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Biden Stalling On Climate Emergency

Biden Unveils Extreme Heat Plan, Stops Short Of Emergency
What Would Declaring A Climate Emergency Do?
Biden’s Team Hesitant To Declare Emergency
Senators Demand Biden Act Immediately

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Indiana Mall Shooter Posted Plans On 4Chan — VICE
Federal Court Rules Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban In Effect — NPR
Police Departments Spend Tens Of Millions Annually On Copaganda — Jacobin
Merrick Garland Isn’t Impartial, He’s Helping Trump — The Nation
Climate Activists Smash Windows At Murdoch HQ — Mother Jones
Ron Johnson Can’t Crawl Out Of Jan. 6 Hole — The New Republic
Bipartisan Deal On Reforming Electoral Count — NPR
Even The Dem Establishment Couldn’t Beat AIPAC — The Intercept
Postal Service To Boost Electric Vehicle Usage — Common Dreams

HUMANITY FACES ‘COLLECTIVE SUICIDE’ OVER CLIMATE CRISIS

UN Issues Grim Warning Over Climate Change
UK Braces For Hottest Day On Record
Record Temperatures Sear Central US
The Arctic Is Warming 4x As Fast As Rest Of Planet
Governments Are Ignoring An Easy Climate Fix
A Wilting Climate Response

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Frustrated Dems Mull Challenging Biden In 2024 — The Hill
The Botched Attempt To Discredit The Ohio Abortion Story — Sh!tpost
Alabama Wants To Use Covid Funds To Build Prisons — Jordan Uhl
How The Dems Learned To Love The Free Market — Jacobin
GOP Fights Back Against Red Flag Gun Laws — Washington Post
Cracks Form In Biden’s Senate Dem Base — The Hill
Italian Government Poised For Collapse — Politico
Glenn Kessler’s “Fact Check” on Ohio Victim — FAIR
Biden’s War in Somalia — Vox
Where Does Chris Smalls Go From Here? — Intelligencer

Furor Over Manchin’s Obstruction Grows

Bernie Slams Manchin On ‘This Week’
White House Sidelined As Manchin Again Crushes Biden
What Joe Manchin Cost Us
Dems Problems Go Beyond Just Manchin
Should We Call Him President Manchin?

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Biden To Saudis, Israel: Sure, Kill Our Journalists — The Intercept
Abortion Laws Spark Profound Changes In Other Medical Care — AP
Why Union Drives Are Succeeding — New York Times
Canada Enriching Arms Dealers While Working People Struggle — Jacobin
The FBI Is Still Targeting Black People For Entrapment — Common Dreams
Jan. 6 Committee Stirs Fresh Revelations Before Final Hearing — CNN
Ted Cruz Insists Marriage Equality Ruling Wrongly Decided — CNBC
998, The New Mental Health Hotline, Goes Live — NPR
How Elon Musk Became The Internet’s Agent Of Chaos — Washington Post

Inflation Numbers Leave Officials, Economists Worrying

Inflation So Bad The Fed Is Considering Another Rate Hike
Just How Bad Are Inflation Numbers?
Oil Price Decline May Be Short Lived
5 Charts Explaining Why Inflation Is So High

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NYC Monkeypox Vaccine Portal Crashes Due To Demand — ABC News
DeSantis Meets With Key GOP Figures For 2024 Planning — CBS News
UN Warns Of Yemen’s Next Disaster — Forever Wars
Catholic Church Spends Big On Anti-Choice Fight In Kansas — Popular Info
Chris Small Is Having A Hot Labor Summer — The Lever
Pa. Lawmakers Push For Looser Gun Laws — The Intercept
New Proposed Rule Could Change Student Loan Interest — The Hill
Ohio’s Tragic 10-Year-Old Abortion Story Confirmed — HuffPost
Nonstop Scam Economy Costing Us More Than Money — Washington Post
House To Vote On Constraining US Arms Sales To Saudis — The Hill

Dems Scramble To Form Post-Roe Plan

Dems Introduce Bill To Protect Travel For Abortion Care
Debunking False Claims From Right On Europe’s Abortion Policies
Self-Managed Abortion May Become More Important Than Ever
Judge Blocks Arizona ‘Personhood’ Law That Criminalized Abortion

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Ex-Trump Aide Says Jan. 6 Rhetoric Responsible For Deaths — CNBC
🔈 “People’s Party” Head Nick Brana Accused of Assault — The Flashpoint Podcast
US Emissions Inflict Nearly $2T In Damage Elsewhere — The Hill
WHO Convening To Determine Monkeypox’s Global Threat — CNBC
Voters Want Social Security Expanded, Not Privatized — Common Dreams
Four Challenges For Biden’s Middle East Trip — Washington Post
AOC, Lieu Demand Senate Dems Go On Record On Judges — Common Dreams
DeSantis Appoints Conspiracy Theorist as Secretary of State — DailyKos
Voting For Democrats Is Soft Anti-Abortion Politics — Carl Beijer
Do Electric Vehicles Really Move Climate Needle? — The Lever

STORMY ECONOMIC WORRIES HARDER AND HARDER TO IGNORE

Millennials On Their Financial Fears
90% Of Americans Anxious Over Inflation
Congress Inept At Addressing Inflation

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FDA Considers Application For OTC Birth Control — Axios
Fears Over Google Being Used To Prosecute Abortion Seekers — NPR
A Proposal To Repeal The 2nd Amendment — Michael Moore
NATO: The Most Dangerous Military Alliance — Chris Hedges
How To Handle Radical Republicans — Robert Reich
The Biden Admin’s Strange Attack On Activists — Chris Geidner
These Corps. Wrote 6-Figure Checks To Anti-Choice Governors — Popular Info
Exposing Trump’s Biggest Sycophants — Rolling Stone
Chaos In Sri Lanka Continues As Talks Go On — Associated Press
📺 Egypt’s Crushing of Dissent — Listening Post
Turning a San Francisco Recall Into Rout for Police Reform — FAIR

Jan. 6 Committee Gears Up For Return

Jan. 6 Committee To Examine Extremist Groups Ties To Trump
Connecting The Dots To The Oath Keepers
Former WH Counsel Cipollone Met With Committee For 8 Hours
Steve Bannon Now Willing To Testify

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Trump’s Legacy Looms Over Biden’s Middle East Trip — AP
Labor Movement Building Momentum In US & Canada — Jacobin
Biden Considering Public Health Emergency To Protect Abortion — CNBC
Medicare Negotiating Drug Prices Would Save $290 Billion — Common Dreams
Fake Meats Do More To Curb Emissions Than Green Buildings — Mother Jones
Army Bases Unprepared For Biological Attacks — The Intercept
Uvalde Survivor Describes The Horror — New York Times
Fox Host Upset Thomas Jefferson Museum Mentioned Slavery — RawStory
Dick Durbin Casts Doubt On Thomas Impeachment Push — The Hill
The West Is Running Out Of Water — CNN

STRONG JOBS REPORT THROWS RECESSION FEARS INTO DOUBT

The Fed Doesn’t Need to Raise Rates
Report Shows “Solid” Job Growth
Adding 372,000 Jobs
Hiring Slipped, But Only Slightly

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Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice Withdraws From Rural Police Force — The Hill
🔈 What Happens Now That Roe’s Gone? — The Insurgents
July 4 Shooter Knew Nobody Would Expect A Woman — Michael Moore
DACA Recipients Keep Pushing For Legislation — Daily Kos
Bari Weiss Lies Again — Substance
Socialists Shouldn’t Ignore the 1/6 Hearings — In These Times
Senate Drug Pricing Reform Insufficient — American Prospect
GOP Populism Damaging Teaching Profession — Can We Govern?
Student Debt Now Twice the Size Of Credit Card Debt — Never Leave
Warnock and Walker Are Neck-and-Neck — Daily Beast

Military Industrial Complex Awaits Another Windfall

Military-Industrial Complex Sees 450,000% ROI
Reps Move To Slash $100 Billion From Military Budget
No Consensus On Military Spending For Next Year, Except More Of It

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Ron Johnson Campaign Scrambled To Nix Mass Murder Ad — The Intercept
Herschel Walker Advisors Questioned His Mental Fitness — RawStory
Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal In Jeopardy — Washington Post
What’s Going On In UK Politics? — The Guardian
Museum Workers Are Unionizing — Jacobin
Inside An Illinois Abortion Clinic Bracing For Impact — Mother Jones
The GOP: God, Guns, Forced Birth & Strong Men — Robert Reich
‘Godfather’ Star James Caan Passes Away At 82 — HuffPost
Former Theranos Exec Sunny Balwani Convicted Of Fraud — NBC News
Md. Gov. Hogan Halts Gun Law After SCOTUS Decision — NPR
Radical Is Now Rational — In These Times

Dems Finally Question Biden’s Ability To Lead

Setbacks Prompt Open Questioning About Biden’s Leadership
Dems Criticism Of Biden Gets Louder
White House Planned To Nominate Anti-Choice Judge On Day Roe Fell
Biden’s Approval Worse Than Trump At Same Point In Presidency
As Biden Flounders, Other Voices Emerge

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Highland Park Shooter Considered 2nd Attack — Chicago Tribune
Trump’s White House Counsel Will Give Jan. 6 Interview — CNN
Over 220 Shot And Killed This Weekend — CBS News
“Broken” Capitalist Food System Drives Global Hunger — Common Dreams
How America Legalized Corruption — The Lever
Nipsey Hussle’s Killer Found Guilty of Murder — Los Angeles Times
Evangelist Group Brags She Prayed With SCOTUS Justices — Rolling Stone
White Nationalist Conference Features Current GOP Contender — SPLC
We Need Unity To Combat The Right’s Violence — The Nation
How The Left Should Think About Realism In Foreign Policy — Jacobin
“School Security” Industry Valued At $3.1 Billion — CNBC