The Continuing Crisis
- In More Than 100 G.O.P. Midterm Ads This Year: Guns, Guns, Guns (nytimes.com)
- Republicans talk trash about Donald Trump as his endorsements flop (rawstory.com)
- To be for gun control is to be against white power (rawstory.com)
- Biden gives up on Congress when it comes to police reform and plans to sign executive order instead (dailykos.com)
- Tuesday Primaries: Who Won, Who Lost and Which Races Were Too Close to Call (nytimes.com)Here's your voter fraud! Two top Republicans in the Michigan governor’s race face disqualification over forged petitions, officials say. (nytimes.com)
- Brian Kemp trounces Trump-backed David Perdue in a Republican primary battle for Georgia governor.Raffensperger Prevails Over Hice to Win Georgia Secretary of State Primary (nytimes.com)Georgia Voters Handed 'Kingmaker' Donald Trump a Rigorous, Unmistakable Rebuke (nytimes.com)Georgia Democrats put Stacey Abrams on the ballot for governor (nydailynews.com)
- Pennsylvania GOP candidate echoes Trump’s election conspiracy theories with new election lawsuit targeting mail-in ballots (alternet.org)
- Blow to Madison Cawthorn as appeals court reverses ‘insurrectionist’ ruling (theguardian.com)
More News
- Former Louvre Director Jean-Luc Martinez Indicted on Art-Trafficking Charges (thedailybeast.com)
- Salvador Ramos texted, video-called online friend from Germany before killing 21 people at Texas elementary school (nydailynews.com)After Sandy Hook massacre, Republicans rebuffed federal gun control nearly a decade (nydailynews.com)
- Reality TV celebrity Josh Duggar gets 12 years in jail after prosecutor tells judge he has a ‘violent sexual interest in children’ (alternet.org)
- Iran says one dead in ‘industrial accident’ near military complex (theguardian.com)
- Woman who wrote ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ convicted of murdering husband (nydailynews.com)
- 'American Pie' singer Don McLean withdraws from NRA gig after Uvalde shooting (rawstory.com)
- Defense Team for Democratic-Linked Lawyer Targeted by John Durham’s ‘Independent’ Investigation Won’t Call ex-NY-Times Reporter to Testify (nytimes.com)
- 19 Children and 2 Adults Are Killed in Massacre at Texas Elementary Shool (nytimes.com)What we know so far (theguardian.com)“I am sick and tired of it. We have to act.” President Biden addressed the nation after the Texas shooting. (nytimes.com)The Stupefying Tally of American Gun Violence (nytimes.com)Gunman was bullied as a child, grew increasingly violent, friends say (washingtonpost.com)Influential NBA coach Steve Kerr slams gun-lobby-placating senators in wake of Uvalde (washingtonpost.com)Joe Scarborough Lashes Out at Media Who Were ‘Sh*tty’ About Biden’s Uvalde Speech: ‘Just Twisted People’ (mediaite.com)
- Iraqi Man Helped Plot to Kill Bush, F.B.I. Says (nytimes.com)
- U.S. Speeds Up Reshaping of Taiwan’s Defenses to Deter China (nytimes.com)
Wide World of War
- Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy warns against appeasing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin (washingtonpost.com)Russia Scrambles to Stabilize Its Economy as War Takes a Toll (nytimes.com)Putin’s Puppets Can’t Stop Bitching About the Grueling Cost of His War (thedailybeast.com)
- Russia trying to destroy Donbas, says Zelenskiy, as fighting in eastern Ukraine intensifies (theguardian.com)Narrower Focus Helps Russia Make Gains in Ukraine’s East (nytimes.com)Oil, gas firms use Ukraine war to resist climate efforts (rawstory.com)
- Vladimir Putin ‘survived assassination attempt’ soon after Ukraine invasion (theage.com.au)
- War Loot: Satellite images appear to show Russian ships loading up with Ukrainian grain in Crimea (cnn.com)Russian attack in Donbas largest on European soil since second world war, says Ukraine (theguardian.com)Too late to evacuate civilians in face of Russian attack, says Luhansk official (theguardian.com)‘My house, the barns, I lost everything’: the Ukrainian farmers devastated by war (theguardian.com)
- Russia and China Held Military Exercise in East Asia as Biden Visited (nytimes.com)
Insurrection Watch
- DOJ Inquiry into Alternate Electors Intensifies, Focuses on Trump Lawyers (nytimes.com)
- Trump reacted with approval to ‘hang Mike Pence’ chants from rioters on January 6 – and the House Select Committee has heard testimony about it! (cnn.com)
- I did Nazi that coming! Trial begins of alleged Hitler-loving MAGA who entered US Capitol on January 6 (cnn.com)
- January 6 Committee Expands Probe of House Republicans as Loudermilk Goes Under the Microscope (uphill.thedispatch.com)
COVID Watch
- North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is seen at state funeral not wearing a mask (bbc.com)
- South Florida health officials investigating presumptive case of monkeypox virus (yahoo.com)
- Three doses of Pfizer vaccine provides ‘strong’ immunity for children 6 months to 5 years old, says pharmaceutical company (nydailynews.com)
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