🚫 17 Democratic Members of Congress Arrested During DC Abortion Rights Protest

Multiple members of Congress were arrested by US Capitol Police Tuesday afternoon after protesting for abortion rights. USCP confirmed 35 total arrests for "crowding, obstructing or incommoding," 17 of which were of House Democrats. Arrested lawmakers include:

* Rep. Jackie Speier (CA-14)
* Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-05)
* Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)
* Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-53)
* Rep. Barabara Lee (CA-13)
* Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04)
* Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01)
* Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13)
* Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
* Rep. Nydia Velázquez (NY-7)
* Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
* Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5)
* Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
* Rep. Andy Levin (MI-11)
* Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)
* Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12)
* Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16)

Democrats are hoping to enshrine abortion access protections into law, but such a measure lacks support in the Senate under current rules. 

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🗣 Blizzard QA workers in Albany are organizing Activision’s second union

The QA department at Blizzard Albany, NY the studio formerly known as Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2’s Vicarious Visions, has become the second QA department within Activision Blizzard to organize a union.

The group, organized as GWA Albany, has around 20 members and formed a union to address issues like competitive and fair compensation, health care, raised the minimum pay to $20/hour and “establishing reasonable protocols to address demands of ‘crunch’ time.”

Companies like Starbucks, Amazon, Chipotle, Verizon and more are starting to see workers at their lowest rungs organizing and winning unions.

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🏛 Sen. Lindsey Graham agrees to testify before Georgia grand jury in election meddling case

An agreement between Graham and Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis was reached Tuesday afternoon. The agreement maintains Graham's right to fight the subpoena.

US Sen. Lindsey Graham has agreed to accept a subpoena to provide testimony to a Georgia grand jury that is investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions after his 2020 election defeat. 

The Atlanta-based grand jury is seeking evidence related to efforts by Trump and others to get Georgia officials to overturn the election won there by President Joe Biden. The Republican lawmaker, one of Trump’s closest confidants in the Senate, had asked a federal judge in South Carolina last week to quash the subpoena.

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⚡️⚡️ Syria has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine in retaliation for Kiev's decision to do the same to Syria

⚡️ UK annual inflation jumps to 9.4% in June, says official

The possible resignation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi may complicate the European Central Bank's task of containing the effects of interest rate hikes. His departure may lead to early elections and cause riots in the country.

The ECB plans to raise interest rates by 50 basis points, which could be a problem for Rome, given the country's huge public debt

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⚡️⚡️ Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka

📹 Russia's Ministry of Defense has published footage of the work being done by Mi-28 helicopters during the special military operation in Ukraine

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⚡️ The UN plan suggests demining of the Black Sea coast for the withdrawal of ships with grain, Turkey is ready to assist, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday

LIVE UPDATES | Moscow days US threats of more Ukraine-related sanctions won't change Russia's course

WATCH: Footage of airborne units carrying out maneuvers during the special operation

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⚡️ US and UK want to push Russia against Europe by providing arms to Ukraine, Lavrov says

Watch: The moment a dramatic explosion occurred at the base of popular American tourist attraction, the Hoover Dam.

As it turned out, the explosion was caused by a transformer at one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the US which receives thousands of visitors a day. No one was injured

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⚡️ Biden will hold the US-Africa summit in Washington on 13-15 December, The White House said

🐻 A Russian bear came out to the people for help. The benighted animal simply wanted to enjoy a tin of condensed milk, but it got stuck in his mouth. Residents of the village of Dikson, Krasnoyarsk region, called vets from Moscow to help the creature

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⚡️ Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the US-made Harpoon missile system launcher in the Odessa region.

📌 Key points from Lavrov's interview with Sputnik:

▪️The West held back Ukraine from any constructive steps;

▪️Ukraine won't be given the chance to negotiate with Russia;

▪️The demands imposed by Brussels begin to create obstacles for EU countries and annoy them;

▪️The West is trying to drag the UN Secretary General into its games around the "Ukrainian grain";

▪️Moscow has sent a message to the head of the UN about the need to include a clause about Russian grain, in the Istanbul agreements;

▪️It's not in Europe's interests to cut off all ties with Russia and switch to the liquefied natural gas that the US is trying to foist on the EU;

▪️The EU will be forced to amend sanctions against Russia

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