A summer note from Paul Spector; tell your friends about the great things the Biden Administration is accomplishing. See below. Don’t let the noise drown it out! But first, Ohio.
OHIO VOTERS ROUNDLY REJECTED REPUBLICAN MANEUVERS to undermine the will of the people. Voters turned out in record numbers for an off-season special election designed to make citizen ballot initiatives unattainable, specifically a ballot initiative on abortion. Voters of all stripes saw through it and rose to the occasion. ABC News
ABORTION RIGHTS UPHELD IN CONSERVATIVE STATES. Kentucky and Kansas have voted to protect abortion rights. Ohio, Arizona and Florida could be next. CNBC.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING GREAT THINGS
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S JUDICIAL CONFIRMATIONS BY THE NUMBERS. 140 Federal judges confirmed. 66% are women and 66% are people of color. 33% are Black, 19% are Hispanic, and 16% are AA/NHPI. Biden nominated more federal appellate judges with experience as public defenders than all other presidents combined! More Black women confirmed to circuit courts than all other presidents combined! More people of color confirmed to be appellate judges than all other presidents combined!
BIDEN IS PURSUING HIS GOAL TO PROTECT 30% OF ALL THE NATION’S LAND AND WATERS BY 2030. Millions of acres are newly protected in Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, Colorado and Texas, in maritime sanctuaries and on tribal lands. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes funds for toxic clean-ups, already underway.
BIDENOMICS IS INVESTING IN AMERICA from the middle out and the bottom up. At work; investments in infrastructure, clean energy, climate mitigation and resilience, tech advancement, supply chain protection, transitioning coal communities to clean energy jobs, and shaping fair markets. The White House. The Inflation Reduction Act, The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, The CHIPS Incentive Program (semiconductors).
US CLIMATE LAW IS TURBO CHARGING CLEAN ENERGY. What a difference a year makes. Even in coal country, solar panels make better economic sense. AP News.
THIS WEEK, ONE STEP CLOSER TO NUCLEAR FUSION. The Washington Post. Briefly, nuclear fission is the splitting of the atom, resulting in long-lasting hazardous waste. Fusion is combining atoms. The reaction does not create long-lived radioactive waste; the energy created is greater than fission. Department of Energy.
THE SUPREME COURT REINSTATED THE REGULATION OF GHOST GUNS. In 2021 local law enforcement agencies seized 19,000 ghost guns, firearms without registration numbers. A Texas judge ruled to invalidate the Biden Administration’s regulation. The Supreme Court held for Biden. PBS.
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
FOX FIGHTS TO RENEW ITS PHILADELPHIA STATION BROADCAST LICENSE, under fire because of its lies about Covid and the 2020 election. Fox voiced the opposite internally. A former Fox executive and supporter argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations. NPR.
“OF COURSE HE LOST.” DeSantis finally admits it. The New York Times.
SO WHERE’S THE BRIBE, JAMES COMER? So far, the Comer-led Senate investigation has not uncovered any financial misconduct by President Biden, despite lots of noise to the contrary. The Washington Post.
AND HUNTER’S ASSOCIATE TESTIFIES TO NO WRONGDOING. NBC News.
EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW
JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN WARNED TRUMP THAT REPEATED INFLAMMATORY STATEMENTS WILL FORCE A SPEEDY TRIAL on his latest indictments of subverting the 2020 election. Politico.