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Senator Schumer’s Radical Abortion Bill Fails in Senate

In a cloture vote of 49-51. Spencer Brown: Sixty votes were necessary to end debate on the bill and move ahead — but that threshold was never going to be met (Townhall). From the story: The Senate failed Wednesday to pass a bill that would have made Roe v. Wade the law of the land, sinking the first legislative attempt to enshrine a national right to abortion since the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the landmark decision. Democrats were unable to overcome a filibuster on the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. The effort failed 49-51. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., joined every Republican in opposition, meaning the measure would have failed even if it had mustered the 60 votes needed to send the measure to the floor for an up-or-down vote. “It is not Roe v. Wade codification, it is an expansion,” Manchin said before the vote. “We should not be dividing this country further than we’re already divided” (USA Today). NBC: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called it “one of the most consequential” votes the Senate has held in decades. “For MAGA Republicans, this has always been about making abortion illegal everywhere,” he said in a floor speech. After the vote, Schumer said Democrats are “going to continue to highlight this issue relentlessly and strongly between now and November because it is so important” (NBC).

Food Prices Up 10.8 Percent

Breitbart: Food prices rose 9.4 compared with a year earlier, data from the Department of Labor showed on Wednesday. That is the fastest rate of inflation for food since 1981. Grocery store prices were up by even more, 10.8 percent. Eating out is not really a better option. Fast food prices are up seven percent and full-service restaurant prices are up 87 percent. Even vending machine prices are up 7.1 percent (Breitbart).

Consumer Price Index Shows Inflation at 8.3 Percent, Approaching 40-Year High

Fox Business: Inflation rose more than expected in April, running near a 40-year high amid supply chain constraints, Russia’s war in Ukraine and strong consumer demand. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline, groceries and rents, rose 8.3% in April from a year ago, slightly below the 8.5% year-over-year surge recorded in March. Prices jumped 0.3% in the one-month period from March (Fox Business). From CNBC: The price gains also meant that workers continued to lose ground. Real wages adjusted for inflation decreased 0.1% on the month despite a nominal increase of 0.3% in average hourly earnings. Over the past year, real earnings have dropped 2.6% even though average hourly earnings are up 5.5% (CNBC).

American Drug Overdoses Reach All-Time High

Wall Street Journal: More than 107,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses last year, preliminary Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday showed, roughly a 15% increase from 2020. The proliferation of the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl has been compounded by the destabilizing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on users and people in recovery, according to health authorities and treatment providers. The U.S. has recorded more than one million overdose deaths since 2000, and more than half of those came in the past seven years (Wall Street Journal). USA Today: Experts say illicitly manufactured fentanyl is often mixed with cocaine, methamphetamine or even counterfeit prescription opioids sold on the street. People who intend to buy non-opioid street drugs might have no idea they are getting a toxic combination cut with fentanyl. And for a person who has built no tolerance for opioids, whether prescription pain pills, heroin or street fentanyl, taking street drugs cut with fentanyl can be fatal (USA Today). Dan Crenshaw: Our open border -and the fentanyl pouring across it – is killing Americans in record numbers. Biden doesn’t care. They only care what the radical immigration groups think, not you (Twitter).

Four Russian Governors Resign After New Wave of Sanctions

Reuters: Four Russian regional governors resigned on Tuesday as the country braces for the impact of economic sanctions. The heads of the Tomsk, Saratov, Kirov and Mari El regions announced their immediate departures from office, while the head of Ryazan region said he would not run for another term. Elections are scheduled to take place in all five regions in September. Though Russian regional governors are elected, they are politically subordinate to the Kremlin. The Russian economy is set to contract by 8.8% in 2022, the economy ministry has said (Reuters). Washington Examiner: Sanctions against Russia have continued to squeeze the country. Members of the G-7 announced new sanctions on Sunday that would limit Moscow’s ability to export goods, spread propaganda, and access the oil and gas industry. While Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that Russia can withstand the West’s sanctions, other experts believe the effects of the war could have immense impacts inside Russia and outside it (Washington Examiner).

Sen. Cotton Pens Letter to AG Garland, Looking for Explanation on Lack of Enforcement of Picketing and Protesting Law

Fox News: Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., ripped President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland for not enforcing federal law that prohibits protesting outside the home of a Supreme Court justice. Sen. Tom Cotton: …They shouldn’t just condemn these protests and tell the protestors to go to the Supreme Court building or other public location, they should enforce federal law because there is a federal law that explicitly prohibits protesting at the homes of judges or jurors or prosecutors. Joe Biden should come out today and say that federal law enforcement will put an end to these protests tonight (Fox News). Hugh Hewitt: Senator Cotton’s letter to Attorney General Garland deserves wide distribution. More important by far is that the AG enforce the law immediately (Twitter).

Ukraine Seeing Territorial Gains in Kharkiv Region

NBC News: Ukraine claimed new battlefield gains in that fight, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying his country’s forces had pushed invading troops out of four villages near Kharkiv in the northeast and back toward the Russian border (NBC). BBC: War in the Kharkiv region has changed – it’s now a game of hawk and mouse, where each side’s drones circle constantly, trying to pinpoint the enemy’s tanks and guns, for targeting by artillery (BBC).

Captured Russian Soldier in Ukraine to Be First War Crimes Trial

From the story: Ukraine’s top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin left open the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said her office charged Sgt. Vadin Shyshimarin, 21, in the killing of an unarmed 62-year-old civilian who was gunned down while riding a bicycle in February, four days into the war. Venediktova said the soldier could get up to 15 years in prison. She did not say when the trial would start (Associated Press). Washington Post: Ukrainian authorities have the primary responsibility to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of international law committed on Ukrainian territory, experts say, although that requires a functional Ukrainian justice system. Other avenues for prosecution include the International Criminal Court and European courts. The United States and the European Union are assisting Ukrainian prosecutors, including by providing advice on how to put together a war crimes case and interview prisoners of war (Washington Post).

California Appeals Court Determines Adults Under 21 Have Full Second Amendment Rights

Associated Press: A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that California’s ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday the law violates the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms and a San Diego judge should have blocked what it called “an almost total ban on semiautomatic centerfire rifles” for young adults. “America would not exist without the heroism of the young adults who fought and died in our revolutionary army,” Judge Ryan Nelson wrote. “Today we reaffirm that our Constitution still protects the right that enabled their sacrifice: the right of young adults to keep and bear arms” (Associated Press).

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Fence Surrounding Supreme Court Reveals State of Our Republic

When did disagreements over policy and lifestyle become threats to the rule of law? Daniel Henninger: It is becoming difficult to identify any corner of American life that has not become unhinged from what once were considered normal restraints on behavior, personal or political (Wall Street Journal).

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