The Erickson Report for August 7 to 20

The Erickson Report for August 7 to 20

This week:

- Keep your "thoughts and prayers."
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/08/04/republican-officials-point-to-video-games-after-el-paso-mass-shooting/23787110/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-governor-greg-abbott-gun-rights-advocate-el-paso-mental-health_n_5d460b30e4b0ca604e330770
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/08/04/after-pair-of-mass-shootings-trump-remains-out-of-sight/23787109/
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/08/04/trump-calls-mass-shootings-a-mental-illness-problem/23787308/
https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/1157784971089731587
https://whoviating.blogspot.com/2018/06/

- Five Things Noted in Passing
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/emmett-till-bulletproof-memorial_n_5d3b50b7e4b0c31569eaa983
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/30/joyful-act-resistance-pink-seesaws-installed-border-fence
https://www.commondreams.org/further/2019/07/30/seesaw-border-because-what-goes-goes-down
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https://www.businessinsider.com/us-icebreaker-polar-star-damaged-on-trip-to-antarctica-2019-1
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-02/antarctica-polar-star-icebreaker
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https://theintercept.com/2019/07/31/us-citizenship-status-denaturalization-case/
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/28/1619921/-No-surprise-States-with-the-most-guns-have-highest-rates-of-domestic-violence-gun-deaths

- Heroes and Villains: Olga Misik and Vladimir Putin
https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/02/muscovites-vow-to-protest-again-despite-police-detentions
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/03/747866890/moscow-police-detain-hundreds-at-latest-election-related-protest
https://www.commondreams.org/further/2019/08/01/we-are-here-peaceful-purposesbut-they-are-not

- Following Up: school lunches
https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snaps-broad-based-categorical-eligibility-supports-working-families-and
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-plan-failed-note-it-could-jeopardize-free-school-lunches-n1035281
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/29/1875152/-500-000-kids-will-lose-free-school-lunch-under-Trump-administration-plan

- A Longer Look: BDS and Israel
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/07/24/right-boycott-under-attack-some-members-congress-are-pushing-back
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/25/progressive-except-palestine-khanna-and-pressley-draw-fire-over-vote-condemning
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/25/sniping-innocent-protesters-however-still-fine-israeli-snipers-now-being-trained
https://www.btselem.org/
https://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20190724_military_admits_to_killing_protestors_for_no_reason
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/22/ethnic-cleansing-impunity-israel-denounced-demolishing-dozens-palestinian-homes
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/israeli-forces-prepare-demolish-100-palestinian-homes-190722032443910.html
https://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/03/1975-defending-my-charge-that-benjamin.html

- Two Weeks of Stupid [the Clowns]
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-21/susan-collins-faces-re-election-as-standing-erodes-in-trump-era
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/25/1874405/-Susan-Collins-is-having-another-pity-party-over-being-held-accountable-for-her-votes
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/politics/ratcliffe-director-intelligence-community-trump/index.html
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Did-Special-Counsel-Robert-Mueller-break-rules-14276252.php
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1155580140392501248
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https://www.mediamatters.org/legacy/new-bureau-land-management-head-complained-federal-employees-arent-held-personally
https://www.mediamatters.org/legacy/senior-bureau-land-management-official-right-wing-pundit-who-has-said-climate-change-isnt?redirect_source=/blog/2019/07/17/senior-bureau-land-management-official-right-wing-pundit-who-has-said-climate-change-isn-t-real-and/224235
https://www.mediamatters.org/legacy/bureau-land-management-senior-official-william-perry-pendley-feds-should-sell-public-land
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-thoughts-and-prayers_n_5d489692e4b0244052dfc493

- Two Weeks of Stupid [the Outrages]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-department-plans-to-restart-capital-punishment-after-long-hiatus/2019/07/25/f2cc6402-aee5-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-government-resume-capital-punishment-after-nearly-two-decade-lapse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/30/new-hampshire-death-penalty-abolished-state-senate-governor
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/25/amnesty-international-response-us-government-decision-resume-federal-executions
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198565