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HIGHEST SUPPORT FOR GUN CONTROL IN A DECADE

Support For Gun Control Hits Highest Point In Decade
AOC Slams Gun Maker “Blood Money”

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The Carnivore’s Dilemma — Lever News
Is Nomiki Konst Playing Spoiler? — The Flashpoint Podcast
Maine Prosecutor Election Unfolds Under the Shadow of State’s War on Drugs — Bolts Mag
Key Questions The Jan 6. Committee Will Tackle — NPR
Hearings Will Place Trump Front And Center In Capitol Riot — New York Times
Buffalo’s History Of Racism — The New Yorker
House Won’t Vote This Week On SCOTUS Security — Politico
The Progressives Of South Texas — Texas Observer
It All Came Together Against Chesa Boudin — Defector
End Of Roe Could Increase Extremist Attacks — VICE
Warren’s Plan to Stop Defense Contractor Price Gouging — The Intercept
Mayor Unseals Boston Police Sexual Abuse Allegations — Boston Globe
How the Fed Is Dealing With Inflation — Stay At Home Macro
Senators Endorse Crypto — Discourse Blog
Abolish The Military Entertainment Complex — Jacobin

GOP EXTREMISTS UNDER PRESSURE

FBI Raids Home Of Michigan GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
John Eastman Brought Coup Plot To Trump A Month Before Jan 6.
Groyper Implosion

PRIDE MONTH CONTROVERSY CONTINUES

“Christian Fascist” Movement Targets Pride Month
Trans Journalists Pull Out Of Guardian’s Pride Coverage

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Disabled Students Accused of Cheating On Tests Because of Faulty Surveillance Tech — TruthOut
Sanders Tells Dems to Focus On Obstruction — Common Dreams
Texas Abortion Ban Turns Clinics Into Travel Agencies — Mother Jones
South Dakota Bucks Right-Wing In Ballot Initiative Fight — Bolts Mag
ICE Searched LexisNexis Over One Million Times in Seven Months — The Intercept
Top Gun’s Military Propaganda — Lever News
Joe Biden Hasn’t Delivered The Foreign Policy He Promised — Jacobin
Back to Class — New York Magazine
Americans Expect Inflation to Get Worse — Washington Post
Explosion At Texas Liquid Natural Gas Plant — Common Dreams

ANTI-LGBTQ MOMENT FOR PRIDE MONTH

Horror in Texas For Trans Kids and Families
Anti-Trans and Anti-Abortion Movements Threaten Religious Freedom

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GOP Blames Everything But Guns For Gun Violence — VICE
Apathy in California — New York Magazine
Jan. 6 Hearings Have Trump World Reeling — Politico
Trump Agrees To Be Questioned Under Oath In NY Case — Common Dreams
Jack Posobiec, Right-Wing Extremist — SPLC
Santa Claus Loves Bernie — Discourse Blog
Many Of Trump’s Nominees Fall Short In Primaries — Truthout
Twitter Agrees To Elon Musk’s Data Request — Washington Post
Brookings Places Retired General On Leave Amid FBI Probe — Politico
SCOTUS “Imploding” After Roe Leak — Alternet
Biden Calls Inflation “Bane of Our Existence” — Bloomberg
Brexit Leading to Increase in Fake Ecstasy — The Guardian

Big Oil Sues Countries to Block Climate Action — Lever News
How Fox News Distorts Reality on Asylum Claims — The Nation
How NY Dems Killed Climate Bill — New Republic
Uvalde Parents Testify In House Gun Violence Panel — New York Times
Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh’s House — CBS News
Gymnasts Sue FBI For $1 Billion Over Handling of Nasser Case — NBC News
Trump’s Mask-Off Body Count — Salon
DeSantis Moves to Seize More Power — Seeking Rents
Washington Post Drama About Company Culture, Not Offense — New Statesman
Extreme Heat Smothers The Southwest — CNN
New Dark Money Group Linked To Conservative Democrats — The Intercept
Poll Shows Brazil’s Lula With Big Lead Over Bolsonaro — Common Dreams

BOUDIN OUT IN CALIFORNIA RECALL

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Recalled
Recall Part of Statewide Fears of Crime
Boudin Blames Right-Wing Billionaires For Ouster

JANUARY 6 HEARINGS SET TO BEGIN

4 Things To Watch During Prime-Time Jan 6. Hearing
Commission’s Media Strategy
Nearly Every Jan. 6 Indicted Proud Boy Is A Military Veteran

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Congresswoman, Billionaire To Face Off In LA Mayor’s Race — AP
Amazon Wants Union Hearing With NLRB Closed To Public — Washington Post
The CEO-To-Worker Pay Gap Is Climbing To Obscene Levels — Jacobin
Gas Pump Pain Prompts Push For Windfall Profits Tax — Common Dreams
Colbert Grills Mark Esper For Cashing In On Trump Secrets — Daily Beast
Abortion Activists Strip Down In Protest At Megachurch — CNN
FBI Seizes Retired General’s Data Related To Qatar Lobbying — NPR
While Airing Attacks on LGBTQ Community, Fox Promos Pride Month — DailyKos
What the Senate Gun Bill Will and Won’t Do — New York Magazine
Kids in Uvalde With Crush to be Buried Side-By-Side — ABC News

“GREEN HIGH TOP CONVERSE”

Matthew McConaughey Gives Emotional Address To WH Press
Cops, Schools, and Capital
The Only Way to Identify Her

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Jack Crosbie On Ukraine — Discourse Blog
Amy Coney Barrett’s Hollow Originalism — Balls and Strikes
Three AZ. Cops On Paid Leave After Watching Man Drown — NPR
White House Braces For Death Of Roe v. Wade — The Hill
AOC Backs Challenger In Race Against DCCC Chair — New York Times
Fetterman May Be Off Campaign Trail Until July — Daily Beast
Breaking Unions With Diversity & Social Justice Language — The Intercept
DeSantis Growing More Popular Than Trump — Politico
Trump Grifters Preparing Comeback Tour — The Nation

UNION LEADERS FIGHTING FOR MORE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF

White House Being Lobbied By Worker Groups On Debt
Groups Demand “Robust” Action

POLAND PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR ANTI-ABORTION INTERESTS IN US

Poland to Record Pregnancies
Country Has a Near-Total Abortion Ban
Global Outrage

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DHS Claims Higher Threat Level In Wake Of Mass Shootings — The Hill
Inflation and War Will Choke Global Economy — New York Times
The New Ultra-Nationalists — VICE
Boris Johnson Says Ukraine Should Not Accept “Bad Peace” — Common Dreams
Tim Kaine Gets Earful on Guns From Fed Up Students — Washington Post
Houston Oil Refinery Closing Down Because of Equipment Failure — Reuters

DEATH CULT

Republicans Feel Mass Shootings Price to Pay For Free Society
GOP Loves Mass Death

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TERF Mask Off — Discourse Blog
Chesa Boudin and the Real San Francisco — New York Magazine
Dems Can Win With This One Simple Trick — New York Times
Washington Post Suspends Reporter Over Retweet — CNN
Insurance Industry Backs California Corporate Dem — Lever News
US Investigates If Service Member Attacked Own Base — Washington Post
Car Tires Produce More Particle Pollution Than Exhaust: Study — The Guardian
Why the Internet Sided With Johnny Depp — The Nation
Bezos v Biden — New York Magazine
1/6 Committee Focuses on Jared and Ivanka — New York Magazine
Prison Consultants Help People Do Less Time — New York Times
Russian Oligarch Yacht Sanctioned By US — VICE
Journalist and Indigenous Protector Missing In Amazon — The Intercept

ENERGY INCREASINGLY AT CENTER OF BIDEN’S SUMMER PRIORITIES

Gas Prices Surge, Hitting Yet Another All-Time High
Biden To Invoke Defense Production Act For Solar Goals
Mexico’s President Will Skip Summit After Biden Snubs Cuba, Venezuela

MASS SHOOTINGS UNLIKELY TO BE CURTAILED

Senate Doing Little About Guns
4 In 10 Republicans Think We Have To Live With Mass Shootings
Copycat Threats Pushing Teachers to the Brink

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MAGA Mom Left 6 Kids Unattended To Riot On Jan. 6 — RawStory
Percent Of People Who Think Trump Responsible For Jan 6. Drops — The Hill
MTG’s Job Is To Say Something Terrible Everyday — Shitpost
Elon Musk Finds Another Excuse To Bail On Twitter Deal — ABC
Taser Drone Co. Scraps Plans After Resignations Shake Ethics Board — AP
9/11 Families Among Those Calling on Biden to Confront Afghan Humanitarian Crisis — The Intercept
Dianne Feinstein, American Institution — The Cut
Starbucks Declares War On Union Shop — Common Dreams

GUN DEAL IN SIGHT?

Gun Deal Potentially In Reach In Senate
Is it Time to Show Images of Gun Violence?
Peter Thiel’s Candidate Blames “Black People, Frankly” For Gun Violence

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Biden Seething Because He’s Deeply Unpopular — Politico
Conspiracy Theorists Driving Many GOP Races — New York Times
Three Dems in the Midwest Who Could Change the Party — New York Magazine
How the Jan 6 Committee Could Actually Succeed — VICE
Mother Who Raced Into Uvalde Elementary While Cops Did Nothing Tells Her Story — Yahoo! News
5 Big Issues The Supreme Court Has Yet To Rule On This Term — The Hill
Only Bad Options For Biden To Lower Gas Prices — New York Times
Democrats Need to Bring Back Acorn — New Republic
Now Is The Time For Unions To Go On Offensive — Jacobin
Arizona Cops Watch Man Drown, Do Nothing — Fox 10 Phoenix
South Korea, US Fires Missiles In Warning To North Korea — BBC