<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="m_126053697594131946gmail-docs-internal-guid-79928cb9-7fff-48c5-8720-ac67199eb297"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Today's Issues group meets at 9:30 on Sunday mornings in person in the parlor of the Religious Education buildings next to the church and on Zoom  at:  </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz0</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">   </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For Sunday, July 24, 2022  we will discuss the issues facing the Democrats in the upcoming elections. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia;font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;text-indent:18pt">Here are some suggested readings from among the vast amount available on the topic.  The last three are shorter, the first is a bit more analytical and has some graphs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CETkgHY0kY9flKSc5VxUNGXVssc0JDVkKEeZPS9yLuY/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Democrats in America are realising they must moderate or die</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from the Economist</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tcrJ60X6dqgU4l55DXw8dJMXNfru_K1VcDvSl0J3VRE/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Democrats have a Hispanic problem </span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from the Economist.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qf7_2vhd96zoTjkEuQ-BRIgXDrTAzCQ-8uSuAjKa0Bs/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Democrats Navigate Nuanced Views on Abortion Among Black Voters</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  From the NY Times</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TIqjn0NmeaN6lE_uUt6hD04_lzjD4wqoCPIA1o6g_rs/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Many young Democrats are furious at Democrats. But they’re pushing through</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. From the Washington Post</span></p></span><br></div></div>