Basketball legend Michael Jordan on Sunday sent his condolences to the family of George Floyd and shared his support for protesters fighting for justice. “I am deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry. I see and feel everyone’s pain, outrage and frustration,” Jordan, who owns the Charlotte Hornets, said in his statement, which was posted…… MORE
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New York police officers kneel with protesters
In the midst of protests and destruction around the nation, a moving scene unfolded Sunday in New York when some of the city’s police officers knelt with protesters. Aleeia Abraham shot a video of the officers taking a knee during a march in Queens calling for justice for George Floyd, who died while being arrested…… MORE
Biden visits protest site in Delaware hometown
Joe Biden left his home Sunday afternoon amid the coronavirus pandemic to visit the site of last night’s protests in Wilmington, Delaware, according to posts on the presumptive Democratic nominee’s social media accounts. “The only way to bear this pain is to turn all that anguish to purpose. And as President, I will help lead…… MORE
Protests put Trump and Biden’s leadership to the test
With just 156 days until the 2020 election, you’ll be voting before you know it. Every Sunday, Chris Cillizza outlines the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail — and I’m filling in for him this weekend. These storylines are ranked, so the No. 1 story…… MORE
Famed DC monuments defaced after night of unrest
Popular landmarks across Washington, DC, were defaced with graffiti during the second consecutive night of protests in the nation’s capital over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis who was pinned down by police. “In the wake of last night’s demonstrations, there are numerous instances of vandalism to sites around the…… MORE
Trump and Zuckerberg spoke on the phone Friday
President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke on the phone Friday, a source familiar with the call told CNN Sunday. In a public Facebook post Friday, Zuckerberg explained why Facebook didn’t take action on Facebook and Instagram posts in which Trump threatened “looting” in Minneapolis would lead to “shooting.” “I’ve been struggling with…… MORE
Ostracized from party, Steve King faces tough primary
For years, Rep. Steve King of Iowa and Bob Vander Plaats, an influential Christian conservative, have fought on the same side of the culture wars, attending the same summits and bus tours to attack Republican boogeymen like Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act. In 2016, they teamed up to co-chair the presidential campaign of…… MORE
Jadon Sancho joins ‘Justice for George Floyd’ protest in scoring hat-trick for Dortmund
England international Jadon Sancho celebrated the first of his second-half hat-trick for Borussia Dortmund in its 6-1 rout of SC Paderborn on Sunday by revealing a “Justice for George Floyd” T-shirt. The victory against the Bundesliga bottom club kept Dortmund’s slender title hopes alive, but it was Sancho’s performance and his personal protest at the…… MORE
Trump tweets Antifa will be labeled a terrorist organization but experts believe that’s unconstitutional
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that the United States will designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, even though the US government has no existing legal authority to label a wholly domestic group in the manner it currently designates foreign terrorist organizations. Current and former government officials say it would be unconstitutional for the US government…… MORE
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar defends protests and says racism is deadlier than Covid-19 in powerful op-ed
Thousands of Americans took to the streets this weekend in nationwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, but millions more sat at home, watching the protests unravel on their TVs. A glance at Twitter and other social media will show varying opinions on the protests, with many focused on protesters’ supposed disregard for…… MORE
