On the anniversary of the last day of slavery in America, here are some things going on:
From National Review, conservatives shouldn't be invested in monuments to Confederate leaders.
From FrontpageMag, why we won't have another civil war, but something even more worrying could happen.
From Townhall, liberals love the police as long as they enforce laws that liberals agree with.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the tragicomedy currently going on in Seattle. (To my surprise, my spellchecker has no problem with "tragicomedy".)
From the Washington Examiner, protesters in Portland, Oregon pull down a statue of George Washington.
From The Federalist, the Supreme Court's decision on DACA applies different standards to different presidents.
From American Thinker, people other than black Americans have experienced discrimination, says a writer named Karen.
From CNS News, Dr. Alveda King hopes that "little babies in the womb" will have a Juneteenth.
From LifeZette, congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) points out to former congresscritter Bob O'Rourke that some people in Texas have to work. (Since the very Irish Mr. O'Rourke, as far as I can tell, is no more Hispanic than my Slavic self, I refuse to call him by the Spanish nickname "Beto".)
From NewsBusters, the original anthem kneeler gets a new forum.
From Canada Free Press, Black Lives Matter is not too different from another notorious organization. (The author is the same person who wrote the CFP article I cited yesterday, and whom I met while visiting California.)
From CBC News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is "disappointed" that China has charged two Canadians with espionage.
From Global News, two coronavirus outbreaks are found in nursing homes in the region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
From CTV News, a man in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is charged with being involved in the theft of hundreds of automotive catalytic converters.
From TeleSUR, the Association of Caribbean States will discuss how to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and its economic effects.
From Morocco World News, Jordan reaffirms its support for Morocco's claim to Western Sahara.
From Hürriyet Daily News, not wearing a face mask in public in Istanbul, Turkey is gonna cost ya.
From Turkish Minute, a roadside bomb planted by PKK terrorists kills four workers in southeastern Turkey.
From Rûdaw, a coronavirus-related ban on motor vehicles results in booming bicycle sales in Erbil, Iraq.
From Panorama, the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction resumes hearing a motion on arresting Armenian opposition politician Gagik Tsarukyan. (via The Armenian Reporter)
From In-Cyprus, a district court in Famagusta, Cyprus sentences gives a man a two-year sentence for smuggling migrants into the country.
From The Syrian Observer, Turkish border guards kill a child and wound his mother as they attempt to enter Turkey from Syria.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli protesters in favor of sovereignty plan a tent vigil in front of the prime minister's office.
From The Times Of Israel, according to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Iran's nuclear violations are a threat to Israel and global stability.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's National Labor Court rules against extending the country's school year.
From YNetNews, for the first time since April, Israel reports over 300 new cases of the coronavirus in a single day.
From the Egypt Independent, the drug remdesiver, used to treat coronavirus patients, will be manufactured in Egypt.
From Egypt Today, the Egyptian minister of tourism and antiquities reopens the Hurghada Museum.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopians accuse the U.S. government of having a dam bias.
From the Saudi Gazette, according to Sports Minister Prince Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian women's participation in sports has risen 149 percent since 2015.
From The New Arab, according to Human Rights Watch, the coalition led by Saudi Arabia is still killing children in Yemen.
From Radio Farda, a fugitive former Iranian judge is found dead in Bucharest, Romania.
From IranWire, an Iranian-born Afghan migrant protests the harsh treatment given his father by setting himself on fire.
From Dawn, two Pakistani Rangers officials and a civilian are killed in three attacks in the cities of Ghotki, Karachi and Larkana.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan and Afghanistan will reopen a "key" trade route on June 22nd.
From Pakistan Today, Pakistani legislators demand more spending on economic development.
From Khaama Press, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement stands against authoritarianism.
From The Hans India, according to former Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government was "fast asleep" during China's recent attack.
From the Hindustan Times, according to Modi, Indian troops taught Chinese troops a lesson.
From ANI, according to Maharashtra state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, India's desire for peace should not be mistaken for weakness.
From India Today, Modi denies that Chinese troops were able to cross the Line of Actual Control into the Indian territory of Ladakh.
From the Dhaka Tribune, according to a Bangladeshi professor, the number of asymptomatic coronavirus cases in the country can't be determined without proper surveys.
From the Daily Mirror, the United States Agency for International Development provides $102,310 worth of medical equipment to Sri Lanka's ministry of health.
From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy arrests two smugglers allegedly carrying 58 kilos of Kerala cannabis.
From Maldives Insider, more than 1,300 German travel agents an e-learning course on tourism in the Maldive Islands.
From Herald Malaysia, a Catholic priest remembers his Muslim father.
From the Philippine News Agency, an Abu Sayyaf "imam" and two others surrender to government personnel in the Philippine province of Sulu. (The PNA is a government website.)
From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signs a controversial mining law.
From The Straits Times, what is the European strain of the coronavirus?
From the Borneo Post, swimming pools and watersports centers in Malaysia will be allowed to reopen on June 25th.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia outlines its standard operating procedures for kindergartens and preschools, under which parents are not allowed to enter classrooms.
From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and Japan agree on a gradual easing of travel restrictions between them.
From The Mainichi, Tokyo lifts coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses.
From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinians whom no one talks about.
From The Stream, no one gets to tell me what I must or must not say.
From The Daily Signal, riots are not protests.
From the Daily Caller, CNN puts a fence around their headquarters in Atlanta.
From Gateway Pundit, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream joins the "defund the police" movement.
From BizPac Review, a principal in Vermont is placed on administrative leave for mildly criticizing BLM.
From Breitbart, the Church of England apologizes for its ties to slavery - again.
From the New York Post, protesters at the apartment of New York Education Chancellor Richard Carranza demand the removal of the NYPD from the city's schools.
And from Twitchy, parody account Sean Spicier "kicks a hornet's nest" with his Tweets.
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