Top Stories
- Macron, Le Pen parties falter as conservatives surge in French regional polls (france24.com)
- Four NYPD officers say in new affidavits that arrest quota system targeted Black and Latino New Yorkers
- The extent to which the Trump DoJ trashed legal and political norms is just beginning to emerge (theguardian.com)
- V.A. Plans to Offer Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Transgender Veterans (nytimes.com)
- U.S. Preparing More Sanctions Against Russia, Sullivan Says (nytimes.com)
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Collide With Democrats’ Goal to Tax the Rich (nytimes.com)
- Memphis removes violent, racist Confederate general from its public spaces (apnews.com)
- Dawn of the SUPERTRAINS! Amtrak just debuted upgraded long-distance trains that will transform rail travel in America with new seats and rooms – see inside (businessinsider.com)
- Iran nuclear deal talks resume after Raisi’s election as president (theguardian.com)
- ‘We will not stop’: pipeline opponents ready for America’s biggest environmental fight (theguardian.com)
- ‘When is this going to end?’: US factory town devastated by jobs moving overseas (theguardian.com)
- Squad goals: Ocasio-Cortez warns Biden patience is wearing thin (theguardian.com)
- Pickup truck hits Florida Pride parade spectators, nearly hitting Rep. Wasserman-Schultz, killing one (theguardian.com)
- Protests rampant as Brazil surpasses 500,000 COVID deaths (nydailynews.com)
More News
- American Airlines canceling hundreds of flights in coming weeks due to labor shortages, ‘unprecedented weather’ (nydailynews.com)
- Dick Cheney warned his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney on January 6 that she might not be safe after seeing Trump attack her before the Capitol riot, report says (businessinsider.com)
- Sen. Chuck Grassley’s Support Collapses In Iowa As 64% Of Voters Want Him Gone (politicususa.com)
- Political donations lead Stonewall Inn to ban some beers (nydailynews.com)
- The field of Wyoming Republicans looking to unseat Liz Cheney has become a Trumpian circus: report (alternet.org)
- Former Rep. Katie Hill blamed sexism for having to resign after her sex scandal while Matt Gaetz and Andrew Cuomo have kept their jobs (businessinsider.com)
- Feds investigating whether Roger Stone ‘radicalized’ Trump supporters who stormed Capitol: Report (rawstory.com)
- North Carolina Republicans turn on each other after Trump injects chaos into Senate race (rawstory.com)
- Senate Dems face the ultimate test this week as Mitch McConnell stands firm (rawstory.com)
- Man leading the charge against Liz Cheney flirts with QAnon and boasts of having ‘titanium balls’ (rawstory.com)
- Trump’s tour with Bill O’Reilly conflicts with August reinstatement theory — driving QAnons bonkers (alternet.org)
- Can Hawaii reset its stressed out tourism industry after the pandemic? (theguardian.com)
- Uber and Lyft fares surge as pandemic recedes – but drivers don’t get ‘piece of pie’ (theguardian.com)
- Trump was concerned that publicly showing ’empathy’ in George Floyd case would indicate weakness to political base: book (businessinsider.com)
- ‘Half-baked’: Greg Abbott scorched by major Texas paper for ‘ludicrous’ plan to finish Trump’s border wall (alternet.org)
COVID Watch
- County in Florida closes government buildings after multiple people test positive for COVID-19, 2 die (nydailynews.com)
- How Mike Lindell’s botched COVID mask operation was his ultimate failure (alternet.org)
- With Vaccination Goal in Doubt, Biden Warns of Variant’s Threat (nytimes.com)
- Previous Covid infection may not offer long-term protection, study finds (theguardian.com)
- US tops 600,000 COVID deaths, New York and California drop curbs (rawstory.com)
- As Pandemic Recedes in U.S., Calls Are Growing for an Investigative Commission (nytimes.com)
- Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID vaccines highly effective against Delta variant: study (nydailynews.com)
- Novavax Covid vaccine has efficacy of 90%, say manufacturers (theguardian.com)
- ‘People are so burned out’: US essential workers struggle as COVID restrictions are lifted (theguardian.com)
- SEE IT: Ohio nurse hilariously fails to prove COVID vaccine makes people magnetic, key falls from her neck (nydailynews.com)
Wow. An anti-vaccine nurse in Ohio tried to prove the Vaccines Cause Magnetism theory in an state legislative committee. The demonstration did not go to plan pic.twitter.com/0ubELst4E8
— Tyler Buchanan (@Tylerjoelb) June 9, 2021 - Biden to Send 500 Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccine to 100 Countries Over a Year (nytimes.com)
- Leading biologist throws a wet blanket over his ‘smoking gun’ Covid lab leak theory (theguardian.com)
- COVID-19Δ Delta variant is around 40% more transmissible (bbc.com)
- Get the vax, win a shotgun: US states get creative to encourage vaccination (theguardian.com)
