Happy National Postal Workers Day and a big, big THANK YOU to all who work for the USPS! Don’t forget to buy some stamps, and if you’re sending anything through the mail today, apparently there’s a #MailedIt hashtag for Twitter.
It’s also Canada Day for our neighbors to the north. Happy Canada Day!
Now, the news:
Pat Conroy
- Even though a lot of Independence Day celebrations have been canceled this year due to COVID-19, the lakes still expect to see big crowds. (Alternate link.)
- Governor Kemp signed the budget yesterday, which he called “bittersweet.” (Alternate link.)
- The University System of Georgia made the Chronicle of Higher Education for it’s “top-down management” of the COVID-19 situation (among other issues). The biggest point of contention is that masks are not mandatory.
- This has uncomfortable parallels to the Cocking Affair from 1941-1942.
- Some of Emory University’s medical experts are holding an online press conference to urge making masks mandatory. (Alternate link.)
- UGA isn’t even officially open, but it currently has 150 active cases amongst its students and workers.
- Georgia has been added to New York’s list of states in its quarantine order.
- Over a million COVID-19 tests will have been administered in Georgia by the end of the week.
- The Water Wars between Georgia and Florida continue on with a new document from Georgia filed yesterday.
Alice Walker
- Dr. Fauci has warned that COVID-19 cases could soon reach 100,000 a day in the United States.
- Biden gave a televised speech yesterday outlining his strategy to combat COVID-19.
- Mississippi has officially stripped Stars & Bars from its flag. The new flag will be determined later. (Alternate link.)
- COVID-19 has returned as Americans’ biggest concern in new polling.
- The new Hong Kong security law is much more expansive than originally advertised.
- The first arrest under the law has sparked new protests.
- The UK has made a citizenship offer to residents of the city.
Flannery O’Connor
- Apparently, there’s a spirit who curses at people in Somerset, England.