“We’re Probably Gonna Go to Court”: Media Outlets Lawyer Up to Get Uvalde Shooting Records

Climate Emergency Declaration? • GOP Candidate’s Sexist Speech • Respect for Marriage Act [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( “We’re Probably Gonna Go to Court”: Media Outlets Lawyer Up to Get Uvalde Shooting Records Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Charlotte Klein [talks]( to members of a Uvalde media coalition, whose records requests, since a shooter killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School eight weeks ago, have been largely denied. “Since we were all pursuing appeals of our denials and had gotten lawyers involved, and we’re probably gonna go to court, it made sense for us to work together on that,” New York Times deputy National editor Kim Murphy tells Klein. Elsewhere, Eric Lutz [reports]( that President Joe Biden faces pressure to declare a climate emergency as his legislative agenda takes a nosedive. Bess Levin [looks at]( Republicans wanting to take away the rights to contraception and same-sex and/or interracial marriage, as 157 [voted yesterday]( against the Respect for Marriage Act, which passed the House. Finally, Levin [tears into]( Matt Birk, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Minnesota, who on the day Roe was overturned said, “It’s not over. Our culture loudly, but also stealthily, promotes abortion. Telling women they should look a certain way, have careers, all these things.” Thanks for reading! [“We’re Probably Gonna Go to Court”: Media Outlets Lawyer Up to Get Uvalde Shooting Records]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [While journalists have already exposed police failures, national and local outlets are also uniting in an effort for greater transparency. The goal, says a lawyer behind the media coalition, is to “get as many answers as we possibly can for this community.”]( [Read more button]( [Biden Under Pressure to Declare Climate Emergency as Agenda Nosedives]( By [Eric Lutz]( [Record heat waves and unprecedented wildfires in Europe and the United States underscore the scale of the crisis, just as Biden’s climate agenda stalls out in Congress. Will the president take executive action?]( [Read more button]( [We’ll Find Out This Week Which Republicans Want to Take Away Contraception, Same-Sex and Interracial Marriage Rights]( By [Bess Levin]( [House Democrats are holding votes this week in the hope of enshrining such rights into law—and forcing Republicans to go on record with their opposition. On Tuesday, 157 Republicans opposed protecting same-sex marriage.]( [Read more button]( [Minnesota Republican Matt Birk Warns Abortion Leads to Women Having Careers, Claims Pro-Choice Advocates Are Always Playing “the Rape Card”]( By [Bess Levin]( [Matt Birk, a candidate for Lt. Governor, also made a “joke” about how it was wrong to give women the right to drive.]( [Read more button]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast