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brooklynite's JournalDems punch back against GOP's "culture war" attacks
AxiosWhy it matters: Recent research has shown the barrage of "culture war" messaging — on everything from critical race theory to bashing LGBTQ communities — is working, and Democrats now realize they can't ignore it any longer. They want to make 2022 a referendum on MAGA nation and its agenda.
President Biden himself got more aggressive while traveling to Ohio last Wednesday to honor 2022's Teacher of the Year: a history instructor who teaches courses about oppression and Black history.
"Today, there are too many politicians trying to score political points trying to ban books — even math books. I mean, did you ever think ... that when you'd be teaching, you'd be worrying about book burnings and banning books? All because it doesn't fit somebody's political agenda," the president said.
May Day marches across France send pensions message to Macron
Source: The Guardian
“There will be a fight over pensions, that’s clear – battle has been declared,” said the leftwing CGT trade union in Toulouse. Trade unionists, environmentalists and parties on the left, as well as yellow-vest anti-government protesters, marched in cities across the country – on what is also known as fête du Travail (Labour Day) in France – demanding a rise in pensions and salaries and an end to Macron’s plan to gradually raise the pension age to 65.
The government said that 45 arrests were made on the edge of the peaceful march in Paris, after a small group of people dressed in black, described as “black bloc” anarchists, smashed the windows of businesses, including a McDonald’s, and attacked cash dispensers while setting bins alight. Police fired teargas and one woman was arrested for attacking a firefighter as he put out a fire. Eight police officers were injured.
The centrist Macron, who was reelected last weekend with 58.5% of the vote against the far-right Marine Le Pen, is under pressure to govern differently in his second-term –– with less top-down decision-making and a more participative, decentralised approach, in which citizens would have more input.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/may-day-marches-across-france-send-pensions-message-to-macron
Please Join In Person Reception with President Biden on Monday, May 9, 2022,Potomac MD
I hope you and your family are doing well. I am very honored and excited to invite you to an in-person Reception with President Joe Biden, on Monday, May 9,2022 Potomac MD.
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https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/1520542108033159168Tuesday's Ohio Primary
GovernorMike DeWine (R)* - Incumbent
Joe Blystone (R) - Farmer & Restaurant Owner
Ron Hood (R) - Ex-State Rep., '21 US Rep Candidate & '20 St Bd of Education Candidate
Jim Renacci (R) - Ex-Congressman, Ex-Wadsworth Mayor & '18 US Sen Nominee
John Cranley (D) - Ex-Cincinnati Mayor, Ex-City Councilman, Attorney & '00/'06 US Rep Nom.
Nan Whaley (D) - Dayton Mayor & Ex-Dayton City Councilwoman
Senator
Matt Dolan (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep, Attorney & Cleveland Guardians Team Co-Owner
Mike Gibbons (R) - Investment Banker, Attorney & '18 Candidate
Josh Mandel (R) - Ex-State Treasurer, Ex-State Rep., Attorney, Iraq War Veteran & '12 US Sen Nom.
Neil Patel (R) - Insurance Agent, Ex-Democrat & Frequent Candidate
Mark Pukita (R) - Businessman & Electrical Engineer
Jane Timken (R) - Ex-State GOP Chair, Ex-Kent State University Trustee & Attorney
J.D. Vance (R) - Venture Capitalist, Attorney & Author
Morgan Harper (D) - Ex-CBFP Official, Progressive Activist & '20 US Rep Candidate
Traci "TJ" Johnson (D) - IT Consultant & Community Activist
Tim Ryan (D) - Congressman, Ex-State Sen. & Attorney
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District 11:
Shontel Brown (D)* - Incumbent
Nina Turner (D) - Ex-State Sen., Ex-Cleveland City Councilwoman & '21 Candidate
Raiders owner says of quarterback Colin Kaepernick: 'I would welcome him with open arms'
Source: The Hill
In an interview with NBC Sports’s Bay Area affiliate, Davis said he believes that Kaepernick deserves a chance to play in the league, though he suggested the decision lies with team’s coaches and executives.
“I believe in Colin Kaepernick,” Davis said in a “Race in America: A Candid Conversation” episode set to premiere on Wednesday.
“He deserves every chance in the world to become a quarterback in the National Football League. I still stand by it. If our coaches and general manager want to bring him in or want him to be the quarterback on this team, I would welcome him with open arms,” he added.
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3473220-raiders-owner-says-of-quarterback-colin-kaepernick-i-would-welcome-him-with-open-arms/
Birx says US must prepare for summer COVID surge as immunity wanes
Source: The Hill
“They’re on an upslope again,” Birx said of South Africa’s infections on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“Each of these surges are about four to six months apart. That tells me that natural immunity wanes enough in the general population after four to six months that a significant surge is going to occur again. And this is what we have to be prepared for in this country,” she added.
Birx specifically warned Americans should be “preparing right now for a potential surge in this summer across the southern United States.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3473217-birx-says-us-must-prepare-for-summer-covid-surge-as-immunity-wanes/
Top Biden health official says trans youth being 'driven to depths of despair'
Source: The Hill
Levine, the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, said in a speech at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth that LGBTQ youth are being “attacked” and have “few places to turn” for help.
“I want to say this very, very clearly: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans are committing suicide at a rate that should shock our conscience,” Levine said during the Out For Health Conference.
“Even after decades of progress, the most vulnerable among us continue to suffer … transgender women of color not only continue to be harassed, but are more likely than the population at large to suffer violence and even murder.”
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3473200-top-biden-health-official-says-trans-youth-being-driven-to-depths-of-despair/
Russia's top officer visited the front line to change the offensive's course
Source: New York Times
[div class"excerpt"]ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- The chief of the general staff of the Russian military, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the country's highest ranking uniformed officer, made a visit to dangerous front-line positions in eastern Ukraine late last week in an effort to "change the course" of Russia's flagging offensive there, according to a senior Ukrainian official. Two U.S. officials with knowledge of the visit also backed that assessment.
Ukrainian officials learned of the visit, the Ukrainian official said, but not in time to catch General Gerasimov. When Ukrainian forces launched an attack on one position visited by General Gerasimov, at School No. 12 in the Russian-controlled city of Izium on Saturday evening, he had already departed for Russia. Still, some 200 soldiers, including at least one general, were killed, the Ukrainian official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military operation.
Two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential intelligence assessments, confirmed that General Gerasimov had been in eastern Ukraine for the past couple days, but had no information about the attack on the Russian base. The Russian Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"Our working assumption is that he was there because there's a recognition they haven't worked out all their problems yet," said one of the officials.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/world/europe/russian-general-dead-valery-gerasimov.html
An Alabama inmate and a corrections officer are missing. Here's what we know
Source: CNN
(CNN)Authorities in Alabama are searching for a corrections officer and an inmate charged with murder after they went missing on Friday.
Vicki White, assistant director of corrections for Lauderdale County, took Casey White, the inmate, from jail Friday morning, saying she was taking the prisoner to the county courthouse.
The two, who officials said are not related, have not been seen since, and the US Marshals Service is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the inmate's capture and the location of the officer, the service said Sunday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/us/alabama-inmate-and-corrections-officer-missing-what-we-know/index.html
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