Saturday, October 9, 2021

And another day of the debt limit, the TX abortion ban, FL BOE, McConnell challenges Garland, racist incidents at school, police and a paraplegic man, euthanasia without a terminal illness, and a petition to fire a principal because of Iron Maiden comes to a close. Up the Irons!

“I’m thinking most parents who oppose things because they think it’s CRT are really saying, “I don’t want my kids to find out how racist I am.”” — The Rude Pundit

Deaths

US: 733,058 (+581)

World: 4,862,807 (+6021)

Cases

US: 45,179,209 (+43,589)

World: 238,349,712 (+376,941)

McConnell says he won’t help Dems raise debt limit again. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday he would not again help Democrats extend the government’s borrowing authority, raising fresh doubts about how Congress will avert a federal default when a temporary patch expires in December.

Texas clinics cancel abortions after court reinstates ban. Texas clinics on Saturday canceled appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which was back in effect as weary providers again turn their sights to the Supreme Court.

Florida Board of Education votes to withhold funds from school districts that enforce COVID-19 mask mandates. The Florida Board of Education voted unanimously on Thursday to financially sanction eight school districts that enforced mask mandates in their schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These district mask policies, which adhere to federal guidance, go against state rules that require parents to have the "sole discretion" in whether their children wear masks to school.

McConnell challenges Garland on DOJ effort to address threats against public school board members and teachers. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday told Attorney General Merrick Garland that parents "absolutely should be telling" local schools what to teach amid a debate over mask and vaccine mandates, the role of racial equity education and transgender rights in schools that has become a flash point ahead of the 2022 midterms. -- Fuck off, Moscow Mitch. After decades of trying, the GOP is about to completely destroy public education.

A slavery petition was the latest racist incident at this school. Parents and lawmakers are fed up. Across the US, there are two diametrically opposed conversations about race going on at the same time. In one, some White parents are telling school leaders that lessons about race make White students feel bad. And in the other, there's the racism that is actually happening in schools.

Paraplegic man pulled from car, thrown to ground by police in Ohio. Police in Ohio forcibly pulled a paraplegic man out of his vehicle and threw him to the ground, despite his repeated appeals and him saying that he has no use of his legs, according to body-camera video released Friday. -- Yes, the man was black.

Martha Sepúlveda will be the first patient with a nonterminal illness to receive euthanasia in Colombia, a country considered a pioneer in the right to a dignified death, both in Latin America and globally. “God does not want to see me suffer," said Martha Sepúlveda Campo, 51, who has ALS, a degenerative disease affecting her mobility.

Parents of high school students started a petition to remove a principal who loves classic heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Close to 400 people have signed the Change.org petition to transfer Eden High School Principal Sharon Burns…A petition in support of Burns had more than 10,000 supporters by Friday night…The incident is reminiscent of the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s. — Up the fucking Irons!

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