In this episode:

Hurricane Melvin

-via AP News

Supreme Court Rules on Lego Guns

-via NY Times

Trump Crime Never Reelect That Guy Time

-via Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, and CNN

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SCOTUS greenlights Mississippi’s social media age checks, Florida adds a “Deportation Depot,” Texas opens its largest-ever ICE facility, California puts gerrymandering on the ballot during an ICE raid, Trump threatens to punish DC officials over crime stats, and a House member has seen interdimensional beings.

Mississippi Social Media Age Verification

-via CNN

Florida Adds Another Deportation Center

-via ABC News

As Goes Florida, So Goes Texas

-via NBC News

Texas v California

-via ABC News

Update: DC

-via The Guardian, NY Times, and AP News

Aliens

-via The Hill

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As preparations for Trump’s meeting with Ukraine begin, DC’s police state continues as does the Newsom/Trump feud). Plus - The Kennedy Center is a bummer now.

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

-via CNN, BBC, CBS News, and Washington Post

DC: 1984

-via CNN, AP News, The Guardian, Time, and Axios

Newson v Trump v Maps

-via The Hill

Kennedy Center Honors

-via CNN

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Trump faces legal backlash over his military deployment to LA, expands federal control in DC, Texas Republicans push gerrymandered maps as Paxton targets Beto, and Russia-linked hackers breach U.S. court records days before Trump meets with Putin to discuss Ukraine - without Ukraine.

LA v Trump Suit

-via CBS News, NBC News, and Cornell Law School

Trump’s DC Takeover

-via AP News, CNN, NY Times, and Washington Post

How About Them Cowboys?

-via Texas Tribune and Texas Tribune

Russia Russia Russia

-via NY Times and Reuters

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Mass shootings rock Chicago, Georgia, and Texas; a Pennsylvania steel plant explodes; Israel announces plans to occupy Gaza City amid rising death tolls; Trump takes control of DC police and sends in troops; and a SCOTUS challenge threatens same-sex marriage rights.

Mass Shootings

-via ABC News, ABC News, AP News, CNN, and NPR

Steel Plant Explosion

-via NY Times

Israel Takes Gaza

-via BBC, CNN, and NPR

Trump’s DC Takeover

-via AP News, CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, and Politico

Obergefell’s Future

-via ABC News

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