The Best of the Rest of the News.
— In the past 11 years, Republican gun policy has killed over 26,000 American children.
— Republicans on the Wisconsin Supreme Court choose voter suppression over democracy.
— Now that DeSantis has brought to Florida the requirement for students and professors to register their sense of political freedom on campus with the state, will the GOP try to pass similar laws nationally?
— A Canadian study has found that US cops are five times more likely (per capita) to kill a citizen than Canadian cops.
— Only 5 percent of Republicans — having marinated in 4 years of lies and attacks on the press by Trump — say they trust American news; six times as many Democrats say they trust the news.
— The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision striking down Roe v Wade is now putting the lives of women with lupus, severe arthritis, and cancer at risk.
— Russia is betting that if the GOP takes control of the House of Representatives or the Senate this fall, their loyal Republicans will kill US support for Ukraine. Representative Matt Gaetz confirms that's the plan.
— Speaking of Russia, the Financial Times (subscription required) is reporting that they're intentionally targeting Ukrainian hospitals and healthcare facilities to worsen the chaos their indiscriminate shelling of civilians is causing.
— Crazy Alert! Women cause mass shootings, not guns, according to Fox "News."
— Special bonus story: Gavin Newsome all but announces he wants to run against Ron DeSantis for president in 2024