Ed is off finding after-Independence Day sales on fireworks, so I’m filling in with your morning reads for this Wednesday.
Here:
- Speaking of fireworks, the tax on fireworks has added more than $1 million to the state’s coffers.
- A sheriff’s officer was stabbed this past Monday in Walker County. Thankfully, he is on the mend and in good spirits.
- Columbus State University pulls it’s “Safe Space” program. Rep. Earl Erhart calls the general establishment of safe spaces at college campuses “utter bigotry”.
There:
- CNN is getting criticism over allegations that the news network found out, but chose not to release, the identity of a Redditor who created the GIF that Trump tweeted over the weekend.
- President Donald Trump isn’t pleased with China over North Korea.
- Apparently, some people didn’t understand NPR’s tweet.
Yonder: