And another day of upticks, ‘killing people,’ ballots, hijabs, divergences, floods, closures, wildfires, DACA, ‘blaring sirens,’ ticks, ‘freedom phones,’ and monkeypox all comes to a close:
“All authoritarian movements know the power of historical myths. That’s why they go to such great lengths to rewrite the past to justify their rule—and the atrocities they carry out. The GOP, as it becomes increasingly anti-democratic, is no different.”— Max Boot
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” — George Orwell
Deaths
US: 624,606 (+768 over two days)
World: 4,091,909 (+17,814 over two days)
Cases
US: 34,929,856 (+81,788 over two days)
World: 190,296,856 (+ 1,156,369 over two days)
The Expanded Child Tax Credit Is Here. Here's What You Need To Know. — And remember, every Republican voted no for this. Every single one of them.
Covid cases, deaths rising in U.S., as CDC warns of 'pandemic of the unvaccinated',
After a Steep Plunge in Virus Cases, Every State Is Seeing an Uptick. — Thanks anti-vaxxers.
President Biden on Friday said that social media companies that allow coronavirus misinformation to spread on their platforms are "killing people," escalating a fight with Facebook and other companies as the White House warns about the spread of inaccurate information about COVID-19 vaccines.
County officials in Arizona reported few suspicious ballots, undercutting Trump's claims. Less than 200 potential cases of voter fraud were identified out of more than 3 million ballots cast, AP review of records finds. -- There was never any mass voter fraud. It’s all been mass GQP theater.
"If I was going to do a coup" becomes viral Trump punchline. Trump made the remark in a written statement while describing as "ridiculous" suggestions that he might have taken part in a coup after he lost the presidential election — a defeat he has refused to concede.
Top generals mobilized on fears Trump wanted military post-election coup, book details.
Businesses can sack Muslim women wearing the hijab headscarf if they work face-to-face with customers or if the wearing of the religious clothing causes workplace conflicts, the EU’s highest court has ruled.
“My hijab isn’t making you uncomfortable, your racism and xenophobia is making you uncomfortable with my hijab.” — Johana Bhuiyan
Democratic, Republican Confidence in Science Diverges. Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults say they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in science, compared with 70% when Gallup last measured it more than four decades ago. The modest decline overall obscures more significant changes among political partisans. Republicans today are much less likely than their predecessors in 1975 to have confidence in science. Meanwhile, Democrats today have more confidence than their fellow partisans did in the past.
A Fox News climate disinformation channel is the last thing we need. Americans have a big appetite for news about the weather, and climate change is making weather events more frequent and extreme. Now, Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation, a media empire with a long history of peddling climate disinformation, is entering the world of 24-hour weather coverage.
More than 100 dead, as many as 1,500 missing after floods hit Europe.
2,000 people displaced in southern Oregon as wildfires ravage West.
Horrific homophobic threats force one of Georgia’s only LGBT-inclusive churches to close.
Federal judge blocks new DACA applications and says program is illegal. A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program shielding certain undocumented immigrants from deportation, is illegal and blocked new applicants. -- So much bad stuff happening in Texas. Ugh.
‘A blaring siren’ for Democrats after ruling halts DACA. Immigrants and advocates are urging Democrats and President Joe Biden to quickly act on legislation to protect young immigrants after a federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled illegal an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of them brought into the U.S. as children.
For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman.
CDC investigating monkeypox case in Dallas in traveler from Nigeria. Monkeypox is a relative of smallpox, but it's less transmissible and less deadly. Smallpox was eradicated in 1979 through a global vaccination campaign.
Here's where dangerous ticks are spreading across the US — and what to do about them.
Trump showerhead rule to increase water flow being dropped. So much for Donald Trump’s quest for “perfect” hair. President Joe Biden's administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained he wasn’t getting wet enough because of limits on water flow from showerheads.
MAGA-Branded 'Freedom Phone' Is a Black Box That Should Be Avoided at All Costs. Be it Parler, Gab, or GETTR, recent times have seen no shortage of dollar-sign-eyed entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on conservative America’s disdain for “liberal” Silicon Valley. It was only a matter of time before someone tried to invent the MAGA phone. Er, make that...the “Freedom Phone.”…Yet while the product is being sold as an escape from Big Tech’s nefarious oversight, in reality, it appears to be a budget phone from Asia that may end up compromising buyers’ autonomy rather than protecting it.
Old cars with more than 100,000 miles are worth real money now.
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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