President Biden speech at Independence Hall spells out the dangers MAGA Republicans pose to democracy; State lawmakers vote to give five year extended lease on life to Diablo Canyon reactor; Kaiser nurses stage informational picket

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• President Biden warns “MAGA forces” are determined to take the country backwards
• Brookings Institution scholar says U.S. and other nations face threats from authoritarianism
• State lawmakers overwhelmingly approve Governor Newsom’s plan to extend operating life of Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor
• Kaiser nurses stage informational picket, charging short staffing endangers the safety of nurses and patients 

Image of Diablo Canyon reactor: Tracey Adams, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons