Talkin' Politics | June 5, 2023: Climate Crisis Hits Home Insurance; Missouri AG Report Shows Systemic Racial Disparity In Policing (Again); Voting Rights Victory In AZ; Biden/Schumer Bromance; "Debt Ceiling" Theater Ends
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True or false
The climate crisis will become a mainstream topic in 2023-2024
8th circuit halts federal clean water rule and SCOTUS limits power of fed gov on clean water
SCOTUS https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1178150234/supreme-court-epa-clean-water-act
California insurance https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/31/for-some-us-residents-it-is-now-impossible-to-get-home-insurance-and-all-because-of-the-climate-crisis
Iowa https://www.thenewlede.org/2023/05/in-iowa-a-tale-of-politics-power-and-contaminated-water/
Missouri https://twitter.com/saularm653/status/1662429583780503554?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA
Rain forest issue: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/brazil-environment-reforestation/
Journalists Killed over Amazon coverage: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/04/dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-amazon-anniversary
Montana lawsuit: https://www.youthvgov.org/held-v-montana
https://twitter.com/portiacolorado?s=21&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA
Yeah no…
Missouri AG report shows yet again racial disparities in policing across the state averages
https://missouriindependent.com/2023/06/03/report-shows-black-drivers-in-missouri-ticketed-arrested-at-much-higher-numbers-than-whites/
Yeah yeah!
Voting rights victory in AZ (one in florida 2 weeks back)
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-mail-in-voting-challenge-ii/
Buy or sell
The Schumer/Biden Partnership
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/02/us-jobs-report-may-unemployment-rate
Debt ceiling vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/
Big one
Debt ceiling - one last time
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/02/biden-oval-office-debt-limit-00100076
Signed officially: https://ti.me/3N8UB8K
Medicare and SSI https://americanindependent.com/mccarthy-biden-stopped-cutting-social-security-medicare/
Changes to SNAPhttps://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179633624/snap-food-assistance-work-requirements-congress-debt-ceiling
Student debt https://www.marketplace.org/2023/06/02/what-the-debt-ceiling-deal-means-for-your-student-loans/
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