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Devon and Sarah discuss how completely off-the-rails the news cycle has been lately. The dive into gun control, healthcare concerns, and the open investigation into Trump’s obstruction of justice. They talk to the brilliant Sarah Kendzior, who gives them some serious perspective on Trump, authoritarianism, and what the hell to do next.

They also award the Maxine Waters Award in Badassery.

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Key Articles

  1. Steve Scalise Among 4 Shot at Baseball Field; Suspect Is Dead by Michael D. Shear, Adam Goldman, and Emily Cochrane (NYTimes)
  2. 11 Statistics That Remind Us Gun Violence Is A Women’s Issue by Jenavieve Hatch (HuffPost)
  3. House hearing on gun legislation canceled after shooting by Jeremy Herb (CNN)
  4. UPS worker kills three colleagues in San Francisco, turns gun on himself by Emmett Berg (Reuters)
  5. America’s gun problem, explained by German Lopez (Vox)
  6. After 152 Mass Shootings In 2017, It Took An Attack On Congress To Get Our Attention by Nick Wing (HuffPost)
  7. Highlights from Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Senate Testimony by Charlie Savage, Emmarie Huettman, and Rebecca R. Ruiz (NYTimes)
  8. y Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say by Devlin Barrett, Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima, and Sari Horwitz (WaPo)
  9. Mueller Seeks to Talk to Intelligence Officials, Hinting at Inquiry of Trump by Michael S.
    Schmidt and Matt Apuzzo (NYTimes)
  10. Follow Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior
  11. SarahKendzoir.com
  12. Buy The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior

Gratitude Check Links

  1. t Top Michigan health official, four others charged with manslaughter in Flint water crisis by Brady Dennis (WaPo)
  2. In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law – Earth Justice
  3. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Litigation on the Dakota Access Pipeline
    – FAQ on Earth Justice
  4. What we learned from the Virginia primary by Gabriel Debenedetti (Politico)
  5. Transgender journalist Danica Roem wins nomination for House of Delegates by Jill Palermo (Fauquier Times)
  6. ‘Broad City’ will bleep Donald Trump’s name in Season 4 by Patrick Ryan (USA Today)

Action Items

  1. “Call Your Ossoff!” House Party – SwingLeft.org
  2. The Staffers Handling Health Care for Your Senators – Indivisible
  3. Stop Trumpcare in June: Action Plan – Indivisible
  4. “I Object!” – Withholding Consent and Filibustering – Indivisible

Maxine Waters Update & The Maxine Waters Award in Badassery

  1. Meet the High School Student Who Mapped Every Abortion Clinic in the US by Leila Ettachfini (Broadly)
  2. Safe Place Project

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