Trump Eliminates Plastic Water Bottle Ban in National Parks, Removes White House Bikeshare Station

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…rescinded the 2011 “Water Bottle Ban” that allowed parks to prohibit the sale of disposable plastic water bottles. That same day, news emerged that the Trump administration removed a nine-slot Capital Bikeshare station at the White House that was requested and installed during the Obama years and used by staffers.

Trump Eliminates Plastic Water Bottle Ban in National Parks, Removes White House Bikeshare Station

What assholes, these guys.

Stonewall Jackson’s grandsons: “The monuments must go.”

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While we are not ashamed of our great-great-grandfather, we are ashamed to benefit from white supremacy while our black family and friends suffer. We are ashamed of the monument.

In fact, instead of lauding Jackson’s violence, we choose to celebrate Stonewall’s sister—our great-great-grandaunt—Laura Jackson Arnold. As an adult Laura became a staunch Unionist and abolitionist. Though she and Stonewall were incredibly close through childhood, she never spoke to Stonewall after his decision to support the Confederacy. We choose to stand on the right side of history with Laura Jackson Arnold.

Stonewall Jackson’s grandsons: “The monuments must go.”

nice!

Eagles’ Chris Long supports teammate’s anthem protest

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Chris Long supported his teammate Malcolm Jenkins during a national anthem statement Thursday night.

…The Philadelphia Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins has been offering his own statement during the pregame playing of the national anthem, raising a fist to protest racial injustice. Teammate Chris Long joined Jenkins on Thursday night, placing a hand on Jenkins’ shoulder.

…“I think it’s a good time for people that look like me to be here for people that are fighting for equality,” Long said after the game.

Eagles’ Chris Long supports teammate’s anthem protest

I gotta admit, I really like it when dudes who look more like me act like this.

Seattle Seahawks’ Justin Britt joins Michael Bennett in national anthem protest

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Justin Britt, who is white, put his arm on Michael Bennett’s shoulder as Bennett sat during the national anthem on Friday night. Bennett had called for a white player to join the protest that seeks to call attention to social injustice.

Center Justin Britt, who is white, stood next to Michael Bennett with his hand on the defensive end’s shoulder.

: Seattle Seahawks’ Justin Britt joins Michael Bennett in national anthem protest

good on y both, guys!

Crews remove Baltimore’s Confederate statues overnight

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Crews removed Baltimore’s four Confederate monuments quickly and quietly in the dark of night.

…On Monday night, the City Council cited events in Charlottesville, Virginia, when it adopted a resolution calling for the immediate destruction of Confederate monuments.

The mayor said the City Charter gives her the authority to act as a matter of public safety. …Local protesters vowed on Sunday to tear down the Lee and Jackson statue if the city didn’t act. The mayor said there are more appropriate places to put the statues,

“There are Confederate cemeteries here in Maryland. There are Confederate cemeteries all across the nation where people have inquired about them.”

…The mayor suggests plaques take the place of the statues to explain what used to be there and why they were removed.

…[Mayor Pugh] said removal began around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and ended around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, and she watched the process in person. The monuments have been taken somewhere outside the city, but it was not specified where.

The mayor did not get permission from the Maryland Historical Trust to remove three of the statues; however, under the circumstances, the trust said it will work with the city to relocate the statues and restore the sites.

 

Crews remove Baltimore’s Confederate statues overnight

nicely done, Baltimore

USS Fitzgerald’s leadership removed from their duties over June collision

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The commanding officer, executive officer and senior non-commissioned officer of the USS Fitzgerald have been removed from their duties for cause amid the fallout surrounding the deadly collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a cargo ship off the coast of Japan on June 17.

USS Fitzgerald’s leadership removed from their duties over June collision – CNNPolitics

hmmm

Zim’s first family

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The sons were sent to study in Dubai, in part to prevent them from misbehaving in Harare. That ended in controversy, with some media reporting in 2016 that they were asked to leave. So they were moved again, this time to Johannesburg.

…It is a potential bolt-hole in case the Mugabes are no longer welcome in Zimbabwe. Grace is setting up her own R45‑million home in Sandhurst.

…she is not exactly a [stabilizing] influence. She burst into the headlines again this week when she was accused of assaulting Gabriella Engels, a 20-year-old model, in a hotel room rented by her sons. Grace allegedly beat Engels repeatedly with the plug on an extension cord as her bodyguards watched.

..Her reputation precedes her. There’s the lavish spending; one day in 2003 she reportedly dropped £75 000 on luxury goods during a shopping trip in Paris. There’s the obvious disconnect from the reality of everyday life; the day she donated a bag of men’s size 13 shoes to an orphanage, posing for a photograph with the orphans as their tiny feet struggled to balance in the enormous, impractical footwear.

And there’s the violence.

Zim’s disgraceful first family | News | Africa | M&G

oy….