“The Seattle Police Department announced on Friday that residents and business owners are essentially on their own, after the City Council banned the use of pepper spray and other 'less-lethal tools' to disperse crowds.”

See the first comment. A Federal Judge has ordered a temporary injunction.

“Today in news about the radical left-wing censorship machines our social media companies have become, it was exposed this week that Facebook's fact-checker, Lead Stories, is an outfit that is stocked to the brim with ex-CNN staffers.”

For our Canadian readers.  We have our own royalty problems here in Minnesota.

"After enjoying a surge in support following the death of George Floyd, a new poll reveals that a majority of white Americans now oppose the Black Lives Matter movement."

After almost two months of rioting, we would be surprised if the movement had not worn out it's welcome.

"President Trump on Tuesday signed an order which will bar immigrants living in the United States illegally from being included in the 2020 census for purposes of apportioning members of Congress to states."

“Though the whole world relies on RT-PCR to “diagnose” Sars-Cov-2 infection, the science is clear: they are not fit for purpose”

This is a longer read than most but brings up more than a few questions on our pandemic. Recommended.

The first comment will have a link a 41-minute video that also asks a lot of questions. We also recommend this for the questions it asks.

“While the coronavirus pandemic continues to spiral out of control, the Trump administration’s public health agencies are busy fighting each other. The Department of Health and Human Services got into an ugly blame game with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday over an unusual shakeup in how the government collects and presents data on COVID-19 hospitalizations.”

Note that the first comment will have 2 more links with additional perspectives on this story.

"The husband and son of Federal Judge Esther Salas were gunned down in their home this afternoon in a targeted attack. "

"The Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and the Florida GOP won a federal court victory upholding Florida’s ban on ballot harvesting."

"Perhaps it's a coincidence that just two days after we reported that China has been rocked by an "unprecedented" surge in bank runs which forced local regulators to "publicly vouch for the soundness of its lenders as the police halted the run", on Friday Chinese financial regulators took over a record nine financial institutions which they said broke rules and added risk to a financial system facing increasing headwinds from the coronavirus pandemic. Or perhaps the two are in fact connected, and as faith in China's financial system sinks and more money is pulled out of the country's insolvent banks, more banks will be bailed out or nationalized."