Friday Politics Roundup | January 6 hearings; AFL-CIO minimal organizing goals; bye-bye retirement; gun deal dead?; new leadership for Bucks County Dems; Mastriano signals; Elon Musk sucks; D&D

<p>January 6th hearings are doing an exceptional job making it abundantly clear that Trump and those close to him were consciously planning a coup. And yet, the hearings also seem to <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/17/the-january-6-hearings-arent-acknowledging-the-elephant-in-the-room'>have a side projec</a>t of <a href='https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/january-6-hearings-gop/'>rehabilitating the Republican Party</a>. Maybe Nancy Pelosi will get her wish of an even stronger GOP after all. </p> <p>Key takeaways <a href='https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/13/jan-6-capitol-riot-probe-trump-aides-blast-fraud-claims-in-hearing.html'>Day 2</a> and <a href='https://us.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/january-6-hearing-day-3-takeaways/index.html'>Day 3</a></p> <p>AFL-CIO sets a goal of organizing a million new workers over the next 10 years. However, as <a href='https://inthesetimes.com/article/afl-cio-union-federation-organizing-goal-workers'>Hamilton Nolan explains in In These Times</a>, that’s a nice soundbite but it sets the stage for further decline in union density. </p> <p>The Labor Notes Conference gets underway in Chicago today.The Labor Notes Conference is the biggest gathering out there of grassroots union activists, worker center leaders, and all-around troublemakers.</p> <p>The recent stock market nose-dive has <a href='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stocks-drop-recession-retirement-savings-401k-ira-3-trillion-2022/'>wiped out more than $3 trillion in retirement savings this year</a>. One more example of the consequences of leaving retirement up to a glorified casino. The House always wins. </p> <p>And remember that big bipartisan deal on new federal gun reform? Yeah, well, the big GOP “partner” on the talks, <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/16/senate-gun-deal-text/'>John Cornyn from Texas just walked away</a> from negotiation and put any potential deal in question. Their self-imposed deadline was yesterday, before Senators went on vacation. But, vacation come