News Bolt

HIGHEST SUPPORT FOR GUN CONTROL IN A DECADE

Support For Gun Control Hits Highest Point In Decade
AOC Slams Gun Maker “Blood Money”

PLUS:

The Carnivore’s Dilemma — Lever News
Is Nomiki Konst Playing Spoiler? — The Flashpoint Podcast
Maine Prosecutor Election Unfolds Under the Shadow of State’s War on Drugs — Bolts Mag
Key Questions The Jan 6. Committee Will Tackle — NPR
Hearings Will Place Trump Front And Center In Capitol Riot — New York Times
Buffalo’s History Of Racism — The New Yorker
House Won’t Vote This Week On SCOTUS Security — Politico
The Progressives Of South Texas — Texas Observer
It All Came Together Against Chesa Boudin — Defector
End Of Roe Could Increase Extremist Attacks — VICE
Warren’s Plan to Stop Defense Contractor Price Gouging — The Intercept
Mayor Unseals Boston Police Sexual Abuse Allegations — Boston Globe
How the Fed Is Dealing With Inflation — Stay At Home Macro
Senators Endorse Crypto — Discourse Blog
Abolish The Military Entertainment Complex — Jacobin

GOP EXTREMISTS UNDER PRESSURE

FBI Raids Home Of Michigan GOP Gubernatorial Candidate
John Eastman Brought Coup Plot To Trump A Month Before Jan 6.
Groyper Implosion

PRIDE MONTH CONTROVERSY CONTINUES

“Christian Fascist” Movement Targets Pride Month
Trans Journalists Pull Out Of Guardian’s Pride Coverage

PLUS:

Disabled Students Accused of Cheating On Tests Because of Faulty Surveillance Tech — TruthOut
Sanders Tells Dems to Focus On Obstruction — Common Dreams
Texas Abortion Ban Turns Clinics Into Travel Agencies — Mother Jones
South Dakota Bucks Right-Wing In Ballot Initiative Fight — Bolts Mag
ICE Searched LexisNexis Over One Million Times in Seven Months — The Intercept
Top Gun’s Military Propaganda — Lever News
Joe Biden Hasn’t Delivered The Foreign Policy He Promised — Jacobin
Back to Class — New York Magazine
Americans Expect Inflation to Get Worse — Washington Post
Explosion At Texas Liquid Natural Gas Plant — Common Dreams

ANTI-LGBTQ MOMENT FOR PRIDE MONTH

Horror in Texas For Trans Kids and Families
Anti-Trans and Anti-Abortion Movements Threaten Religious Freedom

PLUS:

GOP Blames Everything But Guns For Gun Violence — VICE
Apathy in California — New York Magazine
Jan. 6 Hearings Have Trump World Reeling — Politico
Trump Agrees To Be Questioned Under Oath In NY Case — Common Dreams
Jack Posobiec, Right-Wing Extremist — SPLC
Santa Claus Loves Bernie — Discourse Blog
Many Of Trump’s Nominees Fall Short In Primaries — Truthout
Twitter Agrees To Elon Musk’s Data Request — Washington Post
Brookings Places Retired General On Leave Amid FBI Probe — Politico
SCOTUS “Imploding” After Roe Leak — Alternet
Biden Calls Inflation “Bane of Our Existence” — Bloomberg
Brexit Leading to Increase in Fake Ecstasy — The Guardian

Lauren Boebert Under Investigation For Fraud — New York Times
White House Condemns Threat To Brett Kavanaugh — The Hill
Uvalde Families Give Gripping Testimony In Congress… — NBC News
…Uvalde Parents Demand Congress Act Immediately — Common Dreams
Scalise Compares Planes Not Being Banned After 9/11 To Guns — Newsweek
Louie Gohmert Thinks More Prayer In Schools Will Stop Shootings — AlterNet
Assault Weapons Ban Not Included In Democrats New Proposals — Daily Kos
Katie Porter Accuses Heritage Foundation Witness Of Perjury — AlterNet
Commanders Coach Jack Del Rio Defends Jan. 6 Tweets — The Hill
Cawthorn Accused Of Yet Another Conflict-Of-Interest Violation — Daily Beast
GOP Senate Candidate Accosts Man Wearing BLM Shirt — HuffPost
AAA Sees Spike In Roadside Calls As Drivers Hit Empty Due To Prices — WaPo

Big Oil Sues Countries to Block Climate Action — Lever News
How Fox News Distorts Reality on Asylum Claims — The Nation
How NY Dems Killed Climate Bill — New Republic
Uvalde Parents Testify In House Gun Violence Panel — New York Times
Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh’s House — CBS News
Gymnasts Sue FBI For $1 Billion Over Handling of Nasser Case — NBC News
Trump’s Mask-Off Body Count — Salon
DeSantis Moves to Seize More Power — Seeking Rents
Washington Post Drama About Company Culture, Not Offense — New Statesman
Extreme Heat Smothers The Southwest — CNN
New Dark Money Group Linked To Conservative Democrats — The Intercept
Poll Shows Brazil’s Lula With Big Lead Over Bolsonaro — Common Dreams

BOUDIN OUT IN CALIFORNIA RECALL

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Recalled
Recall Part of Statewide Fears of Crime
Boudin Blames Right-Wing Billionaires For Ouster

JANUARY 6 HEARINGS SET TO BEGIN

4 Things To Watch During Prime-Time Jan 6. Hearing
Commission’s Media Strategy
Nearly Every Jan. 6 Indicted Proud Boy Is A Military Veteran

PLUS:

Congresswoman, Billionaire To Face Off In LA Mayor’s Race — AP
Amazon Wants Union Hearing With NLRB Closed To Public — Washington Post
The CEO-To-Worker Pay Gap Is Climbing To Obscene Levels — Jacobin
Gas Pump Pain Prompts Push For Windfall Profits Tax — Common Dreams
Colbert Grills Mark Esper For Cashing In On Trump Secrets — Daily Beast
Abortion Activists Strip Down In Protest At Megachurch — CNN
FBI Seizes Retired General’s Data Related To Qatar Lobbying — NPR
While Airing Attacks on LGBTQ Community, Fox Promos Pride Month — DailyKos
What the Senate Gun Bill Will and Won’t Do — New York Magazine
Kids in Uvalde With Crush to be Buried Side-By-Side — ABC News

“GREEN HIGH TOP CONVERSE”

Matthew McConaughey Gives Emotional Address To WH Press
Cops, Schools, and Capital
The Only Way to Identify Her

PLUS:

Jack Crosbie On Ukraine — Discourse Blog
Amy Coney Barrett’s Hollow Originalism — Balls and Strikes
Three AZ. Cops On Paid Leave After Watching Man Drown — NPR
White House Braces For Death Of Roe v. Wade — The Hill
AOC Backs Challenger In Race Against DCCC Chair — New York Times
Fetterman May Be Off Campaign Trail Until July — Daily Beast
Breaking Unions With Diversity & Social Justice Language — The Intercept
DeSantis Growing More Popular Than Trump — Politico
Trump Grifters Preparing Comeback Tour — The Nation

UNION LEADERS FIGHTING FOR MORE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF

White House Being Lobbied By Worker Groups On Debt
Groups Demand “Robust” Action

POLAND PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR ANTI-ABORTION INTERESTS IN US

Poland to Record Pregnancies
Country Has a Near-Total Abortion Ban
Global Outrage

PLUS:

DHS Claims Higher Threat Level In Wake Of Mass Shootings — The Hill
Inflation and War Will Choke Global Economy — New York Times
The New Ultra-Nationalists — VICE
Boris Johnson Says Ukraine Should Not Accept “Bad Peace” — Common Dreams
Tim Kaine Gets Earful on Guns From Fed Up Students — Washington Post
Houston Oil Refinery Closing Down Because of Equipment Failure — Reuters

DEATH CULT

Republicans Feel Mass Shootings Price to Pay For Free Society
GOP Loves Mass Death

PLUS:

TERF Mask Off — Discourse Blog
Chesa Boudin and the Real San Francisco — New York Magazine
Dems Can Win With This One Simple Trick — New York Times
Washington Post Suspends Reporter Over Retweet — CNN
Insurance Industry Backs California Corporate Dem — Lever News
US Investigates If Service Member Attacked Own Base — Washington Post
Car Tires Produce More Particle Pollution Than Exhaust: Study — The Guardian
Why the Internet Sided With Johnny Depp — The Nation
Bezos v Biden — New York Magazine
1/6 Committee Focuses on Jared and Ivanka — New York Magazine
Prison Consultants Help People Do Less Time — New York Times
Russian Oligarch Yacht Sanctioned By US — VICE
Journalist and Indigenous Protector Missing In Amazon — The Intercept

Biden Punts On Student Debt Relief Until Later In Summer — WSJ
NAACP President Demands Minimum $50,000 Cancellation — CNBC
Proud Boy Leaders Charged With Seditious Conspiracy — Washington Post
New York Governor Hochul Signs 10 Gun Reform Bills — HuffPost
Virginia Democrat Proposes 1,000% AR-15 Tax — Common Dreams
The Supreme Court’s June Of Doom Is Upon Us — The New Republic
Disgraced Troll Milo Yiannopoulos Interning In MTG’s Office — Daily Beast
Boris Johnson Wins No-Confidence Vote — ABC
How Fox News Distorts The Truth About Asylum — The Nation
MI. Repub. Booted From Ballot Over Fraudulent Signatures — RawStory
Gas More Than $5 A Gallon In 10 States — NPR
9/11 Families Call On Biden To Relieve Afghan Crisis — The Intercept
More Than 200,000 Somalis Face Starvation — Al Jazeera