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Editorial: Progressives' Ukraine letter makes life difficult for their Democratic colleagues

The Congressional Progressive Caucus last week issued, then quickly withdrew, a poorly timed letter to President Joe Biden urging stepped-up efforts to negotiate a settlement to the war in Ukraine, putting their fellow Democrats in the awkward position of appearing hand-wringing and indecisive ahead of midterm elections. The letter’s wording…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

‘I’m changing Congress’: how Cori Bush brought her lived experience to Capitol Hill

Member of ‘the Squad’ on how her abortion experience, sexual assault and front-line fight in Ferguson, Missouri, affected her politics

The Guardian - US

What’s next for staffer unions on the Hill?

Staff for Rep. Cori Bush began voting to form a union Tuesday. The Missouri Democrat’s team is expected to become the fifth unionized office since a congressional organizing campaign launched publicly this year.

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What’s next for staffer unions on the Hill? - Roll Call

All eyes may be on the campaign trail, but union action continues on the Hill. Organizers see “momentum” as another office takes a vote.

Roll Call

Teacher and teen student killed in shooting at south St. Louis high school. Suspect dead

ST. LOUIS — A teenage girl and a health teacher were shot to death and six others were injured Monday morning at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis. Police confronted the gunman inside the school and killed him.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Corps to conduct further testing at contaminated school

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct new testing at a Missouri grade school to learn more about the level of radioactive contamination in the school and on its playground

The Independent UK

House passes package of bills to address policing, crime issues - Roll Call

The four bills, involving nearly $2 billion in grant programs, received varying levels of bipartisan support

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Lynn Schmidt: An election system designed to excuse officials from responding to constituents

If an employee was completely unresponsive to her or his employer, the employee would likely not have a job for very long. Unfortunately, this is not the case in politics. Americans’ approval rating of the job Congress is doing has fallen to 18%, yet in the 2020 general election, 93%…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Allowing the extremes to prevail is a formula for disaster in America

The examples abound of America’s lurch toward greater extremism on both the right and left. It’s getting to the point where free speech is being stifled by self-righteous word police on the left and screaming, armed lunatics on the far right. Each side uses the other’s examples as justification for…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar narrowly wins her primary in Minnesota

Comes as Reps Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush won more decisive victories

The Independent UK

Progressives bullish despite mixed results in Democratic primaries

Morale-boosting victories were tempered by bruising defeats but US leftwingers feel the party’s center of gravity is shifting

The Guardian - US

US elections: Key takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

Democratic and Republican primaries across several states tested voters’ views ahead of the crucial midterm elections.

Al Jazeera

Lynn Schmidt: Why political activists rarely make good politicians

There’s a reason people repeat the adage that “half a loaf is better than none,” coined in 1546 in John Heywood’s collection of English proverbs. It is the same reason political activists, like Rep. Cori Bush, make unproductive legislators.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What happened in House and Senate primaries in five states - Roll Call

Votes held in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington will set key matchups for the fall and could end some incumbents’ careers.

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House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face primaries

Three Republican U.S. House members who voted to impeach Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection are being challenged in Tuesday’s primary elections by rivals endorsed by the former president

Tribune News Service

Five questions about House primaries in five states

WASHINGTON — While there are many uncertainties, one sure thing about Tuesday’s primaries in five states is that at least one House incumbent will lose the chance to be in the next Congress. That’s because Democratic voters in one Michigan district have to choose between two incumbents. But other sitting…

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Five questions about House primaries in five states - Roll Call

Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington elections feature incumbents facing ouster, battleground challengers being chosen.

The Independent UK

Progressive House staffers occupy Schumer’s office as he negotiates with Manchin

‘We’re asking Senator Schumer to negotiate like this is the coldest summer of the rest of our lives’ staffer Saul Levin tweets

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The Independent UK

AOC, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush’s offices among the first to unionise on Capitol Hill

Notably, Congress voted to allow unionisation in May.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rep. Bush calls on Biden to declare ‘public health emergency’ due to Roe ruling

ST. LOUIS — U.S. Rep. Cori Bush on Monday called on President Joe Biden’s administration to declare a “public health emergency” in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing states to outlaw abortion.

The Independent UK

Cori Bush says Republicans who helped instigate Jan 6 should be expelled from Congress and potentially prosecuted

The Missouri congresswoman and former activist speaks to The Independent about what the consequences should be for Republican members of Congress who instigated the riot, and how the police response in Washington was different from their response to Black Lives Matter protests

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gov. Parson approves Missouri’s new congressional districts

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson brought an end to months of legislative acrimony Wednesday by signing off on a new congressional map for the state’s eight U.S. House districts.

Axios

Buffalo shooting spurs congressional response

The stalled Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act will be taken up Tuesday by the House Rules Committee

Al Jazeera

Shireen Abu Akleh: Who said what in US Congress on slain reporter

Many US lawmakers condemned the killing of Abu Akleh and called for an investigation, but few mentioned Israel by name.

Salon

Progressive Caucus: Now meaningless?

In endorsing centrist incumbent over Bernie Sanders ally, Congressional Progressive Caucus finally loses the plot

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