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Thursday – 4/28/22

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UKRAINE… House considers legislation for Ukraine ‘lend-lease’ program to send aid to that country
April 28, 2022 – 10:00 am (ET)
MIDTERMS… Why Some Americans In Rural Counties Feel Left Behind By Politics
NBC NewsApril 28, 2022 (05:16)

As the midterm elections approach, young Black men in Anson Country, North Carolina, are losing faith in the political system. NBC News’ Antonia Hylton explains why voters in rural areas are losing confidence in the election system.

HOUSE… Kevin McCarthy’s week just got much worse
CNN, Chris CillizzaApril 28, 2022

It’s been a rough few days for Kevin McCarthy.

He had already been exposed as a liar for denying a New York Times report that he told Republican members he was going to recommend that Donald Trump resign in the wake of the January 6 insurrection. The Times produced the audio — and McCarthy was left with this gibberish response.

Which is bad!

But on Tuesday night, the Times published more of McCarthy’s conversations with fellow Republican leaders from January 10, 2021 — audio in which he suggests that the actions of some of his members may be fomenting violence and wonders whether their social media feeds could be taken away.

RUSSIA’S… tanks in Ukraine have a ‘jack-in-the-box’ design flaw. And the West has known about it since the Gulf war
CNN, Brad LendonApril 28, 2022

Russian tanks with their tops blown off are just the latest sign that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t going to plan.

Hundreds of Russian tanks are thought to have been destroyed since Moscow launched its offensive, with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on Monday estimating it had lost as many as 580.

But Moscow’s problems go beyond the sheer number of tanks it has lost. Experts say battlefield images show Russian tanks are suffering from a defect that Western militaries have known about for decades and refer to as the “jack-in-the-box effect.” Moscow, they say, should have seen the problem coming.

WAR CRIMES… In Russian-occupied Kherson, allegations of rape emerge
CNN, Nick Paton Walsh et al.April 28, 2022

When Dasha and the other children emerged from their basement and into their newly occupied village it was for food.

They were hiding from the Russians, who had fired shots into the air, at cars — and at people.

But when the children resurfaced, they were greeted by two unwanted guests — Russian soldiers. The men let the children enter the kitchen to eat, Dasha said.

It was mid-March and 16-year-old Dasha was about six months pregnant.

One of the soldiers, who Dasha said was drunk, began asking how many rooms were in the house, and the ages of the children.

What followed is an incident that Ukrainian prosecutors say is a war crime.

CLIMATE… Time is running out for Biden’s EPA to act on climate
Vox, Rebecca LeberApril 28, 2022

So far, President Biden’s legacy on climate change is pretty insubstantial. There’s time to change that if he can quickly make much better use of his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The president put nearly all his hopes for climate action into passing his Build Back Better legislation through Congress. That bill would have spent $550 billion on clean energy and electrified transit. It failed to garner a majority in the Senate, and due to continuing reticence about the measure on the part of more conservative Democrats like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), it appears unlikely any slimmed-down replacement will pass.

In an ideal world, congressional and EPA action would complement each other. Laws are more durable than EPA policy alone, while the EPA can maneuver around legislative gridlock. Congressional spending on clean energy tax incentives helps bring down implementation costs for businesses, making it easier for the EPA to implement stricter rules.

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