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Abortion Rights Win In Kansas Emboldens Dems

Party Leaders Seek To Capitalize On Kansas Momentum
Dems See An Opportunity
Biden Signs Executive Order To Protect Interstate Abortion Travel
Majority Of Voters Say Abortion Is Very Important In Midterms
Kansas Is Just The Beginning

PLUS:
In Trial, Alex Jones Concedes Sandy Hook Was Real — AP
Alex Jones Lawyers Accidentally Turned Over Texts — HuffPost
Jan. 6 Committee Prepares To Subpoena Alex Jones Texts — Rolling Stone
What You Need To Know About Yesterday’s Primaries — Robert Reich
Progressives Call For Insulin Price Reform — Common Dreams
US Senate Expected To Approve NATO Expansion — Reuters
Dem Meddling In GOP Primaries Implodes — The Hill
How The US Can Stop One Cause Of Heat Wave Deaths — Vox
Lula’s Comeback & The Stakes For Brazil — The Nation
Susan Sarandon On Being Liberals’ Scapegoat — The Lever
More Dem Voters Support BDS Than Oppose It — Middle East Eye

US/China Relations In Flux

US Expects Pelosi To Visit Taiwan Next
Pelosi Trip To Taiwan Would Test China’s Appetite For Confrontation
Pelosi’s Taiwan Tuesday
China Warns Against Pelosi’s Visit, Says ‘Serious Consequences’ Await

PLUS:
Sandy Hook Lawyers Rip Alex Jones’ Cowardly Bankruptcy Plea — HuffPost
Pritzker Looks Like A Progressive Because Dem Bar Is So Low — Jacobin
Sinema The Ticking Time Bomb That Could Kill Climate Deal — WaPo
Manchin Pushes For Speedy Passage Despite Sinema Silence — NBC
Gen Z Activists Have Taken Climate Action Into Their Own Hands — Mother Jones
Why The American Dream Is More Attainable In Some Cities — NPR
EPA’s Ongoing Failure To Assess Dangerous Chemicals — The Intercept
11 Races To Watch In Tuesday’s Primaries — The Hill
Cleveland QB Watson Suspended 6 Games Despite Many Claims — ESPN
1st Capitol Rioter To Stand Trial Faces Sentencing — ABC News
How Fetterman Is Taking On Oz With Irreverent Campaign — The Hill

Pressure On Manchin, Schumer Deal To Preserve Deal

Manchin Tells Sinema To Back Bargain
Deal Won’t Increase Inflation, Manchin Says
GOP On Attack
Sinema Indicates She May Want Changes
Climate Coalition Wants Biden To Reject Fossil Fuel Expansion In Deal
Manchin Evasive On If He Wants Dems To Control Congress

PLUS:
Pelosi Heads To Asia, All Eyes On Taiwan — New York Times
China Announces Military Exercise Opposite Taiwan — Politico
Corporate Interests Are Inflaming US-China Tensions — Jacobin
Police Misconduct In Yonkers Costs Residents Millions — NPR
Indiana Senate Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — AP
Food Price Increases Could Slow Down — WSJ
Inflation Is Still Economic Enemy #1 — Washington Post
Missouri’s Kunce Battles Big Money In Both Parties — The Nation

CLIMATE ACTION CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH

As The World Burns, Organizers Burn Out
Big Oil Has Spent $200 Million Against Climate Action
The Manchin Miracle
Or, the Manchin Surprise

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Corporate Cash Funding Extremist In Pa. — Popular Info
Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Challenged In Court — Law Dork
China Hawks Competing To Replace BoJo — Politico
Britain’s Hostile Environment For Immigrants — Jacobin
Roe Ramifications — VICE
Gaetz Accidentally Helps Raise Over $550k for Abortion Rights — DailyKos
Indiana Doctor Speaks Out on Abortion — New York Times
Trump Lays Out Vision of Hell — Intelligencer

Republicans Double Down On Extremism

WATCH: Anti-Gay GOP Member Speech At Son’s Wedding
Republicans In Senate Silent On Marriage Equality
The Nonsensical Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Gaetz Among 20 House GOP Who Voted Against Human Trafficking Bill
Hawley Says He Has No Regrets About Jan. 6

PLUS:
White House Braces For Grim News On Economy — Politico
Alabama Takes From The Poor And Gives To The Rich — NYT
DOJ Has Multiple Paths To Trump Indictment — The Hill
The Left Can’t Afford To Ignore Trade Policy — Jacobin
Republicans Shouldn’t Get A Pass On Climate — The Nation
Scientology’s Audacious First Amendment Interpretation — The New Republic
Biden Offers Russia Deal For Brittney Griner — HuffPost
The Hustle Zombies Have Broken The Perimeter — Garbage Day
‘Pink Sauce’ Goes From Viral TikTok To National Nightmare — VICE

EXTREME WEATHER CONTINUES INTO THIS WEEK

Pacific Northwest Now Prepares For Extreme Heat
Severe Thunderstorms Head For East Coast
Brutal NE Heat Wave Kills More Than A Dozen Americans
How To Talk about Extreme Weather With Your Angry Uncle
Biden Admin Plans To Plant More Trees

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NASA Images Show How Much Lake Mead Has Receded — NBC News
Average Gas Price Drops .32 Cents — Politico
Wildfires Are Setting Off 100-Year-Old Bombs From WWI — VICE
Woman Opens Fire At Dallas Love Field Airport — ABC News
FBI Investigating Motivation Behind Justin Fairfax Allegations — The Intercept
Liz Cheney Knows She’s Doomed In Wyoming — RawStory
The Free Market Is Making Our Problems Worse — Jacobin
Sens. Joe Manchin, Lisa Murkowski Have Covid — NPR

Planet Cooks As Leaders Wait Around

Over 85 Million Under Heat Warnings
Dem Lawmakers Plead With Biden To Take Action
Activists Protest At WH CoS House Demanding Climate Emergency
Heat-Related Deaths Top 1,700 In Spain, Portugal
The Dawn Of The Apocalypse
Trump Cheers For Climate Change At Youth Summit
The Audacious PR Plot That Seeded Doubt About Climate Change

PLUS:
Jan. 6 Panel Weighs Subpoena For Ginni Thomas — Politico
Wes Moore Wins Dem Primary For MD Gov — Washington Post
Dems Jockey Over What Gets Into Final Budget Bill — The Hill
Starbucks’ Schultz Is Nation’s Most Flagrant Union Buster — Jacobin
Demands For Higher Wages On 13-Year Anniversary Of Last Wage Hike — Common Dreams
Docs Reveal Advanced AI Tools Google Selling To Israel — The Intercept
Murdoch Media Starts To Turn On Trump — HuffPost

Steve Bannon Convicted Of Contempt Of Congress

Bannon’s Refusal To Testify Means He Faces 2 Years In Prison
Trial Lasted One Week, Only Two Witnesses
Widespread Mockery After Bannon’s Earlier Bluster

PLUS:
Growing Chorus Demanding Amazon Be Investigated — Common Dreams
The Cult Of Donald Trump — The Intercept
Biden Makes First Public Appearance Since Getting Covid — The Hill
Proposed Election Reforms Draw Broad Support — NPR
DIY Collective Embeds Abortion Pills Onto Business Cards — VICE
Biden Is All Talk As Fires Scorch American West — The Nation
WWE Chief Vince McMahon Retires As Misconduct Probe Intensifies — CNBC
Private Charity Is Just Another Scam For the 1% — Jacobin
Job Market Beginning To Show Cracks — Washington Post
Newsom Sets Up SCOTUS Fight With Gun Law — Los Angeles Times
If Trump Wins In 2024, His Allies Will Unmake The Government — Mother Jones

OKAY, NOW WHAT?

What Do We Do Next With Jan. 6 Findings?
Watchdogs Demand Trump Be Prosecuted
Trump’s Second Term Plan Would Have Filled Government With Loyalists
Hawley Fundraising Off His Cowardice

PLUS:

Mississippi Removes Ban On Guns In Schools — Mississippi Free Press
Can GOP States Really Stop Pregnant People From Traveling? — The Nation
SCOTUS Says Biden Can’t Restore Immigration Plans — Politico
The Supreme Court Brought On Its Instability — Law Dork
Klobuchar Wants Amazon’s One Medical Deal Investigated — The Hill
Gavin Newsom Runs Ads In Texas Trashing Its Gun Laws — RawStory
GOP Targeting LBTQ Rights After Roe Victory — New York Times
Corporate Carbon Offset Company Accidentally Starts Devastating Wildfire — VICE
Tammy Baldwin Confronts Rubio Over Gay Marriage Comments — CNN
White House v Pelosi on Taiwan — Politico

Final Jan. 6 Hearing Tonight

Hearing To Focus On Trump’s Inaction On Jan. 6
Clip of Trump Staff Testimonies Shared On Twitter
DHS IG Tells Secret Service To Stop ‘Investigating’ Missing Texts
What We Know About Trump’s Actions On Jan. 6

PLUS:
Biden Has ‘Mild Symptoms’ From Covid — NBC News
Nearly 200 GOP Reps Voted Against Birth Control Protections — HuffPost
Election Denial Movement Going Door To Door — NPR
CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratios Hit New High — Jordan Uhl
Senate Advances Computer Chip Production Bill — Popular Info
Heatwave Alert Triggered For 100 Million — Washington Post
Corporate Carbon Offset Company Starts Wildfire — VICE
Manchin’s Former Aide Now Corporate Lobbyist — Jacobin
Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress? — The Nation
Republicans Worried Herschel Walker Will Blow It — The Hill
Monarch Butterfly Added To Threatened Species List — CNBC