The tall metal fence barring access to the White House is back up on the Fourth of July.
But the crowd-sourced artwork honoring black lives lost at the hands of police went back up just as fast. In time for Independence Day, the memorial wall has returned: pic.twitter.com/MrH5Spg5Jy
— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) July 4, 2020
Side note: For all of you, “Slavery was just in the South” folks. No. It was in all 13 of the original colonies.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) July 4, 2020
NEW: In Trump’s new version of American carnage, the threat isn’t immigrants or foreign nations. It’s other Americans.https://t.co/nGdPK0RnIh
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) July 4, 2020
He should be careful wishing for the defeat of people who have absolutely no clue what they are doing.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 4, 2020
How Donald Trump's mistakes became Joe Biden's big breaks https://t.co/BuX53e8NBv
— TIME (@TIME) July 4, 2020
— Brown Eyed Susan (@smc429) July 4, 2020
Will they be going to Moscow on the 4th of July again this year?
— Stop the Trump/Putin/GOP fascist cult (@we_are_toast) July 1, 2020
NEW from @TexasTribune: Texas reports 7,890 people hospitalized with the #coronavirus — another record high #txlege https://t.co/eRRwE7F2om
— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) July 4, 2020
The irony: Mexicans increasingly are looking to Trump's wall to protect themselves from Trump's coronavirus irresponsibility. https://t.co/1alobb5qCo
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) July 4, 2020
Florida man speaks with The Grim Reaper on the beach down south.
He tells Reaper that Joe and Hunter Biden went to China and brought the coronavirus back with them to the United States.
Can’t recall where he heard it. We may be doomed…pic.twitter.com/Wf1Tgfdw6a
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 4, 2020
Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases on Independence Day, shattering its record for daily reported cases in the state since the pandemic began. https://t.co/cixkxAx37L
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2020
As the state continues to shatter records for coronavirus cases amid the reopening of the economy, hospitals in Florida — like Jackson Memorial — are seeing a rise in hospitalizations. https://t.co/j2q7rZnfSa
— ABC News (@ABC) July 4, 2020
How about here? pic.twitter.com/n9stWCYY36
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) July 4, 2020
pretty sparse crowd out here at this gun weirdo event outside the capitol in richmond. the speaker just cheekily asked how many people here are racists, expecting everyone to say none, and three guys in skull masks gave a hitler salute. pic.twitter.com/HviBVYtz0C
— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) July 4, 2020
Jeffrey Kofman – "Boris Johnson should be very grateful that Donald Trump is in office because if Trump weren't, Johnson would be a candidate for the most incompetent leader in the western world…. "#DatelineLondon pic.twitter.com/LlL4I6MTLg
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) July 4, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Revellers pack a street outside bars in the #Soho area of #London
📷 @JustinTallis pic.twitter.com/aWnBVC3yIz
— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 4, 2020
Sunday People: "Boozing for Britain" #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday (via @BBCHelena) pic.twitter.com/30vEN0nYch
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) July 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/ThatTimWalker/status/1279526922796572684
The government want us to get angry at these people, not at their failure on testing or track and trace and all the other failures that have led to 60000 deaths and that would have made this safe.
They want us to blame people not them but this is on them. pic.twitter.com/JbMjieUfIf— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 4, 2020
Boris Johnson's father defends trip to Greece https://t.co/qmotNWMqLG
— The Independent (@Independent) July 4, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell will “never” offer any information about the Duke of York as part of a plea deal https://t.co/ieoVvMml1S
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 4, 2020
Nigel Farage pub trip raised with Kent Police https://t.co/15gzgn5fNM
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) July 4, 2020
All bow down before the master. None of you can top this. pic.twitter.com/ZRNTqaAegZ
— Chris Terry (@CJTerry) July 4, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
US Moves To Seize Iran Petroleum On New Tanker Group Bound For Venezuela https://t.co/bpPJqG5qNS
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 4, 2020
Oh Canada! https://t.co/Xytja8QJV2
— Hawk "That Social Distancing" Guy (@iowhawk) July 4, 2020
What if aviation doesn't bounce back from covid-19? A potential scenario for the future based on the history of the past few monthshttps://t.co/QXtrC6dImo
— Charles Read (@EconCharlesRead) July 4, 2020
and…
I acknowledge that I am not a great historian of the US, but this was news to me: Statue of Liberty originally created to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants. https://t.co/zbJDRfXvVb
— Scott Kupor (@skupor) July 4, 2020