Blogaround

1. The Convention That Ate Republicans’ Lunch (August 26) "Democrats were able to take these themes (and several others) away from Republicans because the GOP has spent years giving them little more than lip service. When Ron DeSantis began banning books and threatening teachers who taught inconvenient facts about American history, those actions raised no debate about freedom within the Republican Party. There has been no controversy about nominating a philandering, twice-divorced, pussy grabber to lead the party of family values. When one jury of ordinary Americans found Trump responsible for sexual assault, another ruled beyond a reasonable doubt that he had committed fraud, and he avoided his other felony indictments through delaying tactics rather than by challenging the evidence against him, members of the law-and-order party attacked the justice system rather than question their allegiance to a criminal."

2. Sending Unarmed Responders Instead of Police: What We’ve Learned (July 25, via) "In Washington, D.C., social service nonprofit Bread for the City has sued the city, claiming that sending police to mental health emergencies discriminates against people with mental health disabilities."

3. Black Myth: Wukong - Headless Guy Singing Scene (August 20) My husband and son, who are Chinese, won't stop singing this song.

4. Federal Judge Tells Undocumented Spouses Of US Citizens To GTFO (August 27) "But what about protecting the rule of law and stopping an invasion of people who have lived here without incident for over a decade, huh?"

5. Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was 'pushed aside' by Trump aides (August 29)

Steve Shives's take is also good: Trump at Arlington: Because Rules (and Respect) Are for Other People (August 30) "Every time you think that this guy couldn't possibly be more insensitive and more disrespectful and more tacky than you've already seen him be, he somehow manages to top himself."

6. Small-town firefighters sawed through the Arizona border wall to rescue an injured man who waited 24 hours for help (August 30) "Tangye Beckham, fire chief of the Arivaca Fire District, said that after hours of delays in the remote area and no alternative method for giving the man the care he needed, she ordered the border wall to be cut so he could be pulled through and taken for medical care on the U.S. side."

7. NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose (September 4)