(Amanda Prestigiacomo) Earlier this month, FactCheck.org and Politifact confirmed that Black Lives Matter Global Network is not a recognized IRS charity, instead raising their funds through a fiscal sponsor, global nonprofit Thousand Current, which would likely “have a legal obligation to make reasonable efforts to ensure that the funds they receive are spent consistent with 501(c)(3) restrictions.” Some critics of the group suggest that its financial arrangement “blocks full transparency.”
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Good Cops: Protesting Woman Flags Down Police Officer After Baby Chokes; He Saves The Child’s Life
(Amanda Prestigiacomo) A sheriff’s deputy saved the life of an 11-month-old baby last month after he was flagged down by the boy’s mother, who was attending a protest with the child in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
Atlanta Police Officers Not Responding To Calls In Multiple Zones, Comes After D.A. Charged Officer With Murder In Rayshard Brooks Case
(Ryan Saavedra) Police officers in the Atlanta Police Department are reportedly not responding to calls in multiple zones which comes after the department acknowledged that they were experiencing a higher than usual number of police officers calling out prior to the start of their shifts.
DEBUNKING COVID-19: Two COVID Positive Hairstylists Served 140 People. Not One Customer Was Infected
(Tim Pearce) The Springfield-Greene County Health Department announced earlier this week that the incubation period for 147 people potentially exposed to the coronavirus had passed.
Biden: I Want A ‘Strong’ Vice President Who Is ‘Ready To Be President On Day One’
(The Daily Wire) “It’s really important that whomever you pick as a vice president agrees with you in terms of your philosophy of government and agrees with you on the systemic things that you wanna change,” Biden said. “And is, in fact, going to be able to be someone who is not at all intimidated by the president, not at all intimidated walking in the White House. And is going to be prepared to give their unvarnished opinion and be able to privately argue with the president if they disagree. I want someone strong. I want someone strong, and someone who can — who is ready to be president on day one.”
Retail Sales Jump Nearly 20% In May, Economy Shows Signs Of Resurgence
(Emily Zanotti) Retail sales had an incredible rebound in May, according to economic experts, charging up 17.7% as stores and other businesses reopened following coronavirus-related lockdowns.
Good News: Cities Show Only Modest Increases In Coronavirus Infections After Weeks Of Protests
(Emily Zanotti) After weeks of anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests, it seems most states are not seeing an expected second coronavirus peak — good news for Americans concerned about a wave of the deadly virus hitting just as the presidential campaign season heats up.
CRACKDOWN: Feds Have Indicted More Than 50 Individuals For Rioting During George Floyd Protests
(Emily Zanotti) At least 50 people are facing Federal riot charges for inciting or committing violent acts during national anti-racism protests, according to the Department of Justice, and more arrests are yet to come. So far, however, none of the individuals taken into DOJ custody have official ties to any “Antifa-type” organization.
Erasing History: Boston Weighs Removing Replica Emancipation Memorial Of Lincoln, Freed Slave. Slaves Paid For The Original Memorial.
(Ryan Saavedra) Leftist activists are petitioning to remove Boston’s Emancipation Memorial which features former Republican President Abraham Lincoln and a newly freed slave who is rising from his knees while holding a broken chain.
Protesters In Asheville, Portland, Nashville, And Chicago Try To Create Autonomous Zones. Police Aren’t Having It.
(Emily Zanotti) In an effort to replicate the “Seattle Autonomous Zone” in cities nationwide, protesters took to the streets of Asheville, North Carolina, Portland, Oregon, Nashville, Tennessee, and Chicago, Illinois, over the weekend. Warned by what’s happening in the “CHAZ,” though, police departments were quick to shut down those efforts.
Top House Democrat Shuts Down ‘Defund The Police’ Movement
(Joseph Curl) House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says don’t worry, if Congress has its way, no one will be defunding the police any time soon.
Minneapolis City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution To Replace Police Department With ‘Community-Led Public Safety System’
(Ryan Saavedra) The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution on Friday to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a supposed “community-led public safety system” following the death of George Floyd.
Shaun King: Democrats Run The Cities With Worst Police Brutality
(Paul Bois) As debates about police brutality and systemic racism rock the country in the wake of George Floyd’s horrific death at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King let himself utter an uncomfortable truth that other activists have been ignoring: Democrats control all the major cities where black people are experiencing the most police brutality and systemic racism.
Black Lives Matter ‘What We Believe’ Page: ‘Disrupt The Western-Prescribed Nuclear Family,’ ‘Dismantle Cisgender Privilege’
(Paul Bois) Following the horrific deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, people across the country have been using the phrase “Black Lives Matter” mostly as a gesture of solidarity with the black community. However, the phrase does not exist simply as a social media slogan, but indirectly references the actual organization known as “Black Lives Matter.”
BACKFIRE: ‘Gone With The Wind’ Sales Explode After Leftists Target Movie. Sales Of Other Classics Also Skyrocketing.
(Ryan Saavedra) The recent decision to pull the American classic “Gone with the Wind” from HBO Max has had the Streisand effect, a phenomenon where attempting to suppress something ends up calling more attention to it and thus having the opposite effect of the intended desire.