Midday Magazine: July 14, 2022

BIDEN’S MIDEAST TRIP ANGERING ACTIVISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES

Administration Trying To Spin Saudi Arabia Trip
Biden’s Dodge On Khashoggi Illustrates Saudi Arabia Flip-Flop
President Silent On Israeli Settlements During Israel Trip
AIPAC Has Taken Over the Democratic Primary Process

PLUS:

House Progressives Want to Put Social Security on the Midterm Agenda — DailyKos
Half Of Americans Support $10,000 Student Debt Cancellation — The Hill
Not One Single Republican Votes for Probe of Neo-Nazis in US Military and Police — Common Dreams
Everything You Need to Know About Buying Abortion Pills Online — VICE
ICE Sexual Assault By Jail Nurse — The Intercept
COVID Hospitalizations Rising Again — Axios
Anti-Abortion Movement Still Not Happy — New York Times
Trump Has Made 2024 Decision — New York Magazine
Mortgage Rates Rise to 5.5% As Volatility Continues — CNN

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Morning Commute: July 14, 2022

HORROR STORY OF 10-YEAR-OLD IN OHIO IN NEED OF ABORTION CONFIRMED

Child Had to Travel to Indiana
Arrest Made in Case
Right-Wing Commentators, Leaders Cast Doubt on Narrative
Fox News Major Offender

PLUS:

John Bolton Knows a Coup When He Sees One — Discourse Blog
Young Voters Have Had it With Older Leaders — New York Times
Looking For Biden’s Replacement — New Republic
Why Assange Matters — FAIR
This Michigan Primary Could Shape Gig Workers’ Rights — Lever News
Gottheimer Gang Taking Wrecking Ball to Remaining Biden Agenda — Common Dreams
Israeli Forces Kill Americans With Impunity — The Intercept
What Cops Did Instead of Saving Children in Uvalde — VICE
Young LGBTQ People Aren’t Waiting for Democrats to Protect Them — The Nation
Jan 6 Committee Heard More Testimony After Hutchinson — Raw Story
NewsMax’s “Butt Dial” Trump Conspiracy — DailyKos
Housing Crisis Goes Inland — New York Times

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Midday Magazine: July 13, 2022

DEMS UNDER PRESSURE

Senate Dems Must Stop Biden’s Anti-Abortion Court Nominee
Manchin Finds New Issue To Drag Feet On In Dem Leg Talks
200+ Hill Staffers Demand Dems Act On Climate
Conservative House Dems Blocking Bill Because it Has Taxes on Rich

PLUS:

Inflation Hit 9.1% In June — NPR
Domestic Computer Chip Manufacturing Bill Stalls In Congress — AP
JB Pritzker and the Gun Lobby — Lever News
Trump Reportedly Fuming Over Jan. 6 Hearings — RawStory
“We Want Accountability” Says Family of Slain Palestinian-American Journalist — Jewish Currents
Another Rikers Drug Overdose, Guards Don’t Carry Narcan — Substance
We Still Need Electoral Organizing — The Nation
ICE Jail Nurse Reportedly Abusing Migrant Women — The Intercept
Social Media Giants Failing To Protect LGBTQIA+ Users — HuffPost
Allegations Against MPP Head Nick Brana, Detailed — The Flashpoint

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Morning Commute: July 13, 2022

BLUE LIVES SCATTER

Video Shows Well-Armed Uvalde Cops Standing Around For Over an Hour
City Officials Complain About Publication of Video
But Paper Says Publishing Was Right Thing to Do

PLUS:

Joe Biden’s Dobbs Response Has Been Breathtakingly Awful — The Cut
Amazon Giving Cops Ring Footage Without Consent — The Intercept
Atlanta Is Building a “Cop City” on the Site of a Former Prison Farm — Jacobin
Amazon Workers Crossing US-Mexico Border Organizing — VICE
Jan 6 Committee Lays Out Evidence Tying Trump to Mob — ABC News
John Bolton: Yeah, I’ve Planned Some Coups — Common Dreams
Josh Hawley Swings and Misses in Hearing on Abortion — DailyKos
Mitt Romney’s Fantasy GOP — New York Times
Voting Registration Skyrockets in Midwest Following Fall of Roe — Jezebel
Twitter-Musk Filing Is Entertaining Reading — New York Magazine

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Midday Magazine: July 12, 2022

RIGHT-WING PLANS ARE IN MOTION

The Rise (Again) of the Right-Wing Religious Nut
GOP Goes After Public Schools
Wisconsin Supreme Court Bans Most Ballot Drop Boxes

PLUS:

White House Quietly Moving Ahead With Anti-Choice Judge — HuffPost
Biden Administration Pushes For Second Booster — Washington Post
Ireland to Ban Anti-Abortion Protests Outside of Clinics — Irish Examiner
National Polls, State Ballots Measure Different “Public Opinions” — FAIR
Ending Teacher Certification Already in Progress — TruthOut
Jill Biden Apologizes For Comparing Hispanic People To Tacos — Politico
Harvard Must Reject Fossil Fuel Money — The Nation
Tucker Carlson’s New Favorite Site Is 4Chan — Rolling Stone
Uvalde Teachers Must Ask For Help To Cover School Supplies — Daily Beast
Police Continue to Evade Uvalde Shooting Records Requests — VICE
Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family Demands Meeting With Biden — The Intercept
The Real Cost of Pregnancy — Vox

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Morning Commute: July 12, 2022

JAN 6 HEARINGS TO RESUME TODAY

Today’s Jan 6 Hearing to Focus on Extremists
Rioter Who Warned of “Civil War” to Testify
Thursday’s Hearing Rescheduled Due to New Information

PLUS:

Ohio Trans Man Arrested After Being Beaten in Attack — DailyKos
AIPAC-Supported Rep Bucked Party Line, Returned Donations — The Intercept
Woman Using Fetus to Fight Traffic Ticket Could Change Law — VICE
Boy, 15, Killed By SWAT Raid in Albuquerque — Common Dreams
Palin Headed For Defeat — Intelligencer
White House Contempt For Its Own Voters — Discourse Blog
But Dems Are Stuck With Biden — New York Magazine
Dems Attempting to Resurrect BBB — Vox
GOP Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind — New York Times

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Midday Magazine: July 11, 2022

ACTIVISTS TAKE CHARGE

Father Of Parkland Victim Interrupts Biden Speech
We Can’t Save Democracy Just by Voting
The Case Against Judicial Review

PLUS:

The Twisted Legal Path to Oklahoma’s Looming Execution Spree — The Intercept
The Great Replacement and White Terror — VICE
HR Departments Are Scrambling Over Abortion Travel Policies — New York Magazine
Former Uber Exec Steps Forward As Leaker — Washington Post
Pressley Demands Biden Declare Public Health Emergency — Common Dreams
Cops Under Investigation For Killing Killed Again — DailyKos
More Money For The Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safe — The Nation
Uncontained Yosemite Fire Now 2,044 Acres Wide — CNBC
Junk Science Being Used To Attack Trans Youth — The Lever

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Morning Commute: July 11, 2022

DEMS DON’T WANT BIDEN IN ’24

The Biden Problem Isn’t Going Away
64% of Dems Want Someone Else
…But No One Is Stepping Forward

MIDTERM MADNESS

Dem Prospects Fading
If GOP Sweeps, Here’s What to Expect

PLUS:

Boebert Reported to FBI Over “Terminate This Presidency” Tweet — Raw Story
Anti-Abortion Zealots Were Precursor to Trumpism — The Intercept
Highland Park Suspect’s Dad Has No Regrets Helping Him Get Gun — VICE
Uber Files Reveal Company’s Dirty Dealings — Common Dreams
Takeaways From the Leak — Washington Post
Scammers Posing as ICE Officials Ripping Off Asylum Seekers — DailyKos
“Abolish ICE” in the Biden Era — Jacobin
Trump Afraid to Say “Vaccine” — Mother Jones
Hundreds of Thousands of COVID Cases Going Unreported — Market Watch

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Evening Drive: July 8, 2022

ELON MUSK BACKS OUT OF BUYING TWITTER IN MOST PREDICTABLE MOVE EVER

Musk Claims Twitter Hasn’t Met Obligations
Twitter to Sue Musk
I Mean, LOL

PLUS:

The Delightful Implosion Of Boris Johnson — New York Times
How Australia Handled Gun Reform After A Mass Shooting — Jacobin
Will No One Defend the American Republic? — Ryan Cooper
Paying Your Dues — HellWorld
North Carolina Bill Would Send EV Chargers to the Trash Heap — Car and Driver
On Stupid Death In America — Harper’s
Stagflation and Global Hunger Rising — TruthOut
COBRA Subsidies Disaster — Sick Note
Kavanaugh Sneaks Out Back Of Restaurant After Protest — Salon
Black Lung Is Still Killing America’s Coal Miners — The Nation
The Rise of the Hereditary Judiciary — New Republic
Biden Team Rejected Emergency Declaration Over Roe Decision — Bloomberg

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Morning Commute: July 8, 2022

BIDEN TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON ABORTION RIGHTS

Biden Finally Does Something
What the Order Will Do
🔈 Still, Frustration Mounts Over Democratic Response

FORMER JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE ASSASSINATED

Abe Shot During Speech
…And Dies From Wounds

PLUS:

Highland Park Begins To Pick Up The Pieces — Chicago Tribune
Will Parents Face Charges in Highland Park Shooting? — NBC Chicago
Trump May Have Committed “Serious Federal Crime” — Raw Story
Murders, Shootings Down in New York — ABC News
California Making Own Insulin — Common Dreams
Dems Need to Look to Past For Future of Abortion Rights — New Republic
Rhode Island Progressives Trying to Take Over State Party — The Intercept
Crypto’s Banking Crisis — New York Magazine
Gun Owners Favor Some Restrictions, Mistrust Government — NPR

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