World News: Democrats should override the filibuster

Thursday, July 29

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., at the Capitol on July 15, 2021.

Democrats must override the filibuster to save democracy

Good morning. Who else starts their days with meetings?

Today we have for you a mix of topics, including something from the great Dionne Warwick. But we'll start with voting protections and get into the grief that comes from anniversaries tied to loved ones who have passed.

Pass voting and election protection

American democracy is at a critical juncture. Across nearly all 50 states, anti-democratic measures are being introduced and adopted that could enable partisan actors to interfere in election processes and affect election outcomes. It is now up to Congress to protect our democracy by adopting national, uniform standards that build confidence in elections and ensure full and equal voting access.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has proposed a set of practical measures that all members, including Republicans, should support. But it is only a start.

•	Pass 'Manchin Plus' voting and election protection with or without Republicans

Today's editorial cartoon

Mike Thompson, USA TODAY

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My mom would have been 92 today

Today would have been my mother's ninety-second birthday.

You might think that a language bountiful enough to include words for one hundred fiftieth anniversary (sesquicentennial), to jump or to be pushed out a window (defenestrate), and the thing before the thing before the final thing (antepenultimate) would include a word for so momentous an occasion as a first posthumous birthday, but there is, so far as I know, no such animal.

•	I struggle with what to call every first occasion without her

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