Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting ( wapo.st )
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Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting ( wapo.st )
The idea is to make it effectively legal to kill anybody deemed left-of-center
U.S. to end coal leasing in nation’s largest coal-producing region ( wapo.st )
The incomprehensible, unattainable scale of Trump’s deportation plan | The former president has said he will send nearly 5 percent of U.S. residents out of the country if he is reelected. ( wapo.st )
DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law ( wapo.st )
Meanwhile, it's hotter than it has been in thousands of years
Blinken sits in with Ukrainian bar band for ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ | The secretary of state, on a surprise trip to Kyiv to show U.S. support amid intensified Russian attacks ( wapo.st )
House Democrats launch probe of Trump’s dinner with oil executives ( wapo.st )
Lawmakers demand details of a Mar-a-Lago dinner where Trump promised to ease regulations on the oil industry while asking executives to steer $1 billion to his 2024 campaign.
Louisiana moves to make abortion pills ‘controlled dangerous substances’ ( wapo.st )
Someone possessing the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professional practice could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison.
Federal judge halts new U.S. rules limiting credit card late fees | Bank lobbyists challenged the legality of the cap, which was set to take effect next week. ( wapo.st )
The judge is a Trump appointee.. I'll also note that he's in Texas, where the rules against judge-shopping aren't being applied, so the suit was likely filed with advance knowledge that he'd be hearing it.
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign: Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy & more ( wapo.st )
The corruption is really open at this point....
In Arizona, election workers trained with deepfakes to prepare for 2024 | “By the end of the second day, you’re like: Trust no one,” said one county recorder who completed the training. ( wapo.st )
Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion ( wapo.st )
The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal.
Whistleblower for Boeing contractor Spirit AeroSystems dies ( wapo.st )
How Trump convinces Republicans to adopt extreme views | A new poll on presidential immunity tells a familiar tale: If he pushes it, they eventually decide they support it, too. ( wapo.st )
Live updates: Stormy Daniels’s lawyer testifies in Trump’s hush money trial ( wapo.st )
How the arrival of iodized salt 100 years ago changed America ( wapo.st )
The sky-high stakes of the Maryland Senate race ( wapo.st )
An assassination plot on American soil reveals a darker side of Modi’s India [gift article] ( wapo.st )
Yet another dubious election deadline maneuver, in Florida ( wapo.st )
Appeals court says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery ( wapo.st )
Live updates: David Pecker to return to stand for cross-examination in Trump’s hush money trial ( wapo.st )
New York Times coverage for comparison
New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants ( wapo.st )
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