| Greetings, QuickTake readers! In this edition: Facebook pulls Trump campaign ads, Confederate portraits removed from U.S. Capitol, and how fitness trackers could help spot the next outbreak of Covid-19.  SCOTUS says DREAMers can stay The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday that the Trump administration violated federal law when it ended DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, dealing a second blow to the White House in less than a week. The Obama-era program shields 670,000 young, undocumented immigrants, aka DREAMers, from deportation and lets them seek jobs in the U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts called Trump's appeal "arbitrary and capricious" and joined the court's liberal justices in the majority, saying the Department of Homeland Security failed to consider the hardship on DACA recipients and the possibility of taking a more limited step. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented. Trump angrily tweeted the rulings were "horrible & politically charged" and serve as "shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives." The court ruled against the administration on Monday and said federal law protects LGBTQ workers from job discrimination. "Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn't like me?" he tweeted. Trump also said he'd release a new list of conservative Supreme Court nominees, should a vacancy open, by Sept. 1. Thursday's decision doesn't prevent him from trying to end the program again, but it's unlikely to happen before the November election. $ignificant figures 40,000. The number of Americans who've lost jobs during the economic turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic after 1.51 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, according to the Labor Department. 4. Nancy Pelosi ordered the removal of that many U.S. Capital portraits of ex-Confederate leaders, saying they "pay homage to hate, not heritage." Later, the Senate GOP blocked a bill to take down Confederate statues. 122,000. The number of inmates released from prisons across Europe during the initial weeks of the Covid-19 outbreak in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus among often overcrowded jail populations. Highly quotable "Violated policy on organized hate." Facebook pulled Trump ads and posts that "declared Antifa a terrorist organization," showing a red triangle upside-down, because they lacked "context that condemns the symbol." "We're going to have to figure out a way to live with this." Experts say an effective Covid-19 vaccine won't be ready until well into 2021 and we'll all be co-existing with the coronavirus for the next year or longer. "Football may not happen this year." Dr. Anthony Fauci said it'd be "very hard to see how football will be played if there is a second wave." The NFL responded in a statement detailing its efforts to return in 2020. This is not normal Dehorned. To stave off an unprecedented poaching crisis, Botswana began relocating its rhinos from the iconic Okavango Delta and removing their horns with chainsaws to render them valueless to illegal hunters.  The future is now Wearable warning. The Apple Watch, Fitbit and other fitness trackers that monitor pulse may help spot emerging virus outbreaks after studies found Covid-19 patients had irregular heartbeats well before their diagnoses.  What's good Animal feats. The San Diego Zoo is celebrating two-month-old Akobi, the first pygmy hippo born there in 30 years. Elsewhere, China granted protection for the endangered pangolin, widely trafficked for its scales.  Now that you're caught up... Tell your friends to sign up to receive our newsletter five days a week. Follow QuickTake on Twitter , YouTube , Instagram, and Facebook . BTW: A California gym built solo "workout pods" from pipes and shower curtains to help members maintain social distancing. See for yourself. We want to know: What have you been up to during the Covid-19 lockdown? Share your photos and videos, wherever you are, here. Thanks for reading!
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