June 10th, 2020

HBO Max has temporarily removed “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South... On Tuesday, the Paramount Network dropped the long-running reality series “Cops” after 33 seasons. The BBC also removed episodes of “Little Britain,” a comedy series that featured a character in blackface, from its streaming service.

'Gone With The Wind' supporting actress Hattie McDaniel was the first black actress to be nominated or win an Oscar.

The telephone poll surveyed the views of 1,309 Americans, including 454 Democrats, 331 Republicans, and 524 independents. The results indicated that, while 43 percent of participants said abortion should be “generally available,” 55 percent said the procedure should be restricted or completely banned, including 31 percent who said it should be “available but under limits,” and 24 percent who said it “should not be permitted” at all.

It faulted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and “Team Telecom” - an informal group comprised of officials from the Justice, Homeland Security, and Defense Departments - in their oversight of China Telecom (Americas) Corp 728.HK, China Unicom (Americas) (0762.HK), and Pacific Networks Corp, which all received FCC approval for U.S. operations about two decades ago.

The New York Post reports there were 13 murders from Monday, June 1, 2020, to Sunday night, June 7, 2020. There were five murders during that same time period in 2019. Moreover, there were 40 shootings in NYC from June 1 to June 7, 2020. In 2019 “there were 24 shootings.”

"As a Black woman, I am also struggling to make meaning in our world today, but your humanity gives me hope — your energy, your education, your truth, and your purpose," Hicks wrote in the conclusion of the email. "This loving refrain from Assata Shakur still rings true as I shelter-in-place: 'It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.'"

Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, is on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list. She was a member of the Black Liberation Army, who partnered with the Weather Underground to commit acts of domestic terrorism. While serving a life sentence for murder, she escaped prison in 1979 and resurfaced in Cuba where she was granted political asylum.

The mayor said that the city proposal calls for the Big Apple to “name streets in each borough, and to paint the words on the streets of this city in each borough at a crucial location, one of which will be here near City Hall.”

Hundreds of protesters, aided by a sympathetic City Council member, stormed Seattle's City Hall Tuesday night to demand the mayor's resignation, just days after seizing a six-block downtown zone that includes a shuttered police precinct.

Results from yesterdays GA primary:

• 698,895 Trump votes
• 662,763 all dem candidate votes
• 37,142 vote difference

Way too close. This just sets the margin needed to cheat for the win. Will the silent majority step up?

The details of the arrangement are reportedly still in flux and RNC aides are ‘scrambling’ to determine whether the northern Florida city has enough hotel rooms to accommodate the quadrennial event, which typically kicks off the final stretch of the presidential campaign.

About 1,000 protesters gathered at Byrd Park in Richmond where they used ropes to topple the statue of the Italian explorer... Protesters surrounded that statue, which was festooned with graffiti. One held a sign that said: “Columbus represents genocide.”

In a blog post, NASA JPL notes Odyssey took three new views of the 16-mile wide Phobos this past winter and spring. The new pictures show that heat distribution across the moon's surface varies in different conditions, which could give researchers new insight into what comprises Phobos.