Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, Cruises in New Mexico House Race  —  Ms. Stansbury won a landslide victory in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.  The result is likely to hearten national Democrats worried about the 2022 midterms.

Statement of Concern  —  The Threats to American Democracy and the Need for National Voting and Election Administration Standards  —  We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy who have watched the recent deterioration of U.S. elections and liberal democracy with growing alarm.

Meat Plant Closures Are Spreading After a Cyberattack on JBS  — Some U.S. shifts canceled for Tuesday, Facebook posts show  — Sunday attack forced JBS to shut down some IT systems  —  A cyberattack on JBS SA, the world's largest meat producer, has forced the shutdown …

Flynn's Coup Talk Is a Warning About the MAGA Violence Ahead  —  IT'S HAPPENING HERE … The collapse of American democracy that Sinclair Lewis wrote about nearly a century ago as a fictional cautionary tale is what retired general Mike Flynn is calling for now.

National Enquirer Parent, Ex-CEO Fined for Breaking Election Law in 2016 Campaign  —  FEC cites hush payment to ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal, who said she had an affair with Donald Trump  —  The publisher of the National Enquirer agreed to pay $187,500 as part of a settlement …

Trump's company puts D.C. hotel lease up for sale, again  —  The former president's company previously considered selling the lease to its luxury Washington hotel before covid struck  —  Former president Donald Trump's company has again hired a broker to sell the lease to its D.C. hotel …

Trump is telling people he thinks he'll be ‘reinstated’ as president in August, according to a report  — Former President Donald Trump is reportedly floating another idea about unlawfully taking power.  — Trump is said to have echoed a far-right conspiracy theory that he'll be “reinstated.”

Tulsa isn't the only race massacre you were never taught in school.  Here are others.  —  With President Biden commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre Tuesday, many Americans are learning for the first time about the nation's long history of racist massacres, particularly during …

‘SpongeBob’ and ‘Transformers’ Cost U.S. Taxpayers $4 Billion, Study Says  —  A new report details ViacomCBS's use of a labyrinthine tax shelter to sell rights to its shows and films overseas.  —  Dismissed by critics and devoured by fans, “Transformers: Age of Extinction” …

Arizona wants to use Zyklon B to execute inmates on death row  —  Hydrogen cyanide gas, named by the Third Reich as Zyklon B, was used by the Nazis to kill over a million people in the Holocaust.  The state of Arizona now wants to use it in executions.  —  The state of Arizona is preparing …

Nikki Fried, only statewide elected Democrat in Florida, launches challenge to DeSantis  —  Florida's Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is officially running for governor.  —  The lone statewide elected Democrat announced on Tuesday that she will challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis …

Sinema on why she skipped vote on Jan. 6 commission: ‘I had a personal family matter’  —  TUCSON — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema broke her silence and explained Tuesday why she missed a procedural vote last week to establish a bipartisan commission to look into the U.S. Capitol riot.

The Conservative Media Double-Standard  —  The same people who advocated for HCQ and complain about election fraud are outraged over the lab-leak miss.  —  9 hr ago  —  1. Humanitarian Disaster  —  I want to be very clear about this: America is doing great against COVID right now.

Just How Rigged is the “Rigged Game”?  —  “The Division of Light and Power,” the new book by Dennis Kucinich, is an epic chronicle of American corruption  —  Dennis Kucinich has always been ahead of his time.  It's both his distinction and his curse.  As a presidential candidate in the 2000s …

Hedge fund guru tied to Jeffrey Epstein scandal hit with lawsuit over alleged hush money  —  A New York woman has filed a defamation lawsuit against Leon Black, alleging that the hedge fund titan sexually assaulted, harassed and intimidated her, then paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars …

Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, in January.Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters  —  Much has been written, dissected, said and analyzed about the similarities between former U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

PHOTO: Trump Met Man Who Helped Organize ‘Patriot Caravans’ On January 6  —  Good morning!  It's time to get up!  —  HOUSEKEEPING: Before we get started, a little programming note — The Uprising is normally going to be free for all readers on Monday and Thursday while the other two issues each week …

TSMC Says Construction of Arizona Chip Plant Is ‘Well Underway’  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it's moving forward with plans to build a $12 billion chip plant in Phoenix, a step toward addressing U.S. concerns over reliability and security in the tech supply chain.

Biden administration to cancel oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge  —  The Interior Department will suspend several oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tuesday, according to three individuals briefed on the decision, overturning one of Donald Trump's …

80% of cruise enthusiasts would prefer to sail with vaccine requirement  —  Eighty percent of likely cruisers want to resume sailing on ships that require vaccinations, according to a survey conducted over the Memorial Day weekend by the consumer-focused travel website CruiseCritic.com.

Secret Service Spending $34,000 on Fancy Porta Potties in Bedminster This Summer  —  The agency is looking after a high-profile protectee summering in the small New Jersey town—and his name is Donald Trump.  —  The Secret Service is spending nearly $35,000 to rent portable toilets …

Google Diversity Head Said Jews Have ‘Insatiable Appetite for War’  —  In a 2007 blog Kamau Bobb had harsh words for Jews and the Jewish state  —  Google's head of diversity strategy said in a 2007 blog post that Jews have an “insatiable appetite for war” and an “insensitivity to the suffering [of] others.”

Will the Excelsior Pass, New York's Vaccine Passport, Catch On?  —  More than 1 million Excelsior passes have been downloaded since they were introduced, but officials are hoping they will be adopted more widely.  —  On the Upper East Side in Manhattan, a well-heeled crowd flashed …

Christian Billionaires Are Funding a Push to Kill the Equality Act  —  Instead of becoming law, The Equality Act is falling victim to what one LGBTQ movement leader called one of “the most sophisticated dark money operations” they've ever seen.  —  On Tuesday, after decades allying himself with lesbian …

Global Shortages During Coronavirus Reveal Failings of Just in Time Manufacturing  —  Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories.  —  In the story of how the modern world was constructed …