The Republica

Just a reminder: we wrote some books about race and racism so you don’t have to just do Google searches or scan thin analysis on social media to know what’s going on in this moment. — via

the FDA authorized two malaria drugs boosted by President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19 based on threadbare evidence, according to an agency review obtained by @BuzzFeedNews through a FOIA lawsuit via @Zhirji28, @dvergano, and @JasonLeopold — via

Why So Many Police Are Handling the Protests Wrong: "Escalating force by police leads to more violence, not less." — via

Mapping Police Violence: "99% of killings by police from 2013-2019 have not resulted in officers being charged with a crime" — via

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My thoughts about the George Floyd killing, published by @mmasnick and his site, @techdirt -- a site that has never shied away from confronting the issues, no matter who it angers. — via

A man was shot and killed in Louisville after law enforcement said they had to "return fire" at a crowd of people. He was identified by family members as David McAtee, a popular chef and BBQ joint owner who used to feed cops for free — via

NEW: Zoloft is now in short supply as the coronavirus puts a strain on mental health — via

"Do you support or oppose the ongoing protests in response to the death of George Floyd?" Support: 54% Oppose: 22% Morning Consult / June 1, 2020 / n=1990 / Online (% chg w May 24) — via

Wow. Coach Gregg Popovich *unloads* on Trump to @EdgeofSports. Calls him "deranged." Goes after Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham. The works. — via

Immuni, the Italian government's #COVID19 contact-tracing app based on the Apple-Google API, is now out. The app does not use GPS. This is what the iOS 13.5 Exposure Logging and Notifications prompt and Settings page look like once Immuni is enabled. — via

Jake Paul represents a particular kind of white privilege, believing you can waltz through any space and do whatever you want without reproach, writes @Scaachi — via

As the pandemic continues, low-income moms & kids who rely on WIC benefits are still struggling to buy groceries safely. USDA has refused to let them use benefits online or on the phone, citing concerns about fraud, but advocates are trying to change that: — via

"Throughout history, Black people have employed violence, nonviolence, marches, and boycotts. Only one thing is clear—there is no form of black protest that white supremacy will sanction." Please read this crucial piece by @kcarterjackson: — via

NEW: A New York law — known as 50a — that shields police disciplinary records could soon be repealed amid the protests over George Floyd’s death. — via

SCOOP with @MikeIsaac, Facebook employees are staging a walkout today for the first time in the company's history. They are protesting the decision by Zuckerberg to allow Trump's post to stand: — via

A no quarter order is a war crime, prohibited even in actual insurrection since Abraham Lincoln's signed the Lieber Code in 1863. Such an order is banned by international law and would, if carried out, be murder under American law. — via

I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change––and pulled together some resources to help young activists sustain the momentum by channeling their energy into concrete action. — via

One top of repeatedly adopting Billy Barr's frame by doing the worst kind of both-sides journalism, this NYT piece appears not to have been fact checked. — via

.@sacsheriff are investigating a video that has generated a lot of attention showing a man being kicked by a deputy even after he has his hands behind his head. — via

.@radleybalko: “Giuliani helped incite a riot involving thousands of mostly white, mostly drunk police officers.” — via

[RT are appeciated] the #drawingwhileblack directory is now updated !✨ This is a great resource to find a black artists in fields like Illustration,Animation, Graphic Design, Comics,etc! please check it out! — via

Since the pandemic, people out of work turned to freelance sites like Upwork for new gigs. But Upwork offers little to no protection for popular scams that users encounter on the site and people are losing $1000s when they're most desperate. My latest — via

New: police scanner apps have skyrocketed to top of app store, overtaking Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. Spoke to the dev of most popular app: this is most activity on the app ever in its 10 year+ history. Protestors using to get heads up on police movement — via

Who's up? I just wrote about how K-pop fans flooded the Dallas PD tip-submission app with fancams after the police asked for videos of protestors. The Dallas PD said the app is now down "due to technical difficulties." — via

I wrote about being a Black parent in this moment, and how my children are both respite from all the tragedy transpiring in the world, and a reminder of how high the stakes are to build a better one. — via

wrote this six years ago and somehow it's even more relevant now!! love to see the teens sharing it on tiktok 🤗 — via

Protesting might spread covid, but that’s not necessarily a reason to stay home. “Structural racism has been a public-health crisis for much longer than the pandemic has,” Maimuna Majumder tells @yayitsrob. — via

“History is calling the future from the streets of protest. What choice will we make? What world will we create? What will we be? There are only two choices: racist or anti-racist.” My latest @TheAtlantic. — via

Since the beginning of 2015, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department have rendered people unconscious with neck restraints 44 times, according to an @NBCNews analysis of police records. — via

What happened when George Floyd was killed in police custody on May 25? In our new video, we reconstruct the incident in detail, using security footage, witness videos, documents and scanner audio (This video contains scenes of graphic violence.) — via

today's a good day to revisit this @NewYorker story about a counterterrorism expert who served in Iraq, only to work as a beat cop in Georiga at a department unwilling to change. "We have to stop treating people like we’re in Fallujah." — via

.@avitale's End of Policing is free as an ebook from @VersoBooks right now and you should be absolutely read it — via

NYPD Union Doxes Mayor's Daughter on Twitter via @Gizmodo — via

Here's a nice piece on the odd moment for those who don't know the story. — via

"Trump will blame Obama, China, radical leftists and “thugs” for America’s unhappy condition — anybody, in other words, but himself. It is hard to imagine a more dystopian backdrop for America to settle on its future." Me on the disturbing campaign ahead. — via

Fucking genius cop logic. Absolute Einstein hours here. “We saw people with devices that could blow tear gas back at us so instead of putting the tear gas away we decided to use the tear gas.” — via

Kinopio: like if and a modular synth had a baby — via

Image Scrubber: a privacy-aware tool for anonymizing photographs taken at protests — via

Rep Justin Amash plans to introduce the "Ending Qualified Immunity Act" in Congress this week. Read our investigation into Qualified Immunity, which is increasingly shielding police who violate civilians' rights by using excessive force, here: — via

EXCLUSIVE: Body cam footage showing Atlanta Police officers using excessive force (taser) on two students in downtown Atlanta Saturday night. The mayor and the police chief have reviewed the video and fired the 2 officers responsible FULL VIDEOS: #atlanta — via

“If you’re calling for an end to unrest, but not calling out police brutality, not calling for health care as a human right, not calling for an end to housing discrimination, all you’re asking for is the continuation of quiet oppression.” —⁦@AOC⁩ — via

American police are deliberately attacking journalists. "Militarized police" isn't an adequate descriptor anymore; we've turned them into a paramilitary army that violates the Geneva Conventions. — via

A DOJ study revealed 84% of police officers report that they’ve seen colleagues use excessive force on civilians, and 61% admit they don’t always report “even serious criminal violations that involve abuse of authority by fellow officers.” — via

amazed by the number of phones in every protest recording every action. i am trying to understand the struggles of those recording and those looking for these vids. would love to chat (DMs open) or here's a google form - appreciate RTs #BLM #Riot2020 — via

Be leery bout your place in the world You're feeling like you're chasing the world You're leaving not a trace in the world But you're facing the world -- Solange — via

"A second source familiar with the call said the Facebook boss [Zuckerberg] told Trump that he personally disagreed with the president's incendiary rhetoric and that by using language like this, Trump was putting Facebook in a difficult position." — via

Trump and advisers calculated that he shouldn’t speak to the nation because he had nothing to say, no tangible policy or action to announce, nor did he feel an urgent motivation to try to bring people together. So he let his tweets speak for themselves. — via

Protestors burned the United Daughters of the Confederacy headquarters in my hometown Richmond, VA last night. A reminder of who the UDC is, and how they imprinted generations of southerners with nostalgia for white supremacy. W/ @SassyProf and @KevinLevin — via