MONDAY, JUNE 15 This brutally American week of politics, racism, and deadly gun violence kicked off in upstate New York, where earlier this month convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat went missing from the Clinton Correctional Facility, instigating a $1-million-a-day manhunt that continued throughout this week and beyond. While the killers remain at large, today their alleged accomplice appeared in court. As Reuters reported, 51-year-old prison employee Joyce Mitchell stands accused of providing Matt and Sweat with chisels and hacksaws to aid their escape, as well as agreeing to drive a getaway car (a task the wary Mitchell ultimately flaked out on, leaving the escapees to their ongoing escape-by-foot). On Wednesday, the plot will thicken with allegations that Mitchell and the convicts discussed a murder-for-hire plot targeting Mitchell’s husband. “She has pleaded not guilty,” reported Reuters. “If convicted, she faces up to eight years in prison.”
TUESDAY, JUNE 16 The week continued with the sprouting of gross new bacteria in the political petri dish that is the field of nominees for the Republican presidential nomination…
