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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" id="contents">Contents</h1>
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<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>What It Means to Be Targeted by the President</strong> - Witnesses at the latest January 6th hearings share an experience that, since Donald Trump, has become a hallmark of politics: being terrorized by the full modern machinery of American hate-mongering. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-it-means-to-be-targeted-by-the-president">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>An Uncertain Future for Documented Dreamers</strong> - The children of employment-based visa holders often have to scramble to find ways to legally remain in the country they call home. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/an-uncertain-future-for-documented-dreamers">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>“We Have to Get Out of This Phase”: Ashish Jha on the Future of the Pandemic</strong> - President Biden’s COVID czar talks about his public-health philosophy, his Twitter threads, his unlikely path to the White House, and where we go from here. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/we-have-to-get-out-of-this-phase-ashish-jha-on-the-future-of-the-pandemic">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Controversial Legal Strategy Behind the Indictment of Young Thug</strong> - The RICO Act, which was designed to go after the Mafia, is now used to target supposed members of predominantly Black street gangs. Critics say the law is being stretched very thin. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-south/the-controversial-legal-strategy-behind-the-indictment-of-young-thug">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Historical Cherry-Picking at the Heart of the Supreme Court’s Gun-Rights Expansion</strong> - A century-old New York law requiring individuals to prove “proper cause” to carry a handgun has been struck down. Are other gun-safety measures in peril? - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-historical-cherry-picking-at-the-heart-of-the-supreme-courts-gun-rights-expansion">link</a></p></li>
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<li><strong>Emotional exhaustion is real. Your friendships don’t need to suffer.</strong> -
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Shanée Benjamin for Vox
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How to be there for your people when you’re emotionally out of gas.
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In January, Bart Vijendra felt like the world’s worst friend. A few friends came down with Covid-19, another went through a terrible breakup, and they all needed a sympathetic ear.
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Vijendra, though, was incredibly burned out. The 25-year-old works in the food industry, and between staffing shortages and long hours, he was exhausted, stretched thin, and felt as though he didn’t have enough energy to be there for his friends.
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Life’s demands — long shifts at work, an ongoing pandemic, compounding tragedies, rampant inflation — have put people through the wringer. “We have more to handle — not just work but how we perceive the world, how we see ourselves emotionally, mentally, and physically — than we have the capacity for, so we burn out,” says <a href="http://natalykogan.com/">Nataly Kogan</a>, author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-awesome-human-project-break-free-from-daily-burnout-struggle-less-and-thrive-more-in-work-and-life-9781683647874/9781683647850"><em>The Awesome Human Project: Break Free From Daily Burnout, Struggle Less, and Thrive More in Work and Life</em></a>.
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Being a good friend on top of everything else can seem like an uphill battle when you’re running on empty. You can’t meaningfully support friends, partners, colleagues, and community members, Kogan says. At the height of his exhaustion, Vijendra says he was unable to celebrate a best friend’s birthday. “She hit me with a text a few days later,” he says, “like, ‘Hey, I didn’t appreciate you didn’t do too much for my birthday.’” (He eventually smoothed things over with the friend.)
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Instead of retreating into isolation or continuing to overwork yourself, there are ways to support those who mean the most to you while caring for yourself.
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Set boundaries
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Rather than ignore the irritability, tiredness, and resentment that comes when we’re emotionally sapped, be open with your community about how you’re feeling, says marriage and family therapist <a href="https://www.sankofatherapynyc.com/">Racine Henry</a>. “I find that people often delay their own feelings by living in conflict with what’s happening to them,” she says. This can be as simple as telling your friends, “I love our friendship, but I haven’t been myself lately and I need to take some time away from others.”
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Vijendra and his friends are in the practice of not only telling each other if they need to tap out of heavy talks, but giving their conversation partners space to take a break if needed. Statements like, “I know you’re suffering a lot. Things are hard. If you need to step back, please do. We understand, you can come back whenever you feel ready,” have proven successful, Vijendra says.
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<q>“If I’m not loving on myself and caring on myself just as much as I care about everyone else, I’m not going to be able to sustain that over time”</q>
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Knowing when to set a boundary is crucial, and it comes with some self-reflection. Knowing that helping your parents with seasonal cleaning drains your batteries, make an effort to clear your calendar afterward to recharge rather than extend yourself with further commitments (and have a mini meltdown later). “Give yourself what you need before you need it,” Henry says, “meaning before you hit that wall, before you are burned out, before you’re unable to function, you want to take some breaks. Give yourself rest, embrace doing less or saying no as a part of your normal way of being. That way, you’re deciding when to break from work or when you step back from friendships versus going and going and going and your body’s forcing you.”
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Then you need to have an honest, and potentially uncomfortable, conversation with your loved ones about how you’re feeling and what could be improved, says marriage and family therapist <a href="https://thriveworks.com/cumming-counseling/our-counselors/">Shontel Cargill</a>. “Approach them in a way that’s like, ‘Hey, I really care about this relationship. I really want us to thrive and I want us to both be healthy. Let’s talk about the things that aren’t working. And I feel kind of scared about this conversation,’” Cargill says. This conversation can look like explaining to a friend that you’re not mad at her when you turn down her happy hour invites, but you like to keep your weeknights free to conserve energy.
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Don’t feel guilty for turning down invites to parties, but instead think of stepping back as a way of restoring your capacity to support your network in the future. “If I’m not loving on myself and caring on myself just as much as I care about everyone else, I’m not going to be able to sustain that over time,” Cargill says. She also notes that even though exhaustion can cause you to retreat from relationships, these connections aren’t necessarily to blame. You should let your friends know that.
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There will be people who won’t respect your boundaries. Perhaps a coworker responds to your explanation that you don’t have the capacity to organize a work social event by saying, “But we’re all overwhelmed. This won’t be that much work,” and you feel pressured to acquiesce. “That person … feels entitled to everything that you have and does not feel uncomfortable pushing your boundaries so hard that you stop trying to protect your ‘no,’” says <a href="https://www.emilynagoski.com/">Emily Nagoski</a>, health educator and co-author of <a href="https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/592377/burnout-by-emily-nagoski-phd-and-amelia-nagoski-dma/9781984817068"><em>Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle</em></a>. “That is not a person with whom you should collaborate.” As hard as it may be, stick to your boundaries and don’t agree to anything simply because you’re afraid to turn down a request.
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Be intentional
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Humans <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125010/">need connection to survive</a>, but when your cup is empty, you may have convinced yourself of the need to retreat. While some alone time is good, you need to engage in your communities, too. Agreeing to every social ask will only further burnout, so you’ll need to decide what circumstances or events are worthy of your emotional energy. Kogan suggests asking yourself if you truly want to do what is asked of you, whether that’s dining out with a large group, attending a community cleanup, or offering advice.
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If the answer is yes, Kogan says to consider if you can energetically afford the event or hangout. Kogan likens the thought process to shopping. First, you have to decide if you want a shirt that catches your eye, and then determine if you can afford it. “We have a limited amount of energy,” Kogan says. “We can’t do all things always. We have to be choosy, especially if we’re feeling depleted.” Maybe you really want to celebrate a friend’s new home but can’t energetically afford a huge housewarming party. Suggest coming by for a one-on-one hangout another day. Instead of joining the planning board for a neighborhood block party, offer to cook a dish or make flyers for the event if staying involved locally is important to you.
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However, setting boundaries and intentionally choosing your social expenditures doesn’t mean reneging on responsibility, Henry says. “Healthy boundaries include prioritizing what is important and committing your time and energy accordingly,” she says. If you’re the primary caregiver for your kids while your partner is traveling, you’ll want to prioritize putting your energy there and avoid overwhelming yourself with additional social asks like PTA meetings or snack duty at kids’ sports practice.
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Sometimes even a scaled-back plan is too exhausting. That’s fine. Be honest with your network and explain how you’re going through a difficult time and you’re too exhausted to partake. Again, not everyone will agree or respect your boundaries, “but are those people that you want in your life?” Kogan says, and you may reconsider the future of the relationship.
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Ways to show up for loved ones
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Of course, there will be times when those in your life need support in the event of something like a breakup, a job loss, a death. When you’re in a high-stress physiological state like burnout, Nagoski says, it’s common to feel resentful, like everyone is asking for something from you. Even though your energy and time are limited, “love … is not a limited resource,” Nagoski says. “When you can get to a place of love and care with a person who is suffering, as much as or even more than you are, that actually nourishes both of you.”
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This can look like being physically and emotionally present for each other to mutually collapse and console. “We are both terrible right now,” Nagoski says. “Let’s just let it be terrible right now and not try to fix it and know that if we allow ourselves to release this emotion right now it will move through us.” Additionally, simply lending a sympathetic ear and letting a friend vent without the expectation of offering advice is a low-stakes way to be a good confidant, Kogan offers.
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<q>“Love … is not a limited resource”</q>
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Don’t be a martyr for the sake of your friend if you can’t meaningfully support them in even a small way, Kogan says. “We’re not actually bringing the best of ourselves,” she says. “We’re not actually being a good friend.”
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How to show up for your community
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For those who find fulfillment and energy in volunteering and service, spending time working toward a meaningful cause can help refill your glass as well as aid the community, Cargill and Nagoski agree. Even if it seems counterintuitive, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11467248/">research shows</a> community volunteer work improves happiness, life satisfaction, self-esteem, sense of control over life, physical health, and depression — and it can be a way of refilling your cup, Henry says. “Connecting with your community, being an active participant in the issues that matter to you, and spending time with people with whom you share a purpose is actually a treatment for burnout,” Nagoski says. <a href="https://www.vox.com/22992901/how-to-find-your-community-as-an-adult">Consider your values and passions</a> — from cleaning up the neighborhood to ensuring access to mental health resources — to find a community where you’d do the most good.
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Acts of kindness don’t need to be a heavy lift, either. When you’re stressed or isolated, doing a few small, nice things for others — like sending a friend a quick text or shipping them some candy — helps improve mood, Kogan says. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103117303451">Studies</a> have shown performing acts of kindness for others, like holding open a door or greeting strangers, has a modest positive effect on happiness.
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However, giving back can, unfortunately, deplete your energy if you’re already stretched thin, Cargill says. Feeling like volunteer work is another obligation will only compound feelings of tiredness and irritability and can <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200319125132.htm">actually harm relationships</a>, so only partake if it genuinely won’t feel arduous. Again, this comes back to self-reflection and checking in with yourself regarding your emotions and energy levels.
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Be open to receiving help
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The healthiest relationships are reciprocal. For all the support you offer, you should feel comfortable receiving help, too. “When we feel like we need more grit, we need to persist, what we really need is more help,” Nagoski says. “Which is difficult to accept because we’ve been taught to give and not to need anything and not inconvenience anyone with anything so insignificant as our own emotional needs.”
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As uncomfortable as it may be, you’ll need to be open about how you’re struggling in order to receive help, and then be explicit about how you’d like to be supported: just through text messages, daily FaceTimes, perhaps no contact at all.
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Even when Bart Vijendra, the food industry worker, was at his most burned out, he continued to show up for those he cares about, with the caveat being he wasn’t at full capacity. It’s all in the name of being a good friend, and he knows to expect the same from his inner circle.
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“I’m exhausted, but I still want to be there for you because you need somebody,” he says. “The support is definitely reciprocated. We’re all suffering, but we’re still there.”
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<a href="http://www.vox.com/even-better"><em>Even Better</em></a><em> is here to offer deeply sourced, actionable advice for helping you live a better life. Do you have a question on money and work; friends, family, and community; or personal growth and health? Send us your question by filling out this </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiStGSlsWDBmglim7Dh1Y9Hy386rkeKGpfwF6BCjmgnZdqfQ/viewform"><em>form</em></a><em>. We might turn it into a story.</em>
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<li><strong>What Americans think about abortion, in 3 charts</strong> -
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Abortion rights demonstrators hold a banner outside the Supreme Court. | Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Americans overwhelmingly support abortion rights, but vary on the specifics.
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The US Supreme Court ruling widely <a href="https://www.vox.com/2022/5/3/23055125/roe-v-wade-abortion-rights-supreme-court-dobbs-v-jackson">expected to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em></a>, clearing the way for states to outlaw abortion, goes against majority opinion on ending a pregnancy. Americans overwhelmingly want legal access to abortion, at least in some situations.
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But get more specific than that, and the picture is more nuanced. Feelings about specifics are much more varied, and generally include support for some restrictions on when and in what situations the procedure should be performed.
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Only 8 percent of adults say abortion should be against the law in all cases, without exception, while just 19 percent say abortion should be legal in all cases, without exception, according to data from <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/05/06/americas-abortion-quandary/">Pew Research Center</a>.
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Americans’ support of abortion rights in some or all situations — meaning they would disagree with the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade</em> — has been fairly consistent for a long time. Back in 1975, three-quarters of Americans said it should be legal in all (21 percent) or certain (54 percent) circumstances, according to a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx">long-running survey by Gallup</a>. In the ensuing half-century, that number has gone up 10 percentage points to 85 percent, meaning the support has only gotten stronger.
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In that sense, abortion, <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23141651/gun-control-american-approval-polling">like gun control</a>, is an issue where American policy appears to be at odds with American majority opinions.
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But when polled on specifics regarding the situation and timelines, support for abortion is not always as strong.
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While <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/05/06/americans-views-on-whether-and-in-what-circumstances-abortion-should-be-legal/">Pew found</a> that sizable majorities of Americans said abortion should be legal if a woman’s health is at stake (73 percent) or if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest (69 percent), just over half (54 percent) said it should be legal if the baby was likely to be born with severe disabilities or health issues.
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The stage of pregnancy especially affects people’s views of abortion. Pew found that in the first six weeks of pregnancy, 51 percent of people said abortion should be generally legal, compared with 26 percent who said it should be illegal. By 24 weeks into a pregnancy, just 29 percent said it should be generally legal while 42 percent said it should be generally illegal.
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All along, about a fifth of those polled say that it depends.
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All of this, however, might be beside the point, according to Tresa Undem, co-founder of public opinion research firm PerryUndem, which has extensively researched abortion viewpoints.
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“You can’t take any single polling question at face value because you just dig a centimeter beneath the surface and you get data that’s conflicting,” Undem said. “If they’re not doing qualitative research, they’re not listening to people.”
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Polling that asks people whether they’re for or against abortion or what their opinions are on particular gestational limits runs up against the fact that most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking through their opinions on abortion nor do they understand a lot about it, she said. A <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/05/25/how-much-do-americans-know-about-abortion-us">series of polls by YouGov</a> found that Americans don’t know much about abortions in general, like when abortions are typically performed (in the first six weeks), who gets them (people with kids), and how prevalent they are (42 percent of unplanned pregnancies end in abortion). The number of abortions in the US <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/15/us-abortions-increase-2020-roe-wade-00039452">jumped 8 percent</a> from 2017 to 2020, after decades of decline.
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Surface-level answers about abortion don’t always get at what people really think.
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When PerryUndem asked the binary question of whether abortion should generally be legal or illegal in the second three months of pregnancy, a majority, 57 percent of voters, said it should be illegal. But when it asked more qualitative <a href="https://perryundem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PerryUndem-Abortion-Public-Opinion-Survey-2022.pdf">follow-ups about their viewpoints</a>, a third of those who said it should be illegal also said they’d prefer their state lawmakers stay out of this issue. Additionally, when asked something more personal — <a href="https://view.publitas.com/perryundem-research-communication/perryundem-report-on-public-opinion-toward-abortion/page/22">what Americans want the experience to be like</a> for a woman who has chosen to have an abortion — the vast majority said they want abortion to be safe (95 percent), legal (85 percent), and without protesters (83 percent).
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Overall, Undem said, such broad-based polling makes people’s opinions on abortion seem more politicized and contentious than they are, though the issue does often fall on partisan lines.
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“It’s hard to understand through polling, but basically, in all the work I’ve done — qualitative focus groups, in-depth interviews, surveys — the bottom line is that the public wants people making these decisions around abortion, not the government,” she said.
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And high-level polling also can eclipse changes that might be going on below the surface.
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<br/>In May, 55 percent of Americans identified as “pro-choice,” the highest level who’ve done so since 1995, according to Gallup. Part of that could have to do with the fact that Gen Z is substantively more likely to support abortion rights than older generations were at their age, according to Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis and author of the upcoming book <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300260144/dollars-for-life/"><em>Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment</em></a>. The changing identification also might reflect the changing realities people are living in, rather than changing viewpoints, she said.
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“It’s likely that what states are doing now is too much for people,” Ziegler said. “People who might be totally fine with waiting periods and mandatory ultrasounds are looking at this and saying, ‘Sending people to jail if they have an abortion or if they perform an abortion at seven weeks gestation is not something I’m really interested in.’”
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, people who identify as for or against abortion rights tend to have vastly different ideas about issues like adoption, murder, and bodily autonomy, according to <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/05/17/pro-life-pro-choice-americans-see-different-poll">polling by YouGov</a>. Some 90 percent of those who say they are “pro-choice” believe forcing someone into an unwanted pregnancy infringes on their bodily autonomy; the same percentage of people who identify as “pro-life” believe abortion is the same as murdering a child.
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Undem also sees abortion as moving from an issue of women’s rights to a broader issue of power and control, and who has a voice in this country.
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“They think power is consolidated into a small handful of people of a particular view that represents the minority and this is just one thing. It’s a big thing, but they see it as part of this larger issue,” Undem said, that includes things like voting rights and democracy. “Everything’s changing, going backward, for the negative, and it’s almost like people are just feeling loss.”
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<li><strong>The Senate passes a landmark gun control package</strong> -
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<img alt="Under a sunny sky, a young boy holds a sign reading “I don’t want to be next.” Next to him, other young people hold signs reading “Stop killing our kids,” and “Blood is on Republican hands.”" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/5mVd15IuptuVININuV9EX1Vd1ag=/0x0:3661x2746/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71010791/GettyImages_1241248917.0.jpg"/>
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Gun control advocates demonstrate in Orlando, Florida in June 2022, following a spate of large mass shootings. | Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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The bill incentivizes red flag laws, narrows the “boyfriend loophole,” and more.
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The Senate passed a bipartisan package on gun safety Thursday night, ending a nearly 26-year impasse on the issue in the wake of a recent streak of major mass shootings.
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The “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” which passed 65-33<strong> </strong>after weeks of negotiations — and which is expected to become law, doesn’t go as far as many Democrats wanted. But it introduces tailored reforms meant to incentivize states to keep guns out of dangerous people’s hands, provide new protections for domestic violence victims, enhance screening for gun buyers under the age of 21, and crack down on illegal gun purchases and trafficking.
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The bill also provides billions of dollars in additional funding for school safety and mental health resources. Democrats have <a href="https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-lays-out-bipartisan-gun-safety-framework">stressed</a> they don’t believe that America’s gun violence epidemic can be solved by investments in mental health resources, as Republicans have argued, but have said that they won’t pass up the opportunity to put more money towards mental health.
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The last time Congress passed a major piece of gun legislation was in 1994, when it enacted a now-expired 10-year ban on assault weapons. Though there were attempts to pass gun control legislation in Congress following the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, they failed. The recent mass shootings at an elementary school in <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23140441/uvalde-shooting-robb-elementary-school-texas">Uvalde, Texas</a>, and at a supermarket in <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/5/16/23074812/buffalo-shooting-accelerationism-great-replacement-neo-nazi">Buffalo, New York</a> created a renewed urgency for some federal action on guns.
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Sens. John Cornyn of Texas (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC) , Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) were the primary negotiators. Ultimately, 15 Republicans and 50 members of the<strong> </strong>Democratic caucus ended up joining them in voting for the bill.
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“It’s taken a decade, because for too long Congress has failed to make meaningful progress on gun safety reform,” President Joe Biden said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/23/statement-by-president-biden-on-bipartisan-vote-to-advance-gun-safety-legislation/?category=108&v=accessibility">statement</a> Thursday. “I call on Congress to finish the job and get this bill to my desk.”
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The bill is expected to go there shortly, after a vote in the Democrat-controlled House.
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What’s in the Senate’s gun control bill
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Unlike the 1994 law, the bill doesn’t explicitly ban any weapons. Instead, it creates new rules around gun ownership and provides incentives to states to enact their own gun control measures.
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The bill would allocate $750 million to supporting states in implementing extreme risk laws, or “red flag laws,” that temporarily prevent people who have been found by a court to pose a risk to themselves or others from obtaining a gun. Currently, <a href="https://everytownresearch.org/report/extreme-risk-laws-save-lives/">19 states and Washington, DC</a>, have red flag laws. Most of these states are controlled by Democrats, with the exception of Florida and Indiana.
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Research has suggested that such laws can <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/red-flag-laws-can-save-lives-school-shooting-law-enforcement-gun-control-mental-health-11655652234?mod=opinion_lead_pos8">prevent mass shootings</a>, given that about half of mass shooters <a href="https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/public-mass-shootings-database-amasses-details-half-century-us-mass-shootings">tell someone</a> about their plans in advance and <a href="https://www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter-database-3/key-findings/">exhibit</a> warning signs such as agitation, abusive behavior, depression, mood swings, an inability to perform daily tasks, and paranoia.
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The bill would also close what’s called the “boyfriend loophole.” Under current federal law, only those who are convicted and are living with their partner, married to their partner, or have a child with their partner are barred from buying a gun.
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Some states have already <a href="https://giffords.org/memo/senate-proposal-on-gun-violence-prevention-package/">passed laws</a> to partially or completely close the loophole, but this would do so at a federal level by prohibiting people convicted of domestic violence while in a “dating relationship” — defined as a “relationship between individuals who have or have recently had a serious relationship of a romanic or intimate nature” — from purchasing firearms. People convicted of non-spousal misdemeanor domestic abuse would be able to own a gun again after five years if they keep a clean record under the bill. But convicted spouses would still be banned from purchasing guns for life.
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Gun buyers under the age of 21 would face enhanced background checks under the bill. They would be subject to an elongated, three-day initial review process of juvenile and mental health records, including checks with state databases and local law enforcement. If that initial review process turns up anything of concern, the buyer would have to undergo an additional review process spanning up to 10 days. The bill also provides additional funding to federal and local law enforcement to carry out those background checks and keep accurate criminal and mental health records.
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One other thing the measure would do is clarify and expand the definition of a “federally licensed firearms dealer.” That’s important because current federal law only requires that licensed gun dealers conduct background checks when someone attempts to buy a gun. However, unlicensed sellers, such as people who sell guns online or at gun shows, don’t have to conduct background checks.
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Finally, the package creates new federal criminal offenses for interstate gun trafficking and making straw purchases, meaning someone buying a gun on behalf of someone else, but telling the seller that they’ll be the owner of the gun. Though straw purchases are currently illegal under federal law, the idea is that the new offense categories will give prosecutors more tools to target criminals.
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The bill has a few critical omissions
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President Joe Biden, Democrats involved in the Senate negotiations, and gun control advocates have all said that the bill doesn’t go as far as they would like.
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In a national address last month following the Uvalde shooting, Biden <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102660499/biden-gun-control-speech-congress">advocated</a> for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, raising the age to be able to buy a gun from 18 to 21, universal background checks, and allowing gun manufacturers to be sued if their weapons are used in violence.
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None of those measures were adopted in the final version of the bill. But it’s been received as an important, incremental step towards further progress on gun control and a rare demonstration of bipartisanship on a hot-button issue that has stoked cultural divides.
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Murphy <a href="https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-lays-out-bipartisan-gun-safety-framework">said</a> in a press conference earlier this month that he would have rather just raised the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 and implemented universal background checks. But Senate Democrats met Republicans in the middle by enhancing background checks for young gun buyers and strengthening requirements for federally licensed dealers to conduct background checks.
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“This bill doesn’t do everything. This bill will not end the epidemic of gun violence overnight. But it is substantial. It is significant. It will save lives, and it will provide us the momentum to be able to make further changes. That’s why I describe this as a breakthrough moment,” he added.
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What happens now
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The bill is <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3532667-pelosi-expecting-house-vote-on-senate-gun-bill-before-the-weekend/">expected to pass</a> the Democrat-controlled House before Congress breaks for a two-week July 4th recess at the close of business this week, though it’s possible that the vote might not happen until the weekend. Biden has said that <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/23/statement-by-president-biden-on-bipartisan-vote-to-advance-gun-safety-legislation/?category=108&v=accessibility">he intends to sign it</a> once it reaches his desk.
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But that won’t happen without protest from the House Republican caucus. Unlike Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who supported the bill, all three House Republican leaders — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, and House GOP conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik — have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/22/politics/house-republicans-bipartisan-gun-bill/index.html">rebuked it.</a>
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At least some House Republicans, however, have announced that they intend to vote for the bill, including Rep. Tony Gonzales, who represents Uvalde.
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“As a Congressman it’s my duty to pass laws that never infringe on the Constitution while protecting the lives of the innocent,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyGonzales4TX/status/1539597135871606784?s=20&t=7j1T3QC8QcHpjmrwXXeESg">tweeted</a> on Wednesday.
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It’s not clear, however, whether the bill might face legal challenges under the Supreme Court’s Thursday decision in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf"><em>New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen</em></a>, which, as my colleague Ian Millhiser <a href="https://www.vox.com/2022/6/23/23180205/supreme-court-new-york-rifle-pistol-clarence-thomas-second-amendment-guns">writes</a>, has put “vast swaths of American gun laws … in terrible danger.”
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The court created a whole new framework for evaluating gun control laws that purports to be based on the text of the Constitution, as well as the history of English and early American gun laws. That framework could jeopardize a number of provisions in the Senate bill, including modern inventions like red flag laws and protections for victims of domestic violence.
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That means that while it marks major progress, at least some of the bill could be vulnerable to legal challenges from pro-gun groups and states.
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Severodonetsk: Ukraine orders forces to withdraw from key eastern city</strong> - Severodonetsk is the current focus of Russia as it tries to take control of eastern Ukraine.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>UK red kite success story sees chicks sent to Spain</strong> - The once near-extinct birds of prey are being flown abroad to help rescue dwindling Spanish populations.</p></li>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Nike latest brand to leave Russia permanently</strong> - Russia’s economic isolation deepens as more Western companies leave the country.</p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Come work for Ars and write about cool tech</strong> - Ars is hiring a Technology Reporter. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1862577">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Rocket Report: SpaceX steamroller rolls on; Russian rocket workers are idled</strong> - “Bechtel’s poor performance is the main reason for the significant projected cost increases.” - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1861913">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>BA.4/BA.5 will soon be dominant in the US. Here’s what that means</strong> - With the BA.4/5 rise, it’s unclear what will come next—and if we’ll see it coming. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1862621">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>AR, meet ML: IKEA app lets you erase and replace your furniture</strong> - Called IKEA Kreativ, it will exist alongside the IKEA Place app. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1862598">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>In Russia, Western planes are falling apart</strong> - Aircraft operators are running out of options after months of sanctions. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1862587">link</a></p></li>
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<li><strong>A doctor gets a phone call from a colleague while having dinner home with his wife</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
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“We need a 4th for poker”
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“I’ll be right over” says the doctor.
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“Is it serious?” His wife asks when she notices him quickly putting on his coat.
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“Oh yes.. there are 3 other doctors there already.”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SadJ3tsFan"> /u/SadJ3tsFan </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/vj782y/a_doctor_gets_a_phone_call_from_a_colleague_while/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/vj782y/a_doctor_gets_a_phone_call_from_a_colleague_while/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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<li><strong>Can someone please tell me what the lowest rank in the military is?</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
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Every time I ask someone, they say “It’s Private”.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PresidentJeek"> /u/PresidentJeek </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/vjmia4/can_someone_please_tell_me_what_the_lowest_rank/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/vjmia4/can_someone_please_tell_me_what_the_lowest_rank/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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You’re proud of your own, but other people’s are kinda gross.
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"Well, she asked me, ‘how much is 7 * 9?’ I answered ‘63’ , then she asked, ‘and 9 * 7?’ So I asked ‘what’s the fucking difference?’
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“Indeed, what is the difference?” asks the father. ‘’Sure, I’ll go.’’
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“Not yet.”
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“Well when you do, come and see the gym teacher also.”
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“Why?” asks the father.
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“Well we had a gym class today, and he asked me to raise my left arm, I did. Then my right arm, I also raised it. Then he asked me to lift my right leg, so I did. ‘Now,’ he says, ‘lift your left leg,’ so I asked, ‘What, am I suppose to stand on…. my cock??’”
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“Exactly,” says the father. “Alright, I’ll come.”
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The next day, the boy asks his father “Did you go to the school?” “No, not yet.”
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“Don’t bother, I got expelled.”
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Surprised, the father asks “Why did you get expelled?”
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“Well, they summoned me to the principal’s office, and sitting there were the math teacher, the gym teacher, and the art teacher.”
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“The fuck was the art teacher doing there!?” asks the father.
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“That’s what I said!”
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Puzzleheaded-Scar589"> /u/Puzzleheaded-Scar589 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/viyqwt/my_son_just_asked_me_where_poo_comes_from_i_gave/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/viyqwt/my_son_just_asked_me_where_poo_comes_from_i_gave/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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