Texas school plans to oust a teacher who fought for LGBTQ rainbow stickers
A battle over rainbow stickers at a high school near Dallas has hobbled the Gay-Straight Alliance and left LGBTQ students feeling unsafe.
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The Horror of Bucha
Russian invaders are now treating the entirety of the Ukrainian population as combatants, as dirt to be cleansed.
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Hello TG. I think this is already a world war and everyone has chosen sides. So what sense does it make to half support the side we stand with? It is not going to make the countries on the other side like us any better, we are still helping stop their invasion and conquering of the country we support. Either we want to stop the war crimes and genocide, or no country meant it when we said “Never again” after World War two.
The LATimes email thingie:
Ukrainian forces braced for an intensified Russian onslaught against the eastern Donbas region as officials from Ukraine, the U.S. and other countries condemned Moscow over allegations of civilian executions.
A gruesome cleanup was underway in the northern suburbs of Kyiv, the capital, following the withdrawal of Russian troops. Ukrainian soldiers were removing bodies from streets, homes and other sites in the towns of Bucha and Irpin, which had been recently occupied by Russian forces.
Ukrainian officials accused Russia of large-scale killings of civilians, alleging that some of the victims’ bodies in Bucha had been found with their hands tied. Russia has reportedly denied the allegations.
Axios’ email thingie:
Reuters journalists who visited Bucha on Saturday said a mass grave at a church was still open, with hands and feet poking through red clay heaped on top.
Human Rights Watch released a report yesterday documenting…
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Texas woman who said 3-year-old son was killed because of road rage is arrested
The mother is charged with concealing a handgun and having a weapon accessible to children. Police said they haven’t found evidence of a road-rage incident.
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Is the Supreme Court confirmation process irreparably broken? Some senators say yes.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on track for a narrow confirmation, but her hearings illustrated an ongoing disintegration of the process. Senators fear it will only get worse.
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Column: Did Sweden beat the pandemic by refusing to lock down? No, its record is disastrous
A new study shows just how badly Sweden fared in the pandemic.
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Russian oil tankers are vanishing off the map
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine made the country a pariah in the global energy market. Since the war started, a de facto embargo on Russian oil has emerged, with oil companies, trading houses, shippers and banks backing away, all at the same time.
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“Biggest fraud in a generation”: the looting of the COVID relief program known as PPP
The official in charge of Covid relief tells NBC News’ Lester Holt that programs like PPP were structured in ways that were “an invitation” to fraudsters.
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Russia bombards Chernihiv hours after pledging to halt shelling
Mayor of northern Ukrainian city says there is no evidence of any withdrawal of Russian forces.
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