News Bolt

FADING HOPES FOR ROBUST CLIMATE ACTION

Biden’s Foreign Policy Has Cannibalized His Climate Agenda
Docs Reveal FBI Investigated Climate Groups
The Culture War Came For Yellowstone’s Wolves
“Blowtorch Britain” Captures Global Attention

PLUS:

Europe’s Racist Far Right Rears Its Head — Politico
CDC Stops Requiring Cruise Ships Report Covid Cases — Axios
The Manchin Aide Turned Corporate Shill — Lever News
Bye-Bye DeBlasio — Discourse Blog
Baseball’s Minor League Pay Problem — Marc Normandin
Dems Thank Supreme Court For Abortion Ruling — Reuters
House Passes Respect For Marriage Act… — Law Dork
…Senate Weighs Vote Soon, Vote Tally Uncertain — The Hill
State Legislators Flooded With Corporate Cash After Abortion Attacks — Popular Info
The End Times Are A Flat Circle — Where’s Your Ed At
Giuliani Ordered To Testify Before Georgia Grand Jury — RawStory

SETTING UP A MIDTERM SHOWDOWN

Michigan’s Importance in the Midterms Cannot Be Overstated
Pence Helping Candidates Who Back Big Lie
Blake Masters, Peter Thiel’s Dream and Democracy’s Nightmare
It’s Harder For Campaigns to Text Voters

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Prince Harry’s Insipid Speech About Mandela — MSNBC
MPP Redux 🔈 Part 1 🔈 Part 2 — The Flashpoint Podcast
Trump’s Fake Electors in Georgia Are in Trouble — VICE
Gay Oklahoma Mayor Resigns Over Threats — DailyKos
Deletion of Secret Service Jan 6 Texts Prompts Calls For Investigation — Common Dreams
…No Good Answers on Why — Salon
Targets on the Backs of LGBTQ Families — The Cut
Mike Flynn Speaking Tour Canceled in New York After Backlash — The Hill
Syria Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ukraine — AP News
Bail Reform Success Stories Ignored By Media — The Appeal

RUNNING OUT OF TIME

Too Hot Today
Biden Weighing Executive Action
Stopping Short of Declaring Emergency
Fires Breaking Out Across London
Hosepipes on Roofs Are Keeping UK’s Data Centers Cool

JAN 6 COMMITTEE HITTING ROADBLOCKS

Oopsy Doodle: Secret Service Can’t Find Jan 6 Text — Washington Post
How “Stop the Steal” Captured the American Right — New York Times
Bannon Thought He Was “Above the Law” — NBC News

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Omar, Others Arrested at Supreme Court — MPR News
Australian Biodiversity Declining at “Alarming” Rate — Common Dreams
Witness Explains to Congress How To Self-Manage Abortion — HuffPost
Abortion Bans Forcing Women to Deliver Nonviable Fetuses — VICE
Renters in Arkansas and Nebraska Facing Eviction Because of GOP Rejection of Assistance — The Intercept
Broken Clock Mitt Romney Delivers Warning to Dems — HuffPost
Abbott Did Not Attend One Uvalde Funeral — DailyKos

UK SMASHES HEAT RECORD AS HIGH TEMPS CONTINUE ACROSS EUROPE

Record Broken Was Set Yesterday
UK Declares National Emergency
Wildfires Spread Across Southwestern France
Meanwhile, 100 Million Americans Under Threat From Heat
Into the Climate Abyss

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Joe Rogan Suggests Shooting Unhoused People — Variety
Moms For Liberty Against Public Schools — Salon
Agriculture’s Unflexed Muscle — American Prospect
Indiana Doctor Who Performed Abortion For Ohio 10-Year-Old Rape Faced Threat to Daughter — VICE
Indiana AG Who Threatened Doctor Hit With Misconduct Complaint — RawStory
Criminal Liability For Supplying the Gun Used in a Mass Shooting — Intelligencer
Abortion Rights Post-Roe, Explained — Counterspin
Intel Begs For A Bailout — The Lever
We Can’t Have Democracy Without Accountability — The Nation
Surprise! CEOs Are Causing Inflation — Common Dreams

HEAT WAVE SUMMER

This Is Just the Beginning
Not Done Yet: Britain’s “Unprecedented” Heatwave
Why Europe Is Becoming a Heat Wave Hot Spot
Wildfires Across the Central US
Biden Weighs Emergency Declaration

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Joe Manchin Strikes Again: This Time, Global Tax Deal Imperiled — New York Times
White House Fumes Over WV Sen — Politico
Florida Parents Angry Over DeSantis Not Ordering Vaccines For Children — DailyKos
Unhoused and Unequal in California’s Mojave Desert — The Guardian
Corporations Don’t Care About Roe — New Republic
Deforestation in Colombia Edges Up — Reuters
Fifth Migrant Woman In ICE Custody Alleges Abuse — The Intercept
Cops Opened Fire Into a Crowd Because They Thought Someone Had a Gun — VICE
Second Amendment vs First Amendment — Curbed

Dems Furious With Manchin

Manchin Insists He Can Still Be Reasoned With
Climate Activists Blast Manchin Over Budget Bill
How Manchin Left Global Tax Deal In Limbo
Manchin Directed Millions To Area Where He Owned Property

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Watchdog Insists Secret Service Broke Law By Deleting Texts — RawStory
Anti-Abortion States Using Google to Track Pregnant People — Politico
Government By Lawsuit — American Prospect
California’s Future Under a Congressional Abortion Ban — Sacramento Bee
Moms For Liberty Target School Boards — NBC News
Preparing For Heat Waves As a Pregnant Person — 19th News
📺 The Hashtag That Defined Sri Lanka’s Revolution — Listening Post
House To Vote On Marriage Equality Bill After Thomas Opinion — The Hill
House Dem Staffers Move To Unionize — Politico
Parkland Shooter’s Trial Begins — Washington Post
At SCOTUS, It’s Only Going To Get Worse — The Insurgents
Lessons From Ohio — Law Dork

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

PLUS:
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

376 COPS

376 Officers Were on Scene at Uvalde While Nothing Was Done
“Systemic Failures”
12 Times (So Far) Law Enforcement Lied About Uvalde

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Misogyny Fueling US Gun Violence Epidemic — Michigan Advance
Chaos in San Fran DA’s Office — The Intercept
Trump Wants to Run Again to Avoid Charges: Report — Rolling Stone
Abortion Fight Comes To House, Senate Floors — The Hill
Secret Service To Turn Over Deleted Texts By Tuesday — USA Today
3 Dead In Indiana Mall Shooting — Associated Press
Denver Police Fire Into Crowd, Injure 5 Bystanders — Denver Post
Biden’s Climate Plan Stalls As Planet Cooks — New York Times
1,000 Dead in Europe Heat Wave — Common Dreams
UK Bracing For Record Temperatures — Washington Post

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?

PLUS:
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

THE DOG HAS CAUGHT THE CAR

GOP Operatives Panicking Over Ohio Horror Story
Texas Hospitals Delaying Care For Pregnant People
The False Piety of the Anti-Abortion Movement

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Abortion Rights Activists Warn About New Group Leading Protests — The Intercept
How Doomed Is Steve Bannon? — VICE
Biden and MBS Fist Bump Enrages World — Common Dreams
Biden Claims He Raised Khashoggi Killing In MBS Meeting — Washington Post
Stop Talking to Joe Manchin — American Prospect
Biden Insists He’ll Tackle Climate Through Executive Action — The Hill
DACA Faces Challenges — Borderlines
Trump Family Depositions Postponed After Ivana’s Death — NBC News
A Running List Of John Fetterman’s Burns On Dr. Oz — Jezebel
Man Who Threatened Rep. Jayapal Set Free After Cops Fail To Submit Evidence — MyNorthwest
HHS Orders 2.5 Million More Monkeypox Vaccines — Axios