U.S. farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce

The novel coronavirus delayed the arrival of seasonal immigrants who normally help harvest U.S. wheat, leaving farmers to depend on high school students, school bus drivers, laid-off oilfield workers and others to run machines that bring in the crop.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wheat/u-s-farmers-scramble-for-help-as-covid-19-scuttles-immigrant-workforce-idUSKBN2431BQ?source=Snapzu

Legal, regulated psychedelic mushrooms 1 step closer to being on Oregon’s November ballot

An Oregon ballot measure to legalize the use of psilocybin in therapeutic settings has gained enough signatures to appear on the November ballot, if those signatures can be verified. Chief petitioners of Oregon Psilocybin Therapy Initiative, or Initiative Petition #34, Sheri and Tom Eckert, said Monday during a Zoom press conference that the campaign has gathered 164,782 signatures.
Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/06/legal-regulated-psychedelic-mushrooms-are-one-step-closer-to-being-on-the-ballot-in-oregon-in-november.html?source=Snapzu

The 3 Weeks That Changed Everything

Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/how-white-house-coronavirus-response-went-wrong/613591/?source=Snapzu

House Democrats just put out the most detailed climate plan in US political history

In 2007, shortly after Democrats took back the House of Representatives in the 2006 midterm elections, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi created the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, meant to gather expert testimony and develop policy plans to address climate change. Until Republicans killed it in 2011, the select committee amassed an enormous body of knowledge, which it contributed to the 2007 energy bill, the 2009 Obama stimulus bill, and the ill-fated Waxman-Markey climate bill (which died in the Senate).
Read more: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/6/30/21305891/aoc-climate-change-house-democrats-select-committee-report?source=Snapzu

Police Clear Seattle’s Protest ‘Autonomous Zone’

The so-called Capitol Hill Organized Protest area was taken over by protesters after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It was the site of at least four shootings last month.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/us/seattle-protest-zone-CHOP-CHAZ-unrest.html?source=Snapzu

Putin's ploy to extend rule backed by Russians

Russians back constitutional amendments in referendum that will pave the way for Russian President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036 as questions about its legitimacy linger.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-referendum-putin-07-01-20-intl/index.html?source=Snapzu

Court sides with publisher of tell-all book by Trump's niece

A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Bad news for President Trump and his younger brother, Robert Trump, who has been trying to block an unflattering tell all book by the President's niece, Mary Trump, that Simon & Schuster is set to publish in July.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/media/mary-trump-book-reliable-sources/index.html?source=Snapzu