Sunday, June 13, 2021

And another day of NV making it easier to cast ballots, the Trump DOJ seeking records from Apple, Israel getting a new prime minister, employers sweeping change under the rug, and AZ resuming executions after a seven-year hiatus comes to a close:

“The strongest argument against the status quo is the status quo itself.” -- Sarah Kendzior

Deaths

US: 615,053 (+98)

World: 3,819,300 (+8786)

Cases

US: 34,321,158 (+5285)

World: 176,713,470 (+313,154)

Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday held a ceremonial signing of a handful of bills designed to make casting ballots easier in Nevada, marking a deviation from other states where lawmakers have passed more restrictive voting laws. — Wow, these are good. Way to go Nevada.

Apple informed former White House counsel Don McGahn and wife that their records were sought by DOJ in 2018. Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife received disclosures from Apple last month that their account records were sought by the Justice Department in February 2018, while McGahn was still the top lawyer representing the presidency, according to a person familiar.

Israel's new prime minister is sworn in, ending Netanyahu's 12-year grip on power.

Judge rules in favor of a Houston hospital requiring employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

GOP governors move to ban mask mandates in schools. While there are some differences between the policies in each state, they all point to the same debate at the heart of efforts to return to in-person instruction: Who gets to decide whether to mandate masks in schools -- state politicians or local school officials?

The pandemic upended how nearly all Americans worked. Now that the country's opening back up again, employers want to sweep all that change under the rug. — Don’t let them.

Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions. With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to ban consideration of race in college admissions.

As it aims to resume executions after a seven-year hiatus, Arizona has refurbished its gas chamber, where the nation's last lethal-gas execution was carried out more than two decades ago before the United States rejected the brutal nature of the deaths.

Denmark’s Eriksen ‘was gone’ before being resuscitated: Doctor.

RIP Ned Beaty. He was 83.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.