Francine McKenna
Teacher, writer, speaker, reader. I use tools so tools can’t use me. She/her “In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.” The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Kundera https://TheDig.Substack.com Formerly @retheauditors
Aging, incoherent felon refuses to drop out of presidential racewww.sfchronicle.com With Joe Biden’s exit, we hope the purple parts of the U.S. that couldn’t trust the president’s mental competency will see the obvious truth about Donald Trump.
Child sex-trafficking victim who killed her abuser will finally learn her fatewww.washingtonpost.com Chrystul Kizer was 17 when she shot Randall Volar III, who filmed his abuse of her. A Wisconsin judge will decide whether she deserves prison or a counseling program.
Roundup: Eric Schmidt says the quiet part out louddisconnect.blog Read to the end for a disastrous Peter Thiel interview
Adoption agency allegedly tries to buy inmates' unborn babieswww.mysanantonio.com A Central Texas woman was released on bail after allegedly attempting to pay North Texas inmates to put their unborn children up for adoption.
They not like us: Why Ben and Felicia Horowitz made a shocking political U-turnsfstandard.com They once hosted Kamala Harris and supported DEI organizations. Now they donate to MAGA candidates and live inside a four-gated mansion in Nevada.
Perspective | Myrna Morrissey’s pain: Seduced at 17, a mom at 18, ending her marriage at 27wapo.st Myrna Morrissey is divorcing the Virginia state Senator nearly 40 years her senior who seduced her when she was 17.
Gena Rowlands, the unsung lady of independent cinema and wife of late director John Cassavetes, has diedwww.latimes.com Gena Rowlands
Innocent Man Who Spent Nearly 50 Years On Death Row To Receive $7 Millionwww.huffpost.com Glynn Ray Simmons, the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime, sued the city of Edmond, Oklahoma, and a former police detective following his exoneration.
Disney wants NYU doctor allergy death suit tossed because of...nypost.com Jeffrey Piccolo's attorneys have slammed Disney's latest motion as "preposterous" and "outrageously unreasonable."
Elon Musk is bringing lawsuits to Texas. A judge with Tesla stock keeps hearing themwww.npr.org Judge Reed O’Connor is overseeing two major lawsuits filed by billionaire Elon Musk. Legal experts have raised questions about the judge’s impartiality.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet jobwww.washingtonpost.com Harris has rebuffed the outreach, while Kennedy has also had conversations with Republican nominee Donald Trump about a role in his administration.
Report of a Special Committee: Political Interference and Academicwww.aaup.org This report details the findings of the special committee appointed by the AAUP to investigate the state of academic freedom and political interference in Florida, focusing on the threats to higher
Indiana says professors lack First Amendment rightswww.insidehighered.com Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.”