- Stranger Than Fiction
- Posts
- Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction
A brief daily note of things you might find interesting or useful
You can support the newsletter that you’re reading right now using PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, or purchase a subscription on Substack.Don’t forget to join us in the Stranger Slack for access to source documents and a running feed of news throughout the day.TOP NEWS
U.S. Stock Futures Rally Following Sharp Selloff “Dow futures recovered ground following the biggest rout in the American stock market since mid-March, while European indexes made strong gains” - WSJ
Protest Leaders Plan a Summer of Rallies Aimed at Police Overhauls “Many Americans who have taken to the streets in the past three weeks say they are planning for a summer of protests aimed in large part at local governments that are entering their budget-planning season.” - WSJ
Trump’s Rally Tells Attendees You Can’t Sue Us If You Get Sick “President Trump’s campaign is requiring audiences not to sue if they contract Covid-19. Reopening continued, taking a varied approach. Here’s the latest.” - NY Times
Battle Over Confederate Monuments Resumes “The grass-roots response to George Floyd’s death in police custody took less than two weeks to morph from protests and demands for police reform into a concerted attack on symbols of the Confederacy.” - WaPo
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
📺 WATCH: Video Investigation - How a Seattle protest ended in chaos
📺 WATCH: Dave Chappelle performs on June 6, 2020 in Yellow Springs, Ohio
How New York made matters worse: A Wall Street Journal investigation found that policies by state, city and hospital leaders led to grave mistakes in responding to Covid-19
THE COMMENT
“Symbols like flags and monuments matter, because what they symbolize is our vision of ourselves as a nation: the heroes, battles, movements, sacrifices and ideals we honor. So when I see multiracial crowds toppling the statues of Confederate soldiers and politicians, when I see respected military leaders arguing that Army posts should no longer bear the names of Confederate generals, when I see NASCAR banning displays of the Confederate battle flag at its races — witnessing all of this, I let hope triumph over experience and allow myself to imagine that this may indeed be a transformational moment.” - Eugene Robinson
THE STRANGEST
THE AV ROOM