Extra! Extra! 9/11
Hi, all, and happy Sunday!
Hope you enjoy the below. I know I’ve enjoyed hearing every bit of it as the week has progressed. SO MUCH GOOD NEWS!
Soak it up! We’ll get back to making more of it tomorrow!
Jess
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A federal court in Wisconsin ruled that voters with disabilities are entitled to assistance when returning mail ballots.
A Massachusetts court affirmed the legitimacy of recent election reforms, including no-excuse mail voting and in-person early voting.
Steve Bannon is finally being held accountable!
A video game charity fundraiser announced that it would not hold an upcoming event in Florida because of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law and general “disregard” for COVID-19 safety.
Senators in South Carolina’s state legislature rejected a near-total abortion ban last night in a special session, with all Democrats in the chamber along with three female and two male Republicans voting against.
A Michigan judge has officially struck down a long-dormant 1931 law criminalizing abortion, saying it violates the state constitution.
18 year-old high school student Shiva Rajbhandari won an election for a Boise, ID, school board seat, ousting incumbent Steve Schmidt, who recently lost several key endorsements after refusing to disavow a statement of support from a hardline right-wing group.
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that a Constitutional Amendment protecting abortion rights must be put on the November ballot.
After she was insulted on-air by Tucker Carlson, a popular country music artist raised more than $100,000 for transgender youth. Maren Morris donated the money to TransLifeline and the GLADD Transgender Media Program.
A major web provider based in Russia became the second major platform to cut web protection from Kiwi Farms, a notorious stalking and harassment site, making it inaccessible on the public internet.
Juul will pay $439 million in a settlement with states over marketing to teens. Under an agreement reached with 34 states and territories, the e-cigarette maker will have to stop advertising on public transportation, paying influencers or depicting anyone under 35 years old in ads.
A New Mexico judge ordered Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin be removed from office, effective immediately, ruling that the attack on the Capitol was an insurrection and that Griffin’s participation in it disqualified him under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. This decision marks the first time since 1869 that a court has disqualified a public official under Section 3, and the first time that any court has ruled the events of January 6, 2021 an insurrection.
CA Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law with sweeping protections for California fast-food workers. Their wages could increase to $22/hr!
A grand jury sitting in Washington D.C. has issued subpoenas aimed at the Save America Pac, the operation Trump formed soon after election day in 2020 to exploit his lie that the election had been stolen from him.
The Department of Veteran Affairs says it will start to provide abortions—even in states where abortion is illegal—to rape and incest victims, and to people who need to end a pregnancy to save their health or life.
A global organization is partnering with local NGOs to replant and restore decimated mangrove forests. The mangrove ecosystem has a superior ability to store carbon compared to other forests.
A Virginia judge dismissed a lawsuit attempting to ban the graphic novel, Gender Queer. Maia Kobabe’s memoir is one of more than 1,500 book bans and challenges in the 2021-2022 school year alone.
The world’s biggest wind farm is now fully operational. Situated off the coast of England, the Hornsea 2’s 165 turbines will help power more than 1.4 million U.K. homes.
Forecasters now predict Democrats have the edge in the fight for Senate control. (This is not news to me, but still.)
In another victory for organized labor, Major League Baseball will voluntarily recognize the minor league players' union.
Ukraine had a really, really, really good week!
Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to join Amex and Mastercard and start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track suspicious surges of gun sales that could be a prelude to a mass shooting.
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If you have 31 minutes (and you missed Simon Rosenberg’s talk on why Democrats can win in November) watch this. VERY encouraging, informative and exciting. Really.
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