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States should require businesses to include sales tax in the sticker price. Make it plainly obvious when comparison shopping that $1 is really $1.08 in Tulsa and $1.12 a few miles down the highway in Sapulpa. Gas stations already do this with fuel.

Some senators want to stop police from getting military-grade equipment or weapons https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/6/2/21277981/senators-police-military-equipment-weapons

The ACLU wants you to know that as you come out to protest, there are a few thinks to keep in mind:

1. The right to protest is a fundamental human right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the First Amendment.

2. If you get stopped, ask if you are free to go. If the police say yes, calmly walk away.

3. You have the right to record. The right to protest includes the right to record, including recording police doing their jobs.

4. The police can order people to stop interfering with legitimate police operations, but video recording from a safe distance is not interfering.

5. If you get stopped, police cannot take or confiscate any videos or photos without a warrant.

6. If you are videotaping, keep in mind in some states, the audio is treated differently than the images. But images and video images are always fully protected by the First Amendment.

7. The police's main job in a protest is to protect your right to protest and to de-escalate any threat of violence.

8. If you get arrested, don't say anything. Ask for a lawyer immediately. Do not sign anything and do not agree to (cont)

protests, note for those protesting in tulsa OK, caution

#tulsa #tulsaProtests

Atlanta mayor says 2 police officers fired over excessive force in protest incident https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/500385-atlanta-mayor-says-2-police-officers-fired-over-excessive-force-in

Tanker Truck Speeds Into Thousands of George Floyd Protesters on Minneapolis Bridge https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/tanker-truck-george-floyd-protesters-minneapolis-bridge.html?via=rss

As cities burned, Trump stayed silent — other than tweeting fuel on the fire https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-cities-burned-trump-stayed-silent--other-than-tweeting-fuel-on-the-fire/2020/05/31/4fc8761a-a354-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics

As Protests and Violence Spill Over, Trump Shrinks Back https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/politics/trump-protests-george-floyd.html #PoliceBrutality,MisconductandShootings #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment #WhiteHouseBuilding(Washington,DC) #Demonstrations,ProtestsandRiots #PresidentialElectionof2020 #Floyd,George(d2020) #Washington(DC) #Trump,DonaldJ #BlackPeople #Twitter

Worf of Wall Street

Worf goes undercover, surgically modified to look like a Ferengi

"It is a good day to diversify your assets"

Trump Says U.S. Having World’s Most Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Is “a Badge of Honor” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/trump-worlds-most-coronavirus-cases-badge-of-honor-good-bad-thing.html?via=rss