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Nation Paralyzed By Fear After Deadly July 4 Weekend

Philly Fireworks Disrupted By Mass Shooting
Alleged Highland Park Gunman Disguised Himself In Women’s Clothes
Highland Park Shooting Illustrates Gun Violence Frustrations
Over A Dozen Mass Shootings Over July 4 Weekend
Gun Control Alone Won’t Suppress US’s Death Drive


PLUS:
The Mysterious Billionaire Behind Jeffrey Epstein — Daily Beast
The GOP Is The Party Of Gruesome Oil Profiteering — The Nation
Covid Shows Signs It Will Be A Forever Plague — The Tyee
New Omicron Subvariant BA.5 Now A Majority Of US Cases — The Hill
Bernie Demands More Action On Guns After Violent July 4 — Scheerpost
John Fetterman Calls For Assault Weapons Ban — Common Dreams
NRA Posts Appalling July 4 Message — HuffPost
New Footage Emerges Of Trump Family On Jan. 6 — Raw Story
Bezos’ Inflation Idiocy — Robert Reich

Rogue SCOTUS Leaves Dems Scrambling For Options

The Fight For Abortion Rights Turns To State Constitutions
Strategy Emerges: Regroup And Attack
How Do We Tame A Rogue Supreme Court?
Could Dobbs Be Reversed Like Roe Was?
The Supreme Court Is Making Governing Difficult
Petition To Remove Clarence Thomas Nears 1 Million Signatures


PLUS:
J6 Committee Has ‘Loaded Gun’ Evidence Against Trump — RawStory
Liz Cheney Hints She Might Run Against Trump In 2024 — Mother Jones
Progressive Candidates Rack Up Some Big Wins — In These Times
Abortion Searches Online Have Been Used In Prosecutions — Washington Post
Right-Wing Billionaire Ken Griffin Is Florida’s Problem Now — Jacobin
US Won’t Press Ukraine To Negotiate — Politico
Right-Wing Culture Warriors Upend Small July 4 Parade — HuffPost

Breyer Retires, Brown Jackson Sworn In

Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Female Justice
What SCOTUS Loses With Breyer’s Retirement
Fury At SCOTUS For EPA Decision
How Charles Koch Purchased The EPA Decision At SCOTUS
Time Ticking For Climate Action
The Beginning Of The End For Regulation


PLUS:
Amnesty Condemns Mariupol Airstrike As War Crime — ABC News
Biden Reverses Course, Supports Changing Filibuster For Abortion — Jezebel
Democrats Are Not Going To ‘Vote Harder,’ Primaries Show — VICE
“Pro-Life” GOP Rep Who Paid For An Abortion Silent This Week — Daily Beast
Clarence Thomas Claims Vaccines Made From Aborted Fetuses — Politico
What It Was Like To Be An Abortion Escort Before Roe Ended — Mother Jones
Four Charged In Connection To Migrant Trailer Deaths — The Hill
Emmett Till’s Family Seeks Arrest After 1955 Warrant Found — The Root
Ron Johnson Must Be Investigated For Role In Jan. 6 — The Nation
Wisconsin Supreme Court Greenlights GOP Power Grab — HuffPost

CO, IL, NY, OK, UT Primary Results

Repub. Who Said Roe Overturn Was Win For ‘White Live’ Wins Primary
Bittersweet Night For Progressives In Illinois
Progressive Delia Ramirez Defeats Billionaire PAC Money
What Went Down In Tuesday’s Primaries


PLUS:
John Roberts Is To Blame For Supreme Court’s Extremism — Jacobin
SCOTUS Says States Can Be Sued For Discriminating Against Vets — CNN
48 Hours On The Abortion Hotline After Roe Fell — The Nation
NY Activists Hope To Turn Setbacks Into Electoral Wins — In These Times
Odds Increasing That Trump Could Be Charged — New York Magazine
Fetterman’s Election Could Be Good News For Defending Abortion Rights — DailyKos
Europeans Watching US in Horror (As Usual) — Common Dreams
Can Abortion Clinics Trust the Cops? — VICE
The Man Who Bought the Supreme Court — Lever News

FALLOUT FROM SUPREME COURT ROE DECISION CONTINUES

Facebook Is Banning People Who Offer To Mail Abortion Pills
Abortion Providers In Wisconsin Granted Clemency
Post-Roe, the GOP Is Only Going Further

PLUS:

Jan. 6 Committee Announces Surprise Hearing Tomorrow — HuffPost
Police Spent Weekend Brutalizing Abortion Rights Protesters — Jezebel
Looming SCOTUS EPA Case Could Doom Livable Future — Common Dreams
The 4 Remaining Supreme Court Cases This Term — CNN
Progressives Want Voters To Stop Electing Millionaires — The Nation
Dems Say They’re Protecting Democracy But Boosting Far Right — Jacobin
Clarence Thomas Wants To Make Suing Media Easier — The Hill
Congress Takes Aim At Think Tanks & Their Corrupt Money — New Republic
Democratic Disaster After Roe — VICE
Absolute Morons and the Roe Discourse — Discourse Blog

STATES BEGIN BANNING ABORTION

Arkansas Imposes Strict Abortion Ban
Abortion Now Banned In Oklahoma
Trigger Law In Alabama Bans Abortion
States Moving Quickly To Ban Abortion
Planned Parenthood Sues Utah Over Potential Ban
Abortion Now Illegal In 7 States, More Likely Coming
Majority Of Americans Disagree With SCOTUS On Roe
Demand For Abortion Pills Surges

PLUS:
Fascists In Our Midst — Chris Hedges
It’s Time For Dems To Fear Their Own Voters — The Lever
Repub. Thanks Trump For Protecting ‘White Life’ — Mother Jones
The Right Screams Antifa As SCOTUS End Roe — DFRLab
Russia Strikes Kyiv For First Time In 3 Weeks — Axios
Biden’s ‘Digital Democracy’ Campaign Is Big Tech Gift — Jacobin
Schools Are Spending Billions On Mass Shooting Defense — New York Times

SHOCK AND ANGER OVER ROE

🔊 The End of Roe — The Flashpoint Podcast
Alabama Clinic Begins Turning Away Patients — NPR
Donate to an Abortion Fund Right Now — The Cut
Fuck This Country — Discourse Blog
Marriage Equality, Contraception Are Next — Politico
Far Right Plots Fascistic Anti-Abortion Enforcement — The Intercept
Prosecutors Vow Not To Go After People Seeking Abortion — The Hill
SCOTUS Took The Most Extreme Course Possible — The Nation
Texas AG Turns Fall Of Roe Into Annual Holiday — VICE

PLUS:
Medicare For All Would Have Prevented 340,000 Covid Deaths — Jacobin
United Airlines Pilots Get Steep Raises With New Contract — CNBC
How The Uvalde Police Failed — Vox
Congress Passes Bipartisan Gun Bill, Goes To Biden Now — CNBC
Weird, Violent Kyle Rittenhouse Video Game Announced — The Root

JAN. 6 HEARINGS EXPAND, NEW SUBPOENAS

DOJ Expands J6 Probe With Fresh Subpoenas
Jan 6 Hearing Thursday Will Focus on Trump’s DOJ Tampering
House Panel Pauses New J6 Hearings Until July For New Evidence

PLUS:
House GOP Scorns Bipartisan Senate Gun Deal — Politico
House Adds $37B To Biden’s $813B Military Budget — Common Dreams
Beating Heart Of US Labor Movement Was At Labor Notes — Jacobin
Amazon Desperately Tries To Overturn Union Win — NPR
NLRB Wants Fired Starbucks Union Organizers Reinstated — Buffalo News
How LA Progressives Organized And Won Big — The Insurgents
The Health Crisis In Joe Manchin’s Backyard — The Lever
Rep. Cori Bush Boosts Biden’s Efforts To Fight Climate Change — The Intercept
Airbnb Your Days Are Numbered — Gawker
Attacks On Trans Women Athletes Were Never About Sports — Jezebel
Here Comes The Sun–To End Civilization — Wired

FINANCIAL ICEBERG AHEAD

The Fed Is Crushing Investment Right When We Need It
Dems Pan Joe Biden’s Call For A Gas Tax Holiday
Biden Taps Social Security Privatizer To Oversee Social Security

PLUS:

FDA To Order Juul E-Cigs Off U.S. Market — Wall Street Journal
SCOTUS Strikes Another Blow To Separation Of Church And State — The Nation
Judge To Rule On Attempt To Block Florida Law On ‘Woke’ Lessons — Politico
NFL Commissioner Will Testify In Congress Today — Washington Post
Jan 6 Was Only the Beginning — Vanity Fair
Hochul’s Stadium Swindle — Lever News
Eric Greitens and Death Squad Politics — Forever Wars
Dems Boosting Far Right GOP Candidates in Shortsighted Strategy — Common Dreams
Ron Johnson Facing More Jan 6 Questions — DailyKos
The MAGA Army Profiting Off Trump’s Big Lie — VICE
Oklahoma Theater Backs Off Vow to Fast-Forward Through Same-Sex Kiss in “Lightyear” — Washington Post
The Boyfriend Loophole Is Over—But There’s a Loophole — HuffPost

EXTREME WEATHER BURNS, FREEZES PLANET

Hundreds Of Homeless People Die In Extreme Heat
US In For Another Heat Wave, On Heels Of Last
Extreme Weather Tormenting Every US Region
Ancient City Emerges After Extreme Drought In Iraq
This Year’s Extreme Weather Is Just Getting Started

PLUS:
Disgraced Former Mo. Gov. Drops Psychotic ‘RINO Hunting’ Ad — The Hill
Trump Campaign Docs Give Inside Look At Election Plan — Washington Post
Ga. Secretary Of State Will Testify In Tomorrow’s Jan. 6 Hearing — HuffPost
Democrats Paying For Ads Supporting Republican Primary Candidates — NPR
Covid Cases Surge In The US But Deaths Plateau — New York Times
Biden Will Soon Decide On Gas Tax Holiday — CBS News
DC’s Enslavers Got Reparations While Freed People Got Nothing — Politico
US Rejecting 90% Of Afghans Seeking Asylum — Common Dreams
An Armed Society Is A Mass Shooting Society — American Prospect
Only Socialist City Councilors Voted Against Austerity Budget In NY — Jacobin