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‘It’s game over’: Tory gloom spreads as Sunak fights for his five pledges

Frontbenchers fear they have become ‘zombie government’ with polls indicating PM’s priorities remain unclear to public

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2023

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

Ohio could join 23 states that legalized recreational marijuana in Nov. 2023 as signatures are submitted for ballot initiative

On July 5, 2023, signatures were submitted for a marijuana legalization initiative that may appear on the ballot for Ohio voters in November. If the measure appears on the ballot and voters approve it, Ohio will join 23 states that have already legalized marijuana—including 14 of those states and D.C.…

Ballotpedia · Jul 7, 2023

Federal judge partially blocks Florida’s ‘latest assault on the right to vote’

DeSantis has ‘struggled’ to govern within the bounds of the Constitution, judge says

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

Voters have decided on 959 parcel tax measures in California since 2008, with the next one scheduled for July 11 in Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District

Californians have decided on 950 local parcel tax ballot measures from 2008 to 2022. Voters in Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District, a 1.875-square-mile special district in the Sierra Nevada, will decide the next parcel tax measure on July 11, 2023. Between 2008 and 2022, 569 (59.89%) parcel tax ballot measures…

Ballotpedia · Jul 5, 2023

‘You’re able to vote now’: Minnesota Democrats pass raft of progressive reforms

The state was one of a few to secure a Democratic trifecta in 2022, and since then has passed abortion rights along with voting rights and democracy reform legislation

The Guardian - US · Jul 4, 2023

North Carolina voting rights ‘still in five-alarm fire’ despite supreme court ruling

Republicans failed to defend a fringe legal theory, but they are already pushing through new state election legislation

The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2023

VP Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court took rights from the people of America

Vice President Harris tells voters at Essence Fest to elect people to Congress who can address policy that cannot be done through executive action.

WEKU · Jul 3, 2023

Gov. Josh Shapiro charts Pennsylvania playbook for Democrats

There's still a critical mass of Trump-supporting swing voters that will back a certain type of Democrat.

Axios · Jul 2, 2023

Fact check: The inaccuracies in Trump, DeSantis and Haley’s speeches at the Moms for Liberty convention

PHILADELPHIA — Top GOP presidential candidates spoke at the Moms for Liberty convention in Philadelphia this weekend, making their 2024 pitch while also focusing on the culture war issues the controversial political group has railed against.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 1, 2023