Today’s comic by Matt Bors is Temperament tantrum:
Keep it coming, Mr. President:
President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system.
All of the inmates are serving time for drug possession, intent to sell or related crimes. Most are nonviolent offenders, although a few were also charged with firearms violations. Obama's commutation shortens their sentences, with most of the inmates set to be released on July 28.
Well, this is exciting (oops, meant to say stupid):
A bill that would make the Holy Bible the official book of Tennessee was given approval in a legislative committee on Tuesday.
With a 7-1 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the legislation, sponsored by Sen. Steve Southerland, R-Morristown. [...]
After being asked about concerns over the bill’s constitutionality, Southerland cited a 2005 Supreme Court case related to a display of the Ten Commandments on government facilities. With a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled that the display was constitutional.
“What we’re doing is using the Supreme Court case as the guideline to make sure it’s historical and not religious,” Southerland explained.
This shouldn’t be happening:
Many relatives and friends providing financial support or care to people with dementia have dipped into their retirement savings, cut back on spending and sold assets to pay for expenses tied to the disease, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Alzheimer's Association.
About one in five go hungry because they don’t have enough money.
Freaky or cool, depending on your point of view:
Reports are coming in that a number of amateur astronomers have spotted an asteroid or comet slamming into Jupiter. If confirmed, this would be one of only a handful of recorded impacts ever on the gas giant.
Details are few and far between at the moment. What we know so far, from videos published online, is that there was a rapid brightening on the limb of Jupiter, which likely came from an impact.
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show, Greg Dworkin says Trump aides say the man never seriously meant for any of this to work. Joan McCarter hits all the hottest dumpster fires: Trump, SCOTUS, Grassley, ID Gov. Butch Otter’s epic fatalism, basic understanding of & access to contraception, etc.
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