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Politicizing masks - 500k virus deaths - Trump’s retweet backlash

Executive order on statues • Republican asks Trump to wear mask • Poland presidential election • Trump's controversial retweet • COVID deaths pass 500,000
29 JUN 2020
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Why were federal charges filed against protesters attempting to tear down a statue?
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    Four men charged for allegedly attempting to tear down Andrew Jackson statue.
    CBS News (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 74% • 2 min read

    They have each been charged with destruction of federal property and one has been arrested, the Department of Justice announced Saturday. There is currently a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for the "willful injury" of federal property.
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    "This Office remains steadfast in its commitment to protect the sacred First Amendment right of individuals to peacefully protest, but these charges should serve as a warning to those who choose to desecrate the statues and monuments that adorn our nation's capital," acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin said in a statement Saturday.
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    Mr. Trump on Friday signed an executive order instructing federal law enforcement to "prosecute the fullest extent permitted under Federal law" people who damage federal monuments. Earlier on Saturday, Mr. Trump tweeted several attempts to identify posters of people the United States Park Police alleges tried to take down the statue of Jackson.
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    Trump: Crackdown 'completely stopped' monument vandalism.
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    Controversial memorials are surprisingly easy to pull down. Fixing the world that built them is harder.
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Why did a Republican senator ask President Trump to wear a mask in public?
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    GOP Senator urges Trump to publicly wear mask: 'Would be a sign of strength.'
    Daily Beast (Left) • Credibility Grade 81% • 3 min read

    [Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)], who is leaving office at the end of the year, said he wished Trump "would wear a mask when it is appropriate," adding that "millions of Americans admire him" and would therefore follow his lead.
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    "I understand why he does it. Most of the time he's with people who have been tested, he's been tested, so they're not infecting others. But there are times when he could wear a mask, the vice president could wear a mask, it would signal to the country to do so."
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    Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday that while the administration believes "people should wear masks wherever social distancing is not possible," the decision should be left up to the states and localities. At the same time, he defended his and Trump's lack of public mask-wearing, noting that he's worn a mask "several times" and Trump has done so at least once.
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    'I wish the president would wear a mask': GOP senator urges Trump to lead by example.
    Washington Examiner (Moderate Right) • Credibility Grade 67% • 2 min read
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    Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans.
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Why did President Trump tweet a video featuring someone shouting 'white power'?
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    Trump deletes tweet of supporter shouting 'white power' after outrage.
    The Guardian (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 82% • 5 min read

    Trump had left the tweet, featuring video of arguments among residents of The Villages, a predominantly white and conservative retirement community in Florida, posted on his Twitter feed for nearly four hours.
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    "There's no question that he should not have retweeted it and he should just take it down [...] It was so profanity laced, the entire thing was offensive. Certainly, the comment about the white power was offensive. It's indefensible." [Tim Scott of South Carolina, the sole African American Republican in the Senate] said.
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    Trump sent the tweet as he faces a difficult re-election bid, which in part involves a struggle to shore up support among his base of white and evangelical Christian voters. Polls indicate that a majority of that demographic has supported protests over the killing last month of George Floyd.
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    Trump deletes tweet of video with 'white power' chant, WH says president did not hear it.
    Fox News (Right) • Credibility Grade 61% • 2 min read
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    Racism as campaign strategy.
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What is at stake in Poland's presidential run-off election?
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    Bring your own pen: Poland's vote tests democracy in a pandemic.
    New York Times (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 87% • 10 min read

    Poles turned out in droves, despite several obstacles. These included sweltering heat, lingering concerns about the spread of the coronavirus and long lines as polling stations gave each voter a zone of personal space three feet in all directions.
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    Nine other candidates representing a wide range of views, from the far right to the ultraliberal, were also on the ballot. In the July 12 runoff, the choice will be more sharply drawn between [incumbent president Mr. Duda] and [his challenger Mr. Trzaskowski].
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    The election was a referendum on the governing Law and Justice party, which swept to power in 2015 and set out an ambitious agenda to reshape the state. For opponents of the nationalist government, the party represents a fundamental threat to democracy and has set the country on a course already charted in Hungary, where single-party control has allowed a steady drift toward autocratic rule.
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    Polish presidential election heads to runoff.
    Voice of America (Center) • Credibility Grade 56% • 2 min read
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    What Poland's 'ghost election' can teach us about pandemic-era democracy.
    CNN (Left) • Credibility Grade 68% • 5 min read

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Where are coronavirus cases rising across the world?
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    More than 500,000 people have died from coronavirus worldwide as infections continue to surge.
    CNBC (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 82% • 3 min read

    The [global] Covid-19 death toll surpassed 400,000 on June 8, according to data collected by the World Health Organization, and it surpassed 300,000 on May 16. However, country-to-country comparisons of the death toll are difficult due to differences in reporting methods.
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    The virus is still spreading rapidly in many countries in the Americas, Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergency program, said last week. "And as such, the journey for them is, unfortunately, the pandemic for many countries in the Americas has not peaked," he said.
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    [Although there are still no drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration], researchers have found some success in hastening recovery with Gilead's remdesivir. And earlier this month, researchers in the U.K. found that dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available steroid, cut the risk of death by a third for Covid-19 patients on ventilators, and by a fifth for those on supplemental oxygen.
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    US new infections double from two weeks ago.
    Financial Times (Center) • Credibility Grade 69% • 3 min read
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    Canada succeeded on coronavirus where America failed. Why?
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