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JAN 6 COMMITTEE REVELATIONS CONTINUE TO SHOCK, SHOW EXTENT OF PLOT

“Seditious Six” GOP Lawmakers Sought Trump Pardons
Trump Bullied DOJ On Spurious Fraud Claims After Election

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Working Families Party Endorses Yuh-Line Niou For NY’s D10 — Gothamist
Funding Dries Up For Afghanistan Safe Houses — The Intercept
NYT Trans Coverage Lacks Trans Perspective — FAIR
“Split-Second Decision” Trope — The Column
DOE Cancels $6 Billion For Defrauded Students — Washington Post
NY Republicans Donating to Dems to Stop Socialists — Jacobin
CNN Moves to the “Center” — American Prospect
GOP Insiders Worried About Greitens — DailyKos
Inflation Is Breaking Biden’s Brain — New Republic
Save Africa From Conservationists –Mail & Guardian
“The Guns Are Here To Stay” — Lever News
Juul Decision Triggers Larger Tobacco Fight — Axios

LATEST SPATE OF COURT RULINGS SHOCK NATION, WITH MORE TO COME

Supreme Court is a Death Cult
The Future of Gun Control Is in Danger
Ruling Upholding Anti-Bds Law Comes Under Fire

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DOJ Raids Home Of Ex-Trump Official Who Aided Pro-Trump Coup — Politico
Kinzinger Finally Gets His Star Turn On Jan. 6 Panel — The Hill
Republican Considers Letting Kids Go Hungry So Staff Can Discriminate Against Trans Youth — DailyKos
Case of Brazilian Child Holds Lessons For Roe — The Intercept
California Sent Cop Gear to Ukraine — VICE
93% Of Doctors Report Delays In Care Caused By Prior Authorizations — Never Leave
🔊 March 4 Clout 4 All — The Flashpoint Podcast
Alleged ‘Havana Syndrome’ Victims Net Huge Payouts — Washington Post
Corporations Are Profiting From Inflation — Jacobin
People Who Have Abortions Vs. The Police — The Nation

THE END OF GUN CONTROL AS WE KNEW IT

SCOTUS Strikes Down NY Gun Control Law…
…Major Victory For Gun Groups
Breyer Offers Scathing Dissent In Gun Case

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SCOTUS Guts Miranda Rights — Los Angeles Times
SCOTUS Sides With Inmate Who Wants To Die By Firing Squad — CNN
FDA Orders Juuls Removed From US Market — NPR
Scorned Mo Brooks Flips On Trump, Willing To Aid Jan. 6 Committee — CNN
MTG Tells Reporter “Go Back to Your Country” — DailyKos
NLRB vs Starbucks — New York Magazine
War As Depicted In Top Gun — American Prestige
China Hit By Massive Floods & Scorching Heat — New York Times

BIDEN BEGS FOR GAS TAX HOLIDAY AS CLIMATE CRISIS WORSENS

SCOTUS To Gut Federal Government Ability To Fight Climate Change
Joe Biden, Oil Man
Biden Asks Congress To Suspend Gas Tax
How Lawns Contribute to Climate Change

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Intel Report Warned Abraham Accords Would Spark Violence — The Intercept
Uvalde Cops Took Husband’s Gun, Detained Him While Wife Was Dying Inside — VICE
“New Evidence” Delays Jan 6 Hearing — Common Dreams
Dark Money Went In, Supreme Court Rulings Are Coming Out — Lever News
Biden Approval Rating In Free-Fall — Reuters
Health Systems Look to State For Help Against Hackers — Politico
The Money Behind the Killing of Beta Caceres — The Intercept
Mike Pence Is Useless — New Republic
Ron Johnson’s Corporate Backers — Popular Info
Interior Secretary Urges Investigation Into Deaths of 500 Indigenous Children –Alternet
DC Shootings Leading Residents to Stay Away From Crowds — Washington Post
GOP Second Guessing Jan 6 Committee Boycott — New York Times
NLRB Starved For Cash — American Prospect

TRUMP PUSHED FAKE ELECTORS PLOT

Trump Was Key Part of Plan
Ivanka Told President to “Continue to Fight”
Arizona GOP Leader Pushed Back Against Plot
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson Wanted to Hand-Deliver Fake Certificates

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Over 900 Dead In Afghanistan Quake — Common Dreams
Trump-Backed Britt Ousts Trump-Devotee Brooks — Politico
Senate Advances Flimsy Bipartisan Gun Bill — The Hill
What Exactly Is The Second Amendment For? — Jacobin
200+ Abortion Clinics Will Close If SCOTUS Overturns Roe — HuffPost
Stanford’s New School Of Sustainability Is Gift To Big Oil — The Nation
The Conservative Theocracy is Winning — Discourse Blog
Gig Economy Drivers Struggling With High Gas Prices — Jordan Uhl

JAN 6 HEARINGS REVEAL EXTENT OF TRUMP’S ATTEMPTS TO REVERSE ELECTION

Live Updates
Majority of Americans Want Trump Held Accountable For 1/6 Crimes
Biden Told “Be Bold” in Order to “Save the Republic”
Rudy Calls Hearings Part of the “Kill Trump” Program

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🔊 Bored ’24 — The Flashpoint Podcast
🔊 The G Word ft. Adam Conover — Insurgents
Corporate America’s Anti-Abortion AGs — American Prospect
Even Fox Won’t Let Dr. Oz Lie About Poll Numbers — Raw Story
Arrested Patriot Front Brothers Tied to Apocalyptic Church — VICE
Is Eric Adams All Talk? — New York Magazine
Sotomayor Warns That SCOTUS Eroding Barrier Between Church and State — Common Dreams
A Guide for Reading and Writing About Crime — Copaganda Newsletter
Vaccinating People For Monkeypox — New Republic
No Labels Wasting Millions — Blue Tent
SCOTUS Says Taxpayers Have to Fund Religious Schools — VICE

STORMY ECONOMIC FORECAST COMING INTO VIEW

Home Sales Fell In May, More Declines Expected
Stagflation Concerns Grow Among Economists
Don’t Let Corporations Profit From Our Inflation Pain
States Hoarding Welfare Funds

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Committee Seeks Possible Raw Footage of Trump During 1/6 Riot — DailyKos
Japan Court Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage — VICE
If Only We’d Had 1/6 Whistleblowers — The Nation
SCOTUS: Maine Can’t Exclude Religious Schools From Funding — CNN
A Lot Is Happening — Chris Greidner
US Botched Brittany Griner Attempt to Speak to Her Wife — New York Magazine
Texas Official: Uvalde Cops Response Was ‘Abject Failure’ — HuffPost
Twitter Board Endorses Musk Takeover Bid — Axios
The Elite Christian College at the Center of America’s Culture Wars — HuffPost
Biden Admin Plans To Cut Nicotine In Cigarettes — Washington Post

POLICE IN UVALDE LEFT CHILDREN TO DIE

Uvalde Cops Were Packing More Firepower Than Realized—But Still Wouldn’t Confront Gunman
Officers Now Claim “No Clear Orders” Stopped Them From Rescuing Children
“Cowardly and Negligent”

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Biden Taps Anti-Social Security Ideologue To Oversee Program — Lever News
Black Doctors Forced Out of Training Programs At Higher Rates Than Whites — STAT
Antifascists Helped Push Back Far Right Attack On Idaho Pride — It’s Going Down
Trump Team Throwing Eastman Under Bus For 1/6 — Rolling Stone
RINO Hunting Ad Stirs Controversy — DailyKos
Excess Corporate Profits Have Become Widespread — Common Dreams
Elections Don’t Tell Us Much About America — The Intercept
America’s Hollow Embrace of Juneteenth — New York Magazine
Young Children in US Start Getting Vaccine — New York Times
Skyrocketing Rent Is Driving Inflation — American Prospect
“Trigger Laws” Explained — MIC
1/6 Photojournalist Distressed at What Happened — Salon

GRIDLOCK IN CONGRESS, LOSSES LOOMING

Gun Deal Misdirection In Congress
Seven Senate Seats Most Likely To Flip
The Health Crisis In Manchin’s Backyard — Lever News

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White House Insists Biden’s Saudi Trip Isn’t Out Of Desperation — Politico
Colombia Elects First Left-Wing President — NBC News
Ginni Thomas Feels the Heat — Alternet
Louisiana Inmates Stage Attempted Takeover of Notorious Detention Center — WSDU News
What Dobbs Means For Women’s Equality — The American Prospect
Right-Wing Attack on CRT Means Teachers Can’t Tell Students About Juneteenth — VICE
This May Be The Covid Variant Scientists Are Dreading — Daily Beast
House Dem: Pentagon Needs to Do Better on Killing Civilians — The Intercept
QAnon Crypto Implodes, Costing Investors Millions — RawStory
Mental Health Units In Prisons Are Solitary By Another Name — TruthOut

AS NATION AWAITS GUN LEGISLATION, VIOLENCE CONTINUES

Waiting For a Gun Deal That May Never Come
4 Shot, 1 Teenager Killed During Shooting At DC Festival
The Hardening of America

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Militarization of Space Accelerating — The Intercept
Schools Closing For “Heat Days” Because of Climate Crisis — DailyKos
Texas GOP’s Platform Calls Biden 2020 Victory Illegitimate — New York Times
58% Of Americans Want Trump Charged For Jan. 6 — The Hill
GOP Running On ‘Let’s Do The Coup Again But Better’ — RawStory
What A Roberts Compromise On Abortion Could Look Like — Politico
Russia’s Brutal Cluster Munitions Strategy Revealed — New York Times
The Triumph Of Death — Chris Hedges
School Lunch Program Expires As Congress Boosts Military — Jordan Uhl
High Risk Pregnancies at the End of Roe — New York Times
Juneteenth and America’s Racial-Justice Backslide — New York Magazine