[Attorney General William Barr]
Rep. Nadler: “Attorney General Barr’s memo is both flawed and deeply disturbing… Barr cannot change the outcome of the election—but in aiding President Trump in spreading lies about election officials, and in seeding doubts about the legitimacy of the election without a shred of evidence to back up their claims.”
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Department of Justice
AAMC: DOJ lawsuit against Yale University admissions “misguided”
[Yale University]
AAMC: “The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit challenging Yale University’s undergraduate admissions process appears to be a misguided rush to judgment, relying on a hastily-concluded investigation and a mis-reading of Supreme Court precedent.”
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Equal Justice in America is Needed to Make Black Lives Matter
[Peace Voice]
PeaceVoice\Kriesberg: Going forward, local BLM chapters and other activist groups need to expand their range of tactics beyond rallies and protest marches.
George Floyd Funeral: deployment of border patrol snipers under scrutiny
[George Floyd Funeral]
House Oversight: “FBI surveillance aircraft and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) personnel, including sniper teams, were deployed to Pearland, Texas to surveil the funeral service of George Floyd.”
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White Supremacist Infiltration in Policing is “Clear and Present Danger” says Rep. Raskin
[White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement]
FBI Assessment: “To what extent has infiltration into law enforcement adversely affected investigations into white supremacists?”
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Breonna Taylor: Kentucky AG Uses Prosecutorial Defense to Exonerate Police Murderers
[Breonna Taylor\Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron]
Benjamin: “Cameron, another Black Republican ass-kissing bootlicker, gave us a lot of disingenuous slick talk—while employing the Bob McCulloch strategy: using the grand jury process to distort justice and protect murderous police officers.”
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New Report: Racism and Right-Wing White Supremacy in Law Enforcement
[White Supremacy in Law Enforcement]
Brennan Center: “Operating under color of law,” German writes, racist officers “put the lives and liberty of people of color, religious minorities, LGBTQ+ people, and anti-racist activists at extreme risk.”
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Portland: Federal Court Extends Restraining Order on Federal Agents
[American Civil Liberties Union]
ACLU: “Today’s decision affirms that the Trump administration’s abuses continue to need to be reined in. The administration’s attempt to suppress our demands of justice for Black lives and use Portland as a campaign prop miserably backfired.”
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Democrats: Trump “Weaponizing” Federal Agents for Political Agenda
[Trump’s Secret Police]
Democrats: “We find it particularly troubling that in Portland, many of these federal officers have apparently been patrolling the streets in unmarked vehicles and arresting protestors off the street – in some cases without probable cause.”
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New Russia Sanctions Bill Will Hurt American Interests—Not Putin
[Russia\DASKA]
Johnson: “The bill, the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act (DASKA), would drive a wedge between the United States and its European allies.”
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