Leaked texts show Senator Mike Lee pathetic

  [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     April 15, 2022 It's been exactly nine years since Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev detonated two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people—29-year-old Krystle Campbell, 23-year-old Lingzi Lu, and 8-year-old Martin Richard—and injuring hundreds of others. Shortly after, the brothers also shot MIT police officer Sean Collier as they tried to evade an unprecedented manhunt that culminated in a shootout on the streets of Watertown, Massachusetts, during which Tamerlan was killed. Dzhokhar has been sentenced to death for his crimes. It was doubly disconcerting, then, that the anniversary week of the bombing was marked by another act of senseless violence—in this case, a shooting on the New York subway—followed by a citywide manhunt. Though it's still deeply dispiriting that sporadic mass killings have become part of the background noise of American life, it's also inspiring that cities have a way of pulling together during times of strife. The bombings brought out the [best]( of [Boston](, much as the Subway shootings brought out the [best]( of New York City, and in the years following, Boston has begun to observe a [day of remembrance](, where city-dwellers are encouraged to perform random acts of kindness to one another. To me at least, that seems as good a way of memorializing a tragedy as any. – Noah Y. Kim P.S. Before packing it in for the weekend, I also wanted to boost our fundraising campaign that kicked off earlier this week. In “[Their Fight Is Our Fight](,” MoJo’s Monika Bauerlein looks at what’s happening in Ukraine and Russia through the lens of a Great Information War, and that hits home for me as someone who wades through the day's headlines in putting together this newsletter for you all. She also shares a few recent examples of just how powerful independent, reader-supported journalism is to counter it right now—so I hope you’ll give it a read today or this weekend and, if you can, that you’ll [consider pitching in to help make our reporting as strong as it can be](. Advertisement [International Living]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Leaked Texts Show Senator Mike Lee Pathetic]( "Please give me something to work with. I just need to know what I should be saying." BY NOAH Y. KIM   SPONSORED CONTENT BY STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION   Pollinators Are Essential to Our Survival. Take Our Pollinator Pledge! Pollinators are critical to our planet’s health and our food supply–but their populations are declining dramatically. At the Student Conservation Association, we place young adults into jobs benefitting our planet, including protecting pollinators like bees, butterflies, bats, and birds. We need you with us: [Take our pledge to protect pollinators now](.   [Trending] [New data shows who, exactly, got evicted the most during the pandemic]( BY EDWIN RIOS   [Science confirms that when white people read about Covid racial disparities, they respond selfishly]( BY JACKIE FLYNN MOGENSEN   [The long, scary history of doctors reporting pregnant people to the cops]( BY CECILIA NOWELL   [Russia's new motto: "We are not ashamed"]( BY ANONYMOUS Advertisement [International Living]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Can the US go green without destroying sacred Native lands?]( An Apache group is fighting to stop a massive copper mine in Arizona. BY MADDIE OATMAN   [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755