- 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
GOP Considers Its Own Proposals for Police Overhaul “Congressional Republicans are crafting proposals to respond to the killing of George Floyd in police custody and the ensuing protests, marking a shift in the party’s stance on regulating police practices and raising the prospect of collaboration with Democrats.” - WSJ
Fed Debates How to Set Policy for the Post-Pandemic Economy “Federal Reserve officials could take preliminary steps to explain how they will provide more support to the economy now that interest rates are pinned near zero.” - WSJ
Brazil Rattled by Talk of Military Action to Bolster Bolsonaro “As coronavirus deaths surge in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro is using the threat of military intervention to protect his grip on power.” - NY Times
Coronavirus hospitalizations rise sharply in several states “The spikes generally began in the past couple of weeks — after Memorial Day — and are trending higher in most of the affected states.” - NY Times
GOP expects to move its convention from N.C. after dispute over pandemic safeguards “Republican leaders tentatively plan to hold the event in Jacksonville, Fla., according to three people briefed on the plans.” - WaPo
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
NPR has reviewed court documents of 51 individuals facing federal charges in connection with the unrest. As of Tuesday morning, none is alleged to have links to the antifa movement.
People who have never placed bets in the market before, many of them younger than 30, are trading distressed companies like Hertz with hopes for huge profits.
THE COMMENT
“The week that Floyd was killed in front of our eyes, America had already been shaken by the viral video of Amy Cooper, a white woman in New York City, viciously threatening to make a false report to the police about bird-watcher Christian Cooper. “I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life,” she warns him. Calling the police on a black person can mean a death sentence. In the video, Cooper weaponized her whiteness in a way that mirrored the sadistic chain of events that led to Emmett Till’s gruesome lynching in Mississippi. A white woman falsely accused the 14-year-old Till of whistling at her;Till was kidnapped, tortured and killed. His attackers then threw his body into the Tallahatchie River.” - Karen Attiah
THE STRANGEST
THE AV ROOM