Websites for Fox News, CNN, CBS News, and NBC News at 11 p.m., May 29, 2017.
Websites for Fox News, CNN, CBS News, and NBC News at 11 p.m., May 28, 2017.

It Took Two Days for Mainstream Media to Post Big Stories About Portland Attack and the Suspect, Who Is a Known White Supremacist: The incident happened on Friday afternoon—two men were killed by a man who was yelling racist slurs at two teenage girls, one of whom wore a hajib, on a Portland MAX train. The man charged with the murders, Jeremy Christian, is a known white supremacist. But mainstream news said very little about the incident on Friday, buried the story at the bottom of their pages on Saturday and much of Sunday. Only on Sunday night, did the incident (which has the appearance of white supremacist terrorism) rise to the top of their pages. And one suspects that a much-retweeted tweet by Dan Rather, the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News, had something to do with this increased coverage and a response from the White House, which was tweeted this morning.

Dan Rather to Trump: Say their names. Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best were stabbed death not by a Muslim but a man yelling at a Muslim teenager and her black American friend. The third person stabbed by the terrorist, Micah Fletcher, is a poet who won in 2013 a poetry competition with a “poem condemning Islamophobia.”

Someone At The White House Tweeted About the Incident on Monday Morning:

This Memorial Day: I will honour Rick Best, an Army veteran who was killed by a man threatening two teens, one of whom is Destinee Mangum, a black American.

Destinee Mangum told CNN: “I just want to say thank you to the people who put their life on the line for me…. Because they didn’t even know me and they lost their lives because of me and my friend and the way we look.”

21-Year-Old Man Killed by Hit-And-Run Driver in Issaquah: He was walking to a friend’s carn with friends after a party. He had no idea what hit him. It was a speeding pickup truck. It struck him with all its force, destroyed his body, and did not stop. The young man died on the spot. Witnesses believe the driver attended the party and deliberately killed their friend. KOMO reports that the mother of the dead man wants justice.

Bullets Fly In Pioneer Square: The incident happened near the entry of the Pioneer Square Station at around 11 p.m.. A fight broke out. A car sped away. But the car returned a moment later, and two people on the sidewalk fired at it. The police arrived and found 24 bullet casings on the street and sidewalk. 24! They also found a person bleeding to death in a car. This person was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where another person suffering from bullet wounds appeared and received treatment. Both are expected to survive. KOMO reports that one suspect is in custody and two are “on the loose.”

Tourists Say Seattle Is Too Expensive: My Northwest reports that a travelers survey conducted by JD Power found that people visiting Seattle just to see the city, found “lodging, parking, transportation, entertainment, and activities are too expensive.” The wonder is someone would visit our city just to see it. There is, too be honest, nothing to really see here. New York City, New Orleans, Los Angeles—these are places to see.

Trump Claims in a Tweet That Trumpcare Will Put More Money Into Healthcare: The neo-Keynesian economist and NYT columnist Paul Krugman is under the impression that Trump does not know that Trumpcare will take nearly $1 trillion out of the system. But he does know this. He knows it very well. He is just lying, and nothing more. He has lied before and he will lie again. Saying he is in a muddle only makes matters worse.

The US Considering Banning Laptops From All Incoming and Outgoing International Flights: The laptop ban, which is nothing but cruel, is currently imposed on nonstop US-bound flights from airports in 10 Muslim-majority countries. As to why international flights are more vulnerable than domestic ones—this is not explained. Also, the current ban and its possible expansion is not responding to any specific threat but a hunch.

Boeing Took $242 million From Poor People in the State of Washington And Gave It to Its Shareholders: That’s the right way of looking at it. The wrong way is found in this Seattle Times headline: “Aerospace tax incentives saved Boeing $242 million last year.”

Back In Trump Country:

Good Intention: But bad idea. Nothing is more middle class (meaning, more tiresome) than this sad business of cutting a lawn. When ever I smell freshly cut grass, it’s like hearing a box of kittens crying in pain.

What grass wants...
What a lawn wants … Charles Mudede

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...