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Clyburn: Tom Cotton Should Be ‘Ashamed of Himself’ for NY Times Op-Ed

Monday on CSPAN’s coverage of a news conference where Democrats unveiled policing reform legislation, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) should “be ashamed of himself” for his op-ed in The New York Times that called for the U.S. military to stop rioting in American cities in response to the death of George Floyd.

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Nolte: Saturday’s Washington, DC Protest Was a Big Flop

Please stop stressing. There is no massive social change taking place. There is no mass movement to defund the police and make white people kneel. This is a deep blue temper tantrum, an Astroturf campaign to make you feel like you’re outnumbered,

Protesters march near the White House during a demonstration against racism and police bru

Lady Gaga: There’s a Deep Rooted Racism in America

Pop superstar Lady Gaga used her virtual high school commencement speech to reflect on the protests sweeping the nation following the death of George Floyd, and said the “racist seeds” of America became “trees that grew prejudice branches and oppressive leaves and mangled roots that buried and entrenched themselves deep within the soil.”

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Lady Gaga arrives at the Premiere Of Warner Bros.

UCLA Professors Launch Campaign to Fight ‘Collaboration’ with Police

Professors at UCLA published a letter this week in response to the death of George Floyd that called on university officials to end its relationship with the Los Angeles Police Department. According to the professors, the university must end its “collaboration” with the LAPD and move ” towards the divestment of UCLA from LAPD and other forms of policing.”

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: An LAPD vehicle burns after being set alight by protesto

Wikipedia Parent: ‘No Neutral Stance’ on ‘Racial Justice’ Following Black Lives Matter Protests

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, last Wednesday joined the chorus of companies organizations supporting the Black Lives Matter movement following the police-involved death of George Floyd. In its announcement, the Foundation stated there was “no neutral stance” on racial justice. They further committed to making Wikipedia and other Foundation-owned sites more “inclusive” through measures such as a  “universal code of conduct” the Foundation Board recently demanded.

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