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POLICE INACTION DURING SHOOTING UNDER SCRUTINY

Tactical Team Was Told To Hold, Not Go In By Uvalde Cops
Uvalde Cops Left Shooter in Classroom For an Hour and Won’t Say Why
Cops Hid Because They ‘Didn’t Want To Get Shot’
Texas Dem Demands Federal Investigation
Police Don’t Save Lives
The NRA’s Gun Orgy in Texas
More Republicans Drop From NRA Convention

PLUS:

Court Rules Trump Must Testify Under Oath In NY Probe — Axios
Twitter Shareholders Sue Musk — Gizmodo
Dems Demand Google Stop Storing Location Data — DailyKos
Jim Jordan Wrestles With Subpoena — Alternet
Wisconsin Sen. Johnson Used Public Funds For Florida Home Travel — Journal Sentinel
America Feels Broken — Salon
Big Oil’s Enablers Won’t Be Complicit — The Guardian
At Least 4 Dead In Pennsylvania House Explosion — ABC News
Protests Planned At White House For Student Debt Relief — Common Dreams

INCREASING RAGE AT POLICE RESPONSE

Parents Criticize Police Response to Shooting
It Looks Like the Cops Can’t Keep Their Story Straight
Police Cowardice Par For the Course
Surveillance Tech Didn’t Stop Uvalde Shooter

SHOCK, ANGER CONTINUES

Abbott to Record Message to NRA, Not Attend
Mass Protests Planned For NRA Meeting
A Year of “Protecting Children” in Texas

PLUS:

“More Guns,” Says Cruz — New Republic
Arizona Police Officer Who Killed 17-Year-Old Child Won’t Face Charges — Phoenix New Times
Retired Federal Agent May Have Known of Buffalo Plot — Buffalo News
Russia Attacks Kharkiv Again — New York Times
AR-15s Were Made to Slaughter Humans — The Intercept
Manchin Pretends He Wants to Talk BBB — Axios
Building Power in Rural Areas — Blue Tent

POLITICAL ACTION ON GUNS KICKED DOWN THE ROAD

Murphy Says Billions In Gun Control Through Reconciliation Could Move Through Senate
Ted Cruz Confronted Over Excuses For Violence
Senators Leaving Town For 10-Day Vacation

PAIN AND RAGE OVER ENDLESS VIOLENCE

The Victims, Remembered
America’s Culture of Ultraviolence
The “Longest 35 Minutes Of My Life”

PLUS:

Prison Closures Need to Prioritize Human Rights, Not Economic Impact — TruthOut
Bush Political Dynasty Likely Dead — New York Magazine
Democrats Ask USAID to Do More to Help Haiti — The Hill
Buffalo Attack Part of an American Pattern — The Nation
Kevin Spacey Charged With Sexual Assault — BBC
Herschel Walker Fumbles Gun Control Response — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Western Hubris in Ukraine — Democracy Now!

SHOCK, ANGER OVER POLICE ACTIONS DURING SHOOTING

Onlookers Begged Cops to Go In
…They Did, to Get Their Own Kids
Cops Can’t Stop School Shootings

FALLOUT FROM SHOOTING CONTINUES

ICE “Probably” Won’t Enforce Immigration Law in Uvalde
GOP Won’t Budge on Gun Laws
First Responder Learned From Dying Victim His Daughter Was One Too
Child Gun Deaths In Texas Doubled Under Greg Abbott…Then Came Uvalde
Nationwide Protests, March On DC Planned For June 11
Abbott Attended Campaign Fundraiser Hours After Shooting

PLUS:

Your Tax Dollars Are Propping Up the Gun Lobby — Sludge
Teachers Talk About Shooter Drills — The Flashpoint
There Is No Constitutional Reason To Oppose Gun Laws — NBC News
Living In America’s Culture Of Ultraviolence — The Intercept
The Supreme Court Is Enabling America’s Gun Dystopia — New Republic
Oklahoma Governor Signs Strictest Anti-Choice Bill Into Law — CNN
GOP in Georgia Want “Unity Rally” After Primary — DailyKos
Biden Moves To Block Mine In Alaska — New York Times
Biden’s TPP Successor Is Boon For Big Tech — American Prospect
Administration Fights Climate Lawsuit — Lever News

NOTHING WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE

This Is the World the Gun People Want
Steve Kerr Refuses To Talk Playoffs, Addresses Gun Violence
Matthew McConaughey, Uvalde Native, On the Shooting
GOP Nut Blames Video Games and Rap Music

DEMOCRATS ALREADY OUT OF IDEAS

Biden’s “Thoughts and Prayers” Aren’t Enough
Schumer Says No Gun Bill Soon, Urges Voting Instead
Murphy Pleads With GOP After ‘Another Sandy Hook’

PLUS:

Cisneros Says The Fight Isn’t Over Against Cuellar — Common Dreams
AOC Blasts Dem Leadership For Backing Anti-Choice, Pro-Gun Dem — Insider
Florida State Lawmaker Threatens to Shoot Biden — Raw Story
Biden Approval Rating Hits Lowest Point In Reuters Poll — The Hill
Police Reform Executive Order Planned On George Floyd Anniversary — NPR
1.1 Million Afghan Children Face Severe Malnutrition — ABC News
New Zealand Watches US Gun Violence In Disbelief — VICE
Starbucks Is The Country’s Worst Labor Law Violator — Jacobin

HORROR IN TEXAS

The “Bankrupt Conscience” of Greg Abbott
Biden Demands Action
… But US Gun Laws Won’t Change
Gunman Bullied, Withdrawn

CUELLAR LOOKS SET TO WIN PRIMARY

Pelosi-Backed Texas Pro-Gun Dem Leads Progressive Challenger
Dem Leadership Stepped Up For Cuellar

PLUS:

Obstructionist Georgia Dem Loses Primary — The Intercept
22 Dead In Rio Police Raid — CNN
GOP “Women’s Bill of Rights” Just an Attack on Trans People — TruthOut
Canada Security Services Prepare For US Collapse — Raw Story
SCOTUS Attacks Death Row — New Republic
Trump Must Be Prosecuted For 1/6 — Alternet
Sandy Hook Case Against Alex Jones Moves Forward — News Times
US Soldiers Killing Cats in South Korea — Korea Times

14 CHILDREN DEAD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING

Shooting Took Place in Texas
Many Children Injured
Motive Unknown, Shooter Dead

PRIMARY COLORS

Report from Georgia
Georgia Anti-Voting Law Gets a Test Drive
Five GOP Gov Candidates Ineligible in Michigan After Fraud
Neal Ducks Challenge in Massachusetts

PLUS:

Israel Targeted Journalist, Report Finds — CNN
42 States Institute Anti-Trans and/or Anti-Abortion Laws — VICE
Dems Demand Google Protect Abortion Patients — AP
No Labels Interfering With 1/6 Investigation — Common Dreams
Wolf Recovery Efforts “Sabotaged” By Ranchers and Feds Alike — The Intercept
ISIS Plot Against Bush Foiled — Axios
Biden Breaking Climate Promises — TruthOut
Netflix is the Home of Transphobic Comedy — AV Club

SHOWDOWN IN TEXAS

Progressives “Hopeful” of Cisneros Victory
Silicon Valley Fights For Cuellar
Cisneros-Cuellar Contest Future of Post-Roe Politics

PLUS:

Back Up Plan on Biden? — New York Magazine
Virginia School Board Weighs Reverting School Names to Honor Confederates — TruthOut
SCOTUS Ruling on Evidence Will “Cause Profound Suffering” — Slate
Eric Holder on 1/6 and Trump — Salon
Big Pharma’s Manchin Handshake — Lever News
NYT Op-Ed Disaster — Discourse Blog
Florida Rule Barring Social Media Companies From Moderating Content Blocked By Court — Gizmodo
Russia Accused of Using Food Supply As Weapon — New York Times
DOJ: Agents Should Intervene On Police Abuses — Axios
Pastor Confesses to “Adultery”—With 16-Year-Old — Raw Story
MidEast Sandstorm Causes Panic — NBC News
Seth Meyers Enters KellyAnne Conway’s “Reality” — HuffPost
Psaki Heads to MSNBC — New York Times

PRIMARY DAY IN GEORGIA

Abrams Ready For GOP Candidate
Closing Arguments In Republican Primary
Perdue Makes Racist Appeal to Voters, But He’s Trailing
Early Voting a Test of Voting System Under Attack

IN TEXAS, INSURGENT CISNEROS FACES OFF AGAINST ANTI-CHOICE CUELLAR

Contest Mirrors Divisions In Democratic Party
Cuellar Could Be “Joe Manchin of the House” Cisneros Warns

PLUS:

Trump-Backed Election Deniers Could Cause Problems in 2024 — ABC News
What to Watch For During Today’s Contests — Bolts Mag
If House Flips, Biden Will Have to Take McCarthy’s Calls — LA Times
Signature Forgery Scandal in Michigan GOP Gov Race — TPM
Tucker’s Defender — Salon
Fetish of Right-Wing Politics — Raw Story
After Voting Against Relief, House GOP Launch Ads Hitting Biden on Baby Formula Shortage — The Hill
Russia and China Run Drills As Biden Visits Region — New York Times
New “Partygate” Photos — BBC
Monkeypox Spread at Two Sex Raves — HuffPost

BIDEN TALKS TOUGH ON TAIWAN, FOR SOME REASON

US Would “Intervene” Against China, President Says
Comments Mark “Policy Shift”
White House Walks Back Biden Taiwan Comments For Third Time in Nine Months

PLUS:

How to Access Abortion — The Cut
Ted Cruz Envies Pete Davidson’s Way With Women — The Cut
The Nine Republicans Who Voted to Starve Babies — Gizmodo
Blowing the Truck Whistle — The Intercept
Fizzing Legislative Agenda Overshadows Dems Midterms Hopes — The Hill
GOP Georgia Gov Candidate Calls For Executing “Treasonous” State Officials — Newsweek
Record 100 Million People Displaced From Their Homes — NPR
Russian Diplomat To UN Resigns Over Ukraine Invasion — HuffPost
Starbucks Permanently Leaves Russia — Washington Post
Biden Says He’s Willing To Use Force Against China For Taiwan — Reuters
UN Agency Condemns ‘Homophobic & Racist’ Monkeypox Reports — Common Dreams
Musk Lost $10 Billion In Single Day After Misconduct Allegations — RawStory
Jeff Bezos Wants The Attention Of Media, Biden With Tweets — Jacobin