Nation
Jun 16
House to vote to make Washington D.C. the 51st state
By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
Month: June 2020
DB: Businesses asking people to sign coronavirus waivers ((dailybriefing_____)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Defense attorney William ‘Chip’ Merlin reacts to COVID-19 liability waivers
nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Trump, Hailing Law Enforcement, Signs Executive Order Calling For Police Reform||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The president is facing political pressure to take action following the national outcry over the killing of George Floyd and others at the hands of police.
President Trump speaks during an event on police reform in the Rose Garden of the White House Tuesday.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Trump, Hailing Law Enforcement, Signs Executive Order Calling For Police Reform
How Decades Of Bans On Police Chokeholds Have Fallen Short
Read President Trump’s Executive Order On Policing
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DB: Theodore Johnson, Larry Boone say Trump order a police reform a ‘good start’ but bigger conversation on race needed ((dailybriefing_____)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Brennan Center for Justice senior fellow Theodore Johnson and Norfolk, Virginia Police Chief Larry Boone weighs in on Trump’s executive order on police reform
nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Senate Judiciary Holds Hearing On Police Use Of Force||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The hearing will include two panels, one on policing in the black community and another, the chair said, comprised of “folks who can tell us about the other side of the story and ways to go forward.”
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World
Jun 16
Venezuela Supreme Court orders takeover of leading opposition party
By Associated Press
DB: Rep. Lawson: Some police officers turning this into the wild west ((dailybriefing_____)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Biden surrogate and Florida Democratic Rep. Al Lawson weighs in on police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks
pbsnewhour__ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary Hearing on police force and community relations||| kickerpage = |||no kicker page for PBSNewhour
Politics
Jun 16
WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary Hearing on police force and community relations
By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
OO: Trump executive order bans chokeholds unless officer’s life is at risk ((outnumberedover___)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Fraternal Order of Police national vice president Joe Gamaldi and former New York law enforcement official Dr. Cidric Alexander react
pbsnewhour__ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||U.S. offers muted concern over press freedom after journalists convicted in Philippines||| kickerpage = |||no kicker page for PBSNewhour
World
Jun 16
U.S. offers muted concern over press freedom after journalists convicted in Philippines
By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
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