‘Where in God’s Name Is Our Backbone?’

Start your day smarter with the most important world news, plus intriguing and offbeat stories. www.ozy.com [OZY]() Your World. Bold & Bright [Presidential Daily Brief]( Sponsored by [Cariuma]( Start your day smarter with a dossier on the most important world news, rounded off with a shot of intriguing and offbeat stories. Like the president, you deserve no less. May 25, 2022 Today A teen gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. President Biden implored Americans to “stand up to the gun lobby” — leading Tucker Carlson to accuse him of “desecrating the memory of murdered children.” Two Trump-backed candidates suffered poignant losses in Georgia’s Republican primaries. And the Partygate heat is back on for the U.K.’s Boris Johnson. All this and more in today’s PDB. [A Special Offer For the OZY Family]( [Cariuma]( The shoe with a 34K waitlist is back in stock! 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He managed to get past law enforcement officers and walked from classroom to classroom shooting at random before he was eventually killed by officers. Parents rushed to the civic center for news. One man sobbed into his phone: “She is gone.” (Sources: [AP](, [Reuters](, [Al Jazeera]() Gun Lobby After the Shooting: Political Sniping “To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away,” [said President Joe Biden](, speaking from experience. He then asked, “When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” Speaking to the Senate, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said, “I’m here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues … Work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely.” Meanwhile, Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson accused Biden of “[desecrating the memory of murdered children with tired DNC talking points](.” (Source: [CNBC]() Georgia on His Mind Trump Suffers Biggest Setback Yet in Georgia Primaries Gov. Brian Kemp, who certified the state’s 2020 results against former President Donald Trump’s wishes, beat Trump-endorsed David Perdue by more than 50 percentage points in the Republican gubernatorial primary. He’ll go up against voting rights campaigner Stacey Abrams in one of November’s most-watched contests. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who famously refused to “find” votes for Trump, also beat his Trump-backed challenger. The only respite for the former president came from Herschel Walker, who won his Senate primary. His record of domestic abuse may be a bigger issue when he goes up against Sen. Raphael Warnock in the midterms. (Sources: [NYT](, [The Guardian]() Partygate Release of Report Into Lockdown Parties Heaps Pressure on UK PM Hard copies of Sue Gray’s report into a series of illegal drinking parties held at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official residence during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 were delivered to 10 Downing Street this morning. The report is expected to be released later today. Yesterday it emerged that some of the parties were so crowded that people had to [sit on one another’s laps](. To deflect attention from his presence at the parties, Johnson and Rishi Sunak, his equally implicated finance minister, are expected to announce a [multibillion pound cost of living rescue package]( tomorrow. Whether it works remains to be seen. (Source: [The Guardian]() Briefly Here are some things you should know about today: Two years later. On the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death, President Biden is expected to issue an executive order requiring all federal agencies to revise their use-of-force policies. (Source: [NYT]() Closure. The bodies of four of the eight miners who went missing when a Canadian-owned zinc mine in Burkina Faso flooded on April 16 have been found. (Source: [Al Jazeera]() ‘Basketball questions don’t matter.’ Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors, refused to talk about basketball during a team news conference. Instead he focused on the Texas school shooting, calling out “50 senators” for “holding America hostage.” (Source: [BBC]() [be what's trending]( [Cariuma]( We’re always telling you the next big thing in names, trends and ideas, so listen up: These colorful kicks from Cariuma are the next big thing. These trendy kicks are made with bamboo and recycled plastic, and are lightweight, breathable and flexible. Sustainable fashion is all the rage, and thanks to [Cariuma](, you don’t have to sacrifice style and comfort. You can look good while doing good! Don’t see them included in any Memorial Day sales? Don’t worry, today [Ozy readers get $15 off](. Use code OZY2022 now!... [Shop Now]( INTRIGUING #FreeHerFace Male Afghan News Anchors Mask Up to Support Female Colleagues On Sunday, the Taliban’s Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ordered all female TV presenters to cover their faces while on screen. After calling an office meeting, according to Lema Spesali, a news anchor for 1TV in Kabul, her station “decided that male colleagues should also wear masks and stand by female colleagues.” Several other TV stations have followed suit. “It’s a great act,” said Sahar Fetrat, an Afghan feminist activist. “It’s one of the few instances where Afghan men are doing something symbolic because all the resistance and protests against the veil so far has been by women.” (Source: [The Guardian]() Flamethrower Atwood Reveals ‘Unburnable’ Edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Featuring a Cinefoil dust jacket, heatshield foil pages, nickel wire stitching and Kapton high-temperature adhesive, the unique edition can withstand temperatures of 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit. Margaret Atwood, its 82-year-old, two-time Booker Prize winning author, even [took to it with a flamethrower](. The dystopian novel is set in a world where fertile women are stripped of all rights and seen only as reproductive factories. It’s one of the books most often challenged or banned in U.S. schools. The unburnable edition is being auctioned by Sotheby’s and all proceeds will aid Pen America’s “work in support of free expression.” (Sources: [The Hill](, [The Guardian]() Skydiving Salamanders Tree-Dwelling Salamanders Assume ‘Parachuting Posture’ as They Fall After noticing that wandering salamanders (Aneides vagrans) jumped from his hand with their limbs splayed like a skydiver’s, University of Florida biologist Christian Brown decided to test his hypothesis in a wind tunnel. “We were a bit shocked by just how adept they are at controlling their aerial behaviors,” said Brown. “They could not only keep themselves upright, but they could maneuver, bank turns and right themselves when they went upside down.” When they tested other species, some tree-dwelling salamanders occasionally tried parachuting — but the wandering salamander, which lives 200 feet above ground in California’s redwood forests, was the most skilled. (Source: [New Scientist]() Preserved for Posterity Pioneering 19th Century Female Paleontologist Honored With Statue In 1811, 12-year-old Mary Anning discovered the 17-foot skeleton of an ichthyosaur near her home in Lyme Regis, on Britain’s south coast. Twenty-two years later she became the first person to discover a complete plesiosaur. Anning helped shape our understanding of prehistoric life — but being [female, working-class and poor]( meant her work was never recognized. In 2018, Evie Squire, who was 11 at the time, started campaigning for a statue of Anning. “It's taken a very long time,” said Squire at the unveiling in Lyme Regis on Saturday. “I wanted to … make sure she got the recognition she deserved.” (Source: [BBC]() ‘Manchester United Are Rubbish’ BBC News Apologizes for Ticker Malfunction Many a true word is said in jest. BBC viewers Tuesday were surprised to see the headline “Manchester United are rubbish” [appear on the ticker]( at the bottom of the screen during a report on the French Open tennis championship. Anchor Annita McVeigh later apologized for the gaffe on air, explaining that “behind the scenes someone was training to learn how to use the ticker and to put text on the ticker. So they were just writing random things, not in earnest, and that comment appeared.” United finished sixth in the Premier League this season with a measly 58 points. (Source: [Reuters]() Catch the Newest Episodes of The Carlos Watson Show, Season 4! COMMUNITY What else are you curious about? 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