Information abstract; Texas Democrats Foil One other Vote Suppression Push; ‘Kraken’ attorneys octopus

Rudy Giuliani may not be the only one ending up with a suspended lawyer license …

On The News Today: The Texas Democrats left the state today to deny Republicans a legislative quorum after Texas Governor Greg Abbott convened another special session to enforce new election restrictions. Climate change is here, and the Pacific Northwest is enacting emergency measures to protect farm workers from record-breaking heat. A group of Trump-friendly “lawyers” tried today to convince a judge not to be harshly sanctioned for making absurd and false claims in Trump’s attempt to overturn the election, and it worked good for none of them.

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