Today at Ms . | January 12, 2021

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Trump Alone Has the Nuclear Codes—but Congress Can Change That [[link removed]]

BY COREY GREER & SAMANTHA BLAKE | "Though Americans are routinely desensitized to violence big and small, this should serve as a wake up call—the president alone can launch hundreds of nuclear weapons within minutes... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to make sure that these fears are not realized."

Stay of Execution Granted for Lisa Montgomery, the Only Woman on Federal Death Row. Supreme Court Likely To Weigh In [[link removed]]

BY NATALIE SCHREYER | Late Monday night, a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to stay Lisa Montgomery’s execution, and ordered a new hearing, which would take place after President Trump leaves office, giving the new Biden administration the opportunity to spare Montgomery’s life. (President-Elect Biden has said he is in support of abolishing the federal death penalty.)

On The Issues with Michele Goodwin Podcast, Ep. 20: Meet the New Feminists in Congress (with Jennifer Steinhauer + Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux, Teresa Leger Fernandez and Marie Newman) [[link removed]]

BY THE TEAM | Dr. Michele Goodwin is joined this week by Representative Carolyn Bourdeaux , representing Georgia’s 7th Congressional District; Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez , representing New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District; Representative Marie Newman , representing Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District; and Jennifer Steinhauer , a New York Times journalist and author of The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress .

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