Tuesday, June 2, 2020
White House press secretary pushes back on calls for Trump to address nation amid riots, protests
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-pushes-back-on-calls-for-trump-to-address-nation-amid-riots-protests
The White House and Justice Department have pointed the finger at
radical leftist group Antifa amid the riots, while local officials have
blamed a range of other factors ranging from gangs to white supremacists
to foreign influence. But some of these accounts have been challenged,
and the sheer scope of the nationwide protests along with arrest data suggests that at least some of the violence is being driven by local residents taking advantage of the chaos.
“Democratic and Republican presidents alike have seen it as their
responsibility to be a unifying force in our country, not to fuel the
flame,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted Sunday. “President Trump has
made clear he would rather distract than perform his duty.”
מדריך נעצר בחשד שתקף תלמיד באכזריות
https://www.kikar.co.il/362236.html
המשטרה עצרה מדריך במוסד חינוך חרדי בתל אביב, בחשד שתקף באכזריות את אחד מתלמידיו במשך כשנה • החשוד יובא להארכת מעצר • החקירה נפתחה בעקבות תלונה
White supremacists pose as Antifa online, call for violence
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/02/tech/antifa-fake-twitter-account/index.html
A Twitter account that tweeted a call to violence and claimed to be representing the position of "Antifa" was in fact created by a known white supremacist group, Twitter said Monday. The company removed the account.
Can Trump legally deploy US troops to US cities?
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/01/politics/insurrection-act-trump-protesters/index.html
Governors were quick to dispute Trump, as J.B. Pritzker of Illinois did on CNN shortly after Trump's comments.
"I
reject the notion that the federal government can send troops into the
state of Illinois," said Pritzker, a Democrat. "The fact is that the
president has created an incendiary moment here. He wants to change the
subject from his failure over coronavirus, a miserable failure and now
see a moment when there's unrest because of the injustice that was done
to George Floyd that he now wants to create another topic and something
where he can be the law and order president."
G7 leaders reject Russia's return after Trump summit invite
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52885178
But Mr Trump's invitation to Mr Putin has drawn the ire of the UK and
Canada, whose leaders said on Sunday they would not support Russia's
readmission to the group.
Russia was expelled from the group - previously known as the G8 - in 2014 in response to its annexation of Crimea.
Episcopal Bishop Criticizes President Trump for Staging Visit to Church After Ordering Protesters Cleared
https://time.com/5846403/trump-visit-st-johns-church-criticism/
The bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Washington sharply criticized President Donald
Trump on Monday for staging a visit to the historic St. John’s Church
across from the White House, where he held up a Bible after authorities
had cleared the area of peaceful protesters.
The Rev. Mariann Budde, whose diocese St. John’s
belongs to, said in a statement that she was “outraged” by Trump’s visit
and noted that he didn’t pray while stopping by the church, a landmark
known for its regular visits from sitting presidents since the early
19th century.
“He took the symbols sacred to our tradition and
stood in front of a house of prayer in full expectation that would be a
celebratory moment,” Budde said in an interview after her statement on
Trump’s visit was posted to the diocese’s Twitter account.
Monday, June 1, 2020
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