While Trump crashed in flames and took the country with him.  While the people they had been enabling drove the country into a ditch it will take years to get out of.

Not a peep.  Understandable.  I guess.  Pretty hard shi+ to defend and rationalize at this point.  So just not a lot for them to say.

But they are back!  As soon as there's is an opportunity to spread disinformation and make excuses for the police state out they come from under their rocks.

Mr. Floyd was killed while in the care of the police over the, alleged, passing of a bogus $20 bill.  The nation-wide abhorrence is amplified by the fact that police officers who brutalize and even kill other people while wearing a badge so seldom end up facing rightful consequences shines a spotlight on how unjust the American legal system can be.

And this reaction needs to be viewed in the context of the environment of condoning white supremacy and the witnessing of corruption over the past three years. Trump cronies or associates who might squeal are given special treatment. AG Barr, for example, has interceded on Michael Flynn's behalf despite his guilty pleas in open court. And, even now, with the release of the Flynn/Kislyak phone transcript, it appears that there was collusion between Trump and Russia, as well as supporting the lies of Flynn to the FBI.

The George Floyd killing was appalling in its own right, but may be the spark of unrest as in the historical horror following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. But, this does not have to happen.  Not by a long shot.

However, the fire in the bellies of many citizens begs for water, only to be given gasoline by Trump. "When the looting starts, the shooting starts." tweets Trump. But, it is police abuse of citizens that may lead to out-of-control protests.

Been doing this and its very good.  Funny, I started a couple of times and it just didn't jell for me.  I think there are "issues" with the first few minutes.  Another discussion.

I kept reading about how good it was and was like, fine.  But it's really good.  After the first few minutes.

Hong Chau (Lady Trieu) is just a force of nature.

And it's rare when a tired old gimmick like split screen is used in such a clever way you go, wow, that was really cool.

The Trump Chamber of Deputies agreed. An unforeseen problem: the plan to expand the security perimeter had not yet been carried out.  AG Barr discovered this, the first of many mis-steps, and called for what became a burst of violence and mayhem.

A glitch, but the plan was now on track.  The little speech in the Rose Garden something, something  law and order, and the gang was on its way. Ivanka's job was to bring the Bible, which she dutifully toted I her $1,540 Max Mara handbag.  All were stern looking fitting of the occasion.

You bring every tentacle of government power to bear in a effort to broadcast your stunning ONENESS and you are shunned and humiliated by Pat Feakin Robertson and then.......

Ignored

"One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers. But local law enforcement in some cities desperately needs backup, while delusional politicians in other cities refuse to do what's necessary to uphold the rule of law."

"The pace of looting and disorder may fluctuate from night to night, but it's past time to support local law enforcement with federal authority. Some governors have mobilized the National Guard, yet others refuse, and in some cases the rioters still outnumber the police and Guard combined. In these circumstances, the Insurrection Act authorizes the president to employ the military `or any other means' in `cases of insurrection, or obstruction to the laws.'"

It's more than four times as nutritious as cow's milk and the researchers think it could be the key to feeding our growing population in the future.

Gangs of Californian Children Are Not Actually Stealing Ballots

The Vast of Night is an exquisite indie sci-fi drama with Twilight Zone vibes
It's a small film, but it has colossal ambitions.

HBO's reimagined Perry Mason looks like a dazzling noir
Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany star in the new series arriving in June

The videos are hard to miss. Shaky camera-phone footage of police brutality, the contorted visage of white rage in the face of black people daring to live, a cop car barreling through a street protest, cities on fire. It's shocking to realize how mundane it's all become. It's here, on-demand, whether you like it or not. Every day on social media is a one-stop horror show of the depths of man's inhumanity to man. The only thing STRANGE DAYS got wrong about the future is thinking people would have to pay for it.

This was a great time.  When it was still really fun.  It was my second film and it was a very small crew, not many effects, and we were all, like, best drinking friends.

One quick story.  Like I said small group.  6 I think.  One of the major things we ended up needing to do, which was not in the bid or the staffing and only happened because Kathryn  Bigelow was so disorganized and loopy.

If you were in LA in 1994 you might remember Camerons (it was really his movie - we called it the alimony movie, instead of paying his ex wife alimony he lets them take credit for a movie)  MILLENNIUM PARTY.  It was a big deal.  They blocked off most of downtown LA.  And the whole entire point was to have a real party in which to shoot the finale f the movie.

Ok so Bigelow and her crew are on top of the Bonaventure hotel with the plan to shoot down at the crowd.  The crowd was like a character.  

Getting to the point

She was so crazy and disorganized, I know this because the leader of our crew and my best friend at the time, Karen, was up there too, that they never even got around to shooting that part of the movie till, like, 4 in the morning.

Last month the Federalist reported Boente was opposed to releasing exculpatory documents in the Flynn case.

According to the FBI official who spoke to The Federalist, FBI general counsel Dana Boente led the charge internally against DOJ's disclosure of the new materials. Boente, who briefly served as acting Attorney General after Trump became president, personally signed off on one of the federal spy warrants against former Trump campaign affiliate Carter Page.

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, who was known for his monumental environmental artworks with his late wife, Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, has died. He was 84 years old.

"We pay with our money! No grants, no money from the industry," he said at the opening of "The London Mastaba" in 2018. "All these projects get initiated by us. Nobody asked us to do it. Nobody asked us to wrap the Reichstag. Nobody asked us to install floating piers. We decided that we do exactly what we like to do."

"In life's unforgiving arithmetic, we are the sum of our choices. Congressional Republicans have made theirs for more than 1,200 days. We cannot know all the measures necessary to restore the nation's domestic health and international standing, but we know the first step: Senate Republicans must be routed, as condign punishment for their Vichyite collaboration."

"If Trump seeks historical parallels for his reelection campaign, here's one that is much more apt. There was a campaign in which the party of the president presided over a deadly pandemic at the same time as a savage depression and a nationwide spasm of bloody urban racial violence. The year was 1920. The party in power through these troubles went on to suffer the worst defeat in U.S. presidential history, a loss by a margin of 26 points in the popular vote. The triumphant challenger, Warren Harding, was not some charismatic superhero of a candidate. He didn't need to be. In 2020 as in 1920, the party of the president is running on the slogan Let us fix the mess we made. It didn't work then. It's unlikely to work now."

All our "thoughts and prayers" should be with Steve today as he fights for his political life.

A win would be a Republican Party Top Ten Worst Nightmares given all that's going on and Herr Cheetos prime time performance yesterday.

The funny thing is if he loses it won't be because he is a vile fascist racist moron.  But the crowded field could mean he wins

Steve King's Racism Won't Be His Undoing
Instead, the Iowa Republican's primary challengers have framed him as just another ineffective career politician.

Especially in DC.

Confronting a failed presidency after 100,000-plus COVID deaths and the protests that are still convulsing the nation this week, Donald Trump is venting to West Wing officials that Democratic governors are allowing civil unrest to rage in American cities to damage his reelection campaign. "He feels the blue-state governors are letting it burn because it hurts him. It's a lot like how he sees coronavirus," an outside White House adviser told me yesterday, shortly after audio leaked of Trump berating governors on a conference call about quelling the riots.

Trump's sense of victimhood, and his view that the crisis ignited by George Floyd's gruesome death is largely a political problem, have resulted in a shambolic White House response, veering from Trump's retreat to the bunker as the protests neared the White House to the culmination of police using teargas on peaceful protestors so that he could walk through a park to stage a photo op in front of St. John's Church. "He's paralyzed," a former West Wing official told me.

IT'S SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL

Defense Secretary Mark Esper told NBC News he had no advance notice before President Trump led him and other senior administration officials to St. John's Episcopal Church for a widely criticized photo-op.

Said Esper: "I thought I was going to do two things: to see some damage and to talk to the troops."

He added: "I didn't know where I was going."

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said he was caught by surprise when Trump led them to the church for a staged visit.

After years of incendiary comments on race and other issues that lost him the support of many Republican Party leaders, conservative Iowa Rep. Steve King has lost his bid for reelection to a primary challenge by GOP state Sen. Randy Feenstra, the Associated Press projects.

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"The report continued: "They were arrested Saturday on the way to a protest in downtown Las Vegas after filling gas cans at a parking lot and making Molotov cocktails in glass bottles, according to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by The Associated Press"
"The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas on Wednesday said they self-identified as part of the `boogaloo' movement,

"I have watched this week's unfolding events, angry and appalled," Mattis writes. "The words `Equal Justice Under Law' are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand--one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values--our values as people and our values as a nation." He goes on, "We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution."

Murkowski `Struggling' Over Support for Trump

June 4, 2020 at 1:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 119 Comments

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) broke with many of her Republican colleagues, applauding comments by General James Mattis that condemned President Trump's actions this week, CNN reports.

Murkowski added that she wasn't sure if she would support Trump in November: "I am struggling with it. I have struggled with it for a long time I think you know that. I didn't support the President in the initial election, and I work hard to try to make sure that I'm able to represent my state well that I'm able to work with any administration and any president."

Most Republicans Shrug Off Mattis' Criticism of Trump

June 4, 2020 at 12:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 79 Comments

"Republican senators are dismissing the scathing criticism leveled against President Trump by his former defense secretary, James Mattis, the latest sign that Republicans by and large are showing unwavering support for the leader of their party during this high-stakes election year," CNN reports.

Pathetic cracks.