Extra, Extra
Innies vs Outies: “In the hottest regions of the country, such as Texas, where I live, the climate crisis is not only changing our world; it is also dividing it. When the heat spikes during the summer, we morph into a two-party state: the cooled and the cooked. On one side, there is water, shade and air-conditioning. On the other, there is sweat, suffering and even, in the worst cases, death.” NYT (Gift Article): The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked.
+ Dem Bones: “Few measurements reflect the luster of a political party’s brand more clearly than the choice by voters to identify with it — whether they register on a clipboard in a supermarket parking lot, at the Department of Motor Vehicles or in the comfort of their own home. And fewer and fewer Americans are choosing to be Democrats.” The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis.
+ Thou Shall Not: “A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted on Wednesday a state law that would have required the Ten Commandments to be visibly displayed in every public school classroom by Sept. 1.” Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School. (Maybe people should spend less time pushing the ten commandments and more time following them.)
+ With Reservations: “Did you see what’s happening with the restaurants? They’re bursting. They were all closing and going bankrupt.” Trump says the National Guard in DC is making restaurants great again. Surprise. The numbers say the opposite. ‘The city is dead’: D.C. restaurant reservations drop amid federal crackdown.
+ Ain’t it the Truth? “Some of the officials were involved in gathering information and making assessments on Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. Meanwhile, others had signed a public letter during Trump’s first term, supporting calls for an impeachment inquiry into the President.” Trump Administration Revokes Security Clearances of These U.S. Officials.
+ Map Quest: As the Texas GOP moves ever closer to approving a gerrymandered district map, Obama applauds Newsom’s California redistricting plan.
+ Nerd is the Word: “The leading theory about the origin of nerd is that it likely first appeared in print in the 1950 children’s book If I Ran the Zoo written by Dr. Seuss.” Nerd! How the word popularized by Dr. Seuss went from geeky insult to mainstream.
