Why Republicans Talk about Abortion, and other links

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• A 19-year-old who admitted to blackmail, revenge porn, and bullying won his Democratic primary race for the Kansas House and is now running unopposed -- “Aaron Coleman, a progressive Democrat, is now running unopposed in the state’s November election.”
• A 25-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant -- “Police have charged a 25-year-old man with first-degree murder after they say he shot and killed a 5-year-old boy last week in Wilson, North Carolina.”
• Coronavirus updates: CDC changes testing guidelines for asymptomatic people -- “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its COVID-19 testing guidelines and now says people without symptoms ‘do not necessarily need a test’ – even if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19.”
• Goodyear Announces They Will Only Sell Tires For Left Side Of Car -- “By the way, we want to emphasize that this is not a political decision and that we are in no way giving special treatment to one side of the vehicle.” [satire]
• Healthy Choices, Healthy Bodies -- “Developing a healthy relationship with food is the key to a strong mind and body. Making the choice to eat better is a challenge for some people.”
• Independent counsel faults Chicago prosecutor’s dismissal of Jussie Smollett case -- “Webb was appointed by a Cook County judge last year as a special prosecutor to review the handling of the case.”
• Kamala Harris Lies Repeatedly in First Speech as Biden’s Running Mate -- “Several advanced nations have suffered more fatalities per million population than the U.S.: Belgium, the U.K., Spain, Italy, Sweden. Donald Trump is not in charge of any of these countries.”
• Police declare riot as Portland protesters set fires, attack government building -- “The protesters, some wearing gas masks and carrying shields, lit fires in dumpsters and used lighter fuel to start a fire inside the Multnomah Building big enough to set off the sprinkler system, police said.”
• President Trump reportedly pushing coronavirus treatment that is also embraced by HUD Sec. Dr. Ben Carson and MyPillow’s Mike Lindell -- “Oleandrin looks to have antiviral activity at high doses in a test tube model.”
• Protester kicks at biker during Sturgis rally -- “...the protesters were demonstrating against Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s decision not to shut down South Dakota during the coronavirus pandemic and that the Sturgis rally was being held during the pandemic.”
• Report details why Louisville police decided to forcibly search Breonna Taylor’s home -- “The report includes photographs of Glover entering and exiting Taylor’s building. In the application for the search warrant of Taylor’s apartment, police said they suspected drugs and money were being held at the residence.”
• Sorry ‘Factchecker,’ Nikki Haley Is Right — Obama Sent Iran a Planeload of Cash -- “The cash in question only became ‘Iran’s money’ after Obama secretly sent it to the Mullahs in an unmarked cargo plane — or, in the same way a bag of cash becomes the ‘kidnapper’s money’ once it’s delivered.”
• The Architectural Legacy of Diedrich Rulfs -- “More than 50 beautiful homes and other structures created by German immigrant Diedrich Rulfs have stood the test of time for more than 100 years to help define the landscape of Nacogdoches, Texas.”
• The two students who took on Coke and Pepsi -- “Later that year Mirco and Lorenz had their first 170 crates of Fritz-Kola to sell, some 4,080 bottles.”
• Why Republicans Talk about Abortion and Democrats Don’t -- “...at last week’s Democratic convention, as the party ratified its most pro-abortion platform in history, not a single speaker so much as said the word ‘abortion’.”