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June 03, 2024

National News

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next president and its first woman leader in more than 200 years of independence, captured the post by promising continuity.

apnews.com/article/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-presidential-election-profile-5f61250aaccb9f397f74ff6c7cfe9cc0?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Donald Trump is Guilty (of Being Exactly Who He Said He Was)

The verdict is in. Donald Trump (the unstable, unhinged, decade-long cult leader of the current Republican Party and its likely presidential candidate in a few months) is a convicted felon, found guilty on all 34 counts in a trial that is but one of four that he faces and would already have been tried on had his infiltration of our justice system not slowed the process this long.

open.substack.com/pub/johnpavlovitz/p/donald-trump-is-guilty-of-being-exactly?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Snapshot: Alito Refuses to Recuse Himself, Of Course

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito responds to Congressional Democrats

open.substack.com/pub/america/p/snapshot-alito-refuses-to-recuse?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

State News:

June Pride Month kicks off in Tennessee with parades and festivals • Tennessee Lookout

Pride Month 2024, a celebration of LGBTQ culture, kicked off in Memphis Saturday with a parade down Beale Street.

tennesseelookout.com/2024/06/02/june-pride-month-kicks-off-in-tennessee-with-parades-and-festivals

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Election Deniers Are Now Trial Deniers

Trump's enablers have not just fallen in line with their leader's lies, they are expanding upon them in their thirst for power

open.substack.com/pub/america/p/election-deniers-are-now-trial-deniers?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Coalition Calendar: (click on the calendar to get to web page for June.)

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