A father and brother, athlete and mentor, and now a force for change. George Floyd is remembered at his funeral in Houston, two weeks after his death sparked a global reckoning over police brutality and racial prejudice. https://t.co/3b5CBCEKxJ

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 9, 2020

George Floyd's life celebrated at funeral, family calls for justice https://t.co/4e26pBERLO pic.twitter.com/4bnaXJuxMp

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 9, 2020

"We just saw the latest in a long line of public rituals of grieving. We have seen these funerals before… I saw grief and I also saw faith… There is the hope that George Floyd's death… will actually generate profound change" – @esglaude w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/tiNLHPFiIk

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) June 9, 2020

JUST IN: The U.S. Senate has just confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as the 22nd Air Force chief of staff.

He is the first black military service chief and only the second black officer to ever serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. https://t.co/b1P365tfcN

— ABC News (@ABC) June 9, 2020

A 22-year-old Ohio woman has died two days after she was tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed by police during a George Floyd rally in Columbus! Why are we tear-gassing peaceful protestors in America?!!!!!!https://t.co/XCyrKdaA3Y

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 9, 2020

Austin’s police budget is *40 percent* of the city’s entire general budget. https://t.co/ctjGwsdMBs

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) June 9, 2020

DC council unanimously passes sweeping police reforms in wake of George Floyd protests https://t.co/nPcgzLcohm pic.twitter.com/dNn7vZGE0C

— The Hill (@thehill) June 9, 2020

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Democrats are aiming to bring their policing reform package to the House floor for a vote in about two weeks, during the week of June 22 https://t.co/u2RPBIdndo

— CNN (@CNN) June 9, 2020

Some 60% of Americans would now boycott or buy from a brand based on its response to George Floyd's killing, pressuring companies to speak out on racism https://t.co/CWf4fzrhpM

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 9, 2020

Siri- show me a copy of Trump's reelection plan. https://t.co/aB0F53IWJG

— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) June 9, 2020

Atlanta, home to the largest Black communities in Georgia, closed 80 polling places since March.

Now, 16,000 active registered voters from five precincts have to vote at ONE polling place — and the voting machines are down.

Does this sound like a free and fair election to you? https://t.co/NksXTcSjnN

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 9, 2020

Terri Russell, 57, has bronchitis and asthma. She requested an absentee ballot, never came. When interviewed, she’d been waiting 3 hours.

“I refuse not to be heard and so I am standing in line,” she said, wearing a mask.

Voting in GA in a pandemic. https://t.co/TsIECxqtXl

— Elena Schneider (@ec_schneider) June 9, 2020

BREAKING: Georgia secretary of state launches investigation into voting issues as hours-long waits, problems with new voting machines and a lack of available ballots plague voters on Tuesday. https://t.co/5DzHIB8Qvy

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 9, 2020

For any other president, Trump's tweet would lead to a national crisis, an emergency trip to Walter Reed for a CAT scan, MRI and psych exam, and the Vice President/cabinet meeting to debate the removal of the president under 25th Amendment.

For Trump, it's just another Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/b7BgS98XOX

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) June 9, 2020

Subscribe to the Washington Post if you appreciate headlines that tell it like it is https://t.co/EfljadOgN8 pic.twitter.com/hrRm3Rq76H

— Christopher Ingraham🦗 (@_cingraham) June 9, 2020

75-year-old man shoved by Buffalo police responds to Trump tweet: "Black Lives Matter" https://t.co/hQGA2owkLV pic.twitter.com/PUTZKGIj6M

— The Hill (@thehill) June 9, 2020

Kind of unusual for the president's own chief of staff not to offer even a perfunctory defense of the president's statement. https://t.co/0QZVtjIGqZ

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 9, 2020

Irony is dead, buried, decomposed, exhumed, reburied, dug up a second time, ground to ashes, and scattered into an active volcano. https://t.co/1yDZO9AURy

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 9, 2020

A new House bill would prohibit presidents from using nuclear or strategic weapons to defuse a hurricane or "altering weather patterns."

The measure is a direct response to Trump's reported suggestion of using nuclear bombs to defuse tropical cyclones.https://t.co/m8qTH8sRXa

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 9, 2020

The Trump administration will allow Alaskan hunters to lure bears out of hibernation with donuts and shoot them https://t.co/9eGCUV3BVI

— Deborah B. Solomon (@deborah_solomon) June 9, 2020

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson to announce zoos can reopen in latest easing of lockdown https://t.co/T1LtGvtq7Q

— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 9, 2020

“The real risk for Boris Johnson’s govt now is that if he doesn’t put a plan in place, he wont be a levelling up govt he will end up being a levelling down govt”

– Fmr education sec @JustineGreening is concerned about lack of planning for children to return to school #Newsnight pic.twitter.com/fArIReHofw

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) June 9, 2020

The NHS self-built #coronavirus tracing app isn’t going very well. Not that anyone could have see that coming… 🤔 and @BorisJohnson is cross about it, report @SarahNev @helenwarrell @Laura_K_Hughes https://t.co/RZTciBBMQ3 pic.twitter.com/tbSrREXNDV

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) June 9, 2020

Welcome, but much more important are the Canary Wharf banks you can literally see in the background. How can the vast capital flows that move through be used to promote racial justice? Or wont they? Symbolism matters, but forcing structural power to change matters more. https://t.co/WLi9c7TbIv

— Matthew O'Toole (@MatthewOToole2) June 9, 2020

NI officer at forefront of black police group says there's outrage at how PSNI handled anti-racism protests https://t.co/GVFrpuSBWp pic.twitter.com/uAxACGEXLX

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) June 9, 2020

"I don't know if we have ever experienced this kind of global challenge to racism and to the consequences of slavery."

Angela Davis says anti-racism protests around the world are "a very exciting moment". pic.twitter.com/MIqZ8fFtfN

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) June 9, 2020

This tweet caught my eye today. It appears to show a popular meme expressing displeasure at the recent BLM march in London, but does it? The meme is crudely made which is unusual for memes. So where did it from?

I put on my best Nancy Drew hat and went to investigate… pic.twitter.com/iVf3YLAWKM

— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) June 8, 2020

Can we afford to do this as we're struggling to restart our economy after Coronavirus? https://t.co/s8UnCMeDdw

— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) June 9, 2020

The US trade deal Johnson seeks could change this country out of recognition – without democratic consent. My column.https://t.co/XF4P1WK3hH

— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) June 9, 2020

In your face @realDonaldTrump

https://t.co/HN03yBfNuF

— Irvine Welsh (@IrvineWelsh) June 9, 2020

Fauci warns coronavirus outbreak has further to run https://t.co/uBL9aMCMy1

— Financial Times (@FT) June 9, 2020

Two new models show that the lockdowns put in place for the coronavirus prevented millions of confirmed cases and deaths.

But, these studies warn, the virus continues to circulate — and the majority of people are still susceptible to COVID-19. https://t.co/O28LJ3uPGv

— NPR (@NPR) June 9, 2020

States that rushed to reopen are reporting record high numbers of virus cases https://t.co/XYJrWoa3GS

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 9, 2020