June 20, 2019 6:30 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, June 20, 2019
Today is the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling which held that employers must treat male and female workers equally in providing health benefits for their spouses.
Peaches
- Long Beach might hop on the Georgia travel ban bangwagon.
- Abrams to testify on effect of 2013 voting ruling.
- Your car’s data privacy comes into question in Georgia Supreme Court case.
- Georgia Democratic Party Chair Talks 2020 Strategy And More.
- City Council in Middle Georgia votes to double their own salary.
- Georgia ranks low on child welfare, but not among worst.
- Supreme Court won’t hear McIntosh School Board suit.
- Nydia Tisdale files another appeal over Dawson pumpkin farm arrest.
- The black Georgia school teacher who turned out to be a Union spy.
Jimmy Carter
- Nonprofits claim that Americans donated less to charity last year because of new tax law.
- Inside Backpage.com’s Vicious Battle with the Feds.
- Publishers Plead With Trump Not to Impose a China ‘Bible Tax.’
- The Surreal End of an American College.
- Man buys town, names it “Gay Hell.”
- A FOIA exception that’s detrimental to all.
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Georgia is planning to execute Marion Wilson tonight.
141 Hands free tickets. Wow https://www.mdjonline.com/news/marietta-police-don-costumes-to-catch-drivers-on-their-phones/article_cbbeff70-92af-11e9-a4fb-cf1940f2b031.html
Good. They started doing that in Gainesville, GA in April. Easy money for the city. Makes it safer for pedestrians, bicycle/ motorcycle riders, and the workers in the construction zones.
I imagine the practice will spread.
Some of the trucking companies have driver cams as well as dash cams. A distracted driver of a propane/gasoline truck going 70 mph is a lot of liability for the insurers. .
A “Right to Repair” law sounds good to me.
“Hackers, farmers, and doctors unite! Support for Right to Repair laws slowly grows”
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/hackers-farmers-and-doctors-unite-support-for-right-to-repair-laws-slowly-grows/
Cat fight. Behar thinks Trump supporters were bussed in to Orlando.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/the-view-meghan-mccain-joy-behar-fight-over-trump-rally-2019-6
“A gator weighing over 450 pounds had to pulled from a highway in Tallahassee after being struck by a semitruck.
“Florida Fish and Wildlife’s nuisance alligator contractor” was called.
That’s more than a nuisance!
https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/capture-png-1561043166.png
https://www.wesh.com/article/massive-gator-struck-by-semitruck-on-interstate-10/28118160
The driver of the semi was identified as a fellow named Kirby Smart!
Welcome to Texafornia!!!
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/06/20/texafornia-dreaming?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/texaforniadreamingtexasandcalifornia