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Trump Booed at Arizona Rally Over His New Endorsement Donald Trump faced blowback over one of his recent endorsements at his Friday evening rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona. “And a highly respected man, just endorsed by me today. Future congressman for the 2nd district Eli Crane,” Trump said before boos rang out from the crowd. The ex-president responded to the booing by apparently seeking some self-validation: “But you like me?” he asked. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-booed-at-arizona-rally-over-new-congressional-endorsement-eli-crane

The first U.S. polio case was discovered in nearly a decade. Should you worry? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist works with polio virus material. The first case of polio in nearly decade was detected in a New York patient Thursday. The individual was unvaccinated and likely contracted the virus from an individual outside of the country. James Gathany/CDC Health officials in New York have discovered a case of polio in an adult — the first case in the country since 2013. The good news is most people have nothing to worry about. "Unless you're unvaccinated," according to retired family physician and polio survivor Marny Eulberg. The New York State Department of Health said the unvaccinated individual from Rockland County likely contracted the virus from someone outside of the country who had taken an oral polio vaccine, which hasn't been authorized for use in the U.S. since 2000. https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1113018772/polio-new-york-case

Monkeypox declared global health emergency by WHO as cases surge Declaration is strongest call to action agency can make, with most recent such announcement being for Covid Monkeypox is a viral infection typically found in animals in central and western Africa, although it can cause outbreaks in humans. Photograph: AP Nicola Davis Science Correspondent Sat 23 Jul 2022 10.15 EDT Last modified on Sat 23 Jul 2022 10.32 EDT The global monkeypox outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) – the strongest call to action the agency can make. It is the seventh time such a declaration has been made since 2009, the most recent being for Covid-19, which was given the same label by the WHO in 2020, and follows a meeting of a committee of experts on Thursday. Monkeypox is a viral infection typically found in animals in central and western Africa, although it can cause outbreaks in humans. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/23/monkeypox-who-declares-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern

California governor signs gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law Aluminum lower receivers for AR-15 rifles are displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, April 12, 2021. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new gun bill on Friday that is explicitly modeled after Texas' unprecedented abortion law. The state is now the first to allow citizens to sue people who make or sell banned weapons, state officials said. The bill, SB 1327, allows Californians to sue those making, selling, transporting or distributing illegal assault weapons or ghost guns for at least $10,000 in damages. Gun dealers who illegally sell firearms to those under the age of 21 could also be liable for the same damages. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/california-governor-signs-gun-bill-modeled-texas-abortion/story?id=87253528

NASA satellite images show Lake Mead water levels plummeting to lowest point since 1937 Satellite images released by NASA this week show a dramatic drop in water levels over the last 22 years at Lake Mead. NASA confirmed that water levels in Lake Mead, located in Nevada and Arizona, are at their lowest since April 1937, when the reservoir was being filled for the first time. As of Monday, Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, was filled to 27% capacity, according to NASA. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/22/nasa-images-lake-mead-water-level-loss/10123279002/

Testimony Depicts the Former President as Content to Let the Riot Rage The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol portrayed former President Donald Trump at its prime-time hearing Thursday as failing to call off the rioters, and on some occasions encouraging them, during the 187 minutes between his speech to his supporters that day at the Ellipse and the release of a video late in the afternoon calling them to go home. “Our hearings have shown many ways in which President Trump tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the days leading up to January 6,” said Rep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.), who with Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.) led questioning of witnesses at the hearing, the eighth and last such session this summer. “With each step of his plan, he betrayed his oath of office and was derelict in his duty.” https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/jan-6-hearing-today-trump

Trump ex-adviser Bannon convicted of contempt of U.S. Congress Former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon departs after he was found guilty during his trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. Conviction follows less than 3 hours of jury deliberations First contempt of Congress conviction in U.S. since 1974 Defense suggested Bannon's prosecution was political WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - Steve Bannon, a key associate of former President Donald Trump and an influential figure on the American right, was convicted on Friday of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol, a major victory for the Democratic-led panel. A jury found Bannon, 68, guilty of two misdemeanor counts for refusing to provide testimony or documents to the House of Representatives select committee as it scrutinizes the Jan. 6, 2021, rampage by Trump supporters who tried to upend the results of the 2020 presidential election. Each contempt of Congress count is punishable by 30 days to one year behind bars, as well as a fine of $100 to $100,000. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols set a sentencing date of Oct. 21. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/prosecutors-set-urge-conviction-trump-ex-adviser-bannon-2022-07-22/

Trump did nothing to stop his supporters as they attacked Congress, threatened Pence, witnesses tell Jan. 6 committee The Jan. 6 select committee’s latest public hearing went inside the White House to detail then-President Donald Trump’s hours long refusal to call for an end to the Capitol riot. The hearing marks the final scheduled presentation of the committee’s initial findings from its investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection until September. The nine-member committee, which is comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has accused Trump of being at the center of a multi-pronged conspiracy to overturn his loss to Biden in the 2020 contest. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/21/jan-6-committee-hearing-live-coverage-and-latest-updates-day-8.html

Biden unveils extreme heat plan – but doesn’t declare climate emergency Facing the disintegration of his climate agenda as ferocious heatwaves hit large parts of the world, Joe Biden has unveiled a new plan to push billions of dollars to US cities and states to help them cope better with extreme heat. The president stopped short, however, of declaring a climate emergency. Biden outlined the new actions in a speech on Wednesday at a former coal plant in Massachusetts, which is now part of an offshore windfarm project. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/20/joe-biden-extreme-heat-plan-climate-speech?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=edit_2221&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter

By raft and on foot, migrants cross Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas EAGLE PASS, Texas, July 19 (Reuters) - Beneath a blazing sun, a record number of migrants seeking to enter the United States are crossing the Mexican border. Some wade or swim through the waters of the Rio Grande into Texas. Smugglers ferry groups of others on rafts. U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, promised a more humane border policy than that of his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, but the increase in numbers has challenged U.S. law enforcement and drawn criticism from both political parties. The U.S. Border Patrol made more than 1.6 million arrests through June in the fiscal year that started on Oct. 1, on pace to exceed the 1.7 million arrests during all of the last fiscal year, U.S. government data shows. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/by-raft-foot-migrants-cross-rio-grande-mexico-texas-2022-07-19/

40% of LGBTQ Adults Do Not Feel Safe on Social Media, GLAAD Survey Finds Advocacy group GLAAD issued new data finding that five major social media platforms — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube — each fail to provide adequate policies to protect LGBTQ users’ safety, privacy and expression. GLAAD’s second annual Social Media Safety Index, released Wednesday, introduced a new Platform Scorecard analyzing LGBTQ user safety across the five platforms based on a proprietary scoring system. All five had scores under 50 out of 100. About 40% of all LGBTQ adults — and 49% of transgender and nonbinary people — do not feel welcomed and safe on social media, according to newly released findings from a May 2022 survey GLAAD conducted with Community Marketing & Insights. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/40-lgbtq-adults-not-feel-143029956.html

Half of GOP Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Find Michael C. Bender Tue, July 12, 2022 at 4:37 AM Former President Donald Trump at a rally in Anchorage, Alaska, July 9, 2022. (Ash Adams/The New York Times) As Donald Trump weighs whether to open an unusually early White House campaign, a New York Times/Siena College poll shows that his post-presidential quest to consolidate his support within the Republican Party has instead left him weakened, with nearly half the party’s primary voters seeking someone different for president in 2024 and a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins the nomination. By focusing on political payback inside his party instead of tending to wounds opened by his alarming attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, Trump appears to have only deepened fault lines among Republicans during his yearlong revenge tour. A clear majority of primary voters younger than 35, 64%, as well as 65% of those with at least a college degree — a leading indicator of political preferences inside the donor class — told pollsters they would vote against Trump in a presidential primary. Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6, 2021, appears to have contributed to the decline in his standing, including among a small but important segment of Republicans who could form the base of his opposition in a potential primary contest. https://www.yahoo.com/news/half-gop-voters-ready-leave-113731959.html

Sydney is flooded, again, as climate crisis becomes new normal for Australia's most populous state NPR photo Brisbane, Australia (CNN)On a fine day, locals arrive on boats that motor up the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales to dine on the back deck of the Paradise Café. But for the fourth time in 18 months, café owner Darren Osmotherly is rushing to move his equipment to higher ground as floodwater rises across Greater Sydney after days of heavy rain. "Every six hours to eight hours (we're) trying to have a hot shower and get changed again and try to have a coffee break room or a short sleep in between," said Osmotherly, who says he's barely slept for three days. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/04/australia/sydney-floods-damage-evacuation-climate-australia-intl-hnk/index.html

Minneapolis ex-cop Chauvin gets 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd's rights July 7 (Reuters) - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted last year of murdering George Floyd, was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in prison on separate federal charges of violating Floyd's civil rights during the deadly May 2020 arrest, with the judge calling the ex-cop's actions unconscionable. Chauvin, who pleaded guilty to the federal charges in December, already is serving a sentence of 22-1/2 years in a Minnesota prison for Floyd's murder after a trial in state court last year. The federal sentence will run concurrently and will see Chauvin moved to a federal prison. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/minneapolis-police-officer-convicted-george-floyds-death-awaits-federal-2022-07-07/