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SHOCK, ANGER OVER POLICE ACTIONS DURING SHOOTING

Onlookers Begged Cops to Go In
…They Did, to Get Their Own Kids
Cops Can’t Stop School Shootings

FALLOUT FROM SHOOTING CONTINUES

ICE “Probably” Won’t Enforce Immigration Law in Uvalde
GOP Won’t Budge on Gun Laws
First Responder Learned From Dying Victim His Daughter Was One Too
Child Gun Deaths In Texas Doubled Under Greg Abbott…Then Came Uvalde
Nationwide Protests, March On DC Planned For June 11
Abbott Attended Campaign Fundraiser Hours After Shooting

PLUS:

Your Tax Dollars Are Propping Up the Gun Lobby — Sludge
Teachers Talk About Shooter Drills — The Flashpoint
There Is No Constitutional Reason To Oppose Gun Laws — NBC News
Living In America’s Culture Of Ultraviolence — The Intercept
The Supreme Court Is Enabling America’s Gun Dystopia — New Republic
Oklahoma Governor Signs Strictest Anti-Choice Bill Into Law — CNN
GOP in Georgia Want “Unity Rally” After Primary — DailyKos
Biden Moves To Block Mine In Alaska — New York Times
Biden’s TPP Successor Is Boon For Big Tech — American Prospect
Administration Fights Climate Lawsuit — Lever News

NATION MOURNS FOR UVALDE VICTIMS

Trauma Surgeon Recounts Experience In Hospital After Shooting
Robb Elementary Victim Didn’t Want To Go To School Tuesday
Beto Interrupts, Calls Out Abbott During Press Conference
Gunman Posted About Shooting On Facebook Before Attack
Pope Francis Calls For US Action On Guns…
…Other Global Leaders Respond To Robb Elementary Shooting
Republican Congressman Incorrectly Blames Trans People
Other Conservatives Blame Random & Innocent Trans Woman

PLUS:

Jan 6. Committee Has Evidence Trump Wanted Pence Hung — New York Times
The Onion Updates Entire Site With Gun Violence Posts — BuzzFeed News
In America, There Is Mass Death, Then There Is Nothing — Jacobin
Gallego’s Fury Over Uvalde Is Why He Must Challenge Sinema — The Nation
Trump, Cruz To Headline NRA Conference This Weekend — Mother Jones
Cincinnati Cops Demand Removal Of ‘Officer Piglet’ Portrait — RawStory
Exxon Loses Bid To Nix Climate Change Lawsuit — Boston.com
‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Author Convicted Of Murdering Husband — New York Times

NOTHING WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE

This Is the World the Gun People Want
Steve Kerr Refuses To Talk Playoffs, Addresses Gun Violence
Matthew McConaughey, Uvalde Native, On the Shooting
GOP Nut Blames Video Games and Rap Music

DEMOCRATS ALREADY OUT OF IDEAS

Biden’s “Thoughts and Prayers” Aren’t Enough
Schumer Says No Gun Bill Soon, Urges Voting Instead
Murphy Pleads With GOP After ‘Another Sandy Hook’

PLUS:

Cisneros Says The Fight Isn’t Over Against Cuellar — Common Dreams
AOC Blasts Dem Leadership For Backing Anti-Choice, Pro-Gun Dem — Insider
Florida State Lawmaker Threatens to Shoot Biden — Raw Story
Biden Approval Rating Hits Lowest Point In Reuters Poll — The Hill
Police Reform Executive Order Planned On George Floyd Anniversary — NPR
1.1 Million Afghan Children Face Severe Malnutrition — ABC News
New Zealand Watches US Gun Violence In Disbelief — VICE
Starbucks Is The Country’s Worst Labor Law Violator — Jacobin

HORROR IN TEXAS

The “Bankrupt Conscience” of Greg Abbott
Biden Demands Action
… But US Gun Laws Won’t Change
Gunman Bullied, Withdrawn

CUELLAR LOOKS SET TO WIN PRIMARY

Pelosi-Backed Texas Pro-Gun Dem Leads Progressive Challenger
Dem Leadership Stepped Up For Cuellar

PLUS:

Obstructionist Georgia Dem Loses Primary — The Intercept
22 Dead In Rio Police Raid — CNN
GOP “Women’s Bill of Rights” Just an Attack on Trans People — TruthOut
Canada Security Services Prepare For US Collapse — Raw Story
SCOTUS Attacks Death Row — New Republic
Trump Must Be Prosecuted For 1/6 — Alternet
Sandy Hook Case Against Alex Jones Moves Forward — News Times
US Soldiers Killing Cats in South Korea — Korea Times

14 CHILDREN DEAD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING

Shooting Took Place in Texas
Many Children Injured
Motive Unknown, Shooter Dead

PRIMARY COLORS

Report from Georgia
Georgia Anti-Voting Law Gets a Test Drive
Five GOP Gov Candidates Ineligible in Michigan After Fraud
Neal Ducks Challenge in Massachusetts

PLUS:

Israel Targeted Journalist, Report Finds — CNN
42 States Institute Anti-Trans and/or Anti-Abortion Laws — VICE
Dems Demand Google Protect Abortion Patients — AP
No Labels Interfering With 1/6 Investigation — Common Dreams
Wolf Recovery Efforts “Sabotaged” By Ranchers and Feds Alike — The Intercept
ISIS Plot Against Bush Foiled — Axios
Biden Breaking Climate Promises — TruthOut
Netflix is the Home of Transphobic Comedy — AV Club

SHOWDOWN IN TEXAS

Progressives “Hopeful” of Cisneros Victory
Silicon Valley Fights For Cuellar
Cisneros-Cuellar Contest Future of Post-Roe Politics

PLUS:

Back Up Plan on Biden? — New York Magazine
Virginia School Board Weighs Reverting School Names to Honor Confederates — TruthOut
SCOTUS Ruling on Evidence Will “Cause Profound Suffering” — Slate
Eric Holder on 1/6 and Trump — Salon
Big Pharma’s Manchin Handshake — Lever News
NYT Op-Ed Disaster — Discourse Blog
Florida Rule Barring Social Media Companies From Moderating Content Blocked By Court — Gizmodo
Russia Accused of Using Food Supply As Weapon — New York Times
DOJ: Agents Should Intervene On Police Abuses — Axios
Pastor Confesses to “Adultery”—With 16-Year-Old — Raw Story
MidEast Sandstorm Causes Panic — NBC News
Seth Meyers Enters KellyAnne Conway’s “Reality” — HuffPost
Psaki Heads to MSNBC — New York Times

PRIMARY DAY IN GEORGIA

Abrams Ready For GOP Candidate
Closing Arguments In Republican Primary
Perdue Makes Racist Appeal to Voters, But He’s Trailing
Early Voting a Test of Voting System Under Attack

IN TEXAS, INSURGENT CISNEROS FACES OFF AGAINST ANTI-CHOICE CUELLAR

Contest Mirrors Divisions In Democratic Party
Cuellar Could Be “Joe Manchin of the House” Cisneros Warns

PLUS:

Trump-Backed Election Deniers Could Cause Problems in 2024 — ABC News
What to Watch For During Today’s Contests — Bolts Mag
If House Flips, Biden Will Have to Take McCarthy’s Calls — LA Times
Signature Forgery Scandal in Michigan GOP Gov Race — TPM
Tucker’s Defender — Salon
Fetish of Right-Wing Politics — Raw Story
After Voting Against Relief, House GOP Launch Ads Hitting Biden on Baby Formula Shortage — The Hill
Russia and China Run Drills As Biden Visits Region — New York Times
New “Partygate” Photos — BBC
Monkeypox Spread at Two Sex Raves — HuffPost

Pence Open To 2024 Run Against Trump — Axios
Georgia GOP Primary Is Now Trump-Pence Proxy War — Vanity Fair
Progressives Hope Roe Threat Will Help Unseat Cuellar — The Hill
House Ethics Committee Investigates Madison Cawthorn — CNN
Jan. 6 Panel Promises Bombshell Evidence In Primetime Hearings — RawStory
Texas GOP Targets Companies That Pay For Staff Abortions — Texas Tribune
Republicans Join Democrats In Backing NATO Expansion — Reuters
SCOTUS Makes It Harder For Inmates To Argue Ineffective Counsel — CNN
Student Loan Borrower Advocacy Orgs Sue Over Stalled Relief — Insider
Shell Consultant Quits, Slams Oil Giant’s ‘Extreme Harms’ — Guardian
Airbnb Shutting Down In China — CNBC
Tiny Homes Startup Profiting Off Homelessness — NPR
How Hollywood & The Media Fueled J.D. Vance’s Rise — New York Times
Texas Governor Abbott Deletes Tweet Supporting Musk — New York Post
Live Nation & Subsidiaries Took Millions Meant For Independent Venues — Washington Post

BIDEN TALKS TOUGH ON TAIWAN, FOR SOME REASON

US Would “Intervene” Against China, President Says
Comments Mark “Policy Shift”
White House Walks Back Biden Taiwan Comments For Third Time in Nine Months

PLUS:

How to Access Abortion — The Cut
Ted Cruz Envies Pete Davidson’s Way With Women — The Cut
The Nine Republicans Who Voted to Starve Babies — Gizmodo
Blowing the Truck Whistle — The Intercept
Fizzing Legislative Agenda Overshadows Dems Midterms Hopes — The Hill
GOP Georgia Gov Candidate Calls For Executing “Treasonous” State Officials — Newsweek
Record 100 Million People Displaced From Their Homes — NPR
Russian Diplomat To UN Resigns Over Ukraine Invasion — HuffPost
Starbucks Permanently Leaves Russia — Washington Post
Biden Says He’s Willing To Use Force Against China For Taiwan — Reuters
UN Agency Condemns ‘Homophobic & Racist’ Monkeypox Reports — Common Dreams
Musk Lost $10 Billion In Single Day After Misconduct Allegations — RawStory
Jeff Bezos Wants The Attention Of Media, Biden With Tweets — Jacobin

MIDTERM MADNESS CONTINUES

Georgia GOP Governor Candidate Embraces Christofascism — Business Insider
Tomorrow’s Cisneros-Cuellar Contest Bellwether For Future of Democratic Party — The Guardian
Poll: Kemp Looks Strong Against Purdue — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

UKRAINE WAR CONTINUES AS BOTH SIDES DIG IN

US Planning To Sink Russian Fleet — Antiwar
Russian Soldier Sentenced to Life in Ukraine for War Crime — Washington Post

PLUS:

How Trump’s 2020 Election Lies Gripped State Legislatures — New York Times
Republicans Vow To Kill Domestic Terrorism Bill In Senate — The Hill
‘Tax The Rich’ At Elite Davos Gathering — Common Dreams
Southern Baptists Concealed Sex Abuse, Kept Database — Washington Post
39 Tons Of Baby Formula Arrive In US From Europe — CBS News
Late Spring Snowstorm Knocks Out Power For 210,000 In Colorado — AP
Australian Labor Party Defeats Scott Morrison’s Coalition — DW
Chait’s Charter Mess — FAIR
Red Crescent Society Head on Censorship List — The Intercept
The High Cost of Fashion — The Guardian
US Funding Jailers of Egyptian Political Prisoner — TruthOut
This Covid Wave Less Dangerous—But Still Lethal — New York Magazine
Tucker’s “Legacy Americans” — Salon