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On Tuesday, the North Carolina GOP Representatives passed a mask ban on private property in a crackdown on protesters, even as a new subvariant of coronavirus spreads across the United States. The vote was 69 for the measure and 43 against It now goes to the governor’s desk. Last week, the House of Representatives modified the bill to allow “a medical or surgical grade mask for the purpose of preventing the spread of contagious disease,” keeping some aspects of the health exemption for mask-wearing.

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the Supreme Court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars. Some of the groups behind the campaign have ties to Leonard Leo, the architect of the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court who helped select Trump’s Supreme Court nominees.

In the moments following Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal gun charges on Tuesday, Fox News celebrated the justice system doing its job. They sang the praises of the judge and jury. They delighted in the fact that Biden would face consequences. And they doubted President Joe Biden’s repeated pledges that he will not pardon his son.

For the first time, a sitting President’s son has been convicted of a felony in a criminal trial. A federal jury in Delaware on Tuesday found Hunter Biden guilty for lying about his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. Prosecutors had presented the jury with photos, testimony and messages that showed Biden had a .38 caliber Colt Cobra revolver for about 11 days during a period he had previously acknowledged he had been struggling with drug addiction. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The jury deliberated for about three hours over two days and found Biden guilty of three felonies including making a false claim on a gun purchase form that he was not a drug user, lying to a federally licensed firearms dealer, and unlawfully possessing the weapon for 11 days.

Considering how incredibly white the Welsh coal industry was, this is going to be a tall order. However, there is a way to show black representation going way back.

His piece is a primal scream of horror that Americans insist on believing the realities of their wallets over the cherry-picked data in his analysis.