“The sad reality is that Satan himself could run as a Republican in a red state and be guaranteed to get at least 45 percent of the vote.” — Aaron Rupar
Deaths
US: 1,085,366
World: 6,553,082
Cases
US: 98,308,956
World: 624,275,676
The Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Wants to Gut the Voting Rights Act—Again. Now, in Merrill v. Mulligan, the justices appear poised to go further. The court has already refused to strike down partisan gerrymandering; it could soon super-charge racial gerrymandering. Alabama argued before the Court Tuesday that any consideration of race when drawing new districts was itself discriminatory, which would turn the Voting Rights Act on its head. If the Court’s conservative majority adopts this “race-blind” reasoning, it would reverse the very purpose of the law—to eradicate decades of discrimination against Black Americans and other historically disenfranchised minority groups—and stunt representation for communities of color as the US heads toward a majority-minority future.
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute. Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate, escalating a dispute over the powers of an independent arbiter appointed to inspect the records. The Trump team asked the justices to overturn a lower court ruling and allow the arbiter, called a special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classification markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.
Who Is “Coco Chow?” How do you even write about Trump’s anti-Asian racism at this point? Does doing so benefit him? I’m not sure. But McConnell and the rest of the GOP seem intent, in fact perfectly well-suited, on extending the very American tradition of ignoring anti-Asian racism.
Herschel Walker paid for girlfriend’s abortion, report says. Herschel Walker, who has vehemently opposed abortion rights as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009, according to a new report. The candidate called the accusation a “flat-out lie” and said he would sue.
Investigation finds systemic abuse and misconduct within women’s professional soccer. The report, led by former acting attorney general Sally Q. Yates and released Monday, was based on over 200 interviews and reveals the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) under the US Soccer Federation failed to provide a safe environment for players. “Our investigation has revealed a league (NWSL) in which abuse and misconduct — verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct — had become systemic, spanning multiple teams, coaches, and victims,” the report reads. “Abuse in the NWSL is rooted in a deeper culture in women’s soccer, beginning in youth leagues, that normalizes verbally abusive coaching and blurs boundaries between coaches and players.” The NWSL said Monday it would review the findings.
US women’s national soccer team captain says players are ‘angry’ and want immediate changes following misconduct investigation. “The players are not doing well. We are horrified and heartbroken and frustrated and exhausted. And we are really, really angry. We are angry that it took a third-party investigation.”
Deal back on? Elon Musk gets closer to buying Twitter. The tumultuous saga of Elon Musk’s on-again off-again purchase of Twitter took a turn toward a conclusion Tuesday after the mercurial Tesla CEO proposed to buy the company at the originally agreed-on price of $44 billion.
Oregon to cover health-related climate expenses. Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover climate change expenses for certain low-income patients under its Medicaid program as the normally temperate Pacific Northwest region sees longer heat waves and more intense wildfires.
Kids with disabilities face off-the-books school suspensions. The call was just one of a dozen that Manwell received last fall telling her John couldn’t stay in school because of behaviors she says stemmed from his disability, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Many schools have promised to cut down on suspensions, since kids can’t learn as well when they aren’t in class. But none of these pickups was ever recorded as suspensions, despite the missed class time. The practice is known as informal removal, defined by the U.S. Education Department as an action taken by school staff in response to a child’s behavior that excludes the child for part or all of the school day — or even indefinitely.
How the Supreme Court could change the internet as we know it. The court is poised to hear as many as three cases this term about the legal protections social media companies have used to become industry behemoths.
You may need a Sober October more than you think. Experts explain how to do it right. Studies show that alcohol isn’t good for healthy living. There is no safe amount when it comes to heart health, according to the World Heart Federation. And even moderate drinking reserved for the weekend can have social, emotional and psychological impacts, according to a 2022 study.
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also triggered a global tsunami. The tsunami was powerful enough to create towering waves more than a mile high and scour the ocean floor thousands of miles away from where the asteroid hit, according to the study. It effectively wiped away the sediment record of what happened before the event, as well as during it.
Smacked asteroid’s debris trail more than 6,000 miles long. Scientists expect the tail to get even longer and disperse even more, becoming so tenuous at one point that it’s undetectable.
Mitch McConnell dildo on sale for reproductive rights. It comes in the color "ice," like the senator's soul. The toy costs $80 to represent the 80 percent of Americans who support abortion legality in either certain or all circumstances, according to Gallup. Every penny of these dildo sales will go to abortion funds.
RIP Loretta Lynn. She was 90.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
No comments:
Post a Comment