An anti-abortion program will receive $100 million in the next Texas budget, but there’s little data on what’s being done with the money

reddit.com | https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/08/texas-abortion-budget/

'Manchin Must Wake Up' or Face Up: Progressives Demand Floor Debate on Pro-Democracy Bill | "79% of West Virginia voters support the For the People Act," said Common Cause. "Why doesn't Sen. Joe Manchin?"

reddit.com | https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/07/manchin-must-wake-or-face-progressives-demand-floor-debate-pro-democracy-bill

Bipartisan Senate report finds sweeping failures surrounding January 6 attack on Capitol

reddit.com | https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/capitol-riot-senate-report-sweeping-failures/#app

Why We Are Publishing the Tax Secrets of the .001%

reddit.com | https://www.propublica.org/article/why-we-are-publishing-the-tax-secrets-of-the-001

Democrats don't have to let Manchin win: Holding Trump accountable is fulfilling the Biden agenda | Democrats should grill Donald Trump for 11 hours — as Republicans did Hillary Clinton

reddit.com | https://www.salon.com/2021/06/07/democrats-dont-have-to-let-manchin-win-holding-trump-accountability-is-fulfilling-the-biden-agenda/1

Capitol Police had intelligence indicating an armed invasion weeks before Jan. 6 riot, Senate probe finds

reddit.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/january-6-senate-investigation/2021/06/08/a8cc5b1e-c7d4-11eb-81b1-34796c7393af_story.html

Joe Manchin Cosponsored the Voting-Rights Bill in 2019 That He is Now Blocking on the Grounds That the GOP Doesn't Like it

reddit.com | https://www.businessinsider.com/manchin-cosponsored-elections-bill-2019-that-he-is-now-blocking-2021-6

Senate Dems to start confirming Biden's judges to 'restore the balance' in courts

reddit.com | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-dems-start-confirming-biden-s-judges-restore-balance-courts-n1269873

Connecticut State Senate narrowly approves legalizing recreational marijuana, 19-17

reddit.com | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/State-Senate-readies-for-debate-on-legalizing-16231003.php?src=rdctpdensecp

Security, intelligence failures led to Jan. 6 insurrection: Bipartisan Senate report | A bipartisan Senate report describes an attack "planned in plain sight."

reddit.com | https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/security-intelligence-failures-led-jan-insurrection-bipartisan-senate/story?id=78131627

Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack

reddit.com | https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-96054d62518a7be4c3f30231f51beaf5

Massive Data Dump Shows Some U.S. Billionaires Have Zero Percent Tax Rates, ProPublica Reports

reddit.com | https://www.thedailybeast.com/data-dump-shows-some-us-billionaires-have-zero-percent-tax-rates-propublica-reports

Is an out-of-power Trump really a threat to democracy?

reddit.com | https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/is-an-out-of-power-trump-really-a-threat-to-democracy-114457157743

Newsmax Rejects Gaetz As Potential Hire Amid Federal Sex Trafficking Probe

reddit.com | https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/newsmax-rejects-gaetz-as-potential-hire-amid-federal-sex-trafficking-probe

Biden administration sets up 'strike force' to go after China on trade

reddit.com | https://www.reuters.com/business/biden-administration-sets-up-strike-force-go-after-china-trade-2021-06-08/

Vermonts Republican Governor ain't afraid of those (mail in) votes!

reddit.com | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/us/vermont-voting-rights.html

Some Democrats wonder when Schumer will get tough with Manchin

reddit.com | https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/557256-some-democrats-wonder-when-schumer-will-get-tough-with-manchin

American democracy is fighting for its life – and Republicans don’t care

reddit.com | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/08/american-democracy-politics-us-senate-biden-republicans

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

reddit.com | https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&s=09

'Disappointing': Ocasio-Cortez Rebukes Harris for Telling Migrants Seeking Refuge 'Do Not Come' | "We can’t help set someone’s house on fire and then blame them for fleeing," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

reddit.com | https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/08/disappointing-ocasio-cortez-rebukes-harris-telling-migrants-seeking-refuge-do-not