
2. Pearl-clutching platitudes
3. A contest over who is the fascist-in-waiting
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/06/05/the-walk-of-shame-for-republican-senators/
Trump is calling peaceful protesters “terrorists”.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/trump-letter-protesters/index.html
Ayn Rand Paul once again demonstrates why I hate him. He is holding up anti-lynching legislation.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/04/rand-paul-lynching-bill-cory-booker-kamala-harris-vpx.cnn
Trump came out this morning and gave a rambling speech in which he used George Floyd’s name “as a prop”, against the wishes of the Floyd family.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/5/1950681/-Trump-gives-speech-on-how-George-Floyd-should-be-happy-and-how-he-wants-to-drive-Melania-in-an-RV
No, the Unemployment Rate Didn’t Really Drop in May
Donald Trump bragged about a bogus jobs number and defiled George Floyd’s name in the process.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/06/05/no-the-unemployment-rate-didnt-really-drop-in-may/
The Hate Unleashed by Barr’s Lies Has Consequences
A family was threatened by racists who assumed they were antifa protesters.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/06/05/the-hate-unleashed-by-barrs-lies-has-consequences/
Colin Powell has endorsed Biden.