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It’s a good day to be a social media influencer in Los Angeles as it turns out that someone might actually give a shit about what you do or what you post. The bad news is that those people happen to be the LAPD. A new report from Sam Levin of the Los Angeles Times reveals that the LAPD has been collecting social media information from people they stop on the street. It’s not necessarily just the people they arrest, but also, like, just any ol’ Joe or Joan walking down the street. According to the article, the LAPD has “directed its officers to collect the social media information of every civilian they interview, including individuals who are not arrested or accused of a crime.” According to anyone who has ever dealt with the police, “fucking of course they did.”
It could be worse (could it? (it will be)): while some social media influencers are known to want to “blow up the block”, the LAPD is known for actually doing it.
OTHER NEWS AND NOTES
Kellyanne Conway has called for Joe Biden’s resignation after Joe Biden sent a formal letter requesting her resignation. She was one of several Trump holdovers on the board of visitors for the US Air Force Academy to be asked to resign. Also asked to resign was former Trump White House Press Secretary, Dancing with the Stars contestant, and boxwood enthusiast Sean Spicer.
A woman in a gorilla mask threw an egg at Larry Elder during a campaign event in Venice, CA in what turns out to be a news story that should simply be one sentence long, but the more you think of it, the way more complicated it gets.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says that he plans to eliminate rape and rapists from Texas. While no official plan has been made public, many speculate that he will achieve this by letting everyone in Texas die from COVID.
Today is National Star Trek Day. Ah, what we all wouldn’t give to be beamed up somewhere else right now.
Boris Vishnevsky, a veteran opposition politician in Russia, was all set to attempt to defend his incumbency in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly when he noticed something odd about his opponents; not only do they have the same name, but they look the same as well. Is this odd? Yes. But, it’s also Russia, so, you know. In an interview, Vishnevsky asked, “What kind of a person do you have to be to change your name, surname, and also your appearance to please your political boss?” Probably the type of person who doesn’t want to “disappear,” Boris.
AEW Wrestling made news with the signings of several big-name stars, but detractors of wrestling would tell you that it was all scripted.
The Whitehouse has reported that meatpackers are to blame for the rising price of meat. One industry worker we interviewed said, “Gary! You’re using too much saran wrap, damn it!”