'Comes The Revolution' Wrangle

Don't you know
They're talkin' about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
While they're standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

We tried to have a peaceful political revolution and y’all called us “divisive.” What happens next is 100% your fault. pic.twitter.com/ujNlnV396M

— Ryan Knight 🌹 (@ProudSocialist) May 29, 2020

You say you want a revolution

Well, you know

We all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolution

Well, you know

We all want to change the world

Several hundred people marched in a #BlackLivesMatter demonstration in downtown Houston, joining national outrage about the death of #GeorgeFloyd with chants of “I can’t breathe” as they trekked from Discovery Green to City Hall.https://t.co/3tsP34TXJg https://t.co/jPKhaUfd85

— Ashleigh R. Wilson (@A1News_) May 29, 2020

Don't you know
They're talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

Dont let them tell you it was peaceful in Downtown Houston #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #FakeNews

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— Alan Fisher (@AlanFisherV2) May 30, 2020

I love my city #Houstonprotest #downtownhouston pic.twitter.com/OoNYk9BRLg

— danielle (@danielleebuenoo) May 30, 2020

Scenes from today’s George Floyd protest here in Houston, Texas.
(May 29, 2020)#BlackLivesMatters #JusticeForGeorgeFlyod pic.twitter.com/gX8ggN0nxw

— Nathan San Miguel™ (@NateTheGreat713) May 29, 2020

Guy doing bike tricks on front of police line on protester-blocked I-35 is the most Austin thing today. pic.twitter.com/6h5m4mSnN8

— John Bridges (@JohnBridges) May 30, 2020

But when you talk about destruction

Don't you know that you can count me out

Don't you know it's gonna be

All right, all right, all right

March has begun in #downtowndallas #Dallas #DallasTX Crowds continue to gather. HEAVY police presence. Be safe everyone! #GeorgeFloyd #JusticeForGeorgeFlyod #JusticeforAhmaudArbery #protests #DallasProtests #BeSafe #DallasTexas pic.twitter.com/Je3pBeP6dp

— MiaⓋC (@Mia09195409) May 30, 2020

On to the Texas Capitol #austinprotest pic.twitter.com/MyrliFlwOG

— David A. 🇲🇽🌹 (@davidjoe24) May 30, 2020

Chants of George Floyd at Dallas City Hall. #GeorgeFloydprotest pic.twitter.com/gLdjLAmj3u

— Vernon Bryant (@vernonbryant) May 30, 2020

Covering the Austin protest. Officers retreat after the crowd overwhelms them. #BlacklivesMatter #AustinTx #austinprotest #GeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloydRiots #riots2020 pic.twitter.com/1txpWtPpN7

— Ian (@IanMwilling) May 30, 2020

Peaceful protest against police brutality upended by looting, tear gas in downtown San Antonio https://t.co/gjHA6lodR9 #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #SATX

— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) May 31, 2020

Protests against police brutality spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis are happening across the nation this weekend.

Watch what Texas journalists saw at protests in Houston, Dallas, Killeen and Austin:https://t.co/A2YLcEGMBA pic.twitter.com/Lgt18WvHXQ

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 31, 2020

Protestors in Austin make their way down Cesar Chavez. @KVUE #AustinProtests pic.twitter.com/q6ioIrnElg

— Kristie Gonzales KVUE (@GonzalesKristie) May 31, 2020

Moments ago.#Austin #Texas #AustinProtest #AustinProtests #AustinTX #Protests2020 #Protest #Protests #Protestors pic.twitter.com/WWRxoAYjat

— Will Roman (@willroman) May 31, 2020

Photo by Joseph Cote #austinprotests #austinprotest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/9zsxRcGchy

— Astra Cristos ૐ☮☯ (@astracristos) May 31, 2020

2 am, bars were closing

Heard the news on channel 4

and The TV anchor tried to say

What she thought really happened today

But words are dangerous like the gun

Takes away a mother's son

A lot of people have had enough

Just waiting for this time to come

Ohhh, gonna be a riot

Ohhh, gonna be a riot in the streets tonight

Gonna be a riot in the streets tonight

Gonna be a riot in the streets tonight

Gonna be a riot tonight

Scenes from today where several hundred people took to the streets in the protest’s third day to condemn the Austin and Minnesota police departments in the deaths of #GeorgeFloyd and #MichaelRamos. @statesman #AustinProtests pic.twitter.com/KGTSJrPsEl

— Brontë Wittpenn (@BronteWittpenn) May 31, 2020

#AustinProtests pic.twitter.com/Uu9cLg5FI9

— Ultra8201 (@ultra8201) May 31, 2020

More Wrangling on the way.

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Race for the White House Update: The revolution gets televised

-- And the teevee reporters get arrested.

Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis https://t.co/IY0H1Lc77E pic.twitter.com/s9XmwVfabP

— New Day (@NewDay) May 29, 2020

-- And quickly released after a phone call from CNN's Jeff Zucker to MN Gov. Tim Walz.

-- Meanwhile, Trump is losing what little remains of his sanity over Twitter tagging his lies and celebrating threats of violence.  Someone surely told him that his executive order does not trump (pun intended) the First Amendment, but when did he ever care about the Constitution?

Jeez, it's too bad the Democrats can't impeach him.

-- That brings us to Joe (and Bernie, briefly).

Hey .@BernieSanders here’s that revolution you were talking about. Where are you?

— No Justice - No Peace (@pinkladyfoxx) May 29, 2020

Imagine thinking Joe Biden is going to solve any of this.

— Jack Califano (@jackcalifano) May 29, 2020

Yes, this a difficult moment for the nation, in a variety of the most understated ways.

Joe Biden has done only a tiny number of interviews since going into his bunker 2 months ago. In one of those he wildly insulted black people & in the other he audibly farted.

...This campaign is gonna go great.

— Lee Camp [Redacted] (@LeeCamp) May 28, 2020

Did you miss the farting episode?

Joe Biden might have just shit his pants on a livestream pic.twitter.com/iFmM4oqFH2

— Piney McKnuckle (@PineyMcknuckle) May 27, 2020

I should probably put my resources into more important stories.

40M+ lost their jobs, and Joe Biden doesn't support monthly UBI payments.

100K+ dead, and Joe Biden doesn't support Medicare For All.

If Joe Biden isn't adopting these progressive policies during a national crisis, why do you think he'll adopt them once the crisis is over?

— Jackson (@Jacksonlzz) May 28, 2020

Young voters overwhelmingly support the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-all, student debt forgiveness, and an end to imperialism.

Biden thinks they can be won with a "young professionals finance council," featuring an online discussion moderated by Symone Sanders and Pete Buttigieg

— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) May 27, 2020

What is the Democratic Party plan to address structural racism?

— Carl Nyberg (@CarlNyberg312) May 28, 2020

Trump Could Be “Reelected” Even If He Loses The Electoral College https://t.co/LWpTfjA77G

— Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) May 27, 2020

-- Enough of those pesky questions for now.  What's happening in the veepstakes?

As chief prosecutor, Klobuchar declined to bring charges against cop that killed George Floyd https://t.co/qDH3u9zXo8

— Forever in debt to your priceless advice. (@PDiddie) May 27, 2020

Uh oh. That's not good.

BREAKING: Nevada @SenCortezMasto has decided to withdraw her name from consideration to be @JoeBiden's pick for vice president. 1/

— Steve Sebelius (@SteveSebelius) May 28, 2020

Probably means about as much as a 75-1 longshot dropping out before Derby Day.

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— MSDNC - Commentary & Satire (@MSDNCNews) May 26, 2020

Tough week for everybody.  It may get a little better next week, as Texas Democrats host Biden and nearly all of his former contending rivals at their virtual convention.  I'll have a post on that shortly.