Crash Course: Biden's SOTU speech disrupted by Boebert and MTG

Also: Dave Grohl, Wyoming's war on gender and more Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). Joe Biden’s first State of the Union disrupted by Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene President Biden gave his first State of the Union address against the backdrop of all-out war in Europe, vowing to make Russian President Vladimir Putin "pay a price" for his brutal invasion of Ukraine and listing his domestic priorities before his speech was disrupted by Republican rancor. Biden used his address to Congress to reset his stalled domestic agenda, address inflation concerns, renew his call for gun control legislation and tout the qualifications of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, but the crisis in Ukraine overshadowed the event. The night was ultimately disrupted by overtly partisan heckling from Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Boebert's jeers while talked about his son Beau’s death drew boos from the chamber. [Keep reading for more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDIvbGF1cmVuLWJvZWJlcnQtZGlzcnVwdHMtam9lLWJpZGVucy1maXJzdC1zdGF0ZS1vZi10aGUtdW5pb24tYXMtaGUtZGlzY3Vzc2VzLWhpcy1zb25zL1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) on Biden’s first SOTU address. (Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images) Wyoming moves to ban gender studies — Happy Women’s History Month! On Friday, the Republican-dominated Wyoming state Senate passed a bill barring the University of Wyoming from funding "any gender studies courses, academic programs, co-curricular programs, or extracurricular programs." This move is an expansion of the same pressure campaign aginst "critical race theory." In real life, "critical race theory" describes a specific academic approach largely found in law schools and other graduate programs. But in GOP hands, it has become a broad scare term use to demonize any book or course that addresses factual history about racism, slavery or Jim Crow oppression. This GOP-led circle of censorship has swiftly expanded to target the existence of queer people, too. [Read Amanda Marcotte’s column](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvZmlyc3QtdGhlLWJvb2stYmFubmVycy1jYW1lLWZvci1jcnQtYW5kLWxnYnRxLW5vdy10aGV5cmUtY2Vuc29yaW5nLXdvbWVucy1oaXN0b3J5L1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) explaining how it all ties together and why none of these book-banning efforts are about "neutrality" or "unbiased" education. - Is Putin Hitler? It's [the wrong question](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvdG9vLW11Y2gtcmVhbGl0eS1wdXRpbnMtdWtyYWluZS1pbnZhc2lvbi1zdW1tb25zLWV1cm9wZXMtZGFyay1wYXN0L1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - Is that [vodka you're boycotting](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvaXMtdGhlLXJ1c3NpYW4tdm9ka2EteW91LWFyZS1ib3ljb3R0aW5nLWFjdHVhbGx5LXJ1c3NpYW4vVwNzcGNCCmIeVFwfYncxlahSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) really Russian? (That's a good question) - Chauncey DeVega: How [white supremacy fuels the Republican love affair](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDIvaG93LXN1cHJlbWFjeS1mdWVscy10aGUtbG92ZS1hZmZhaXItd2l0aC12bGFkaW1pci1wdXRpblcDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) with Vladimir Putin - [Some Republicans are finally condemning](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0R1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvbGVhZGVycy1jb25kZW1uLW1hcmpvcmllLXRheWxvci1ncmVlbmUtcGF1bC1nb3Nhci0tZGVtcy1zYXktdGhleXJlLWp1c3QtYXMtY3VscGFibGUvVwNzcGNCCmIeVFwfYncxlahSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) their white supremacist wing - And some Republicans think [the Soviet Union is still a thing](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvYmV3aWxkZXJlZC1jb25zZXJ2YXRpdmVzLWNhbGwtcHV0aW4tYS1zb3ZpZXQtZGljdGF0b3ItcnVucy1hLWNvbW11bmlzdC1jb3VudHJ5L1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - Nuclear winter, crop failures and fallout: Here’s [what nuclear war would do](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvbnVjbGVhci13aW50ZXItY3JvcC1mYWlsdXJlcy1hbmQtZmFsbG91dC13aGF0LW51Y2xlYXItd291bGQtZG8tdG8tY2l2aWxpemF0aW9uL1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to civilization - Americans [can't seem to get enough sleep](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMjgvYW1lcmljYW5zLWNhbnQtc2VlbS10by1nZXQtZW5vdWdoLXNsZWVwLWFuZC1pdHMtd3JlYWtpbmctaGF2b2Mtb24tb3VyLWJyYWlucy9XA3NwY0IKYh5UXB9idzGVqFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) — wonder why! — and it's wreaking havoc on our brains - Howard Stern [slams Republicans for supporting](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0Q8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvaG93YXJkLXN0ZXJuLXNjdW1iYWctcHV0aW4vVwNzcGNCCmIeVFwfYncxlahSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) “scumbag” Putin - "[Tinder Swindler" subject sued](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvdGluZGVyLXN3aW5kbGVyLXN1ZWQtbGV2LWxldmlldi1kaWFtb25kcy9XA3NwY0IKYh5UXB9idzGVqFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) by diamond magnate for using the family name to bamboozle women - Designer bacteria could [replace oil-intensive chemical](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvZGVzaWduZXItYmFjdGVyaWEtY291bGQtcmVwbGFjZS1jaGVtaWNhbC1mZXJ0aWxpemVycy9XA3NwY0IKYh5UXB9idzGVqFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) fertilizers - Why [pregnant people were left behind](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvd2h5LXByZWduYW50LXBlb3BsZS13ZXJlLWxlZnQtYmVoaW5kLXdoaWxlLXZhY2NpbmVzLW1vdmVkLWF0LXdhcnAtc3BlZWQtdG8taGVscC10aGUtbWFzc2VzX3BhcnRuZXIvVwNzcGNCCmIeVFwfYncxlahSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) while vaccines moved at "warp speed" - Climate change could spur [50% more wildfires](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvdW4tcmVwb3J0LXdhcm5zLWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWNvdWxkLXNwdXItNTAtbW9yZS13aWxkZmlyZXMtYnktMjEwMF9wYXJ0bmVyL1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) by 2100 Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. Dave Grohl, deaf like me — except, of course, not like me Dave Grohl, frontman and guitarist for the Foo Fighters and former drummer of Nirvana, described himself as deaf in a recent interview with Howard Stern, the result of years of playing loud music with little or no ear protection. According to Grohl, noise at high volumes damaged some of his hearing, including his ability to hear in one ear and led to the onset of tinnitus. Salon’s Alison Stine writes that Grohl has an opportunity to make an invisible disability — one that she was born with — more visible. Hard of hearing is a label often falsely ascribed only to people who are elderly, as a purely aged-related disability. It's part of the reason people discount that a younger, so-called healthy-looking person like me could be deaf (and perhaps why they yell at me in anger or embarrassment when I let them know I can't hear them). Not only is Grohl still youthful, still rocking out (and bringing the next generation of drummers along with him), he's a star. Over 37 million adults in the United States have some hearing differences. As the country's population ages, that number will only grow. [Read Stine’s essay](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0ROaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvZGF2ZS1ncm9obC1kZWFmLWxpa2UtbWUtZGlzYWJpbGl0eS1jb21tdW5pdHkvVwNzcGNCCmIeVFwfYncxlahSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) about community, disability, and navigating life as a deaf person in the pandemic. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images) - “[Could Congress let you seize this Russian oligarch’s yacht](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzLzIwMjIvMDMvMDEvY291bGQtY29uZ3Jlc3MtbGV0LXlvdS1zZWl6ZS10aGlzLXJ1c3NpYW4tb2xpZ2FyY2hzLXlhY2h0L1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)?” The Washington Post - “[A dispute over a vaccine column spiraled into a conflict that threatens the future of the Chicago Reader](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucG95bnRlci5vcmcvYnVzaW5lc3Mtd29yay8yMDIyL2NoaWNhZ28tcmVhZGVyLXZhY2NpbmUtY2hpbGRyZW4tY29sdW1uLW5vbnByb2ZpdC9XA3NwY0IKYh5UXB9idzGVqFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo),” Poytner - “[Inside Veselka: A Restaurant Rallying Point for Ukraine](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0ReaHR0cHM6Ly9ueS5lYXRlci5jb20vMjAyMi8zLzEvMjI5NTY5NzIvdmVzZWxrYS11a3JhaW5lLXdhci1ydXNzaWEtZWFzdC12aWxsYWdlLW55Yy1yZXN0YXVyYW50c1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~),” Eater - “[Journalists at Gizmodo and related websites go on strike](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0RFaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMy8wMS9idXNpbmVzcy9naXptb2RvLW1lZGlhLXN0cmlrZS5odG1sVwNzcGNCCmIeVFwfYncxlahSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~),” New York Times - The [March Faxness Tournament of Cover Songs](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkAeFRP0QWaHR0cDovL21hcmNoeG5lc3MuY29tL1cDc3BjQgpiHlRcH2J3MZWoUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) is open! 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