Depression news…then, Funny, funny memes!

Ramsey, D. (2024, May 3). Bloodthirsty Tom cotton is going to get someone killed. Arkansas Times. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/02/bloodthirsty-tom-cotton-is-going-to-get-someone-killed 

Dreisbach, T. (2024, May 1). When judges get free trips to luxury resorts, disclosure is spotty. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips 

Aileen Cannon responds to claims she did not disclose 'Luxury' trips. (2024, May 4). Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-aileen-cannon-classified-documents-case-miami-florida-montana-trip-npr-1896480 

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/30/trump-gag-order-fine-fundraising-hush-money-case-00155173 

Jordan Klepper on TDS said it best - toddler “9, 9.5, 9.75…your kid’s won

‘I apologize for this update’: CNN’s Jake Tapper reports on ‘VonShitzInPants’ tweets during Trump’s gag order hearing. (2024, May 2). Mediaite. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/i-apologize-for-this-update-cnns-jake-tapper-reports-on-vonshitzinpants-tweets-during-trumps-gag-order-hearing/ 

The Darker Side of Stormy Daniels’s Testimony. (2024, May 7). The New York Times - OPINION. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/opinion/stormy-daniels-trump-trial.html 

 She kept in contact with him after, she said — even going to another hotel room with him another time — because she wanted to expand her career, and he was dangling an opportunity to appear on “The Apprentice.”

And yet at times, the words Daniels used to describe the encounter with Trump were reminiscent of so many of the other stories of women who have come forward to accuse him of sexual assault: She said she “blacked out,” then lay naked, staring up at the ceiling. She “felt like the room spun in slow motion,” and that the blood left her hands and feet. When it was over, she said, she fumbled with her shoes — gold strappy heels she had trouble fastening because her hands were shaking so hard.

Ultimately she blamed herself: “I just thought, ‘Oh my God, what did I misread to get here?’”

#Capitalism 

Breuninger, K. (2024, May 7). Trump classified documents trial in Florida postponed indefinitely. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/trump-classified-documents-trial-postponed-indefinitely.html 

Whether any of Trump’s other cases will head to trial before Election Day is unclear — and after Cannon’s latest ruling, increasingly unlikely.

#Depressing News - now with even MORE …!

Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment. (2024, May 2). MPR News. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/02/university-of-minnesota-protests-divestment-agreement 

Students at Brown just secured a vote on divestment. What happens next? (2024, May 1). The Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/brown-university-divestment-vote-encampment/ 

Lennard, N. (2024, May 2). I’ve covered violent crackdowns on protests for 15 years. This police overreaction was unhinged. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/nyc-gaza-college-protests-police-outside-agitators/ 

When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.

Dupré, M. H. (2024, March 9). Microplastics found clogging human arteries. Futurism. https://futurism.com/neoscope/microplastics-found-clogging-human-arteries 

Adarlo, S. (2024, April 13). The UN’s climate chief says we have just two years to save the planet. Futurism. https://futurism.com/the-byte/un-climate-change-two-years 

Dentist Shocked To Find Ancient Human Jawbone Stuck In Home Floor Tile. (2024, April 28). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2024/04/28/dentist-shocked-to-find-ancient-human-jaw-embedded-in-home-floor-tile/?sh=775530f83b57