Liveblog - In case you missed it: Headlines 04/14/21

With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks.  Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing. Please feel free to post ‘headlines’ you would like to share that we may have missed.

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION:

President Joe Biden declared he plans to end the longest U.S. war and that it is 'time for American troops to come home' from Afghanistan, even as critics warn that peace is not assured https://t.co/Ns9EeJks7C pic.twitter.com/7THGLdLzPA

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 14, 2021

• The Biden administration on Wednesday began to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy that drove Planned Parenthood from the federal family planning program and created new complications for women trying to get birth control.

Jen Psaki masterfully handles a factually inaccurate, loaded question about abortion pic.twitter.com/4DG9OcrqE2

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 14, 2021

Congress:

Sen. Mitch McConnell: "New reporting suggests the Biden administration plans to turn tail and abandon the fight in Afghanistan. Precipitously withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan is a grave mistake." pic.twitter.com/cB5Ixf2ZRq

— The Hill (@thehill) April 13, 2021

COVID-19 Updates and COVIDIOTS:

• ‘Red’ states on U.S. electoral map lagging on vaccinations
• ‘This is satire:’

.@TedNugent is right. What about covids 1-18??? pic.twitter.com/MCh910ZOTE

— Brent Terhune Bloomington IN May 3&4 (@BrentTerhune) April 12, 2021

More COVID state shutdowns unlikely, despite CDC suggestion https://t.co/OQCsYaHddn

— SFGATE (@SFGate) April 14, 2021

White ISIS/MAGAts/ White Supremacists/Wing Nut Watch/GUNZ!:

• Lara Trump could be the next member of the Trump family whose name appears on an upcoming electoral ballot–this one for the office of U.S. senator representing North Carolina. And if she makes the decision soon, it could lessen her pool of challengers.

South Dakota won't be taking any illegal immigrants that the Biden Administration wants to relocate. My message to illegal immigrants… call me when you're an American.

— Governor Kristi Noem (@GovKristiNoem) April 14, 2021

Other Headlines:

• Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a ban on any HIV/AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle” as they faced a lawsuit, they have approved revamping the state’s sex education laws to make them some of the strictest in the nation when it comes to teaching about LGBTQ issues.

One dead, 12 missing after 190-foot lift boat capsizes off Louisiana coast. https://t.co/0N7rBL6UOc

— ABC News (@ABC) April 14, 2021

• VIRGINIA ZOO TIGERS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) UPON PRELIMINARY TESTING