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Early Addition: The Late Sen. Mike Gravel, Remembered By The Mike Gravel Teens
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James Ramsay
Published Jun 28, 2021
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- According to a new book by Michael Bender, President Trump got into a screaming match with Gen. Mark Milley last summer because Trump wanted the military to launch a scorched-earth campaign to suppress Black Lives Matter protests.
- A New Jersey Catholic school teacher who was fired for getting pregnant out of wedlock has been in a seven-year legal battle with the school, but the state's highest court is now taking up the case.
- The Mike Gravel Teens — three boys who took over the Twitter account of the famed anti-war senator from Alaska to sort of run a presidential campaign — remember the late Sen. Mike Gravel, who has died at age 91.
- Some young people who had a really tough time during the pandemic are bouncing back stronger and more mature than ever in a move doctors call "post-traumatic growth."
- NPR has a great interview with Chris Crocker, who created the famous 2007 "Leave Britney Alone" video, about how society has changed its tune about Spears' treatment — and how the video prompted a lot of transphobic backlash towards Crocker themself.
- East Hampton fishermen are planning to keep driving their trucks on the beach in Amagansett this summer in defiance of a restraining order filed by wealthy beachfront homeowners.
- Queen Latifah received a Lifetime Achievement Award at last night's BET Awards, which had the theme of "Year of the Black Woman."
- And finally, someone was inspired by the Westminster Dog Show:
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