The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 27 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 27
The Roberts Court is destroying voting rights — winning back state legislatures is the only answer
Republicans Who Backed Trump’s Election Lies Called Out For False Patriotism On July 4
Nina Turner, progressive aiming to "grow the Squad," endorsed by Ohio's largest paper
Texans with disabilities fear voting will get harder for them as special session on GOP restrictions nears
Trump’s New Spokesperson Tweets Article That Says His Election Claims Are A Lie
Grand Jury Tacks On Felony Obstruction Charge For Former W.Va. Lawmaker Involved in Jan. 6 Riots
Attorney General James Leads Coalition Calling for USPS to Stop Further Service Cuts
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar Ripped By His Own Sister: ‘Despicable And Disgusting’
Trump Asks Mar-A-Lago Visitors for Their Lawyer Recommendations: Wolff
Some companies pledged to halt donations to lawmakers who objected to certifying Biden's election win. They have not kept their promise.
Walmart, AT&T and Pfizer back lawmakers who supported Trump election fraud lies 6 months after Capitol attack
Progressives ramp up Medicare expansion push in Congress
Want Better Policing? Make It Easier To Fire Bad Cops.
Trump ag secretary Sonny Perdue personally lobbied to keep meatpacking plants open during pandemic, emails show
No standing, no marathon speeches, no catheter bags: How filibustering got way too easy
Juan Williams: How the Supreme Court eroded voting rights
The right wing is lumping trans student rights in with Critical Race Theory | The goal is to recreate the toxic brew of hatred, division and fear that propelled Trump into the White House.
An Exxon lobbyist thought he was in a job interview. Instead, it was a secretly recorded Zoom call.
New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
‘Rampant issues’: Black farmers are still left out at USDA
Seems like election tampering is A-Okay in Arizona...for Republicans
When conservatives play the victim over satire: It's only "free speech" when they're making jokes | Satire has been bothering the right lately. They can't decide if they want to defend it or attack it
Opinion: Ron DeSantis can’t let a Surfside inquiry become the usual political cover job
What a Reagan-era law can teach Democrats about legalizing undocumented immigrants: Congress legalized millions of undocumented immigrants in 1986 — and it could again.
Bash to GOP governor: Why are you having so much trouble getting people vaccinated?

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 27

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. Things like "I live in X, you know what happened", "Nothing happened" or "[Politician] continues to be an idiot" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

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Hi there, /r/politics. Because this thread is about local politics, I'd like to reiterate that news about President Biden or any other national political figure is off topic in this thread and will be removed. Thank you, and have a good week.

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The Roberts Court is destroying voting rights — winning back state legislatures is the only answer

Posted: 05 Jul 2021 05:29 AM PDT