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‘Egregious thing to watch’: Trump ‘very upset’ by George Floyd tape, Kayleigh McEnany says (Washington Examiner)

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said President Trump was “very upset” over George Floyd’s death while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers.

A video shows Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, saying that he can’t breathe as a police officer used his knee to hold him to the ground by the neck.

“[Trump] was very upset by that tape. That was an egregious, egregious thing to watch. It was hard to watch. This man deserves justice, as the president noted yesterday in his tweets,” McEnany said. [Read More]

What the ‘Obamagate’ Scandals Mean and Why They Matter (RCP)

Amid the flurry of details about spying on Michael Flynn, lying to secret courts about Carter Page, leaking classified documents, and more, it’s easy to get lost in the muck. It’s important to stand back, identify the worst abuses, and explain why they matter for American democracy. These abuses didn’t simply follow each other; their targets, goals, and principal players overlapped. Taken together, they represent some of the gravest violations of constitutional norms and legal protections in American history. Whether you are Democrat or Republican, whether you like Donald Trump or loathe him, these violations matter. [Read More]

House Passes Bill Loosening Rules on PPP Small-Business Loans (WSJ)

The House approved a bipartisan bill that would loosen requirements on hundreds of billions of dollars in small-business loans, responding to concerns from employers struggling to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic. [Read More]

Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War (Kentucky Press)

When Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, triggering the First Gulf War, a coalition of thirty-five countries led by the United States responded with Operation Desert Storm, which culminated in a one-hundred-hour coordinated air strike and ground assault that repelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Though largely forgotten in descriptions of the war, an eight-day barrage of artillery fire made this seemingly rapid offensive possible. At the forefront of this offensive were the brave field artillerymen known as “redlegs.”

In Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War, a veteran and former redleg of the 1st Infantry Division Artillery (otherwise known as the “Big Red One”), Col. L. Scott Lingamfelter, recounts the logistical and strategic decisions that led to a coalition victory. Drawing on original battle maps, official reports, and personal journals, Lingamfelter describes the experience of the First Gulf War through a soldier’s eyes and attempts to answer the question of whether the United States “got the job done” in its first sustained Middle Eastern conflict. Part military history, part personal memoir, this book provides a boots-on-the-ground perspective on the largest US artillery bombardment since World War II. [Read More]

How Media Sensationalism, Big Tech Bias Extended Lockdowns (RCP)

Epidemiologists created faulty lockdown models. The media promoted fear. Politicians assumed worst-case scenarios, and big tech suppressed dissenting views. This is how people’s fears grew disproportional to reality and how seemingly short-term lockdowns stretched into months. [Read More]

Alexandria Public Schools announces mandatory summer school for students (WUSA 9)

Alexandria City Public Schools announced that mandatory summer school will happen for students this July, an effort to help make up for lost classroom time during the pandemic.

The summer learning will happen for all grade levels and take place online, with the purpose “to engage, enrich, and prepare students for the anticipation of September 2020.” [Read More]