Howlin' Ray's Pasadena Is Already the Most Scorching-Hot Opening of the Year (2022)
la.eater.com

Is that link too old, or too new?

BrainDead
en.wikipedia.org

... BrainDead is an American political satire science fiction[1][2][3] comedy-drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King.[4]

The series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary film-maker who takes a job working for her brother Luke (Danny Pino), a U.S. Senator, when the funding for her latest film falls through.

Assigned as his new constituency caseworker, she discovers that Washington, D.C. has been invaded by extraterrestrial insects which are eating the brains and taking control of people, including members of Congress and their staffers.

Much of the internal comedy of the series was that, in the altered reality of Washington, D.C. politics, only a few people noticed. ...

Back when I watched that series, I noted a couple of things...

1) the satire was obvious, but not all that far-fetched.

2) the series was showing then candidate-Trump on TV screens in the background of many scenes.

So, as that CBS TV-series seems to have predicted, the MAGA brain-worm seems to have taken over the United States.

Wow.

Pastor Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
www.manateesheriff.com

... Based upon further investigation, one of charges of Capital Sexual Battery has been changed to Lew and Lascivious Molestation. Detectives have also added 4 charges of Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and the number of counts of Possession of child porn now exceeds 20.

UPDATE 6/27/24:
As part of an ongoing investigation, Jonathan Elwing is charged with two counts of Capital Sexual Battery, six counts of Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), and six counts of Possession of CSAM, commonly referred to as child porn. ...

Maybe the Florida legislators are looking in the wrong areas?

Almost 1,700 priests and clergy accused of sex abuse are unsupervised (2019)
www.nbcnews.com

... Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated Press investigation has found.

These priests, deacons, monks and lay people now teach middle-school math. They counsel survivors of sexual assault. They work as nurses and volunteer at nonprofits aimed at helping at-risk kids. They live next to playgrounds and daycare centers. They foster and care for children. ...

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana (1905)
americanart.si.edu

'Trump is in charge!': MAGA activists push 'hyperpartisanship' and reject compromise
www.nbcnews.com

... As Congress struggles over a deal to keep the government open, the message coming from the beating heart of Trump world is clear-cut: Don't compromise.

Speakers at a conference of conservative activists here this week said that Donald Trump's election victory should be a warning to those who try to block his agenda " Republicans and Democrats alike " that they need to give way.

"We don't need partisanship now; we need hyperpartisanship now," Steve Bannon, a former Trump White House senior adviser, told a raucous audience gathered at the Phoenix Convention Center for AmericaFest. ...

Senators take aim at big private equity landlords as rents soar (October 2024)
www.nbcnews.com

... As Wall Street financiers snapped up huge swaths of the nation's rental housing market in recent years, the deals sailed through unchallenged. Now, with the costs of renting an apartment or home out of reach for a growing number of Americans, four Democratic senators say these transactions need more scrutiny.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to private equity giant KKR on Wednesday, demanding information about its recent $2.1 billion purchase of 5,200 rental apartments across eight states. Among her questions: How does KKR plan to ensure that long-term tenants will be able to stay in their homes and what proportion of profits does KKR expect to generate from hikes in rents and fees at the apartments?

"KKR is just the latest private equity firm using the housing crisis to rake in profits while squeezing families," Warren said in a statement to NBC News. "I'm sounding the alarm because we can't solve the housing crisis unless we crack down on predatory practices by Wall Street investors."

Three other Senate Democrats signed onto Warren's letter: Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Peter Welch of Vermont and Ron Wyden of Oregon. ...

McSorley's Ale House
en.wikipedia.org

... Opened to womenWomen were not allowed in McSorley's until August 10, 1970, after National Organization for Women attorneys Faith Seidenberg and Karen DeCrow filed a discrimination case against the bar in District Court and won.[17] The two entered McSorley's in 1969, and were refused service, which was the basis for their lawsuit for discrimination.

The case decision made the front page of The New York Times on June 26, 1970.[18] The suit, Seidenberg v. McSorleys' Old Ale House (S.D.N.Y. 1970) established that the licensing of the bar, under the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, rose to the level of state action, thereby requiring the bar to comply with the proscriptions of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.[19]

The bar was then forced to admit women, but it did so "kicking and screaming".[2] In 1970 Barbara Shaum became the bar's first female patron.[5] With the ruling requiring women to be served, the bathroom became unisex. ...

Yeah, the bathroom was unisex. It became typical to visit the bathroom and see a female also using the facilities.

At the time, there were no issues raised about that.

... we used to take the PATH trains from Hoboken, NJ to NYC ...

btw, one night, walking back from the PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson, i.e., going under the Hudson River into NYC) one late night (early morning?) was the first and only time I have had police officers draw their weapons and point them at me. But that's a different story....

Florida approves limit, but not ban, on child marriage (2018)
www.reuters.com

... Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Florida approved a bill on Friday banning child marriage under the age of 17, one of the strictest measures in the nation, advocates said.

The measure, which goes to the governor for signature, is a compromise reached this week by legislators after an earlier version sought to ban marriage for anyone under 18.

The Florida governor intends to sign the bill into law, a spokeswoman said.

Child marriage is legal across the United States. While 18 is typically the minimum age, every state has legal loopholes or exceptions allowing children to wed at a younger age.

Under the new Florida measure, children aged 17 can marry with parental consent but face requirements such as a premarital preparation course. Also, 17-year-olds cannot marry someone more than two years older. ...

Chinese Companies Shifting to Other Countries to Avoid US Tariffs (2018)
www.industryweek.com

... A growing number of Chinese companies are adopting a crafty way to evade President Donald Trump's tariffs: remove the "Made in China" label by shifting production to countries such as Vietnam, Serbia and Mexico ...

At Home Shifts Some Manufacturing From China on Tariff Threat
www.bnnbloomberg.ca

... Retailer At Home Group Inc. is shifting some of its manufacturing and product supply lines away from China in an effort to minimize the impact of tariff's on US imports that President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose on Beijing, according to people familiar with the matter.

Company management told investors on a recent third-quarter earnings call that it's shipping products from Vietnam, India and Turkey and expanding sourcing from other countries ...