‘Republicans are doubling (and tripling) down on abortion restrictions’
Grace Segers in The New Republic
Republican lawmakers are out of contact with voters on abortion entry, says Grace Segers. “GOP-controlled legislatures proceed to introduce and enact measures limiting abortion even additional, even supposing their voters have made clear they need extra reasonable restrictions.” As Republicans double down, “voters themselves” have fought again with profitable poll measures to guard abortion entry in state constitutions. We’ll see who wins when the difficulty seems on the poll in 5 key swing states in November.
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‘When “cease the steal” turns into your motto’
Jamelle Bouie in The New York Instances
It is too early to say whether or not Donald Trump can flip his polling lead right into a November victory, says Jamelle Bouie. However the “former president and his allies are already laying the inspiration for an effort to contest — and even attempt to overturn — the outcomes” if he loses. Trump’s 2020 “cease the steal” charade, fueled by dishonest “unlawful voting” allegations, has change into the rallying cry of a GOP that “can’t share this nation with its political opponents.”
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‘Biden’s spin on marijuana’s rescheduling exaggerates its sensible affect’
Jacob Sullum at Purpose
President Joe Biden, hoping to win over younger voters, is looking his administration’s resolution to reclassify marijuana underneath federal regulation “monumental,” says Jacob Sullum. However he should hope they will not learn the nice print, as a result of the “sensible penalties of rescheduling marijuana” are far “extra modest than his rhetoric implies.” Transferring hashish from a class of harmful medication will take away “obstacles to medical analysis” and assist state-licensed suppliers, however it’s removed from the decriminalization Biden has promised.
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‘US wildfire season is now in all places, unexpectedly’
Mark Gongloff at Bloomberg
“It is attending to the purpose that wildfire season is all 12 months lengthy,” says Mark Gongloff. The Midwest is choking on “poisonous smoke” from Canada’s early fires, and America’s “personal season begins a lot earlier lately, too.” The reason being no thriller. Research present the “flame-conducive mixture of sizzling, dry air and powerful winds has change into extra frequent because the planet will get hotter.” That interprets right into a wildfire season that lasts two months longer than in 1973.
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