A Florida mom’s in big trouble.
As relayed by The Smoking Gun, the mother of a toddler was arrested Wednesday after cops made a disconcerting discovery at her Largo home.
Among the purportedly seized substances: “a baggie of pills suspected to be MDMA.”
In case you’re unfamiliar, that’s short for Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, otherwise known as ecstasy or — for the
really cool kids — molly.
Speaking of, the New York Post notes a 3-year-old victim was involved.
Apropos — per the police report — the 24-year-old was taken into custody because she allegedly did “willfully or by culpable negligence fail to provide said child with the care, supervision and services necessary to maintain the child’s mental health that a prudent person would consider essential for the well-being of the said child, to wit: supervision without causing great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent disfigurement to the said child.”
Whither news conferences? Step up to the podium, Mr. President
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President Biden speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House last month.Samuel Corum / New York Times
Each of President Biden’s last 15 predecessors held a solo press conference at this point in their first terms. Biden’s lack of accessibility is drawing criticism from Washington reporters who have plenty of questions to ask him directly. It also challenges his promise of a new era of truth and transparency after four years of an administration that was deficient on each.
It’s not as if there were a dearth of issues to pursue in Biden’s first two months. The rollout of the vaccine, the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, the air strike on Iran-backed militias in Syria, the administration’s tepid response to a finding that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince authorized the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Biden’s issuance of executive orders on everything from immigrant rights to the Paris climate agreement cry out for elaboration by the 46th president.
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The right has attached itself to the latest casualty of the cancel culture wars: Late children’s book author Dr. Seuss.
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On Tuesday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the organization which owns the rights to the books and characters of Theodor Seuss Geisel—better known as Dr. Seuss—announced that it would no longer distribute or license a handful of Seuss books that include outdated racist caricatures and contradict their “mission” of “hope, inspiration, inclusion, and friendship.”
“[Dr. Seuss Enterprises], working with a panel of experts, including educators, reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of the following titles:
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From a cartoonist to an animator and children's writers, Dr Seuss adorned many hats during his lifetime. During World War 2, Seuss took a break from children's literature and turned to political cartoons (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Dr Seuss wrote classics like The Cat in the Hat, and Green Eggs and Ham
Massachusetts: On March 2, 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA to Henrietta and Theodor Robert Geisel. To honour the legendary writer who penned several books, March 2 is also celebrated as National Read Across America Day.
In his youth, Seuss attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1925. He later joined Lincoln College in Oxford but left without getting a degree.
Dr. Seuss Books Rocket Up Amazon Best-Selling Books Chart
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As of Tuesday afternoon, 13 of the top 20 best-selling books listed on Amazon in the U.S. were by Dr. Seuss.
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Among those were four of the books that Dr. Seuss Enterprises said it will stop publishing and licensing: “If I Ran the Zoo” (No. 6), “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” (No. 12), “On Beyond Zebra!” (No. 19) and “Scrambled Eggs Super!” (No. 14). The surge in sales reflected a desire by fans to get copies of the now-blacklisted books before they’re unavailable.