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Looks like the media is getting involved : A judge granted a motion by the Connecticut Mirror and The Day newspaper of New London to intervene in a lawsuit that could decide whether the Connecticut State Police release the names of troopers who are under investigation for allegedly falsifying or failing to report information on traffic stops. Superior Court Judge Rupal Shah issued an order on Monday granting the media organizations’ request to participate in the lawsuit, which was initiated by the Connecticut State Police Union in order to prevent the state from disclosing the names and badge numbers of more than a hundred state troopers. An audit performed by the Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project, which collects data detailing the race and ethnicity of people who are pulled over by police in the state, identified roughly 130 current and former state troopers who had a significant number of traffic stops between 2014 and 2021 that could not be corroborated using other da...

 Danny Haiphong talks about how China is pushing back:

 The person who used to call for a political revolution is now just rehashing old campaign talking points in order to coax voters into voting for "the lesser of too evils" instead of third party candidates.

 

 It's like no one cared that children were basically being sentenced to perish:

 

 In other words: when compared to younger versions of his current self Kyle believes that the differences between Democrats and Republicans are minor, but when third parties are involved Kyle believes the differences are vast.

 Pay special attention to  the quick explanation of how words like, "political correctness" and "woke" have been hijacked:

“ So if what I am being criticized for is doing something to protect people that did not have a voice for themselves, I sit in that criticism, and y’all can put it in my obituary. ” - District Attorney Fani Willis defending the prosecution and jailing of Black educators. Despite her race, the person heading the prosecution of Donald Trump is no ally to Black America :  Who was Fani Willis protecting when she used Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute to put twelve Black educators on trial in 2015? Atlanta, like other major cities, was not caught up in the corrupt influence of racketeers, but of school test score mania. The No Child Left Behind Act punished school districts with low scores, putting them at risk of state takeovers, or of schools being closed. Educators in Georgia, 38 other states and the District of Columbia , succumbed to these pressures and changed test scores to give the appearance that children had reached educational attainment ...

 Lee Camp explains:

 We know CNN's take , but Richard Medhurst has his own perspective: 

 A franchise one known for selling most things for $1.00 is facing some interesting challenges : Dollar Tree had a miserable quarter, and company management is chalking it up to a mix of factors: changing consumer demands on top of higher prices for fuel and electricity … and theft. The company’s chief executive and chief financial officer homed in on that last one on a call with Wall Street analysts Thursday. Dollar Tree CEO Richard Dreiling and CFO Jeffrey Davis blamed a surprisingly large drop in gross profit margin — tumbling to 29.8% last quarter from 32.7% a year earlier — on “shrink,” the industry term for inventory losses due to theft, damages and other causes. Davis said the company has taken steps to fix the problem, but the shrink issue is getting worse — and “definitely advanced a little further than what we had anticipated.” In response, Dreiling said Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores, which the company also owns, will take more drastic measures in the coming months...

  FUN FACT: The CNN host ( Zain Asher , sister of Chiwetel Ejiofor ) is interviewing Aneliese Bernard, former State Department employee (as she revealed in the video) and founder of Strategic Stabilization Advisors, " a leading data-driven advisory that provides critical guidance to organizations operating in hard-to-reach and challenging operational environments affected by instability and conflict ."

  Hedging their bets in case the White House changes hands? Defending Democracy Together, a neoconservative outfit led by career chickenhawk scribe Bill Kristol, has launched a new initiative called “Republicans for Ukraine” to transform the 2024 presidential election into a referendum on US funding for the NATO proxy war.  Urging Republicans in Congress to support more funding for Ukraine in the upcoming appropriations bill is also a key item on the agenda. Kristol had defined himself as a leader of the Republican Party’s neoconservative faction, bashing isolationist and antiwar GOP figures on the pages of his now-defunct Weekly Standard magazine while laying the intellectual groundwork for the invasion of Iraq through his Project for a New American Century.  [SKIP] If Defending Democracy Together’s short history is any indication, the “Republicans for Ukraine” initiative may actually be powered by money from top supporters of the Democratic Party and the ultimate archit...

 

 

 Black Agenda Report's Margaret Kimberly talks to Leah Goodridge about this 20-year phenomenon . 

 Kyle Kulinski is a supporter of Marianne Williamson (she officiated his wedding with Krystal Ball). Katie Halper is, at worst, an ally (she was also at the wedding). When Williamson was interviewed by Bill Maher, she made enough left-like points for both Kulinski and Halper to highlight: What Halper and Kulinski both failed to cover was Williamson's appearance on Jimmy Dore: In other words, it's easy to portray Williamson as an ally of the Left when she's talking to an out-of-touch pro-establishment quasi-libertarian. It's much hard to do so when she's talking to a pro-worker, anti-war comedian who still interacts with the people. 

 And not in the, "She'd my relative and I'm trying to look out for her" way .

 

 Guest-host and Convo Couch member Pasta shares some theories with Jimmy Dore:

 Australia's apparently leading the way: Question: If our money is to become electronic, shouldn't utilities (Internet, electricity) be free (or at least very cheap)?

 One can look at this video showing the Congresswoman's 180 from "bringing the ruckus" to playing with the team. Or this video involving the author of the article on how she became a normal Democrat. And then there's this: 

 Hard to say that they aren't part of the, "Hilter wasn't so bad," crowd when they're waving flags like that:

 ...and working in a grocery store:

 According to reports, these six officers went to confront two Black men who were staying with a White woman (who also happened to be a neighbor to one of the officers). Despite being there to help the owner, the Black men were accused of dealing drugs. They were tasered, beaten, had various food/cooking liquids poured on them, threatened with sodomy (via a dildo placed on a gun) and humiliated . Even with the officers being taken to court, this is still a very obviously racially-motivated crime .  And just a reminder that these incidents can escalate without Cop Watchers:

 Let's start off with Margaret Kimberly's explanation on RBN: George Galloway talks about the looting: Danny Haiphong's review: The Duran on Victoria Nuland's involvement: Bonus: Niko House warned us a while back: Richard Medhurst on Victoria Nuland's involvement (or lack thereof):

 Shorter Julian Zelizer: Sure, everything's on fire, but the important thing is proper messaging .  (Spoiler: it's not about the messaging .)

Very interesting development : Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday backed the chief state’s attorney’s decision to hand over to federal authorities a criminal investigation into state police who allegedly submitted tens of thousands of phony traffic stop tickets to Connecticut’s racial profiling database.  “I think it’s appropriate,” Lamont said. “I think Pat Griffin, the state’s attorney, thought it was important to step back and let them. We’re gonna coordinate in any way we can, be absolutely forthcoming, no stone left unturned.”  The governor’s comments were in response to a recent statement from Griffin, Connecticut’s top prosecutor, who first told WTNH News 8 that he has relinquished control of the criminal probe into the potential wrongdoing to the U.S. Department of Justice. “I think DOJ brings the tools and the resources necessary to conduct this investigation, on the one hand. On the other, I think that the investigation will be thorough,” Griffin said. “I think that it will b...

 Whether or not you've heard about the wildfires ( and the casualties ), Hard Lens Media has a video on how people can help the citizens of Maui:

 

 I remember the days when the law would arrest people for threats, not shoot them dead . Now, this person is likely to become a martyr, and the FBI's already shady reputation just gets worse. 

 

 

 They are convinced that people left of the Democratic Party leadership are just "confused" and need to be reminded why Joe Biden is the best option. Sadly, no:

 Only celebrities worth around $30 million think that the economy is working for everyone:

 

 Even the company behind virtual meetings doesn't seem immune : Zoom, the company that powered the remote work revolution during the pandemic, is telling its employees to come back to the office. In a statement, Zoom said it’s now enforcing a “structured hybrid approach,” meaning that employees who live near an office must return to to it for a “set number of days” because it’s “most effective” for the video-conferencing service. “As a company, we are in a better position to use our own technologies, continue to innovate, and support our global customers. We’ll continue to leverage the entire Zoom platform to keep our employees and dispersed teams connected and working efficiently,” the company said. Putting aside the irony, Zoom isn’t excluded from the return to office trend that’s sweeping tech companies. In recent months, Google, Amazon and Salesforce have enacted similar policies, ending a Covid-era approach that gave employees more freedom to work from home. However, businesse...

 A wide-ranging conversation with civil and human rights attorney Jaribu Hill. 

 

 The Grayzone covers this interesting psy-op meeting:

 Richard Medhurst explains:

 Previously it was employers making fake accounts. Now customers are saying that they aren't seeing their direct deposits .

 Props to Hard Lens Media for noticing this oversight (and with Cenk it could either be on purpose or because for him it was more important to make his point):

 No just about the Catholic Church, but about police killing black people : O’Connor took responsibility, raising issues years—even decades—before others who had her level of prominence began to address them. Such was the case with what many argue was her greatest song, “Black Boys on Mopeds.” A cry against the killing of Black teenagers and young men by police officers, the song was recorded more than 30 years before the murder of George Floyd inspired millions to take to the streets in Black Lives Matter protests against police violence. Written in the late 1980s, the song was released on O’Connor’s internationally acclaimed 1990 album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got—which, despite her protests, was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1991 and took top honors for Best Alternative Music Performance.

 Richard Medhurst reviews:

  A good a reason as any to strike:

 Why would elected officials who call for peace or criticize defense budgets turn around and vote against an oversight panel?

 Let's hope so .

 What better way to indoctrinate a new generation?

 Spoiler...the government tends to create the very "enemy" they claim they are fighting:

...so every issue/concern looks like a nail:

 Shorter Joe Biden/Democratic Party/New York Times : Never mind Hillary Clinton cheating Bernie Sanders in 2016 or Hunter Biden getting a $50,000/month job in Ukraine doing practically nothing; the real enemy to truth and democracy is Russia and the GOP.