July 2020
So, have we all collectively lost our minds yet? This year is like playing a daily game of whac-a-mole with an endlessly disastrous news cycle. I was cheered up recently watching the absurd Netflix ‘Eurovision’ movie, when star Rachel McAdams delivered a line that should be this year’s slogan: “The elves went too far!” Indeed they have, and here we are. But you know what is in our control? VOTING! We are officially less than 100 days away from the election, so please visit Vote.org to make sure you are registered or request an absentee ballot, and visit Vote Save America for updates on state deadlines for vote by mail & more. Like today, now, let’s do this.
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Let’s travel! Lol, just kidding, no one will have us so let’s talk global news…
Let’s start with this hilarious TikTok on imagined ‘COVID-19 Update Meeting’
Covid-19 in the USA is totally out of control (4% of the world's population, but 25% of all Coronavirus cases) so no travel anywhere as US is shut out
Bahamas will close its doors to American citizens
India currently has the third highest infection rates behind Brazil & USA
A Look At Hong Kong's Future After China Passes Controversial Law
France sans foreign tourists? Covid border closures mean the French finally get to discover their own country
Has Postponing the Summer Olympics Stifled Japan's Ambitious Tourism Plans
CEO of Delta Airlines says they have banned 100 people from flying the airline in the future because they refused to wear masks (good!)
Far far away: NASA’s Solar Orbiter gets closest pictures ever taken of the Sun
Culture Club
Taylor Swift dropped an unexpected, gem of an album “Folklore” on us, co-produced with Aaron Dessner of The National
Emmy nominations are out, lead by ‘Watchman’, ‘Succession’, ‘Ozark’
Vulture nabbed great interviews with both Thandie Newton and Michaela Coel
Vanity Fair: Viola Davis gives a great interview & serves incredible photos (first VF cover shot by a Black photographer, Dario Calmese)
A group of actors come together to create a Home Movie of the Princess Bride to benefit World Central Kitchen & the result is hilarious (see instagram clips)
If you somehow missed the tremendous response AOC gave to a sexist verbal attack on her from a fellow representative, watch it right now
Musician Dave Grohl comes to the defense of public school teachers
Professor Galloway gives a great rant on the College implosion
Officer becomes U.S. Navy's first Black female tactical jet pilot
Pod: Michelle Obama launched a new podcast on Spotify & her first episode is a wonderful conversation with her husband, Barack
Pod: Great Kara Swisher interview ‘Recode/Decode’ episodes with journalists Carole Cadwalladr & Katie Couric
July 4th rewind: Watch descendants of Frederick Douglass read his famous speech from 1852
No one disrespects Harriet Tubman. Especially not a certain ignorant rapper with problematic behavior. Let’s revisit her incredible history
Hundreds of hyperpartisan sites are masquerading as local news. Be aware.
FCC unanimously approves 988 as new three-digit suicide prevention hotline
David Letterman remembers Regis Philbin who passed at 88 (he appeared on his show 150 times over the years)
Fight the good fight (Good Trouble)
Keep going. Keep speaking out. Read, rest & repeat. Vote.
LEGENDS: We lost two civil rights giants this month, C. T. Vivian and John Lewis (above), Great read in The Atlantic on them both, Obama’s eulogy, Rep Lewis’ farewell words in the NY Times, and a very moving moment as John Lewis’ coffin crossed the bridge in Selma one last time
Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Native American Rights in Oklahoma
Court ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a big win for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
What is happening in Portland, Seattle & now NYC should terrify everyone, as federal agents snatch protestors off the street in unmarked vans
Bill Barr and Stephen Miller will have special chapters in the history of America’s years of authoritarianism
Strange how the government supports viagra but not birth control after ruling
Breonna Taylor’s killers are still free, she needs justice & our help
Justice Ginsburg’s cancer has returned, send her good vibes, the supreme court hangs in the balance. Just another reason to vote.
VOTE.ORG + Vote Save America !!!
Thank you for reading! Carrie xo
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