Florida Is Bracing for A Powerful Hurricane
Idalia is a tropical storm right now, but as it churns across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it's expected to grow into a destructive Category 3 hurricane. Plus: Ron DeSantis won't say "Black"
Good morning and thanks for rising up with me on this last Monday of August 2024, the 28th, and it’s my first day back in the classroom at the University of Hartford, where I both teach and take graduate classes!
On This Day:
1955: EMMETT TILL MURDERED
1963: REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., SPEAKS AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
1968: PROTESTS DISRUPT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
1996: PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA DIVORCE
Here Now the News:
IDALIA IS HEADED FOR FLORIDA: The Weather Channel and CNN
GOV. DeSANTIS BOOED AT VIGIL FOR JACKSONVILLE MURDER VICTIMS: The Associated Press
GOV. RESPONSIBLE FOR “DON’T SAY GAY” WON’T SAY “BLACK,” OR “WHITE SUPREMACIST:” The Signorile Report
UKRAINE ADVANCES AND RETAKES ROBOTYNE: CBS News
5,000 PILOTS FALSIFIED THEIR HEALTH RECORD AND ARE STILL FLYING: The Washington Post
AMERICAN AIRLINES FINED MILLIONS FOR KEEPING PASSENGERS PRISONER ON PLANES: U.S. Department of Transportation
SPAIN SOCCER CHIEF IS LOSING HIS DEFENDERS: The New York Times
SIMONE BILES WINS RECORD 8TH U.S. TITLE: NBC News
Politicukoos:
LAWYERS IN D.C. COURT TODAY TO ARGUE FOR DELAY IN ONE OF DONALD TRUMP’S FOUR TRIALS: CNN
POLL: 50% OF AMERICANS THINK TRUMP SHOULD SUSPEND CAMPAIGN: ABC News
REPUBLICANS RATE TRUMP AND RONALD REAGAN AS BEST U.S. PRESIDENTS: Pew
U.S. PUMPING OIL FASTER THAN EVER, BUT REPUBLICANS DON’T CARE: Politico
HealthWatch:
COVID ISN’T OVER YET: A late-summer wave of coronavirus infections has touched schools, workplaces and local government, as experts warned the public to brace for even more Covid-19 spread this fall and winter. —NYT
Hospitalizations have increased 24 percent in a two-week period ending Aug. 12, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wastewater monitoring suggests a recent rise in Covid infections in the West and Northeast. In communities across the United States, outbreaks have occurred in recent weeks at preschools, summer camps and office buildings.
HOW TO THINK ABOUT COVID NOW: CNN
COULD OZEMPIC ALSO REDUCE ALCOHOL CRAVING? National Public Radio
TransWorld:
ANTI-TRANS LAWS GO INTO EFFECT TODAY IN MISSOURI: KTVI-TV
ALICE COOPER DROPPED BY COSMETIC COMPANY FOR CALLING TRANS “A FAD”: Billboard
SANTANA APOLOGIZES FOR ANTI-TRANS RANT DURING CONCERT: People
Star Trek Corner:
“AD ASTRA PER ASPERA” EXPLAINED: Looper
WHAT ARE “GRAPPLERS” AND WHY DOES LA’AN LOVE THEM? ScreenRant
DEEP SPACE NINE’S CONNECTION TO THE CLASSIC TV WESTERN, GUNSMOKE: SlashFilm
HOW TO VIEW EVERY SEASON OF EVERY STAR TREK SERIES: Click here to subscribe to Paramount+
That’s all for today! I’ll be back tomorrow with more stories to help you rise up and start your day. Until then… May your news be good news!
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Great roundup!
I do know about the “I have a dream speech.” (US History teacher).
As far as the Chicago Seven goes, I was on the National Mall in DC at the tail end of a massive demonstration over the verdict. After the smoke had cleared (literally; trash cans were set on fire), a man approached me and my husband. He was on holiday from England and had been kicked out when the museum he was visiting closed because of the protest. Totally oblivious, he then went to another museum, also closed. He said, “They won’t let you go anywhere in this bloody town!”
We explained the situation, he was all for it!😁