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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 28
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Tuesday she will use a donation from a Republican donor to fund a deployment of up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to the U.S. border with Mexico.
I'm not an expert, but allowing billionaires to purchase the services of a branch of the US armed forces...seems bad?
Manchin and Sinema now face the weight of history: As Democrats attempt to convince them to more openly support the voting rights bill, many turn to future historical perception as a potential motivator
A neat article about the 2 "enlightened centrists" on the Democratic side of the Senate and the people pushing them to support more enthusiastically the new voting rights bill.
Proposed law making cell phone video of cops a crime moves forward by Ohio legislators
in case there was any doubt whether the cell phone video of George Floyd's murder, and Derek Chauvin's conviction for it, was going to spur any sort of actual change in the behavior of law enforcement.
there is also pretty clearly established case law here - Glik v. Cunniffe
Americans are worried about crime, but that doesn’t mean they’re blaming Democrats
Another pollapalooza article by 538. This one's main focus is crime, although it has some segments on CRT, trans athletes, and some other things.
Given the difference between the polling on this and something like gay marriage, I think this to some extent validates my guess that there is a large contingent of moderate conservatives and perhaps even among some to the left-of-center that are okay with LGB issues but oppose trans people.