| Texas Democrats walk out over a restrictive voting rights law; Peru's revised official Covid-19 death toll reflects a nearly threefold increase. Tonight's Sentences was written by Gregory Svirnovskiy. | | | | | | | Texas Democrats thwart the GOP's voting restrictions — for now | | | | | | - Democrats in the Texas state House successfully delayed the passage of a severely restrictive voting rights law Monday by walking out on debate proceedings just before a vote. But their short-term victory is unlikely to stop the GOP from passing the bill — and Republicans may use the delay to make the bill even more restrictive. [Houston Chronicle / Jeremy Wallace and Cayla Harris]
- President Joe Biden has called the GOP bill "an assault on democracy." It would end drive-through and 24-hour voting, restrict absentee voting, and increase the power of partisan polling observers. [NYT / David Montgomery and Nick Corasaniti]
- The walkout was arguably the strongest message Democrats have sent in a year that has seen Republicans pass restrictive voting laws in a growing number of states, bolstered by Trumpian notions of election security. Defending voting on a macro level is a responsibility that largely rests with the US Senate. [CNN / Stephen Collinson]
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) indicated he would call a special session of Congress to get the bill passed and to focus on redistricting. But he vented his frustration with state lawmakers on Twitter, detailing plans to defund the legislature: "No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities," he tweeted. [Texas Tribune / Patrick Svitek]
| | | Peru shatters records in Covid-19 deaths per capita | | - Officials in Peru on Monday announced a Covid-19 death toll of more than 180,000, a three-fold increase from the previously accepted total. At over 500 Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 people, Peru now has the highest Covid death toll per capita in the world, dwarfing second-place Hungary. [Axios / Rebecca Falconer]
- Peru has seen almost 2 million cases since last March; its health care system is stretched to the brink, and health care facilities are often running low on oxygen. [BBC]
- The news comes just six days before Peruvians head to the polls to elect their fourth president in under a year. The choices: a far-left candidate whom the country's elite are comparing to leaders in Venezuela and Cuba, and a deeply unpopular right-wing opponent, the daughter of a jailed former president. [Financial Times / Michael Stott]
- The news from Peru is in line with the situation in the region writ large: Latin America recorded 1.2 million new cases last week, along with 31,000 deaths. Just 37 million of the region's 700 million people have been vaccinated. [CNN / Laura Diaz and Claudia Rebaza]
- Peru's domestic numbers are just as abysmal. Only 8 percent of Peruvians have gotten their first shot, and just 3.5 percent are fully vaccinated. [Bloomberg / Ana Maria Cervantes]
| | | | | | | The Biden administration has suspended oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, undoing a significant environmental policy decision by then-President Trump. | | | [Washington Post / Juliet Eilperin and Joshua Partlow] - American tennis player Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open, citing prolonged bouts of depression and anxiety. [Good Morning America / Aryana Azari and Joshua Hoyos]
- China announced it will now allow families to have up to three children; though it changed its one-child policy in 2016 to allow families to have two children, birthrates have continued to fall, attributable in part to the high cost of raising kids in cities. [BBC]
- Trump ally and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Monday appeared to suggest the country needed a Myanmar-style coup in leadership at a Dallas QAnon conference. Flynn has since claimed his remarks were misinterpreted. [CNN / Donie O'Sullivan]
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