Congress replaces statue of white supremacist with statue of anti-LGBTQ+ zealot (www.lgbtqnation.com)
No 'credible plan': U.S.' Blinken issues harshest criticism yet of Israel's operations in Gaza (www.cnbc.com)
Steve Bannon still isn't in prison, but he's a little closer (www.motherjones.com)
House Republicans will turn to K-12 schools in latest antisemitism probe (apnews.com)
The leaders of three large public school systems will appear before Congress on Wednesday to answer questions about how they have handled incidents of antisemitism on their school campuses....
‘We deserve more’: US workers’ share of the pie dwindles (www.theguardian.com)
Bureau of Labor Statistics releases latest estimate of how much labor receives of national income, showing bleak decline...
Blinken blames social media for disrupting Israel’s narrative of war in Gaza (www.independent.co.uk)
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Fraternity Boots Bro Who Made Monkey Noises at Black Ole Miss Protester (www.thedailybeast.com)
Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case (www.nytimes.com)
United Methodists remove anti-gay language from their official teachings on societal issues (apnews.com)
Boy Scouts’ police Explorer program has faced over 200 sexual misconduct accusations (www.nbcnews.com)
Birchmore’s case is among at least 194 allegations that law enforcement personnel, mostly policemen, have groomed, sexually abused or engaged in inappropriate behavior with Explorers since 1974, an ongoing investigation by The Marshall Project has found. The vast majority of those affected were teenage girls — some as young...
Video footage reveals ‘Kill the Jews’ remark used to explain police intervention made by pro-Israel counterprotester in provocation (huntnewsnu.com)
Footage taken late Friday night of a tense confrontation between pro-Palestine demonstrators and pro-Israel counter-protesters at the encampment revealed it was a pro-Israel student demonstrator who said “Kill the Jews,” asking the pro-Palestine demonstrators “anybody on board; anybody on board?”...
GOP House hard-liners won’t compromise. They’re losing key fights because of it. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Democrats, Johnson told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last week, “move in a herd” and “act like a union” following their leader because there’s no diversity of opinion causing them to stray. Their groupthink could even be described as the behavior of “socialists,” he asserted. Republicans, however, can’t be...
Police officer hiring in US increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows (apnews.com)
Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows....
Dow sinks nearly 700 points after GDP report, heading toward its largest drop of the year (www.cnn.com)
Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote (apnews.com)
In 2 years since Russia's invasion, a U.S. program has resettled 187,000 Ukrainians with little controversy (www.cbsnews.com)
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Yale University: Dozens arrested during US Gaza campus protests (www.bbc.com)
Iconic Hotel From ‘The Shining’ Goes Up in Flames (www.thedailybeast.com)
Israeli missiles hit site in Iran, explosions heard in Isfahan (www.aljazeera.com)
After mass layoffs, Tesla asks again to approve Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package (www.fastcompany.com)
Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
After decrying state supreme court ruling on ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, lawmakers ensure its potential to take effect...
Chaos in Dubai as UAE records heaviest rainfall in 75 years | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Former Marine jailed for nine years for bombing abortion clinic (www.bbc.com)
French woman found dead in Italian church was searching for ghosts in possible Tik Tok stunt, police say (www.cnn.com)
Sketchy Botox shots spark multistate outbreak of botulism-like condition (arstechnica.com)
So far at least six people in two states have fallen ill; four of them were hospitalized....
