The Weekly Readlines September 15
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Sure to be repeated daily in what passes for breaking news, Hunter Biden has been indicted on gun charges no one else would be if their name wasn’t Biden. We wait patiently for an NRA statement in his defense.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fed the last scraps of his soul to the MAGA hounds, ordering an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and his “crime family.” (Surely there has never been a more terrifying Mafia don than Jill Biden!). One good note: White House Counsel under Trump issued a ruling that an impeachment inquiry without a house vote was illegitimate and did not have to be complied with.
The Right’s war on diversity continues to take casualties, as more corporations drop their diversity training. Happy days are here again for white America!
Senator John Fetterman celebrated Biden’s win on marijuana, and Mitt Romney announced he will not run again in 2024, while expressing his belief that most of the Republican party no longer believes in the Constitution.
LGBTQ NEWS
Trans Woman Elected To Nashville Metro Council
The Tennessean
GOP Aide Claims LGBTQ+ People ‘Train’ Kids To Use Butt Plugs
Comic Sands
Parents of trans kids urge the U.S. Senate to oppose Marsha Blackburn’s Kids Online Safety Act
WPLN News
We Won’t Go Back! How And Why The Fight To Protect Marriage Equality Continues
Insider NJ
National LGBTQ+ Survey Finds Many Teens Out to Family, Hopeful for Future
University of Connecticut
Protesters Arrested for Storming Kevin McCarthy’s Office
The Daily Beast
U.S. AND BEYOND
For Young Americans, Politics Breaks The American Dream Instead Of Building It
NPR
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem in Years-Long Extramarital Affair with Corey Lewandowski
Meidas Touch
A Moment Of Reckoning For Gerrymandering
CNN
California Lawmakers Vote To End Travel Ban To States With Anti-LGBTQ Laws
NBC News
MGM Resorts Blames ‘Cybersecurity Issue’ For Massive Outage
Tech Crunch
HEALTH AND AGING
Unraveling Long COVID: Here’s What Scientists Who Study The Illness Want To Find Out
NPR
Aging Americans Face Bleak Futures Unless We Let New Immigrants Help
Time
Penn Medicine appoints new Medical Director for LGBTQ Health
The Daily Pennsylvanian
Aging LGBTQ+ Americans Face Additional Caregiving Challenges
Windy City Times
FINANCE AND RETIREMENT
11 ‘Poverty Finance’ Tips To Help You Live Beneath Your Means
Yahoo Finance
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Earth Is Outside Its ‘Safe Operating Space For Humanity’ On Most Key Measurements, Study Says
AP News
The Mystery Of Stone Spheres And Mankind’s Most Enduring Technology
EL PAÍS in English
NASA Shares Dazzling Shot Of ‘Pinwheel Galaxy’, It’s 70% Larger Than Our Milky Way
NDTV
Astronaut Frank Rubio Breaks US Record On Way To Spending A Year In Space
Space.com
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Frasier Reboot Trailer, Release Date, and Cast
Vulture
P!nk Shuts Down Troll’s Suzy Eddie Izzard Birthday Insult
Comic Sands
Paul Simon ‘Beginning To Accept’ Hearing Loss
BBC News
In ‘The Enchanters’ James Ellroy brings Freddy Otash into 1960s LA
NPR
ISN’T THAT SOMETHING?
Three-Legged Bear Breaks Into Florida Home, Drinks White Claws
WDHN
Bizarre’ Long-Legged Bird-Like Dinosaur Has Scientists Enthralled In China
Al Jazeera
Ufologist Claims to Show Mummified Alien Specimens to Mexico’s Congress
New York Times
Costco’s Food Court Is Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint
Slate
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