In today’s news: Republicans have settled on a message of fear through racist dog whistles, along with Donald Trump’s Big Lie, heading into the 2022 midterm elections. Six months have passed since the attack on the United States Capitol that came about because of that lie, and the Republicans are fully embracing it, along with the attack itself. Nikole Hannah-Jones tells UNC to hit sand. Sadly, the 4th of July weekend was bloody.

This is some of what you may have overlooked:

Republicans have their message for 2022: Be afraid

Trump’s Big Lie Is Being Supercharged By The 2022 Republican Candidates

Mo Brooks continues to pressure Big Lie when he says Trump’s team told him to encourage the January 6 attack

Hannah-Jones rejects UNC’s tenure offer. She, Ta-Nehisi Coates and $ 20 million will go to Howard

The Second Amendment is a failed experiment, and it is time for reasonable people to admit that fact.

And from the community:

10-month head-to-head photos of Lake Powell – 30 feet of water loss. Climate change visualization

Preserving the secret ballot is now part of the fight for democracy in Arizona