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"A lot of people would just think it’s some sort of weird-looking little worm.”

July 21, 2023

Ted Papenfuss, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, commenting on a rare legless lizard known as the Temblor, which can be found in desert scrub and grassland within Kern and Fresno Counties in California. The vast majority of the lizard’s range is open to, or already contains, oil and gas development. But a proposal to list the lizard as endangered could change the trajectory of the region. (Sierra Club — July 21, 2023)

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“There's no need for us to continue to allow folks to cook — literally cook — in our prisons. And that's something we should always find unacceptable.”

Joe Moody, a member of the Texas House, regarding the outstanding heat that many Texas inmates have to endure with little to no reprieve from air conditioners. Data shows that 68 of the state’s Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisons lacked air conditioning and averaged well over 85 degrees, which would be considered a safety violation for a county jail that mandates temperatures remain below 85 degrees. Between June 1 and July 13, 78 inmates have died in the TDCJ prisons. Moody has proposed legislation to air condition state prisons for years, the most recent iteration failed in the last session. (TPR — July 19, 2023)

July 20, 2023
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“She has always been a leader. I expect great things from her.”

Bob McDevitt, the former president of Atlantic City’s Local 54 of the Unite Here Union, regarding his successor Donna DeCaprio, the first woman to lead the union in 107 years. The union represents about 10,000 members of the city’s casino workers, 60 percent of whom are women. DeCaprio began her work in the casino industry at the Trop World casino in 1987 and has been the union’s secretary-treasurer for the past 19 years. (Associated Press — July 19, 2023)

July 19, 2023
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“At 1776, our goal is to bring patriotism to the front porch of housing and the communities that we develop henceforth.”

Brock Fankhouser, developer of the 1776 Gastonia planned community in Belmont, N.C. All homes in the community will be required to fly an American flag 365 days a year and prohibits any other flag, including even the state flag, from being flown. While Fankhouser claims the development is not political, 1776 seems to be marketed for conservatives. Homes will range from $450,000 to $700,000. (WFAE — July 11, 2023)

July 18, 2023
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"Commissioner Caban is truly one of New York's finest, a leader who understands the importance of both safety and justice.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in his appointment of acting police chief Edward Caban as the city’s first Hispanic police commissioner. Caban will step in following Keechant Sewell’s surprise resignation after 18 months on the job; Sewell, the first woman to lead the department, gave no reason for her resignation. (Reuters — July 17, 2023)

July 17, 2023

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