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SETTING UP A MIDTERM SHOWDOWN

Michigan’s Importance in the Midterms Cannot Be Overstated
Pence Helping Candidates Who Back Big Lie
Blake Masters, Peter Thiel’s Dream and Democracy’s Nightmare
It’s Harder For Campaigns to Text Voters

PLUS:

Prince Harry’s Insipid Speech About Mandela — MSNBC
MPP Redux 🔈 Part 1 🔈 Part 2 — The Flashpoint Podcast
Trump’s Fake Electors in Georgia Are in Trouble — VICE
Gay Oklahoma Mayor Resigns Over Threats — DailyKos
Deletion of Secret Service Jan 6 Texts Prompts Calls For Investigation — Common Dreams
…No Good Answers on Why — Salon
Targets on the Backs of LGBTQ Families — The Cut
Mike Flynn Speaking Tour Canceled in New York After Backlash — The Hill
Syria Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ukraine — AP News
Bail Reform Success Stories Ignored By Media — The Appeal

RUNNING OUT OF TIME

Too Hot Today
Biden Weighing Executive Action
Stopping Short of Declaring Emergency
Fires Breaking Out Across London
Hosepipes on Roofs Are Keeping UK’s Data Centers Cool

JAN 6 COMMITTEE HITTING ROADBLOCKS

Oopsy Doodle: Secret Service Can’t Find Jan 6 Text — Washington Post
How “Stop the Steal” Captured the American Right — New York Times
Bannon Thought He Was “Above the Law” — NBC News

PLUS:

Omar, Others Arrested at Supreme Court — MPR News
Australian Biodiversity Declining at “Alarming” Rate — Common Dreams
Witness Explains to Congress How To Self-Manage Abortion — HuffPost
Abortion Bans Forcing Women to Deliver Nonviable Fetuses — VICE
Renters in Arkansas and Nebraska Facing Eviction Because of GOP Rejection of Assistance — The Intercept
Broken Clock Mitt Romney Delivers Warning to Dems — HuffPost
Abbott Did Not Attend One Uvalde Funeral — DailyKos

UK SMASHES HEAT RECORD AS HIGH TEMPS CONTINUE ACROSS EUROPE

Record Broken Was Set Yesterday
UK Declares National Emergency
Wildfires Spread Across Southwestern France
Meanwhile, 100 Million Americans Under Threat From Heat
Into the Climate Abyss

PLUS:

Joe Rogan Suggests Shooting Unhoused People — Variety
Moms For Liberty Against Public Schools — Salon
Agriculture’s Unflexed Muscle — American Prospect
Indiana Doctor Who Performed Abortion For Ohio 10-Year-Old Rape Faced Threat to Daughter — VICE
Indiana AG Who Threatened Doctor Hit With Misconduct Complaint — RawStory
Criminal Liability For Supplying the Gun Used in a Mass Shooting — Intelligencer
Abortion Rights Post-Roe, Explained — Counterspin
Intel Begs For A Bailout — The Lever
We Can’t Have Democracy Without Accountability — The Nation
Surprise! CEOs Are Causing Inflation — Common Dreams

HEAT WAVE SUMMER

This Is Just the Beginning
Not Done Yet: Britain’s “Unprecedented” Heatwave
Why Europe Is Becoming a Heat Wave Hot Spot
Wildfires Across the Central US
Biden Weighs Emergency Declaration

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Joe Manchin Strikes Again: This Time, Global Tax Deal Imperiled — New York Times
White House Fumes Over WV Sen — Politico
Florida Parents Angry Over DeSantis Not Ordering Vaccines For Children — DailyKos
Unhoused and Unequal in California’s Mojave Desert — The Guardian
Corporations Don’t Care About Roe — New Republic
Deforestation in Colombia Edges Up — Reuters
Fifth Migrant Woman In ICE Custody Alleges Abuse — The Intercept
Cops Opened Fire Into a Crowd Because They Thought Someone Had a Gun — VICE
Second Amendment vs First Amendment — Curbed

Dems Furious With Manchin

Manchin Insists He Can Still Be Reasoned With
Climate Activists Blast Manchin Over Budget Bill
How Manchin Left Global Tax Deal In Limbo
Manchin Directed Millions To Area Where He Owned Property

PLUS:
Watchdog Insists Secret Service Broke Law By Deleting Texts — RawStory
Anti-Abortion States Using Google to Track Pregnant People — Politico
Government By Lawsuit — American Prospect
California’s Future Under a Congressional Abortion Ban — Sacramento Bee
Moms For Liberty Target School Boards — NBC News
Preparing For Heat Waves As a Pregnant Person — 19th News
📺 The Hashtag That Defined Sri Lanka’s Revolution — Listening Post
House To Vote On Marriage Equality Bill After Thomas Opinion — The Hill
House Dem Staffers Move To Unionize — Politico
Parkland Shooter’s Trial Begins — Washington Post
At SCOTUS, It’s Only Going To Get Worse — The Insurgents
Lessons From Ohio — Law Dork

376 COPS

376 Officers Were on Scene at Uvalde While Nothing Was Done
“Systemic Failures”
12 Times (So Far) Law Enforcement Lied About Uvalde

PLUS:

Misogyny Fueling US Gun Violence Epidemic — Michigan Advance
Chaos in San Fran DA’s Office — The Intercept
Trump Wants to Run Again to Avoid Charges: Report — Rolling Stone
Abortion Fight Comes To House, Senate Floors — The Hill
Secret Service To Turn Over Deleted Texts By Tuesday — USA Today
3 Dead In Indiana Mall Shooting — Associated Press
Denver Police Fire Into Crowd, Injure 5 Bystanders — Denver Post
Biden’s Climate Plan Stalls As Planet Cooks — New York Times
1,000 Dead in Europe Heat Wave — Common Dreams
UK Bracing For Record Temperatures — Washington Post

THE DOG HAS CAUGHT THE CAR

GOP Operatives Panicking Over Ohio Horror Story
Texas Hospitals Delaying Care For Pregnant People
The False Piety of the Anti-Abortion Movement

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Abortion Rights Activists Warn About New Group Leading Protests — The Intercept
How Doomed Is Steve Bannon? — VICE
Biden and MBS Fist Bump Enrages World — Common Dreams
Biden Claims He Raised Khashoggi Killing In MBS Meeting — Washington Post
Stop Talking to Joe Manchin — American Prospect
Biden Insists He’ll Tackle Climate Through Executive Action — The Hill
DACA Faces Challenges — Borderlines
Trump Family Depositions Postponed After Ivana’s Death — NBC News
A Running List Of John Fetterman’s Burns On Dr. Oz — Jezebel
Man Who Threatened Rep. Jayapal Set Free After Cops Fail To Submit Evidence — MyNorthwest
HHS Orders 2.5 Million More Monkeypox Vaccines — Axios

THE NEW NORMAL

GOP Fearing Abortion Backlash
Will Abortion Bans Finally Make Rich People Care About Our Criminal System?
House to Vote on Abortion Bill Senate Will Kill
Woman Accuses Man Who Raped Her At 16 of Assaulting Their Daughter

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Biden Meeting With Saudis Despite Human Rights Concerns — AP
Biden’s Saudi Trip A Big Win For MBS — NBC News
Europe’s Heat Wave Destroying Glaciers — Grid News
Dems Letting GOP Dismantle Our Democracy — Jacobin
White House Fears Disaster With Young Voters — The Hill
How Clarence Thomas Wants To End Marriage Equality — Mother Jones
US Hints At War With Iran — Chris Hedges
BA.5 Omicron Variant 4x More Resistant To Vaccines — NPR
Parkland Gunman Facing Potential Death Penalty — New York Times
Jayland Walker Shot Over 40 Times By Akron Cops, Per Autopsy — CBS News
Electing State Supreme Court Justices More Important Than Ever — Blue Tent

LUCY, FOOTBALL, ETC

Manchin Breaks His Word Again
No Climate Spending
A One-Man Wrecking Ball
Dem Domestic Plan Shrinks Further

PLUS:

Indiana Doctor Followed Procedure — FOX 59
House Expands Psychedelic Research — The Intercept
Sanders Unveils Resolution to End US Support For Saudi War on Yemen — Common Dreams
Conservatives Aren’t Happy After Getting What They Wanted — New Republic
DeSantis Projected to Beat Trump For 2024 GOP Nomination — Alternet
Big Corporate Money Goes After Andy Levin — The Nation
Wildfires in Europe Aggravated By Climate Change — Axios
New Polling Shows Americans Suffering Crisis of Confidence — American Prospect
Heat Emergency in England — The Guardian

More Fallout From Ohio Abortion Fracas

The Right Called Child Rape a “Hoax” Because of Abortion
Ohio’s Attorney General’s Story Unravels
Indiana AG Targets Doc Who Provided Abortion For 10-Year-Old
WSJ Issues Non-Apology For Discrediting Story

PLUS:

Secret Service Deleted Jan. 6 Texts After Oversight Requests — The Intercept
GOP Senator Blocks Bill To Protect Travel For Abortion — The Hill
Texas Sues Biden Over Medical Emergency Abortion Requirement — Washington Post
Petition To Impeach Thomas Reaches 1.2 Million Signatures — The Root
House Adds Roadblock To Biden’s Plan To Sell Jets To Turkey — Politico
🔈 Update On DSA-Backed NY Candidate Kristen Gonzales — The Flashpoint Podcast
Banks Took Over $460 Billion In Overdraft Fees Since 2010 — Jordan Uhl
The Misremembering Of Shinzo Abe — The Nation
Dems: The Party Of Negative Hope — Gawker
Pharma Companies Using Blood From Mexicans Crossing Border — Gizmodo
Europe Faces Deadly, Record-Breaking Heat — Axios
Children Among 21 Dead In Russian Missile Strike — CBS News
The Tedium of Western “Human Rights Concerns” Theater — The Column
Leave Hunter Biden Alone — Discourse Blog