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A person gives aways face-masks to people during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis, near the White House, in Washington, DC (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Cops seize BLM mask shipment: report

Igor Derysh

"It appears they want to ensure that people who protest are susceptible to the ... deadly pandemic," the group says

US President Donald Trump holds up a bible in front of boarded up St John's Episcopal church after walking across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

John Dowd: Protesters are "terrorists"

Igor Derysh

The protesters "were not peaceful and are not real," the bizarre letter from his Russia probe lawyer falsely claims

U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr speak in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media (Doug MIlls-Pool/Getty Images)

Barr takes command: It's not good

Heather Digby Parton

Barr now has "federal troops" on the street in D.C. with no badges or insignia. There's a word for that

Donald Trump holding up a bible | Protestors gathering across the street from the White House during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump sued for assault on protesters

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

ACLU sues Trump over "shameless, unconstitutional, unprovoked, and frankly criminal" assault on peaceful protesters

Two police officers take a knee during a demonstration by protesters in Times Square over the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Copaganda: Media still playing along

Sophia Tesfaye

Yes, media has shown us the brutality. But it's also swallowed pro-police agitprop and spread false information

President Donald Trump and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump lashes out at GOP amid protests

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

The president stokes division in his own party as he rages at Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Sen. Tom Cotton (ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rebellion at the New York Times

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Times editors resort to straw-man defenses, then capitulate, after fascist-themed op-ed and internal pushback

Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Ukraine audit blows up Biden conspiracy

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

According to a new Ukrainian audit, there is "no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Hunter Biden"

Robert Reich; Donald Trump (Getty/AP/Salon)

Robert Reich: Trump’s presidency is over

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org

Trump's response to Floyd's murder has debased the presidency and squandered whatever moral authority remained

Police officers in riot gear stand in formation at a cross street as they make their way to where protesters are gathered on May 30, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Protests have erupted after recent police-related incidents resulting in the deaths of African-Americans Breonna Taylor in Louisville and George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Robber bullets can kill, blind and maim

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News

Police in multiple cities are using supposedly "nonlethal" crowd-control methods including rubber bullets

President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is shown on a computer screen on Thursday, June 27, 2019, in New York. (AP/Jenny Kane)

When a president tweets

Stephan Richter - The Globalist

Should laxer standards of truthfulness and honesty be applied to a U.S. President?

Protester with an ANTIFA flag draped over his shoulders during a rally (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

WH lies that bricks were Antifa setup

Igor Derysh

It shared a false video claiming Antifa had set up bricks for terror attacks after the claims were already debunked

Kellyanne Conway (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Does Conway know what a 'photo-op' is?

Roger Sollenberger

"I know it ended up being a 'Sesame Street' Grover word of the day, but that doesn't make it right"

Ahmaud Arbery (I RUN WITH MAUD/Facebook)

Agent testifies Arbery shooter used slur

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Prosecutors told the court they would show Arbery was “chased, hunted down and ultimately executed” by vigilantes

Actor John Boyega speaks to the crowd during a Black Lives Matter protest in Hyde Park on June 3, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

John Boyega, the Hollywood rebel we need

Melanie McFarland

Make no mistake, the "Star Wars" actor is risking his career by speaking out in blunt terms. We love him for it

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks to President Donald Trump (Newsmax TV)

Trump: "I've done so much for religion"

Roger Sollenberger

Trump lied about his photo-op to the former White House press secretary who lied about his Inauguration crowd size

People Line Up For Unemployment Applications During COVID-19 Crisis (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

US likely to turn left as economy tanks

Matthew Rozsa

The Great Recession brought about Obamacare; the Great Depression, the New Deal. This recession could be similar

A pharmacy tech holds a bottle of Hydroxychloroquine (GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Lancet retraction may rile MAGA crowd

Matthew Rozsa

While the retraction doesn't prove the drug's efficacy to treat COVID-19, it is likely to renew the culture war

President Donald Trump and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Getty Images/Salon)

Lisa struggling over whether to back Don

Brad Reed - Alternet

“Perhaps we’re getting to the point where we can be more honest with the concerns that we might hold internally"

Veterinarian performs a check up on a German Shepard, during a drive through veterinarian clinic (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

An American dog contracts coronavirus

Matthew Rozsa

Earlier reports that a pug named Winston had been infected were incorrect

Donald Trump; John Kelly (Getty/Leon Neal/Kevin Dietsch)

Kelly fact-checks Trump's Mattis lie

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

“The president did not fire him," Kelly says, adding: "Jim Mattis is a honorable man"

President Donald J. Trump, seen through a window, watches a television in the press office as newscasters talk about him moments after he was speaking with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump bunker "inspection" claim debunked

Igor Derysh

“It was a false report," Trump claimed. "It was much more for an inspection"

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit the Saint John Paul II National Shrine, to lay a ceremonial wreath and observe a moment of remembrance under the Statue of Saint John Paul II on June 2, 2020 in Washington,DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

"Bunker Boy" Trump wants to edit reality

Amanda Marcotte

While the country melts down, Trump tries to reshoot reality so we won't know he's total chickens**t "Bunker Boy"

A man throws a tear gas canister back at police officers in front of the Colorado State Capitol as protests against the death of George Floyd continue (Getty Images/Michael Ciaglo)

How tear gas helps coronavirus spread

Nicole Karlis

Tear gas can worsen COVID-19 symptoms or increase the chance of the virus spreading in crowds

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