It’s Sunday and the weekend has come to an end. Below are a few articles and events we might have missed but are worthy of discussion. And in case you missed the Sunday shows, we got you covered. Please feel free to add your own headlines we might have missed.
Biden Administration:
Congress:
- Senator Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, was loudly booed at a Republican convention in Utah on Saturday, as some in the crowd called him a “traitor” and a “communist.”
- Texas Democrats on Sunday conceded they had fallen short in a special election for a U.S. House seat in the state’s 6th Congressional District, ensuring that the seat will go to a Republican in the runoff.
COVID-19 Updates:
- How dare President Biden wear a mask:
- Pro-Trump web forums are abuzz with directions to forge Covid vaccine cards
- Some states put templates online, spurring pro-Trump and anti-vaccination forums to start spreading tips for how to create fake cards.
The Sunday Shows:
Policing in America/Cops Acting Badly:
- ‘I don’t feel safe!’: A Black man told police he feared them, and then an officer yanked him by his hair.
- Police fired 24 shots at a handcuffed man. Why didn’t they turn on their body cameras?
White ISIS/MAGAts/Wing Nuts/GUNZ!
- Florida House backs social media crackdown bill after debate featuring talk of former President Trump and free speech.
- Wisconsin Casino Gunman Killed 2 in ‘Targeted’ Shooting, Say Police.
- Here’s your voter fraud, wing nuts: A 70-year-old man from Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to casting an illegal ballot for former President Donald Trump during the 2020 election and was sentenced to five years of probation on Friday.
OHIO!:
- Ohio high school elects a lesbian couple as prom king and queen
- “I do hope it kind of just helps people realize that it’s OK to come out,” the prom queen said.
Other News:
- 4 Astronauts Splash Down In SpaceX Dragon Capsule After 6 Months In Orbit.
- Two dead, 23 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego coast.
- A 29-year old man was arrested on hate crime charges on Saturday for his alleged involvement in a string of vandalism incidents against synagogues in New York City.
- The NYPD Hate Crimes task Force said they arrested Jordan Burnette of the Bronx on the charges in a Saturday briefing.
