GOOD NEWS. GREAT NEWS!! FROM THE SUPREME COURT. The Court dealt a fatal blow to the Independent State Legislature theory, ruling state legislatures must abide by the will of the people in congressional and presidential elections. They do not have the right to appoint “alternative” electors. This, along with the recent decision to uphold Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting racially discriminatory voting practices by gerrymander, protects our democracy. From NPR, click here.
BIDEN OWNS BIDENOMICS. Originally cast as a negative by The Wall Street Journal, Biden claims Bidenomics as his own, proud because Bidenomics is working. It is! Read more here.
CLEAN WATER: “The Biden administration is proposing bold action to regulate dangerous chemicals in drinking water—and is coupling these regulations with critical funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to help local water systems come into compliance.” Read about it here.
AND WIND ENERGY! The cost of producing electricity through onshore wind is now cheaper than using fossil fuels. Wind power’s explosive growth is blowing past green energy goals. Read more here.
AND GOOD BATTERY NEWS: A Chinese breakthrough. 650 miles on a single charge, a game-changer, shattering “the technological barriers hampering development of electric-powered passenger flight.” Read more here.
IN A PROFFER AGREEMENT, GUILIANI IS TESTIFYING for Jack Smith’s January 6th investigation. More coming. Read here.
TRUMP’S CRIMINAL LIABILITY BECAME MORE EXPLICIT this week in the classified documents case, with the airing by CNN of an audio tape sited in the indictments. The ex-president scrambled to explain, saying the Iran attack plans he was showing off were only plans for a golf course or building. Unfortunately, or fortunately, Mark Meadows’ memoir provides evidence that Trump discussed attack plans on Iran in that interview. Read here.
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