And another day of spending bills, boosters for all adults, rapist getting probation, white supremacist prison guards, a diverse pool of Santas, and the United States judicial system again works exactly as designed and once again shows it is in desperate need of repair comes to a close:
“I shall always fight good and hard, even if I have to fight alone.” — Susan La Flesche Picotte
Deaths
US: 791,098 (+1943)
World: 5,155,258 (+8504)
Cases
US: 48,521,596 (+123,141)
World: 256,957,311 (+629,219)
House Democrats just passed a transformative social spending bill. Its future, however, hinges on the Senate.
Jury finds Rittenhouse not guilty in Kenosha shootings. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.
In the wake of Rittenhouse acquittal and Arbery killing, will more people turn to 'vigilante justice'? While some believe armed citizens are needed to protect their communities, it’s also leading to fears that more people will take the law into their own hands.
US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+. The U.S. on Friday opened COVID-19 booster shots to all adults and took the extra step of urging people 50 and older to seek one, aiming to ward off a winter surge as coronavirus cases rise even before millions of Americans travel for the holidays. -- They have essentially been given a green light.
Judge sentences admitted rapist to probation, no prison time. The judge reportedly said that prison time would not be "appropriate." In 2018, Belter, who was 17 at the time, was charged with first-degree rape, third-degree rape and sexual abuse involving multiple 15- and 16-year-old girls at his upscale home in Lewiston, New York. — You know he’s white. You knew that as soon as you read the headline.
A year later, protesters injured by police are still trying to heal. Protesters filled streets around the world after George Floyd’s killing. For some, the scars of that summer run deep.
White supremacist prison guards work with impunity in Fla. Some Florida prison guards openly tout associations with white supremacist groups to intimidate inmates and Black colleagues, a persistent practice that often goes unpunished, according to allegations in public documents and interviews with a dozen inmates and current and former employees in the nation’s third-largest prison system. Corrections officials regularly receive reports about guards’ membership in the Ku Klux Klan and criminal gangs, according to former prison inspectors, and current and former officers…“It’s partly due to our political climate. But, those who work in our prisons don’t seem to fear people knowing that they’re white supremacists.”
Stores push for a more diverse pool of Santas. But as conservative pundits and politicians stoke white grievance and a national battle rages over the teaching of critical race theory, one of the original Black Santas has some advice for the newbies who intend to don the red suit this season: Disarm the bigots with Christmas cheer.
Antonio Brown accused of obtaining fake Covid vaccination card, prompting NFL review.
States are investigating how Instagram recruits and affects children. The probe follows revelations from a whistleblower about how Instagram's parent company Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has studied the risks of the photo-sharing app to its youngest users, including exacerbating body image issues for some teenage girls.
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