California Bans State-Funded Travel Against States that Discriminate
California bans state travel to Florida, 4 other states
California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community, the state attorney general announced Monday.
Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta added Florida, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia to the list that now has 17 states where state employee travel is forbidden except under limited circumstances.
“Make no mistake: We’re in the midst of an unprecedented wave of bigotry and discrimination in this country — and the State of California is not going to support it,” Bonta said.
Lawmakers in 2016 banned non-essential travel to states with laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The 12 other states on the list are: Texas, Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee.
AP
GOOD. I wish they'd ban flights FROM those states, for everybody. Not just for discrimination but because those same states are COVIDiots when it comes to practicing safe pandemic protocols.
Or, just the ENTIRE SOUTH.
Trump attorneys meet with New York prosecutors to argue that his company should not be criminally charged over its business practices
Attorneys for the Trump Organization met with New York prosecutors on Monday to argue that former president Donald Trump's company should not be criminally charged over its business dealings, according to three people familiar with the meeting.
Previously, the prosecutors — working for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. (D) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) — had set Monday as the last day for the organization’s lawyers to make their case.
After Monday’s session, spokespeople for both Vance and James declined to comment. No charges were announced on Monday. Vance has convened a grand jury in Manhattan to vote on potential indictments in the investigation, but so far, no person or entity connected to Trump has been charged. It remains possible that none will be. Those familiar with the investigation spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private meetings.
WP
Of course, #TFG is no Harry “The Buck Stops Here” Truman. But you already knew that.
He will take zero responsibility for anything bad.
Arizona's Maricopa County to replace all voting machines after GOP audit
Arizona’s Maricopa County announced Monday that it plans to replace all of the voting machines that were turned over to the state Senate and other officials overseeing the audit of 2020 presidential election results.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors released its response to a May letter from Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D), in which she expressed concerns “regarding the security and integrity of these machines, given that the chain of custody, a critical security tenet, has been compromised and election officials do not know what was done to the machines while under Cyber Ninjas’ control.”
In response, the county told Hobbs it “shares your concerns” and added that the board acknowledges the secretary of state’s “authority as Arizona’s Chief Election Officer to determine what equipment is acceptable for use in Arizona’s elections.”
The Hill
Well, this seemed worthwhile! (not)
I do have to wonder if this was the outcome they wanted. I bet there's some grift here we don't yet see.
The Delta variant will cause ‘very dense outbreaks' in these five states, expert says
The Delta variant, a strain of Covid-19 believed to be more transmissible and dangerous than others, is likely to break out in some US communities, a health expert told CBS's “Face the Nation.””It's not going to be as pervasive,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, said Sunday. “It's going to hyper-regionalized. There's certain pockets of the country where you're going to have very dense outbreaks.”Those pockets will be ones with low vaccination rates and low rates of prior infection, Gottlieb said, like inmany rural and southern communities.
There are at least 200 known cases of the Delta Plus coronavirus variant worldwide. Here's what we knowAccording to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 46.1% of the total US population has been vaccinated against Covid-19. Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Wyoming are among the states with the lowest vaccination rates, with less than 35% of their population fully vaccinated.
CNN
See above. They can add Wyoming and Louisiana to the list.
Sydney McLaughlin obliterates women's 400m hurdles world record in a day of record heat
American athlete Sydney McLaughlin obliterated the women's 400m hurdles world record at the US Olympic trials on Sunday.
The 21-year-old ran an astonishing 51.90 seconds, smashing the previous record by .26 seconds to become the first woman to run the 400m hurdles in less than 52 seconds.
In the process of winning, McLaughlin beat the previous world record holder Dalilah Muhammad to cement herself as the favorite for the Tokyo Games this year.Following a powerful finish, McLaughlin sank to her haunches, mouth gaping in surprise.
CNN
She did this in 100+ temps. Event officials said the temperature reached a high of 109!
I absolutely love the Olympic Trials, especially track & field.
Dipping Sauce Rage Results In Man's Arrest
JUNE 28–After realizing that dipping sauce was not included with his Chicken McNuggets order, an Iowa man called his local McDonald’s and threatened to blow up the restaurant, according to investigators.
Robert Golwitzer, 42, was arrested Saturday evening and charged with making a false report about an explosive or incendiary device, a felony.
Golwitzer allegedly phoned in a threat to a McDonald’s five miles from his home in Ankeny, a Des Moines suburb.
The phone threat, cops charge, came after Golwitzer discovered that his McDonald’s order was bereft of dipping sauces.
The threatening call to the restaurant was placed “from a phone number associated with [Golwitzer],” according to a criminal complaint. In addition to claiming that he would “blow up” the eatery, Golwitzer threatened to assault an employee, police say.
When questioned by cops, Golwitzer admitted he “called the victim and made threats,” the complaint states. Pictured above, Golwitzer was released early yesterday from the Polk County jail after posting bond.
TSG
I really expected this to start off with…“Florida man…”
The article was originally published here!
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