Claudia Sheinbaum is likely to be Mexico’s next president. Who is she? (wapo.st)
Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators | Speaking to wealthy donors behind closed doors, he said that he supports Israel’s right to continue “its war on terror. (wapo.st)
Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza (wapo.st)
This is a gift article link, so there should not be a paywall.
Mexico City’s water ‘Day Zero’ may come even for the wealthiest residents (wapo.st)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9918420...
Trump just made more promises to oil industry campaign donors (wapo.st)
The pledges to oil executives came a day before Senate Democrats launched a probe of Trump seeking $1 billion in donations from the oil industry.
Why cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling: In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight. (wapo.st)
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/c2b6ce8b-a795-4d2c-b25d-fe3a209de282.webp
Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting (wapo.st)
The idea is to make it effectively legal to kill anybody deemed left-of-center
U.S. to end coal leasing in nation’s largest coal-producing region (wapo.st)
The incomprehensible, unattainable scale of Trump’s deportation plan | The former president has said he will send nearly 5 percent of U.S. residents out of the country if he is reelected. (wapo.st)
DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law (wapo.st)
Meanwhile, it’s hotter than it has been in thousands of years
Blinken sits in with Ukrainian bar band for ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ | The secretary of state, on a surprise trip to Kyiv to show U.S. support amid intensified Russian attacks (wapo.st)
House Democrats launch probe of Trump’s dinner with oil executives (wapo.st)
Lawmakers demand details of a Mar-a-Lago dinner where Trump promised to ease regulations on the oil industry while asking executives to steer $1 billion to his 2024 campaign.
Louisiana moves to make abortion pills ‘controlled dangerous substances’ (wapo.st)
Someone possessing the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professional practice could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison.
Federal judge halts new U.S. rules limiting credit card late fees | Bank lobbyists challenged the legality of the cap, which was set to take effect next week. (wapo.st)
The judge is a Trump appointee.. I’ll also note that he’s in Texas, where the rules against judge-shopping aren’t being applied, so the suit was likely filed with advance knowledge that he’d be hearing it.
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign: Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy & more (wapo.st)
The corruption is really open at this point....
In Arizona, election workers trained with deepfakes to prepare for 2024 | “By the end of the second day, you’re like: Trust no one,” said one county recorder who completed the training. (wapo.st)
Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion (wapo.st)
The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal.
How Trump convinces Republicans to adopt extreme views | A new poll on presidential immunity tells a familiar tale: If he pushes it, they eventually decide they support it, too. (wapo.st)
Live updates: Stormy Daniels’s lawyer testifies in Trump’s hush money trial (wapo.st)
The sky-high stakes of the Maryland Senate race (wapo.st)
An assassination plot on American soil reveals a darker side of Modi’s India [gift article] (wapo.st)
Live updates: David Pecker to return to stand for cross-examination in Trump’s hush money trial (wapo.st)
New York Times coverage for comparison
New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants (wapo.st)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8941168...
Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe (wapo.st)
The New York Times coverage for comparison