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AP’s Today in History for June 28th

An assassination in Europe sparks World War I; Elian Gonzalez and his father leave for Cuba; Boxer Mike Tyson disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear; Richard Rodgers and Mel Brooks born.

Breakfast Tune When I Paint My Masterpiece – The Band/Bob Dylan – Banjo Cover

Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below

The new visual signifier of American hubris and premature end-zone dancing, replacing the Mission Accomplished banner, is this chart https://t.co/I8oIYa3eFh with @MaxNisen @johnauthers @sarahhalzack and more pic.twitter.com/8iKRUwVgKv

— Mark Gongloff (@markgongloff) June 27, 2020

• Nancy Pelosi Calls Jamaal Bowman To Scold Him For Winning Primary
  T.O.

• America Is Exceptional in All the Wrong Ways
  Robert Reich

• Swedish exceptionalism has been ended by coronavirus
  Erik Augustin Palm

• Why venture capital doesn’t build the things we really need
  Elizabeth MacBride

• Last Night’s Elections Were a Political Earthquake
  LUKE SAVAGE

• California “Berning” for Ro Khanna to Chair the State’s Delegation to Democratic National Convention
  Norman Solomon

• SEC Regulators: Private Equity Is on a Crime Spree
  DAVID SIROTA

• Western Media Rehabilitate Brazil’s Criminal Ex-Justice Minister for Presidential Run
  LUCAS KOERNER

• Tearing Down Statues Doesn’t Erase History, It Makes Us See It More Clearly
  ENZO TRAVERSO

• How Racism is an Essential Tool for Maintaining the Capitalist Order
  RICHARD D. WOLFF

• Yes, Defund the Cops – And Put Them Under Community Control
  Glen Ford

• Freedom Rider: Democrats Move Right and Towards Defeat
  Margaret Kimberley

• The Democratic Party Exists To Co-Opt And Kill Authentic Change Movements
  CAITLIN JOHNSTONE

• Leaked documents reveal right-wing oligarch plot to overthrow Mexico’s AMLO
  Ben Norton

• Meet the far-right oligarchs working to topple Mexico’s progressive President AMLO
  José Guadalupe Argüello III and Ben Norton

• LOUISIANA ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS CHARGED WITH “TERRORIZING” FOR NONVIOLENT STUNT TARGETING PLASTICS GIANT
  Alleen Brown

Something to think about over coffee prozac

 
Officials Warn Defunding Police Could Lead To Spike In Crime From Ex-Officers With No Outlet For Violence
 
The Onion

LOS ANGELES—Insisting their department provided crucial services that help maintain order in the city, law enforcement officials warned Wednesday that defunding the police could lead to a spike in crime from ex-officers with no outlet for their violence. “The truth is that there are violent people in our society, and we need a police department so they have somewhere to go during the day to channel their rage,” said L.A. police chief Michel Moore, telling reporters that without proper resources, his team would be powerless to take these aggressive individuals off the streets and throw them into a police academy. “If these cuts are allowed to continue, we could be looking at a very real future where someone with a history of domestic abuse is able to terrorize their spouse with impunity instead of being occupied testing out new tactical military equipment or pepper-spraying some random teens. The fact that these dangerous attackers and killers are being gainfully employed by the LAPD is the only thing standing between us and complete chaos.” Moore added that even minor budget cuts could lead to repeat violent offenders walking free instead of spending 10 to 15 years behind a sergeant’s desk.