Trump falsely accused an elderly protester of staging his violent police encounter

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( June 09, 2020 Today, Tuesday, June 9, George Floyd will be laid to rest, 15 days after Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder, knelt on his neck until he died. The United States and the world are still reeling from Floyd's death, which has laid bare the racism endemic to the criminal justice system. Police brutality has dominated protests against police brutality; Buffalo police violently threw a senior citizen to the ground at a protest last week, and President Trump still found a way to [side with police](. So did a Florida police organization, which [offered to hire]( the offending officers after they resigned. Plus, the coronavirus is making it easier for Republicans to [employ voter suppression tactics](; the Environmental Protection Agency is [failing to protect the environment](; and the White House [told a lie]( about Trump's thoughts on Mitt Romney. Hey, at least they're [toppling racist statues]( in England. —Abigail Weinberg [UC Press]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Trump Falsely Accuses an Elderly Buffalo Protester of Staging His Violent Police Encounter]( The president appears to have picked up the conspiracy theory from a far-right Russian reporter. BY INAE OH [Trending] [How the coronavirus handed the GOP new ways to squash the vote]( BY ARI BERMAN [Trump's EPA just defied a court order to immediately ban a harmful herbicide.]( BY TOM PHILPOTT [The White House says Trump was offended by Romney's 47-percent remark. That's a lie.]( BY DAVID CORN [Now they're toppling racist statues overseas.]( BY CAMILLE SQUIRES [UC Press]( [Food] [Special Feature]( [Trump's EPA Just Defied a Court Order to Immediately Ban a Harmful Herbicide]( Farmers can keep spraying the product they already had. BY TOM PHILPOTT [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( [Recharge] SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE [Trump Built a Fence Around the White House. Protesters Turned It Into a Canvas.]( The 8-foot-tall fence around the White House has been creatively repurposed by the public as a wall of memorial to Black lives lost to police violence. Designed to keep protesters at bay, the fence has become a canvas of voices—a gallery of artwork, photos, posters, and letters of remembrance and petition for police reform. Art and activism have a long intersecting history in the United States, explored in Scott Saul’s [Freedom Is, Freedom Ain’t](, James Edward Smethurst’s [The Black Arts Movement](, and countless other books and portraits. See the images [here](, [here](, and [here](. Thanks to my colleague [Grace Molteni]( for the tip. Bonus boost: On the brink of closure, a Florida cafe was saved by a patron who gave $40,000 to the owner to keep it open and feed hospital workers. The donor handed him envelopes of money and [ordered]( 100 sandwiches to be sent each day to a hospital across the street. And did it anonymously. Have a story tip? Email [recharge@](mailto:recharge@motherjones.com)[motherjones.com](mailto:recharge@motherjones.com), and browse the blog at [www.motherjones.com/recharge](. —Daniel King Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755