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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • This year, the temperature on Inauguration Day at noon — when the president-elect swears in — is expected to be in the low 20s, which is around 20 degrees below normal — likely the coldest since Reagan’s second inauguration.

    Winds of 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph are likely Monday. These winds will make conditions feel frigid. Wind chills are likely to hover around 10 degrees during the daylight hours and could drop into the single digits after sundown.

    A mix of rain and snow is possible Sunday ahead of the main event, but Monday so far looks to be cold and windy, but dry.


  • The Reagan administration purposely ignored HIV.

    As gay men, transgender women, and LGBT people in general were disproportionately afflicted with AIDS, some critics have suggested that Reagan’s lack of action was motivated by homophobia, though other commentators have put forth alternate explanations such as political inconvenience or ignorance. A common belief at the time held that AIDS was a “gay plague”, and many social conservatives of the time, including some in the White House, believed the response to the crisis should center homosexuality as a moral failing. Reagan’s response to AIDS is generally viewed negatively by LGBT and AIDS activists, as well as epidemiologists, while some commentators and scholars have defended aspects of his AIDS response. Criticism of Reagan’s AIDS policies led to the creation of art condemning the government’s inaction such as The Normal Heart, as well as invigorating a new wave of the gay rights movement.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_and_AIDS









  • revise /rĭ-vīz′/ intransitive verb

    To alter or edit (a text). To reconsider and change or modify: synonym: correct.
    "I have revised my opinion of him."
    

    expand /ĭk-spănd′/ intransitive verb

    To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge: synonym: increase.
    "expanded her store by adding a second room."
    Similar: increase
    To express at length or in detail; enlarge on.
    "expanded his remarks afterward."
    To open (something) up or out; spread out.
    "The bird expanded its wings and flew off."
    

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