WaPo: “A man killed five people, including an 8-year-old boy, with an AR-15-style weapon Friday night in an angry response to his neighbors’ request that he stop shooting in his yard while their baby was trying to sleep, according to Texas authorities. Instead of heeding his neighbors’ request, the man allegedly took the gun, went…
Month: May 2023
“Black Va. lawmakers, NAACP demand ouster of Youngkin’s diversity chief”
WaPo: “Black lawmakers in Virginia’s General Assembly joined the state’s NAACP Friday in calling for the resignation of Martin D. Brown, the state’s chief diversity officer, after he blasted diversity, equity and inclusion programs in a speech at Virginia Military Institute. State Sen. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), the chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, described…
“Braxton Winston Running for [NC] Labor Commissioner”
Watauga Watch: “Winston has served for the last six years on the Charlotte City Council and is currently mayor pro tem. He is also a labor activist — a professional videographer but also, as a stagehand and grip, a union member, in “our region’s robust sports television and entertainment production community” (Winston website). He was…
“Florida’s surgeon general played loose with facts about vaccine risk”
WaPo: “Last October, Florida’s surgeon general, Joseph A. Ladapo, made an alarming claim about the mRNA vaccines that have been so vital to protecting people around the world from serious disease and death from the coronavirus. Dr. Ladapo issued a press release declaring that a new analysis by the Florida health department had found an “abnormally high risk of cardiac-related…