https://twitter.com/ChrisJansing/status/1266966432828608512
Chris Jansing ✔@ChrisJansing

Me too! Also, 2020 in 6 seconds!

Acyn Torabi @Acyn

I’m going to keep this shorter version of the Chris Jansing clip for whenever the news is awful

1:35 AM - May 31, 2020

https://alfranken.com/read/not-myself



Not Myself

May 30, 2020

People have been saying I wasn’t myself when I talked with Don Lemon last night on CNN. They are right. George Floyd was needlessly murdered by MPD in what has become a pattern of racist and violent policing in Minneapolis. This comes on the heels of the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, also at the hands of the police. The city I love is being burned by people who are not there to protest Mr. Floyd’s killing but to cause violence and destruction. I, like a lot of people across the country, am grieving, tired and angry–even if not everyone loves the way I communicate that.

And if you love this community in Minneapolis as much as I do and you have a few bucks to chip in, donate here to help small businesses and community organizations rebuild: https://www.welovelakestreet.com/

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1266851766844428289
Adam Parkhomenko ✔@AdamParkhomenko

This is currently happening outside the White House

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5:59 PM - May 30, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/investigations/coronavirus-excess-deaths-may/

A state-by-state analysis shows that deaths officially attributed to covid-19 only partially account for unusually high mortality during the pandemic

By Andrew Ba Tran, Leslie Shapiro and Emma Brown

May 30, 2020

The number of people reported to have died of the novel coronavirus in the United States surpassed 100,000 this week, a grim marker of lives lost directly to the disease, but an analysis of overall deaths during the pandemic shows that the nation probably reached a similar terrible milestone three weeks ago.

Between March 1 and May 9, the nation recorded an estimated 101,600 excess deaths, or deaths beyond the number that would normally be expected for that time of year, according to an analysis conducted for The Washington Post by a research team led by the Yale School of Public Health. That figure reflects about 26,000 more fatalities than were attributed to covid-19 on death certificates during that period, according to federal data.

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The Yale-led team used historical death data to estimate the expected number of deaths for each week this year, adjusting for such factors as seasonal variation and the intensity of flu epidemics. To calculate excess deaths, the researchers subtracted their estimate of expected deaths from the overall number of deaths reported by the National Center for Health Statistics.

The covid-19 death toll, a key data point in shaping the public-health response to the pandemic, has become a political flash point. Allies of President Trump have claimed that the government tally is inflated, contending that it includes people with other medical conditions who would have died with or without an infection.

The Yale-led analysis, however, suggests that the actual number of people who have died because of the pandemic is far greater than the official government death tallies. The researchers estimated that the number of excess deaths between March 1 and May 9 was most likely between 97,500 and 105,500.

“It’s clear that the burden is quite a bit higher than reported totals,” said Daniel Weinberger, the Yale professor of epidemiology who led the analysis.

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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3086802/us-china-tensions-set-worsen-moderates-lose-out-hardliners



Chinese groups calling for more ‘fighting spirit’ are getting the upper hand on those who favour calm and cooperation, government adviser says

From Hong Kong to Covid-19, trade to the South China Sea, Beijing and Washington are clashing on a growing number of fronts and in an increasingly aggressive way

Teddy Ng and Wendy Wu

Published: 6:45pm, 30 May, 2020

Moderates who favour dialogue and cooperation as a way to resolve China’s disputes with the United States are losing ground to hardline groups bent on taking the fight to Washington, according to political insiders and observers.

“There are two camps in China,” said a former state official who now serves as a government adviser and asked not to be named.

“One is stressing the combat spirit, the other is trying to relieve tensions. And the former has the upper hand.”

Relations between China and the US are under intense pressure. After Beijing moved to introduce a national security law for Hong Kong, US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington would begin eliminating the special policy exemptions it grants the city, as it no longer considers it autonomous from mainland China.

The two nations have also clashed over trade, Xinjiang, Taiwan and the South China Sea, with the US passing several acts denouncing Beijing and sanctioning Chinese officials.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/opinions/now-is-the-moment-to-sign-colin-kaepernick-lockhart/index.html

Updated 12:33 AM ET, Sat May 30, 2020

(CNN) When I was an executive in the National Football League a few years ago, our organization was consumed by the case of Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback whose silent kneeling protest against police brutality arguably led him to lose his NFL career and not be re-signed by any club. No teams wanted to sign a player -- even one as talented as Kaepernick -- whom they saw as controversial, and, therefore, bad for business.

The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, and other league executives tried to persuade the teams to change their minds. The league sent owners and players around the country to try to lead a dialogue on race relations and to move, as the sociologist and human rights activist Harry Edwards said, "from protest to progress." Though Kaepernick didn't get his job back, I thought we had all done a righteous job, considering.

I was wrong. I think the teams were wrong for not signing him. Watching what's going on in Minnesota, I understand how badly wrong we were.

I was the league's executive vice president in charge of communications and government affairs, from 2016-2018. During my time there, we dealt with many issues that captivated the public: Ray Rice and domestic abuse, the "Deflategate" scandal that almost went to the Supreme Court and a variety of football concerns, like what is a catch and how much can players celebrate. Some were very serious, and others seemed a little absurd, but passions run so high for professional football that nothing seems silly to their fans.

But no issue challenged the league and its owners more than Kaepernick and his silent protest during the National Anthem. He started his protest in the preseason of 2016. In fact, the first time he did it no one even noted that he took a seat on the bench rather than stand.

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https://twitter.com/whitney_hu/status/1266540710188195843
Whitney Hu 胡安行 @whitney_hu

Update: Got her permission with a fuck yeah. The cop pushed her so hard at Barclays & she flung back. She is tiny. Now she’s in the ER after a serious seizure. I’m waiting for updates but have to wait outside because of COVID-19. Please keep my protest sister in your thoughts.

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9:23 PM - May 29, 2020

https://twitter.com/ChrisBishopL1C4/status/1266546753182056453
Christopher Bishop @ChrisBishopL1C4

This just happened on live tv. Wow, what a douche bag.

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9:47 PM - May 29, 2020

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1266510461727641601
Jennifer Jacobs ✔@JenniferJJacobs

NEWS: White House is under lockdown orders from the U.S. Secret Service amid protests outside the gates over George Floyd, @MarioDParker reports.

7:23 PM - May 29, 2020

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1266513777643700225
Kaitlan Collins ✔@kaitlancollins

Secret Service has closed the park and isn’t letting anyone off the White House grounds at the moment. You can hear chants of, “I can’t breathe.”

Kaitlan Collins ✔@kaitlancollins

Protesters are now in front of the White House chanting George Floyd’s name.

7:36 PM - May 29, 2020

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-state-media-wonder-if-they-created-an-orange-haired-monster

Trump administration talk about starting a new arms race has the Kremlin on edge. It’s as if they suddenly realized their buffoon has his finger on the thermonuclear button.

Julia Davis

Updated May. 29, 2020 12:42PM ET / Published May. 29, 2020 4:41AM ET

The sense of alarm was palpable on Russian state TV this week. Images of nuclear explosions flashed on an oversize screen as Evgeny Popov, host of the popular program 60 Minutes, talked about reports that Donald Trump may reverse a decades-long moratorium on nuclear testing.

“Previously, the Kremlin saw Trump’s erratic actions as net benefits for Moscow.”
“Of course it’s a bad idea,” said Popov. “If tomorrow the United States conducts a nuclear test, the day after tomorrow China will conduct a nuclear test, followed by Israel, then us [Russia], then France, then the U.K. and then—who knows—maybe Pakistan, North Korea, or Iran?”

Popov wondered out loud why Trump isn’t being impeached for contemplating such measures, which surely will have global repercussions. And this after Russia cheered him on throughout his actual impeachment and trial a few months ago.

It was as if Russian state media—which mirror the Kremlin’s thinking—suddenly realized with a shock that this American president they talk about as their agent, almost their creation, is a monster beyond their control.

Previously, the Kremlin saw Trump’s erratic actions as net benefits for Moscow. The Russians could list quite a few self-described victories: partial withdrawals of U.S. forces in the Middle East; America’s internal destabilization; the weakening of the U.S. position of global leadership; undermined trans-Atlantic unity with NATO allies; dismissal of the charges against shell companies that financed a Russian troll farm that interfered in the 2016 presidential election; and symbolic coronavirus gestures designed to portray Russia as a friendly nation.

But this nuclear test threat has the Kremlin rattled.

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