It is Friday. The news has been a mixture of foreign policy hawks versus the American public’s desire not to be hawks, and anti-mask GOP officials versus the American public’s desire for this pandemic to be brought under control. Here is some of what you might have missed.

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama is in the news again. No, it’s not because she’s signed another bill attacking people’s right to choose what they do with their bodies; and no, it’s not because she just signed a bill to make it harder for people in her state to vote. It’s because one of her state attorneys—and former deputy general counsel in the Office of Governor—has been arrested on a child solicitation charge.

In recent years, Rudy Giuliani’s corruptions and the cynical mediocrity of his Trump cabal have led to more and more public humiliations, culminating in his election fraud, kraken team, and dripping hair-dye antics. The onetime prosecutor is so unhinged both politically and aesthetically it is sometimes hard to remember how dangerous a position of power and persuasion he continues to have … to some degree.

As the delta variant continues to spread across the country, unvaccinated individuals are facing the worst of it. Many of those who once organized against pandemic safety measures like wearing masks and getting vaccinated are now battling the virus in hospitals. In one incident, a Texas man who helped organize protests against COVID-19 restrictions is fighting for his life after being hospitalized for almost a month, the San Angelo Standard-Times reported.

Nearly 70 legislators led by anti-war stalwart Barbara Lee and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are calling on the Biden administration to raise the refugee cap for the 2022 fiscal year, citing “vulnerable Afghans who are in grave danger following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.” President Joe Biden has previously pledged to raise the cap to 125,000 in the next full fiscal year. Currently its 62,500. Legislators are calling on him to raise it to at least 200,000.