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GOP Prepares for Midterm Madness

Kevin McCarthy and the Freedom Caucus, Redux
Gohmert and Gosar Suspected of Having “Serious Cognitive Issues”
McConnell Seeks Revenge on Manchin for Inflation Reduction Act

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DeSantis Pushes Contracts to Major Donors — The Intercept
The War in Ukraine Is at a Decisive Turning Point — The Nation
Putin Expected to Annex Parts of Ukraine After Referendums End — New York Times
Paramedics Gave Elijah McClain a Lethal Dose of Ketamine — VICE
Pipeline Company Showering Schumer With Donations — New Republic
Tampa Bay Braces for First Major Storm in a Century — Washington Post
Arizona Is a Cautionary Tale on Election Integrity — Washington Post
Cops Who Groomed, Assaulted Woman Resign After Investigation — Jezebel
Fascism Is Back in Italy — Salon

Arizona Bans Abortion

Judge Rules Law From Before Arizona Was State Can Take Effect
Effectively Outlaws All Abortions Save Life of Mother
Law Is From 1800s

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🔈 Michael Tracey’s Bad World War Two History — The Flashpoint Podcast
A Week After Fiona, Just Over Half of Puerto Rico Has Power — Bloomberg
Meadow Texts Show White House Communicated With Trump Supporter Who Wanted to Steal Voting Machines — CNN
The Most Painful Episode of the January 6 Insurrection — The Nation
Oath Keepers Rise and Fall — Las Vegas Review Journal
Even in Blue States, Election Denial Can Cause Serious Damage — New York Times
How Lax Social Media Security Helps Hackers Target Your Information — IT Brew
Dragging Trump Into Spotlight Feeds His Dangerous Movement — FAIR
Dems Are Blowing Their Big Chance to Oust Ron Johnson — New Republic
How A Pipeline Bill Gets Greenwashed — Lever News

Alex Jones Trial Goes Off the Rails

“I’m Done Saying I’m Sorry,” Alex Jones Tells Sandy Hook Families
Jones Makes Spectacle of Court
Jones Shills Products While Testifying

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Russians Protest Widening of Putin’s War on Ukraine — The Intercept
Matt Gaetz Knows Americans Love Cocaine — VICE
One Day After Report of Child Predators on Twitch, Matt Gaetz Joins Twitch — Gizmodo
Woman With Severe Chronic Pain Denied Medication for Being “Childbearing Age” — Jezebel
Trump Burdened by Power to Declassify Documents With His Mind — Intelligencer
The “Woke Military” Will Let You Join The Oath Keepers — Forever Wars
COVID Tests, Ranked — Discourse Blog
The US Lead Crisis — The Guardian
Eric Adams Considers Canning 3-K Program — New York Times
US Warns Russia Against Using Nukes — Washington Post
Puerto Rico’s Colonial Status Left It Vulnerable to Hurricane Fiona — American Prospect
Trump’s Embrace of QAnon Realizes the Dream of the Religious Right — The Nation
John Kerry Refuses to Feel “Guilty” for Climate Change — New Republic

I’d Like to See Ol’ Donny Trump Wriggle His Way Out of THIS Jam!

Wow, Donald Trump Looks Like He’s in Trouble!
It’s Fraud All the Way Down at the Trump Organization
Trump Does Fox Softball Interview After NY AG Announcement
E. Jean Carroll Plans to Sue Trump Over Alleged Sexual Assault

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The White House Wants a Climate Denier Out as World Bank President –The Nation
Ron DeSantis Trades Bodies For Power — Discourse Blog
Ro Khanna’s Quest to Expose Big Oil — HEATED
Majority of GOP Voters Want to Make Christianity the Official Religion — VICE
DeSantis Chartered Donor’s Planes for Martha’s Vineyard Trip — The Intercept
Facebook Violates Palestinian Human Rights: Report — The Intercept
The Reinvestment Movement vs. the Bankers — American Prospect

Special Master Skeptical of Trump Legal Claims

“You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It”
Repeatedly Challenged Claims
What Happens Next

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Report Shows Israel Deliberately Targeted Journalist — The Intercept
Texas Sheriff Getting Threats for Saying He’d Investigate DeSantis — VICE
Biden’s Afghan Shell Game Prompts Media Shrugs and Stenography — FAIR
President Biden, End Cannabis Prohibition — Intelligencer
Women’s Bodies Are Bearing the Brunt of Purity Culture — Jezebel
Canadians Deserve to Vote on Breaking With the Monarchy — Jacobin
Making Paid Family Leave Work for Working Families — American Prospect
🔈 The War on Children’s Hospitals — The Flashpoint Podcast
Glenn Youngkin Enlists in the Republican Governors’ War on Trans Kids — New Republic

GOP Tripling Down on Extremism Ahead of Midterms

What Is This Eerie Salute People Are Doing at Trump Rallies Now?
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
GOP Candidate on Abortion: “Get Over It”
Virginia Attacks Trans Kids

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PBS and BBC Team Up to Misinform About Brazil’s Bolsonaro — FAIR
US Refuses to Help Victim of Drone Attack –The Intercept
📺 Reporting on the Death of the Queen — Listening Post
Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Fails Again in Hurricane — Intelligencer
Biden and Covid Team at Odds Over Pandemic Being “Over” — Politico
Fiona Is Atlantic’s First Major Hurricane This Year — Axios
Illinois Eliminating Cash Bail, Outraging Conservatives — Jacobin
Everything You Need to Know About the Asylum Seekers — Border/Lines
Mr. President, Respectfully, What the Fuck? — Discourse Blog
Renewed Iran Nuclear Deal on Life Support — American Prospect
Virginia Attacks Trans Kids — NPR
Anti-Democracy Embraced by the Supreme Court’s Conservatives — The Nation

Puerto Rico Loses Power as Hurricane Fiona Lashes Island

“Total Blackout”
“Catastrophic” Flooding
Disaster Strikes Island Again

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Trump’s Latest Rally Was Even Weirder Than Usual — Intelligencer
Right-Wing Radio Host Blames LGBTQ Community for Rise of Hitler — Media Matters
Biden’s Border Wall Construction Resumes — The Intercept
Which Protest Sign Will Get You Arrested? I Tried to Find Out — VICE
Mixing Christianity With Nationalism Is a Recipe for Fascism — Intelligencer
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Forces Face Mobilized Inmates and Drones — New York Times
GOP Candidates in Battlegrounds Refuse to Commit to Accepting Election Results — Washington Post
“Business as Usual” Might Actually Make the Economy Worse — The Nation
Will the Next Pandemic Start With Chickens? — New Republic
Amazon Raises Prices Throughout Retail, California Alleges — American Prospect

Constitutional Crisis

Judge Keeps Block on Inquiry Into Mar-a-Lago Files and Names Special Master
Everything We’ve Learned About the Mar-a-Lago Raid and Its Aftermath
Another Setback for DOJ

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🔈 Brazil Election Update — The Flashpoint Podcast
Britain’s Dead Monarch Parade is An Affront to Me Personally — Discourse Blog
AOC Goes Off on Clay Higgins — HEATED
Says She Fears How He Treats Women in Public — Jezebel
Mike Rowe Mysteriously Silent as Rail Workers Fight For Rights — The Column
Barbara Ehrenreich Was an Unabashed Socialist — Jacobin
Migrants Lied to, Then Dropped on Martha’s Vineyard — Intelligencer
Zelensky: Another Mass Burial Site Found in Ukraine — Axios
Progressive Caucus Warily Eyes Manchin’s Energy Deal — Politico
Why Resolving Democrats’ Internal War on Climate Policy Will Be Hard — New Republic
A New Study in the ACT Will Let Home-Growers Test Their Weed for Free — VICE
“MAGA Republican” Is a Distinction Without a Difference — The Nation
The Irrefutable Case for Police Reform — American Prospect

Midterm Battle Lines Come Into Focus

Democrats Learning How to Message
Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office
Lindsey Graham’s Unbelievably Cruel Abortion Ban

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Railroad Unions and Companies Reach a Tentative Deal to Avoid a Strike — New York Times
No Silence for the Queen — The Guardian
Indigenous Athlete Caitlin Moran Is Suspended for Criticizing Queen — Jezebel
Andrew Cuomo’s Former Assistant Sues Him Over Sexual Harassment — HuffPost
DNC Edits Bylaws to Let it Overrule Convention — The Intercept
Biden Is Helping Fossil Fuel Donors Weaken His Clean Water Rule — Lever News
Insurers Forcing Change on Police Departments — Washington Post
Crime Claims of CNN’s New Police Expert Don’t Hold Up to Facts — FAIR
Cops Kill Man Who Called for Help — VICE
Will the January 6 Committee End With a Bang or a Whimper? — Intelligencer
Battle Royale for Crypto Oversight Kicks Off — American Prospect

Lindsey Graham Makes Midterms Abortion Referendum With Proposed 15-Week Ban

Lindsey Graham’s “Late-Term” Abortion Ban Is a Lie
Graham Takes the Anti-Choice Campaign National
The Only Honest Republican
Republican Candidate Can’t/Won’t Answer Basic Abortion Question
Republicans Forget About States’ Rights in Attempt to Ban Abortion Nationwide

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 🔊 JK Rowling’s Bad Book — The Flashpoint Podcast
Package Explodes On Boston Campus, Injuring Staffer — HuffPost
Polls Might Be Off, But Dems Should Be Optimistic — New Republic
King Charles III May Keep His Head—His Kingdom Is Another Story — The Nation
Ken Starr, Bill Clinton’s Inquisitor, Dies at 76 — Intelligencer
“I Was Arrested for Criticising the British Monarchy” — VICE
Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist — The Intercept
Child Who Killed Her Adult Rapist Must Pay His Family $150,000 — The Guardian
John Roberts Can’t Admit What’s Happened to the Supreme Court — Slate