<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-fc1ae849-7fff-63a9-fb2e-5f907d80b484"><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"><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><br><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">This Sunday,  September 11, our discussion focuses on two issues where the Biden administration is taking strong initiatives, in part relying on executive privilege:  the <b>Green Transitio</b>n and <b>Student Debt Forgiveness</b>.  We will also look at the closely related issue of <b>executive privilege</b> as applied to both Biden and Trump.  Here are some suggested readings.  We are also open to discussion of <b>Queen Elizabeth and the British Monarchy</b> although I'm not suggesting any readings.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/opinion/biden-oil.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opinion | Biden’s Big, Bold, Surprising Plan for a Green Transition (I Hope) - The New York Times (nytimes.com)</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><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yoTJmwcGss4v9MRLe5e3WpV3Je1yjQJE91H2vNGcxy8/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Printable Google Docs Version</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">, no password required.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12AoukzjnrTBb-mfHjXGkJO1-VEL_dnAT/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Biden’s Student-Debt Rescue Plan is a Legal Mess</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"> - the Atlantic</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12O7t0qoK-PjGmewg72dgYNur6X_0a2Q6/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What is executive Privilege?</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">  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://drive.google.com/file/d/12CEftB4BwMzJbB86VkWTY3Mj4oVUWi7H/view?usp=sh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