U.S. G.D.P. Fell 9.5 Percent NYTimes
Economic output fell at its fastest pace on record last spring … The collapse was unprecedented in its speed and breathtaking in its severity. The only possible comparisons in modern American history came during the Great Depression and the demobilization after World War II
Trump floats delaying November election Axios
A former Border Patrol agent describes the special federal unit deployed in Portland as one of ‘the most violent and racist in all law enforcement’ Business Insider
NYPD admits it’s used unmarked vehicles to apprehend suspects for “decades” after “disturbing” video Salon
Think federal cops in Portland are scary? Cops use ‘jump-out boys’ all the time Brandon Soderberg and Baynard Woods
How the Electoral College Is Tied to Slavery and the Three-Fifths Compromise Teen Vogue
Coronavirus
Pandemic Advice Ignored by Trump Helps Vietnam Fight Virus Bloomberg
Jobs
Almost 30 Million in U.S. Didn’t Have Enough to Eat Last Week Bloomberg
Bye, boomer: the coming cull of workers over 50 MarketWatch
State and local governments have lost 1.5 million jobs since February Economic Policy Institute
Boeing Plans Deeper Job, Production Cuts Wall Street Journal
Honda Requiring Office Workers To Build Cars At Ohio Assembly Plant MSN
Trump halts daily briefing amid questions about support for ‘alien DNA’ doctor – video Guardian
China
Trade and tensions between the U.S. and China Vijay Prashad
The Donald Trump administration uses every mechanism to cut China out of the global supply chain, but nothing seems to be working as a resolute China is unwilling to back down and dismantle its technological gains
American “Revolution”: The “Black Hole” of American Electioneering and the Lessons China Must Draw Tu Zhuxi
Breaking down the BBC’s visit to Hotan, Xinjiang Sun Feiyang
Joe Biden just issued a statement calling for the arrest of anarchists, simply for BEING anarchists, which is very explicitly not illegal.
It should also be noted that Biden and Trump have now joined together in openly calling for the political persecution of the same people. https://t.co/kwXRpYoDDI
— Lee J. Carter (@carterforva) July 28, 2020
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