And another day of rises in infections, ‘A different America,’ ‘Pure insanity,’ GOP fear mongering, an AL GOP lawmaker botches explaining CRT, a Juneteenth holiday, sexist science, and human reproduction on Mars comes to a close:
“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” -- Dwight Eisenhower
Deaths
US: 615,717 (+485)
World: 3,838,375 (+10,627)
Cases
US: 34,352,185 (+16,946)
World: 177,408618 (+380,964)
Eight states see rise in new COVID-19 infections. Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Missouri, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Wyoming have all seen cases rise in the past two weeks, John Hopkins reported.
A different America: how Republicans hold near total control in 23 US states. In 23 US states, Republicans hold the governorship and the legislature, giving the party near total control to advance its policies. This year, Republicans have used that power to aggressively push their conservative social agenda – taking aim at abortion access, transgender rights and gun safety, as well as voting laws…Republican legislators’ focus on social issues marks a shift from previous decades, when the party was more concentrated on economic priorities like small government and fiscal responsibility…”The base is more interested in culture than they are in economics right now, and that’s what the state legislatures are responding to.”
Trump Pressed The Justice Department To Reverse The Election Results, Documents Show. The 232 pages of documents detail the unprecedented pressure campaign Trump, along with his chief of staff and other allies, conducted to get senior officials at the Justice Department to challenge the results of the election in the face of Trump's loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
‘Pure insanity’: emails reveal Trump push to overturn election defeat.
Rep. Steve Scalise is a fear mongering liar. To be clear: What he is talking about does not happen.
Whitmire: Alabama lawmaker wants to ban critical race theory, so I asked him what it is. -- It didn’t go well.
The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
Hungary passes law banning 'promotion' of homosexuality to minors. The law is the latest in a series of measures under right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government it says are aimed at fighting paedophilia and protecting children.
Climate change is making Rocky Mountain forests more flammable now than at any time in the past 2,000 years.
The sexist science behind the rise of single-sex public schools. The stereotype of girls as naturally industrious homework-doers and boys as misunderstood rebels is a convenient frame to explain some boys’ lackluster academic performance. Just one problem: Overwhelming evidence shows that our cultural expectations of gender play at least as much of a role as supposedly hardwired differences in how boys and girls learn. While some studies from a few years ago showed girls surpassing boys academically, more recent research suggests that these findings are far from universal: The gender gap in academic achievement varies enormously by race, class, and geographic location. And even where girls do have an edge in school, the reason may not be biological: Cutting-edge neuroscience has cast doubt on the idea of consistent and meaningful brain differences between girls and boys, and education researchers have found that sex-differentiated teaching doesn’t guarantee academic progress. Rather, our preconceptions about how girls and boys learn and behave are influencing their school experiences and reinforcing gender stereotypes. And most troubling: Neurological research suggests that these stereotypes may actually be shaping students’ brains.
FBI, BBB: Don't share senior high school photos on social media. The FBI and BBB warn posting a senior year photo and the name of the school is an easy way for scammers to learn the answer to a common password retrieval question.
Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new year-long ban on importing dogs from over 100 countries after a nationwide spike in rabies.
Denmark's Christian Eriksen says he is 'fine' after on-field cardiac arrest. In his first public comments since the incident, Eriksen posted a selfie to Instagram from a hospital bed Tuesday, thanking everyone for the “sweet and amazing greetings and messages from all around the world.” “Now, I will cheer on the boys on the Denmark team in the next matches.”
Humans could one day reproduce on Mars, new study finds. — We’d just fuck up that planet, too.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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