And another day of SCOTUS decisions, a surprise Tuesday hearing, another war between states, maternal mortality rate, period apps, Russian terrorism, US military struggling to recruit, and losing a USB with an entire city’s data comes to a close:
“Because I am patriotic and because I love America, the actions of the Supreme Court last week and now today have me understanding in ways I never did because of my life experiences why it is appropriate to protest the flag when injustice is happening.” — Fred Guttenberg
"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." -- Voltaire
Deaths
US: 1,041,027 (+222)
World: 6,352,025 (+1161)
Cases
US: 88,910,0140 (+115,854)
World: 549,667,293 (+664,381)
Supreme Court backs a high school coach's right to pray on the 50-yard line. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a high school football coach who claimed the right to pray on the 50-yard line after each game, joined by those players who wanted to participate. The 6-to-3 decision was the latest example of the court's conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools and less separation between church and state. — The line between church and state is being eliminated while we stand and watch.
Supreme Court Just Ruled in Favor of the Praying High School Football Coach. In a dissenting opinion joined by Justices Breyer and Kagan, Justice Sotomayor argues the decision rejects “longstanding concerns” about government endorsement of religion and “does a disservice to schools and the young citizens they serve, as well as to our Nation’s longstanding commitment to the separation of church and state.”…Legal analysts fear the ruling has the potential to “loosen legal restrictions on how teachers and other staff can express their faith in public schools.”
“It’s 2028 and at Clarence Thomas Elementary School a classroom full of unwanted children is pledging allegiance to Jesus, being led by President DeSantis on the class television monitor, safe in the knowledge that their heavily armed teacher with the AR-15 will protect them.” — Ken Olin
The 4 remaining Supreme Court cases of this blockbuster term. Although the Supreme Court issued the two most important opinions of the term last week, upending near 50-year-old precedent on abortion and expanding gun rights for the first time in a decade, this blockbuster term is not over. Still to be decided are four disputes, and new opinions will be announced Wednesday morning.
Jan. 6 committee announces surprise Tuesday hearing. The Jan. 6 select committee, in a surprise announcement with about 24 hours’ notice, scheduled a Tuesday hearing “to present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony.”
There's another War Between the States coming over abortion. Before the Civil War, northern and southern states did battle over fugitive slaves. Once again, something legal in one state is illegal in a state next door.
‘A matter of life and death’: maternal mortality rate will rise without Roe, experts warn. Pregnancy in the US is already dangerous, disproportionately so for people of color – and without abortion access for those who need it, there will likely be more deaths.
Roe v Wade ruling disproportionately hurts Black women, experts say. A full abortion ban could further increase Black maternal deaths by 33%, compared to a 21% increase for the overall population, the Duke study says. — Which pleases those on the right.
How tracking your menstrual cycles on an app can land you in jail. The data collected on women’s menstrual cycles could become evidence for a crime in the United States.
Prosecutors in states where abortion is now illegal could begin building criminal cases against providers. Some legal experts fear that prosecutors will use intimate pieces of evidence, such as text messages, internet search history and period tracking apps to build their cases, as well as, perhaps, information gathered from medical professionals. And, though states with abortion bans have focused punishment on the providers and not those seeking or self-managing an abortion, women will still be in the line of fire.
Instagram restricts some abortion resource posts and hashtags. NBC News found that searches for two terms and hashtags related to abortion pills returned almost no new posts, indicating that the company is limiting what users can see.
“Democrats and Republicans are not the same.” -- Rep. Ted Lieu
Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall in Ukraine. Russian long-range bombers fired a missile that struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an “unimaginable” number of victims in “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.”
McConnell vows to be "picky" with Biden nominees if GOP wins Senate. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday warned that if Republicans win control of the Senate in November, President Biden’s nominees will have a tough time getting confirmed. McConnell says he’ll be “picky” in deciding which of Biden’s nominees are moderate enough to warrant getting votes on the Senate floor. “We’ll be way more picky over who gets to head various boards and commissions and agencies that are important to how all of you function in our society,” McConnell said.
Every branch of the U.S. military is struggling to make its 2022 recruiting goals, officials say. “This is the start of a long drought for military recruiting,” said Ret. Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation, a think tank. He said the military has not had such a hard time signing recruits since 1973, the year the U.S. left Vietnam and the draft officially ended. Spoehr said he does not believe a revival of the draft is imminent, but “2022 is the year we question the sustainability of the all-volunteer force.”
'War On Education': Taliban Converting Secular Schools Into Religious Seminaries. Abdul Hai Habibi is among the dozens of state schools, public universities, and vocational training centers that the Taliban has turned into Islamic seminaries across the country. Critics say the aim of the Islamist militant group is to root out all forms of the modern secular education that thrived in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 toppled the Taliban’s first regime. Transforming Afghanistan’s education system has been one of the Taliban’s main goals since it regained power. The militants have banned girls from attending high school, imposed gender segregation and a new dress code at public universities, and vowed to overhaul the national curriculum. The Taliban has also unveiled plans to build a vast network of madrasahs across the country’s 34 provinces.
Lawsuit: Texans ‘turned a blind eye’ to QB Watson’s actions. The Houston Texans had been told that their former quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions, but instead of trying to stop him, the team provided him with resources to enable his actions and “turned a blind eye” to his behavior, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
Weed users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization. Using recreational marijuana is associated with a higher risk of emergency room care and being hospitalized for any reason, a new study has found.
They danced and died: Tragic teen party mystery in S. Africa. South African authorities were seeking answers Monday, a day after 21 underage teenagers partying after the end of school exams died in a mysterious incident at a nightclub. The bodies of many of the victims, the youngest a 13-year-old girl, were discovered by police lying on tables, slumped in chairs and couches, and sprawled on the dancefloor of the club in the early hours of Sunday morning. “They died as they danced,” Police Minister Bheki Cele said. “They dance, fall, and die. Literally.”
Japanese worker loses USB with entire city’s data after night out with colleagues. The USB contained the home addresses and bank account details of every one of the 460,000 residents of Amagasaki, officials in the small industrial city in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture said in a statement Thursday. It also identified households receiving public assistance, they said.
“After every high school touchdown it's now safe to hail Satan and have an orgy on the 50 yard line.” -- God
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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