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The Weekly Readlines March 30

The Weekly Readlines (rhymes with headlines!) offers news you can use every week. You can view the archives here. 

  Quote for the Week: “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachments by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.” – Judge Louis Brandeis 

  BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES 

First the good news: the FDA approved a second COVID booster shot for people over 50. Count me in. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appears headed for confirmation, with a vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee set for April 4.

Will Smith made entertainment history in the worst way with a slap across Chris Rock’s face. Media frenzy and Facebook pontificating followed. Meanwhile, Ginni Thomas, the wife of a sitting Supreme Court Justice, was revealed to have enthusiastically pursued the overturning of an American election. Not only can you not make these things up, you wouldn’t want to.

  LGBTQ+ NEWS  

What My Gay Childhood In A “Don’t Say Gay” Landscape Was Really Like
Salon 

Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments; 1st Trans Judge To Calif. Courts
Los Angeles Blade 

Famed LGBT Rights Icon Cleve Jones Facing Displacement After New Building Owner Doubles Rent
SFist 

Why It’s Important To Be An Active Trans Footy Ally And Support Football V Transphobia
Sports Media LGBT+ 

Air Force Offers Medical, Legal Help As States Clamp Down On Trans And LGBTQ+ Children
Federal News Network 

In Defiance Of Attorney General Ken Paxton, Austin ISD’s Pride Week Marches On
KSAT.com

  U.S. AND BEYOND

Can Ron Desantis Out-Trump Donald Trump? Politics Weekly America Podcast
The Guardian

Justice Thomas’ Wife Long Steeped in Conservative Politics
USNews.com

Equal Job Opportunities Will Lead To Equal Pay For Women
Chicago Sun-Times

Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry Found Guilty In Campaign Finance Probe
Los Angeles Times

  HEALTH AND AGING 

Colon Cancer Is On The Rise In Younger Adults
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

Vicious Cycle Seen Between Daytime Napping, Alzheimer Dementia
Consumer HealthDay 

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island certifies eight new LGBTQ Safe Zones
What’s Up Newp

Evidence Grows That Vaccines Lower The Risk Of Getting Long COVID
NPR 

Statins Tied to Lower Risk of Parkinson’s-Like Symptoms
HealthDay

US Tuberculosis Rates Up More Than 9% In 2021
WebMD

Drinking Coffee Could Benefit Your Heart And Help You Live Longer, Research Finds
CNN 

  FINANCES AND RETIREMENT

A Third of Americans Expect Their Finances to Get Worse This Year
Business Insider 

Cost-Of-Living Crisis: Top Tips To Help Your Personal Finances
Yahoo Finance 

Nearly Half Of Children From Low-Income Households ‘Worry About Finances’
The Independent 

  THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT 

Jessica Chastain Wins Best Actress Oscar, Spotlights LGBTQ Rights In Speech
Mashable 

New Netflix Dating Show The Ultimatum Will Have All-Queer Cast For Season Two
PinkNews 

Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50
EDGE Media Network

  TRAVEL 

Leading Cape Winery Joins IGLTA To Support The Gay Travel Community
IOL 

’Sweet And Spicy’: Travel Blogger’s Post On Eating Ramen With Ice-Cream Has Foodies Divided Online
The Indian Express

Extreme Heat Already Disrupts Air Travel: With Climate Change, It’s Going To Get Worse
USA Today

I’m a Professional Packer and These Are the Things I’ve Regretted Packing in My Carry-on
Travel + Leisure

Hawaii Becomes The Final US State To Remove Its Indoor Mask Mandate And Travel Restrictions
Business Insider

  ISN’T THAT SOMETHING? 

Scientists Figure Out How Vampire Bats Got A Taste For Blood
WGN Radio 

Box Of Bones In Garage Relics From Order Of Odd Fellows
WCPO 

Mother Duck Hatches Eggs At Florida Hospital’s Maternity Center
UPI