now that Chuck Woolery has weighed in on the pandemic crisis.

Woolery's deep thoughts will guide us through the crisis and into a new age of enlightenment!

Source: USA Today

“We must address the root and byproduct of systemic racism in our country. The Black Lives Matter movement is an important civil rights cause that deserves all of our attention,” Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton said in a statement.

The incident took place in Martinez in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. According to the district attorney's office, a Martinez resident applied for and received a city permit to paint the mural in front of a downtown courthouse. "Black Lives Matter" was painted on the street in bright yellow on July 4.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/07/california-man-woman-hate-crime-black-lives-matter-mural/5394936002/

Source: Washington Post

Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments

Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members, according to intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russian-bounties-to-taliban-linked-militants-resulted-in-deaths-of-us-troops-according-to-intelligence-assessments/2020/06/28/74ffaec2-b96a-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html

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Madsen, who had been at sea for 59 days, was about 1,145 miles (1,842 kilometers) east of Hilo, Hawaii, when she was last heard from, Muir said. Madsen had been planning to go for a swim.

https://time.com/5860541/paraplegic-rower-angela-madsen-dies-pacific/

The world lost an incredible woman.

And you can bet your bottom dollar the fascist republicans will rally around their kook leader. Much more dangerous than Trump because he will appeal to many conservative Democrats and middle-of-the-roaders. Romney would get more substantial conservative agenda items completed because he wouldn't waste political capital on idiotic ideas like a border wall. The republicans are yearning for another Reagan and they will get him in Mitt Romney, if liberals don't stay united.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On Tuesday, the Democrat and Navy veteran was elected to the Pennsylvania state Senate, besting Republican D. Raja in a special election after a bruising two-month campaign that garnered national attention along the way.

Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2019/04/02/special-election-37th-District-Pennsylvania-Senate-seat-pam-iovino-raja-Allegheny-Washington-county/stories/201904020058