Senator Manchin killed any possible climate defense bill, after spending a year negotiating details of it.

This strikes me as negotiating in bad faith.

With Rubio's plan for parental leave loans against Social Security, *"when mom or dad tragically dies a few years after having their third kid, the surviving spouse will have to send a big fat check to the SSA,"* until it is all paid back.

Some Republicans have used misleading fund-raising emails, and now Republicans are pressuring businesses to exempt their fund-raising emails from laws against spam. They also want to pass a law that their emails cannot be treated as spam.

*Leak reveals corporate donors at anti-abortion GOP event: Tik Tok, Comcast, 3M, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Anheuser-Busch, Juul, Koch Industries, Lowe's and Walmart.*

Formerly unusual heat is harming agriculture across the US.

I think we must expect food shortage to become normal.

Does drought include West Virginia? If so, it might be used to pressure Manchin.