The Weekly Readlines March 21
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Like rain in the dessert, President Biden finally gets a boost in the polls, beating Trump in three of them this past week. Maybe it was that whole ‘there will be a bloodbath’ thing Trump promised to his enthralled supporters in Ohio. Or maybe people are finally realizing the man’s got stage-three something of the brain. Biden’s also crushing Trump in fundraising, possibly because Biden donors aren’t paying off his legal bills.
SCOTUS gave Texas the green light to start its own dictatorship, seizing immigration authority explicitly given to the federal government in the Constitution. But hey, what’s that dusty old document when it stands in the way of six ‘strict constructionists’ everyone knows by now aren’t strict at all.
In a preview of gay life in America beneath the boot of Christian nationalism, Russia arrested the managers of a gay club under its ‘Extremism’ law. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
And primed for success, Amazon began selling over-the-counter birth control pills online. But is there free shipping?
IN OTHER NEWS
First Openly Gay Top Flight Footballer Proposes To His Partner On The Pitch – Indy100
LGBTQ+ voters in Michigan, other battleground states overwhelmingly support Biden
Retirement Fears Do Not Play Out In Reality, Survey Shows – Journal Of Accountancy
Working in Old Age Can’t Be the Only Answer to the Retirement Crisis – The New York Times
Measles Outbreaks Have CDC Tweaking Travel Guidelines – USNews.com
Don’t Let the Boeing Headlines Fool You. Air Travel Is Really Very Safe | WIRED
20 Underrated Destinations For Solo Female Travel – HuffPost
The Harlem Renaissance Wasn’t Just Nightclubs. It Was About Ideas – WaPo
500-pound mound of pythons found in Florida marsh | KFOR.com
Hundreds Of People In Mexico City Stretch Out For A ‘Mass Nap’ To Commemorate World Sleep Day