Cabbage News Network Week #175.1

Over the weekend

• Civil rights protests and violence in many cities across that country that I'm not really going to attempt to summarize because there is too much and I have not found a good summary article. Suffice it to say there is a lot of false information flying around. Many cities seeing multiple events in completely different parts of town, often the protests and the riots are not in the same time and place, but the media has trouble telling the difference, much of the violence appears to be police instigated and often targeting the press, and there is evidence of white nationalist provocateurs infiltrating both sides to escalate the violence. DJT has also been encouraging the escalation of violence. All because black people have the audacity to want to be able to live. Would also like to note that not all the protests are the same, the media likes to focus on violence because that's what the media does, but many have remained peaceful, and some have even had the police join the protesters. #BlackLivesMatter.
  
• DJT designates antifa as a terrorist organization, which considering that antifa is an adjective and not an organization probably doesn't have any real meaning (source).
  
• DJT hiding in his underground bunker while there are protests outside the White House (source).
  
• National Guard units have been deployed in many cities (source).
  
• Pentagon readies military police for possible deployment to Minneapolis - but they have not been deployed yet (source).
  
• NASA and SpaceX have a successful launch, NASA's first manned space mission not depending on the Russians since 2011 (source).
  
• U.S. Covid-19 death toll passes 100,000 (source).
  
• U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization (source).
  
• White House sends medical aid to Brazil (source).
  
• Top FBI lawyer resigns (source).
  
• DeVos threatens to withhold funding from states that don't ban transgender athletes, is promptly sued by ACLU (source).
  
• DJT vetoes bill that would aid veterans screwed over by for-profit schools (source).
  

Monday 6/1

• DJT calls state governors to urge them to more violence (source).
  
• DJT has Park Police and National Guard attack peaceful protesters in DC so that he can get a photo op - this, along with the threat in the next link are the most brazenly fascist actions DJT has taken to date (source).
  
• DJT threatens to deploy the U.S. military against U.S. citizens, regardless of the state's wishes (source).
  
• Justice Dept. to follow DJT's lead in protest response (source, source).
  
• Arlington County withdraws police from DC in protest (source).
  
• Administration ending Federal oversight over Covid-19 testing efforts (source).
  
• DoJ appeals court decision that would allow Congress to access unredacted Mueller report (source).
  
• China to boycott U.S. farm products, but they appear to still be buying for now (source, source).
  
• EPA proposes removing states' rights over energy infrastructure projects in their state (source).
  
• Supreme Court rules that immigrants can appeal their deportations if at risk of torture in their home countries (source).

Maps of the week

• Mapping police violence, yes it is systemic, no it is not only isolated incidents.
  
• Minneapolis/St. Paul map of riots and protests.