The Show Notes: Election Day, Uvalde Update, & SCOTUS Ruling
Welcome! Today is election day and here’s everything you need to know.
The only tweet that matters: 😳
The DNC is slashing prices for a photo with Kamala Harris.
Must read: We asked teachers how their year went. They warned of an exodus to come. - NPR
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Uvalde
New details from the Uvalde school massacre are nothing short of disturbing.
Go read the full story at CNN.
Eleven officers -- including Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo -- were inside Robb Elementary within three minutes of a gunman entering on May 24, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells CNN, as new reports provide a closer look at what officers were doing as they waited more than an hour to confront the shooter.
After the gunman fired at officers and holed up in connecting classrooms 111 and 112, where he shot and killed 19 students and two teachers, officers remained stationed in an adjacent hallway.
Arredondo, who has been identified by other officials as the incident commander on scene, had previously told the Texas Tribune that officers had found the classroom doors were locked and reinforced with a steel jamb, hindering any potential response or rescue. Efforts were made to locate a key to unlock the door, he said.
Yet preliminary evidence suggests none of the officers had attempted to open either of the doors until moments before taking down the gunman, according to the source and revealed among other details in reporting from the Texas Tribune and the Austin American-Statesman.
BREAKING: Twitter Board Approves Musk Takeover
This is from The New York Post:
Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acquisition last week during a virtual meeting with Twitter employees, though shares of Twitter remain far below his offering price, signaling considerable doubt that it will happen.
SCOTUS Ruling
This is from USA Today:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down a state prohibition on using public money to attend schools that offer religious instruction, the latest case in which the high court has permitted taxpayer funds to be used for religious purposes.
At issue is a relatively unusual program in Maine that provides subsidies for education in rural districts that don't have their own high school. The state allows parents in that situation to use the money that would have been spent locally to send their children to other public or private schools – but not to programs that offer religious instruction.
MSNBC Denies Reality
Israel Takes On Iran
This is from The Wall Street Journal:
Israel is intensifying its campaign to thwart Iran’s nuclear, missile and drone programs with a series of covert operations targeting a broader range of key targets, said people familiar with the effort.
The new moves are the latest evolution of a strategy that has been dubbed the Octopus Doctrine by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who aims to bring Israel’s battle against Iran onto Iranian territory after years of targeting Iranian agents and Tehran’s proxies outside the country in places such as Syria.
“In the past year, the state of Israel has taken action against the head of the terrorist octopus and not just against the arms as was done in previous decades,” Mr. Bennett told a parliamentary committee earlier this month. “The days of immunity, in which Iran attacks Israel and spreads terrorism via its regional proxies but remains unscathed, are over,” he said.
The rest of the news:
Caution: Bummer summer ahead - Axios
DeSantis' national spotlight grows brighter - Politico
Elon Musk’s child allegedly files to change name, seeks to cut ties: reports - NY Post
The Kremlin says Geneva Convention doesn't apply to American detainees - CNN
🚨 The Rich World’s Climate Hypocrisy - WSJ
Remote employees more siloed and have fewer connections, study finds - Axios
A 3,400-year-old city in Iraq emerges from underwater after an extreme drought - CNN
US, Iran in tense sea incident; Tehran preps new centrifuges - AP
VP Harris botches Juneteenth history lesson about ‘400 years of slavery’ - NY Post
Scientists harness light therapy to target and kill cancer cells in world first - The Guardian
The Open Secret of Google Search - The Atlantic
Brooks Koepka joining Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour - NY Post
The Progressive Grievance Parade - National Review
This Texas teen wanted an abortion. She now has twins. - Washington Post
Can Ron DeSantis displace Donald Trump as the GOP’s Combat-In-Chief? New Yorker
The Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem - Ruy Teixeira
January 6th hearing falls flat with swing voters. - NPR
Fossil-fuel price spikes are causing pain but little climate payoff - NY Post
Tweets that caught my eye:
Market snapshot:
The fact that Biden's rating isn't lower is proof of 2 things: 1) that polls oversample Leftist voters and 2) Leftist voters are looney.