Washington Post – Politics:
Trump’s suggestion that authorities would be justified in shooting protesters in Minneapolis seemed antithetical to his condemnation of Bejiing’s crackdown in Hong Kong.
Category: Politics
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North Carolina officials push RNC to provide a detailed safety plan for convention
Washington Post – Politics:
Before greenlighting the event, North Carolina’s top health official said Republicans must explain how they will keep participants safe.
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Trump to headline in-person fundraisers in June, his first since coronavirus outbreak
Washington Post – Politics:
Party officials said they plan to take safety measures to ensure the health of the president and attendees.
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Supreme Court won’t intervene in Louisiana prisoner’s coronavirus complaint
Washington Post – Politics:
Appeals court said he had not shown that officials were indifferent to the threat.
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Trump’s defense of his ‘shooting’ tweet doesn’t make much sense
Washington Post – Politics:
He cited two shootings to prove that looting led to violence, but one of his examples occurred in a city where no looting took place.
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Trump battles Twitter for the ability to share his unpopular tweets
Washington Post – Politics:
Polling shows that the president’s normal tweets are received much more positively.
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Ted Cruz offers a very strained defense of Trump’s social media executive order
Washington Post – Politics:
Cruz suggested that social media companies forfeit protections when they are no longer “neutral.” But the law has no such requirement.
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Mailing of ballots to all voters in Las Vegas area puts sharp focus on election safeguards
Washington Post – Politics:
Republicans have seized on accounts of what appeared to be unattended or discarded ballots as proof that mailing ballots to all voters opens the door to massive election fraud.
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Trump just said what Republicans have been trying not to say for years
Washington Post – Politics:
The president revealed his real concern about mail-in voting: He’s worried Republicans will lose more elections.