Civil Politics (5/12/23): Reparations Repartee

<p>Further Reading:</p><p>CNN town hall highlights media’s struggle with how to cover Trump and his lies - <a href="https://to.pbs.org/42Rs0d9" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://to.pbs.org/42Rs0d9</a></p><p>CNN's Trump town hall draws 3.3 million viewers - <a href="https://bit.ly/42Nanej" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://bit.ly/42Nanej</a></p><p>Trump jokes about sexual abuse verdict, repeats election falsehoods - <a href="https://reut.rs/3O3Cli2" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://reut.rs/3O3Cli2</a>..</p><p>Three years, 1.1 million deaths: COVID emergency ending in US - <a href="https://bit.ly/454UrWW" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://bit.ly/454UrWW</a></p><p>US ethics watchdog calls on Clarence Thomas to resign over undisclosed gifts - <a href="https://bit.ly/3NZvG8f" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://bit.ly/3NZvG8f</a></p><p>Trends in United States COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Deaths, and Emergency Visits by Geographic Area - <a href="https://bit.ly/4568r2L" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://bit.ly/4568r2L</a></p><p>U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall. Here’s what that means for you - <a href="https://cnb.cx/3I3fjnt" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://cnb.cx/3I3fjnt</a></p><p>What the California reparations panel says — and how likely its proposals are to go into effect - <a href="https://cbsn.ws/3Ir28gv" rel="noopener nofollow" title="">https://cbsn.ws/3Ir28gv</a></p><p>&lt;figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok"&gt;</p><div> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@pearlmania500/video/7229840442886507818?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=6944427541293712902" rel="nofollow">https://www.tiktok.com/@pearlmania500/video/7229840442886507818?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=6944427541293712902</a> </div>&lt;/figure&gt;<p></p> <hr> <p>Remember to Register to vote! Mass Residents should go to: <a href="https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sec.state.m