Crash Course: So much for "leave it to the states": Republicans try the waters with a federal abortion ban bill

Lindsey Graham's 15-week abortion ban bill is likely the first of many federal attempts at restricting abortion [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci80OTk4VwNzcGNCCmMiygUjYzQ99wpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpjIsoFI2M0PfcKUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) So much for "leave it to the states": Republicans test the waters with a federal abortion ban bill In his concurrence in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, [the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDYvMjQvdGhlLWVuZC1vZi1yb2Utdi13YWRlLWFtZXJpY2FuLWRlbW9jcmFjeS1pcy1jb2xsYXBzaW5nL1cDc3BjQgpjIsoFI2M0PfcKUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), Justice Brett Kavanaugh went to great pains to reassure Americans that their ability to get an abortion is not under threat. He wrote, "the Court's decision today does not outlaw abortion throughout the United States." (Emphasis his.) While he briefly mentions that Congress can always pass a national ban, he largely skates by that possibility to focus on how Dobbs technically "does not prevent the numerous States that readily allow abortion from continuing to readily allow abortion." 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Millions of Americans are fed up with the rise of predatory capitalism and the way it victimizes working people. The pathologies of modern capitalism are captured well in the reaction from "Shark Tank" personality and entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary, who [offers the opinion](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RVaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyMi8wOC8yMC9rZXZpbi1vbGVhcnktcXVpZXQtcXVpdHRpbmctaXMtYS1yZWFsbHktYmFkLWlkZWEuaHRtbFcDc3BjQgpjIsoFI2M0PfcKUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) that "quiet quitting is a really bad idea," saying that he expects his employees to put in "25 hours a day, eight days a week," and that people who insist on working a 9-to-5 schedule are "not working for me." [Read the rest from Anthony DiMaggio.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvcXVpZXQtcXVpdHRpbmctaXMtdW5kZXJzdGFuZGFibGUtLWJ1dC1pdC13b250LXNhdmUtdXMtZnJvbS1wcmVkYXRvcnktY2FwaXRhbGlzbS9XA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - [Patagonia](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvcGF0YWdvbmlhLWZvdW5kZXItZG9uYXRlcy1lbnRpcmUtY29tcGFueS10by1maWdodC1hZ2FpbnN0LWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlL1cDc3BjQgpjIsoFI2M0PfcKUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) founder donates entire company to fight against climate change - ["Reservation Dogs"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvZGV2ZXJ5LWphY29icy1yZXNlcnZhdGlvbi1kb2dzLWVjaG8tc2Fsb24tdGFsa3MvVwNzcGNCCmMiygUjYzQ99wpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) and "Echo" star on the "appetite for Native stories" and living up to her name - [Adnan Syed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvYWRuYW4tc3llZC1jYXNlLW1hZGUtZmFtb3VzLWJ5LXNlcmlhbC1wb2RjYXN0LWdldHMtbmV3LXRyaWFsLXRvLXZhY2F0ZS1zZW50ZW5jZS9XA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) murder case made famous by "Serial" podcast gets new trial to vacate sentence - The true story behind the "doomsday mom" accused of killing her two children in ["Sins of Our Mother"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RNaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvc2lucy1vZi1vdXItbW90aGVyLWxvcmktdmFsbG93LWRvb21zZGF5LW1vbS9XA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - A virus that causes [polio-like symptoms](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0Q-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvZXYtZDY4LWVudGVyb3ZpcnVzLWV4cGxhaW5lci9XA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) is spreading among children, CDC warns - Want to take a bite of sunshine? These [lemony citrus cooler cookies](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvd2FudC10by10YWtlLWEtYml0ZS1vZi1zdW5zaGluZS10aGVzZS1sZW1vbnktY2l0cnVzLWNvb2xlci1jb29raWVzLWFyZS10aGUtYW5zd2VyL1cDc3BjQgpjIsoFI2M0PfcKUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) are the answer - [Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0SCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvaGFzLWEtbG9uZy1oaXN0b3J5LW9mLWdhdGhlcmluZy1hbmQtd2llbGRpbmctY29tcHJvbWlzaW5nLXNlbnNpdGl2ZS1pbmZvLXRvLWhlbHAtaGltc2VsZl9wYXJ0bmVyL1cDc3BjQgpjIsoFI2M0PfcKUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) has a long history of gathering and wielding "compromising" sensitive info to help himself - [Trump calls Biden "an enemy of the state."](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvY2FsbHMtYmlkZW4tYW4tZW5lbXktb2YtdGhlLXN0YXRlLW1lZGlhLWFzLXVzdWFsLWxvb2tzLXRoZS1vdGhlci13YXkvVwNzcGNCCmMiygUjYzQ99wpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Media, as usual, looks the other way - Trump fully embraces [QAnon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0R1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvZnVsbHktZW1icmFjZXMtcWFub24tb24tdHJ1dGgtc29jaWFsLS1ob3Vycy1hZnRlci1vYnNlc3NlZC1zdXBwb3J0ZXItYWxsZWdlZGx5LXdpZmUvVwNzcGNCCmMiygUjYzQ99wpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) on Truth Social — hours after obsessed supporter allegedly killed wife Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgpjIsoFI2M0PfcKUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Just how bad was DOJ under Trump and Bill Barr? Former New York prosecutor tells all In June of 2020, the country was still in the throes of the COVID pandemic, and dealing with the prospect of a wild presidential campaign being waged in the middle of it. We were all glued to the TV watching doctors explain what happens when you go on a ventilator and looking at graphs that showed skyrocketing cases and death rates. There were a lot of important stories in that strange time that sort of passed under the radar. One of them was Attorney General Bill Barr's firing of Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Now Berman has written a book about his time working under the Trump administration, "[Holding the Line](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0QpaHR0cHM6Ly9ib29rc2hvcC5vcmcvYS8yNDY0Lzk3ODA1OTMzMDAyOTlXA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)," and it's fascinating. The corruption of the Department of Justice under Barr was worse than we thought. 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Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago results in split verdict; singer faces possibility of longer prison term after conviction on child pornography charges," [Chicago Tribune](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0SMaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2hpY2Fnb3RyaWJ1bmUuY29tL25ld3MvY3JpbWluYWwtanVzdGljZS9jdC1yLWtlbGx5LWNoaWNhZ28tZmVkZXJhbC10cmlhbC12ZXJkaWN0LTIwMjIwOTE0LWZraHh0dXQ2M3ZkNDNuNG5ucW12N2ZxeGp1LXN0b3J5Lmh0bWxXA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/Yunaidi Joepoet) Fishing regulations are so lax that fishing waste has created a large trash island Naude and Katja Dreyer became emotional as they shared the story of a [seal](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0Q-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDcvMDIvc2VhbHMtcGxhc3RpYy1wb2xsdXRpb24taGFybS9XA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that they attempted to cut free from a mire of painful, dangerous trash. And they had to do so not just once, but twice. Through their private organization [Ocean Conservation Namibia](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0QaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub2NuYW1pYmlhLm9yZy9XA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (OCN), Naude and Katja find Cape fur seals that have been entangled in [ocean pollution](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMDcvMjAvaGFycm93aW5nLXJlcG9ydC1vbi1wbGFzdGljLXBvbGx1dGlvbi1zYXlzLXdlLWhhdmUtMjkteWVhcnMtdG8tc2F2ZS10aGUtb2NlYW4vVwNzcGNCCmMiygUjYzQ99wpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) and spring to the rescue. It is a mission that keeps them quite busy: they have posted dozens of videos in which they chase down roly-poly, chubby and fluffy seals, who almost invariably bellow in protest. The resulting content is almost shamefully entertaining because of its slapstick quality. Unsurprisingly, the OCN YouTube channel has garnered [827K subscribers](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0QyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vYy9PY2VhbkNvbnNlcnZhdGlvbk5hbWliaWFXA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) at the time of this writing — in no small part because the OCN mission is quite serious and, for the seals themselves, a matter of life-and-death. [Read the rest from Matthew Rozsa.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlBYrIP0RBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTQvZmlzaGluZy1yZWd1bGF0aW9uLXRyYXNoLWlzbGFuZC9XA3NwY0IKYyLKBSNjND33ClIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? [Let us know](mailto:brett.bachman@salon.com). Our mailing address: 1000 N. 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