Some news items you might have missed: • Instinct Magazine: A Michigan bodybuilder named Logan Barnhart (above) has been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots on several counts including assaulting a police officer. He was eventually tracked down thanks to his thirst pics on Instagram. • OPG: An Oregon school board has voted to ban Pride flags and Black Lives Matter flags saying they were “divisive” and don’t make people “feel safe.” https://twitter.com/ACLU_OR/status/1425859544761004033 • Washington Blade: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign the country’s infamous “Sexual Offenses Bill” that Parliament approved in May, on grounds that it details offenses already covered by pre-existing laws. • NBC News: Pope Francis has issued an appeal asking folks to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. “To ensure the majority of people are vaccinated is an act of love.” https://twitter.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/1428056517471789065 • Mississippi Free Press: More than 20,000 students in Mississippi were quarantined due to coronavirus exposures over the past week. Nearly 6,000 have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks. • The Hill: “If there’s American citizens left, we’re going to stay until we get them all out,” Biden told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos today. Government officials have estimated there are more than 10,000 Americans still in Afghanistan as the U.S. drawdown nears its completion. https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1428119285843496964 •
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