And another day of passing the torch, MAGA leaders urging colleagues to not be overtly racist, Trump’s remarks about disabled people, MI outlawing the ‘gay and trans panic defense,’ and 100% protection against HIV comes to a close:
“I revere this office, but I love my country more.” -- President Joe Biden
“Today is one of the darkest days for US Congress as war criminal/Trump's BFF Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress. Both Trump and Netanyahu should already be in prison.” -- Dean Obeidallah
In Heartfelt Address, Biden Passes the Torch—and Reminds Us What’s at Stake. The remarks, heartfelt and unifying in tone, appeared to succinctly punctuate a decades-long career devoted to public office. Biden continued by praising Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he had endorsed to replace him on the presidential ticket, calling Harris “tough” and “an incredible partner.” He also framed Harris as deeply consequential to maintaining US democracy. “We have to decide: do we still believe in honesty, decency, respect, freedom, justice, and democracy? In this moment, can we see those we disagree with not as enemies but as fellow Americans? Can we do that? Does character in public life still matter?”
‘Our republic is now in your hands’: Biden appeals to Americans to ‘preserve our democracy’. It is rare for a president to relinquish power voluntarily, without the force of rejection by the electorate or the limits of the Constitution. Biden, who acceded to heavy pressure from within his own party to step aside as a candidate, cast his choice as one made in the interest of the nation and called on Americans to join him to "preserve our democracy." He and other Democrats consistently argue that former President Donald Trump, whose refusal to concede after he lost the 2020 election to Biden culminated in a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the certification process, is a threat to democracy.
Fact check: Netanyahu falsely claims there have been ‘practically’ no civilian fatalities in Rafah, besides one incident. Netanyahu may have been told that, but the claim itself is verifiably false: Multiple strikes in Rafah have resulted in civilian casualties.
Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris. Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump’s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day. -- If you have to tell your members not to be “overtly” racist or sexist, then your entire party is racist and misogynistic. And “overtly”? Really? So it’s okay if your members are racist and misogynistic in secrecy? What a shitty fucking party.
Trump Said Some Disabled People “Should Just Die,” According to His Nephew. In a Time excerpt of his forthcoming book All in the Family, Fred Trump revealed a disturbing conversation with the then-president following a White House meeting in which he discussed how expensive caring for people with complex disabilities can be. Donald Trump said of some disabled people, his nephew recounted, “The shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.” Time said that it had reached out to Donald Trump for comment about his nephew’s allegations but received no response. It wasn’t the only concerning conversation Trump’s nephew alleged that they had. When a Trump family medical fund for William’s medical and living expenses was running low, Fred said his uncle told him, “He doesn’t recognize you. Maybe you should just let him die and move down to Florida.”
Michigan outlaws the ‘gay and trans panic defense’ in criminal trials. Michigan has outlawed the so-called gay and trans panic defense, which allows criminal defense attorneys to use a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity as a defense argument. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, signed House Bill 4718 into law Tuesday. The legislation states that an individual’s “actual or perceived sex, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation” is not admissible in a criminal trial to “demonstrate reasonable provocation,” “show that an act was committed in a heat of passion” or “support a defense of reduced mental capacity.” In a statement shared on Tuesday, the governor’s office said the bill “significantly expands” protections for the LGBTQ community “by protecting them from violent acts of discrimination, prejudice, and hate crimes.” -- Yay, Michigan! That whole ‘gay and trans panic defense’ is complete bullshit. Abolish it everywhere. Michigan is just the 20th state to prohibit that absurd defense strategy.
World breaks hottest day record twice in a week. Parts of the world are experiencing powerful heatwaves including the Mediterranean, Russia and Canada. Climate change is driving up global temperatures as greenhouse gas emissions released when humans burn fossil fuels warm the Earth's atmosphere.
Wildfires across western U.S. and Canada force thousands to evacuate. The U.S. Forest Service is at “the highest level of wildfire response possible,” as western forests grapple with record-breaking dry timber conditions.
Inflation, $2,000 camps are creating a summer crisis for working parents: 'It is complete chaos'. American families now spend nearly one-fifth of their income, an average of $800 per month, on child care, the Federal Reserve reports.
A twice-yearly injection offers 100% protection against HIV, study suggests. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uganda, researchers reported. In a group given daily prevention pills, roughly 2% ended up catching HIV from infected sex partners. “To see this level of protection is stunning.”
NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star. The planet is roughly the same diameter as Jupiter, but with six times the mass. Its atmosphere is also rich in hydrogen like Jupiter’s. One big difference: It takes this planet more than a century, possibly as long as 250 years, to go around its star. It’s 15 times the distance from its star than Earth is to the sun.
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