The Weekly Readlines November 5
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BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
The good news first: the Senate confirmed Judge Beth Robinson, the first openly LGBTQ woman to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Appeals Court. That’s all, folks.
Democrats could be heard gnashing their teeth at the defeat of Terry McAuliffe in Virginia – a “stunning upset” that was neither stunning nor particularly upsetting. A bloodletting followed as progressives and moderates knifed each other, while Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema continued shooting a movie destined to bomb with themselves as the stars.
Another week, another theocratic lurch in Texas, as a federal judge cleared the way for for-profit businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people. Sign us Unsurprised. Bonus: Kinzinger/Cheney 2024? Could be intriguing.
LGBTQ+ HEADLINES
Actor Kal Penn Comes Out, Reveals Engagement
JoeMyGod
The LGBT Community Faces A Housing Crisis
Sun Sentinel
The United States Must Advance Economic Security for Disabled LGBTQI+
Center for American Progress
Americans At Cancun LGBT Event In Hiding After Men With Long Guns Reportedly Storm Beach
FOX 11 Los Angeles
Britain Rescues Over A Dozen LGBT Afghan
Reuters
Meet The Baptist Priest Fighting For LGBT Rights In Tbilisi, Georgia
Euronews
U.S. AND BEYOND
Explainer: the Legal Challenges Awaiting Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
USNews.com
Major Retailers Get Creative And Competitive To Hire Thousands Of Seasonal Workers
WGHP FOX8
Recreational Pot Sales In Illinois Top $1B Since January
WCIA.com
2,000 FDNY Firefighters Take Medical Leave As Vaccine Sanctions Loo
NBC News
Kerala Sees Rise In Covid-Related Stroke Cases Among Young And Health
The New Indian Express
HEALTH AND AGING
Act FAST To Prevent, Treat A Strok
WTOP
More Lung Cancer Patients Are Surviving, Thriving
U.S. News & World Report
Common Antidepressant Slashes Risk of COVID Death
Scientific American
The Season of SAD
University of Utah Health Care
Short- And Long-Term Memory Loss: Causes, Symptoms, And Mor
Medical News Today
Do I Have Depression
Verywell Health
FINANCE AND RETIREMENT
Sevie Nicks Will Never Retire: ‘When You Retire, You Just Get Small
Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Changed Jobs? How To Organize Retirement Account
Boston Herald
Social Media Can Be Hazardous To Your Financial Healt
Advisor’s Edge
Minimizing Taxes When You Inherit Mone
Kiplinger
TRAVEL
You Can Still Redeem Your Travel Vouchers. Here’s How To Do It
USA Today
Holiday Travel Already Breaking 2019 Records In The Bay Are
Bay News 9
ISN’T THAT SOMETHING?
Shakira Still Shook By Recent Wild Boar Attack
HuffingtonPost
He Just Won A $2 Million Lottery — For The Second Time
California News Times
Diners Distract Staff To Steal Rare $407,000 Bottle Of Wine From Cellar
Huffington Post
Aging Taxidermist Don Mcarthur Looks To Pass On His Uncommon Skill
Ottawa Citizen
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