In case you missed it: Headlines 10/19/21

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.

President Biden/Biden Administration:

Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.

The Biden administration’s last-ditch bid to restore abortion rights in Texas, explained.

Senate Republicans are blocking the confirmation of Presiden Biden's pick to oversee the hundreds of prosecutions stemming from the Jan. 6 attack, people familiar with the matter tell Insider. https://t.co/CBxevMlBLM
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2021

.@MaddowBlog: Former President Trump insisted that he'd restored the United States' global standing, and President Biden would undo the progress. New evidence shows all of this was backwards. https://t.co/hXrFD4IzrW
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 19, 2021

Biden’s imposition of vaccine mandates was a bold and gutsy move that is now paying off despite GOP sabotage.

Between Sept. 9 and Oct. 18, daily vaccinations increased 26% while new cases fell 43%. The widely predicted resistance didn’t materialize. https://t.co/9QotjstW04
— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) October 19, 2021

The Redheaded Badass:

Welp, Peter STFU for a few moments:

Secretary Buttigieg’s paternity leave has really triggered the (below) average MAGAt:

Emerald Robinson: Shouldn't Pete Buttigieg come back to work from paternity leave?

Jen Psaki: … he's at work

Emerald: He's on paternity leave

Psaki: I was on a call with him this morning pic.twitter.com/5vIJCNi3ev
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 19, 2021

Asked about unconfirmed reports the gang in Haiti is demanding $17 million for kidnapped missionaries, White House press sec. Jen Psaki reiterates U.S. does not negotiate with those holding hostages. https://t.co/HQol2vq5RQ pic.twitter.com/2Hhc6rVJwx
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 19, 2021

Reporter: "Does the president still believe that Build Back Better will not add a dime to the national debt?"

Jen Psaki: "Correct, it won't."

Reporter: "Why should Americans believe that?"

Jen Psaki: "Because it won't." pic.twitter.com/udlwWxxDap
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2021

Congress:

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Republicans and the Big Lie:

“They’re afraid of Trump and they just go along.” pic.twitter.com/ZhzVWFuTfK
— The Recount (@therecount) October 19, 2021

Voting Rights/Voter Suppression:

“Voter suppression anywhere is a threat to our voting rights everywhere.” – @cliff_notes, Black Voters Matter Co-Founder and Executive Director

Join us in telling Senator Schumer that it’s Time to Deliver the Freedom to Vote Act: https://t.co/5MKKhO513t pic.twitter.com/wUXBJOfzX2
— Black Voters Matter Fund (@BlackVotersMtr) October 18, 2021

.@SenSchumer: "With everything we're seeing at the state level, the Senate must take action and we must take action now. The right to vote is the beating heart of any democracy." https://t.co/TcKpXOV3XG pic.twitter.com/CaaGEjiFj3
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2021

Now: Protesters, including @BenJealous, @Alyssa_Milano, faith leaders, and civil rights leaders, are being arrested outside the White House for calling on President Biden to lead on voting rights.

No more excuses. #VotingRightsNow. pic.twitter.com/KLJfJjxvDV
— People For the American Way (@peoplefor) October 19, 2021

COVID-19/COVIDIOTS:

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is vaccinated, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, according to department spokesperson Marsha Espinosa.

Should’ve Got the Vaccine:

CDC data finds Pfizer vaccine 93 percent effective against hospitalization for youth

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers

The American Taliban/White ISIS/Wing Nuts/MAGAts/GUNZ!:

Right-wing anti-vax pastor Shane Vaughn declares that Colin Powell "was, in fact, killed by the very government that he served": "The truth is, if he had not taken the vaccine, he would be alive today." pic.twitter.com/KlYaBzukIK
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 19, 2021

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is scheduled to vote on whether to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House adviser Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena. https://t.co/yTDTfKf9YO
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 19, 2021

Jan. 6 panel plans Bannon contempt vote as Trump sues over probe https://t.co/IWZSjt0CZI
— ABC10 (@ABC10) October 19, 2021

More MAGAts triggered b y Secretary Buttigieg’s paternity leave:

Newsmax's Sebastian Gorka on Pete Buttigieg: "Stop calling it his husband. Ok? It's not his husband. In Western civilization men can't have husbands" pic.twitter.com/Rko2vqXgw5
— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) October 19, 2021

Newsmax host: “Pete Buttigieg is a man and so is his husband. They did not have to have these kids now. They're not up against any biological clock”https://t.co/tYHb7BuNxC pic.twitter.com/jfr8gr7Cym
— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) October 19, 2021

The Former Guy:

Judge in Trump’s Capitol riot case has doled out stiff penalties to Jan. 6 defendants

A federal trial judge who has expressly rejected lenient sentencing recommendations in U.S. Capitol riot cases was assigned on Tuesday to hear the lawsuit former President Donald Trump filed to block the release of records to the U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

Trump testifies protesters were dressed as Ku Klux Klan members and have ‘no one to blame but themselves’

“Rather than protest peacefully, the plaintiffs intentionally sought to rile up a crowd by blocking the entrance to Trump Tower on 5th Avenue, in the middle of the day, wearing Klu Klux Klan [sic] robes and hoods,” Trump said.

NEW!

"The fake, highly partisan Unselect Committee continues to rock and roll. They were unable to make a deal with Kevin McCarthy to put real Republicans on the Committee, so they got stuck with low-polling warmonger Liz Cheney and Cryin’ Adam Kinzinger who have no idea… pic.twitter.com/YKdY4vnDu5
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) October 19, 2021

State News:

Federal judge rejects bid to block Oregon vaccine mandate

Washington State’s head football coach fired for refusing Covid-19 vaccine

“This is a disheartening day for our football program,” a school official said.

A missing Alabama woman’s body is found in a parked, unoccupied police van

Iowa Democratic chair reports lynching threat after op-ed about Trump https://t.co/yuUZT0VxjJ
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 19, 2021

District attorneys refuse to prosecute some GOP-led laws

The actions come in response to controversial restrictions on abortion, voting and mask requirements, limits on protest activity and laws aimed at LGBTQ people.

Next GOP Wayne County canvasser says he would not have certified results of 2020 election

Jewish residents in Southlake, Texas, were among 50 plus who took offense to the district's "two sides" to the Holocaust stance at a board meeting.https://t.co/k2BknURuRz
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 19, 2021

Ohio’s Finest:

"Is it un-American to care whether our children might contract the diseases that vaccines have all but eradicated, such as smallpox, polio, diphtheria?"

Well said, Jeanette! https://t.co/SC7XdZDEZu
— Jeffrey A Sites (@jeffreyasites) October 18, 2021

The Senate majority hinges on Ohio.

Affordable health care, living wages, American jobs, and much more depends on whether we win or lose. That's why one of the most important things you can do to help shape where we go from here is invest in this race.https://t.co/rfj7D7Y0dm
— Tim Ryan (@TimRyan) October 18, 2021

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