WEEK IN REVIEW: 'We Need Change, Governor!' and the Democratic Unraveling of the United States

 

The Week in Review

'Madness': Ohio GOP Passes Bill to Arm Teachers "We aren't trusted with the books we choose, but somehow we're supposed to be trusted with a gun in school?" asked one teachers' union leader. Read more → 'We Need Change, Governor!' Abbott Booed at Uvalde Memorial Site "Shame on you, Abbott!" people shouted at the Republican governor, an NRA ally who has overseen and supported the further erosion of Texas' gun laws. Read more → 'Chilling': Trump Allies Sought to Send Armed Private Contractors to Seize Voting Machines "This was a failed coup and these people are still plotting," said one observer. Read more → Desperation, Pain Drives Debate Over Making Photos of Mass Shooting Carnage Public While some say showing what high-caliber bullets do to children's bodies could spur change, others warn that it risks traumatizing viewers—and re-traumatizing victims and their loved ones. Read more → 'Racing at Top Speed Towards Global Catastrophe': NOAA Says CO2 Levels Highest in Human History "We have known about this for half a century, and have failed to do anything meaningful about it," said one NOAA researcher. "What's it going to take for us to wake up?" Read more →

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Opinion

Inspector General, AMA and AHA Agree: Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Endangering Their Enrollees' Lives Americans should demand that the government stop rewarding Medicare Advantage plans for denying care inappropriately. by Diane Archer Read more → Note to Judges: If You Don't Want to Be Called a Partisan Hack, Stop Being One A court so far out of touch with the people is marching forth with no cloak of legitimacy. by Jim Hightower Read more → Canada Is Right to Be Worried About the Right-Wing Unraveling of the United States Bought-off Republican stooges in Congress and state legislatures—along with their allies on the Supreme Court—are openly trying to bring our country down, to destroy a 240-year-old democracy. by Thom Hartmann Read more →

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