Remembering the Greatest Generation:

77 years ago today, brave souls led the D-Day invasion by running into a hail of machine-gun fire.

Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:

The alleged Fauci ‘smoking gun’ emails

Trump and Allies Try to Rewrite History of Pandemic

Donald Trump and his Republican allies have spent the past few weeks trying to rewrite or distort the history of the pandemic, attempting with renewed vigor to villainize Anthony Fauci while lionizing the former president for what they portray as heroic foresight and underappreciated efforts to combat the deadly virus

College towns felt ignored by universities and resented the students. Then COVID-19 hit.

Fake Covid-19 Vaccines Pose New Threat in Africa

Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, and Debt:

El Salvador 🇸🇻 to become the first country in the world to hold #Bitcoin on its balance sheet.

— Documenting Bitcoin 📄 (@DocumentingBTC) June 5, 2021

Cyberattack on food supply followed years of warnings

G-7 nations reach historic deal on global tax reform

How Inequality Distorts Economics

The growing global concentration of wealth has made basic data on household savings, the trade deficit, and overseas assets increasingly unreliable.

Politics:

McGahn Tells How Trump Undermined Mueller

Former White House counsel Donald McGah detailed for the House Judiciary Committee on Friday how former president Donald Trump attempted to stymie a federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — bombshell revelations that might once have fueled additional impeachment charges.

Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records

The Justice Department said Saturday that it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations, a policy shift that abandons a practice decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.
The reversal follows a pledge last month by President Joe Biden, who had said it was “simply, simply wrong” to seize journalists’ records and that he would not permit the Justice Department to continue the practice. Though Biden’s comments in an interview were not immediately accompanied by any change in policy, a pair of statements from the White House and Justice Department on Saturday signaled an official turnabout from an investigative tactic that has persisted for years.

Obama Once Compared Trump to O.J. Simpson

“Trump is for a lot of white people what O.J.’s acquittal was to a lot of Black folks—you know it’s wrong, but it feels good.”

Microsoft says error caused 'Tank Man' Bing censorship. People still use Bing?

How the Military Should Deal With Its Michael Flynn Problem

A retired three-star general and former national security adviser supporting a military coup is reckless and disgraceful. Is it also illegal?

Arizona’s Horrifying Plan to Bring Back the Gas Chamber

The plan to add death by hydrogen cyanide, the same gas (also known as Zyklon B) used by the Nazis at Auschwitz…

Serendipity:

Cargill Backs Cow Masks to Trap Methane Burps

^{Badge thanks to @arcange}

^{Meme credit: thecryptofaerie (source)}