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:
- Face to face: June summit for Biden, Putin as tensions rise
Congress:
COVID-19 Updates and COVIDIOTS:
- Of the more than 130 million people in the United States who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, there have been reports of at least 10,262 breakthrough infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Roughly a quarter of the breakthrough cases didn’t have symptoms — they were likely detected through routine testing, the CDC found in a report released Tuesday. Of 955 people who were hospitalized, about a third were in the hospital for reasons unrelated to Covid-19, or were asymptomatic. About 160 people, or 2 percent, died. Twenty eight of the deaths were unrelated to Covid-19. The CDC didn’t report whether the people had underlying conditions or comorbidities such as obesity.
- The majority of the breakthrough infections were women, 63 percent, and a majority of the patients were 40 to 74 years old.
- Moderna says its COVID-19 shot works in kids as young as 12
White ISIS/MAGAts/ White Supremacists/Wing Nut Watch/GUNZ!:
- Another wing nut who won’t take personal responsibility for his own actions:
- Lawyers for former President Donald Trump urged a federal judge late Monday to dismiss a lawsuit against him filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who helped argue the House impeachment case against Trump.
- The former president has absolute immunity from civil lawsuits over his official actions while in office, his lawyers argued, and he was free as president to advocate for Congress to take action favorable to him in counting the electoral vote, just as he was free to push Congress to pass bills he supported.
- Dylann Roof appeals death sentence in Charleston church slayings
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that aims to punish social media companies for their moderation decisions, a move that Silicon Valley immediately criticized and likely sets the stage for potential legal challenges.
Other Headlines:
- National Basketball Social Justice Coalition statement on policing reform legislation
- The National Basketball Social Justice Coalition leads the NBA family’s collaborative efforts to address racial and social inequality.
