Morning Commute: June 17, 2022

REVELATIONS FROM 1/6 HEARING ADDING UP

Trump Aides Warned Pence Plan Was Illegal
“Certifiably Crazy” Attempts By Trump on Election
Key Details From Hearing
Jan 6 “Bombshells”

PLUS:

GOP Tests Its Plan For 2024 — VICE
Blockchain Will Survive Crypto Crash — New York Times
Inflation Won’t Be Under Control Soon — New York Magazine
White Parents Chased Black Educator From Town to Town — ProPublica
Assange Extradition to US Approved — The Guardian
Commission Approves Ukraine EU Candidacy — New York Times
Two Dead In Alabama Church Shooting — CBS News

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Morning Commute: June 16, 2022

RIGHT-WING ATTACKS ON LGBTQ COMMUNITY INCREASING

The War On Pride
Anti-LGBTQ Right Is Going to Get People Killed
Patriot Front Member Kicked Out Of Mom’s House

JAN. 6 HEARINGS CONTINUE

The 1/6 Hearings Will Not Save Us
Why Isn’t Mike Pence Testifying?
Tump Lawyer Cited SCOTUS “Fight” Over Election Results

PLUS:

SCOTUS Prepared to Reverse Miranda — The Hill
If You’re Scared of the City, Move to the Suburbs — Substance
The Kingdom Always Wins — Discourse Blog
Fed Rate Hike to Fight Inflation Could Induce Recession — New York Times
Brittney Griner’s Russia Nightmare Continues — New York Magazine
Thinking Twice About Replacing Biden — New Republic
Warnock and Walker Tied: Poll — The Hill
Trump “Intentionally Misled” Donors on Big Lie — Alternet
Right-Wing Crypto CEO’s Manifesto Makes Waves — VICE

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Midday Magazine: June 15, 2022

WARNING SIGNS AHEAD

Extraordinary Heating In Arctic: Study
“Off the Scale” Feedback Loop
Unprecedented Floods in Yellowstone
Meanwhile, Oil Lobbyists Urge White House to Relax Climate Goals

PLUS:

Federal Prosecutors and Jan. 6 — Intercepted
Data Shows Toronto Police History of Racism — Toronto Star
Voting Disinfo Is Offline Too — New York Times
SCOTUS Tosses GOP Effort To Preserve Trump-Era Immigration RuleCNN
Baltimore Fire Injures Three After Pride Flag Burned — CBS Baltimore
Federal Hate Crime Charges For Buffalo Shooter — NBC News
Proud Boys Were “Architects” of Capital Riot — Daily Beast
Abortions Increase After 30 Years Of DeclineNew York Times
What the Fuck is Nick Kristof Talking About? — Discourse Blog
GOP Rep’s Capitol TourBefore 1/6 Riot Probed — Alternet
Rotten Roots of the IMF and the World Bank — The Nation

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Morning Commute: June 15, 2022

TRUMP-BACKED ELECTION DENIERS ROLL IN PRIMARIES

Trump-Backed Election Denier Wins SoS Primary In Nevada
SC Rep. Who Backed Impeachment Loses To Trump-Backed Challenger
Full South Carolina, Nevada Primary Results

PLUS:

Warnock, Walker Tied In Georgia Senate RaceThe Hill
Secret Service Emails From 1/6 Hearing Show Panic — VICE
Most of the World Breathes Dangerous, Unsafe Air — EPIC
Merrick Garland, January 6, and Democracy — New Republic
The January 6 Hearings Are Failed Political TheaterJacobin
Meltdowns Bringing Progressive World To A StandstillThe Intercept
Why the Far Right Is Targeting the LGBTQ Community — PBS
Senate Gun Bill By July 4? — Axios
The SF Heiress Complaining About Crime — LA Times
Wind and Solar Bailing Out Texas Energy Grid — CNN
Richard Spencer, Political… Moderate? — Jezebel
The Power of Media to Determine What Matters — Just Impact

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Evening Drive: June 14, 2022

FALLOUT FROM INSURRECTION INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

Who Cares About the 1/6 Hearing?
Trump Needed 12 Pages to Be Pissed Off About the 1/6 Committee
Photos From Election Night 2020

PLUS:

Hatewatch Identifies White Nationalist Book Publishers — SPLC
Nebraska GOP PAC Under Investigation — DailyKos
Medicare For All Would Have Saved Lives During Pandemic — Common Dreams
49 Million Facing Famine — Washington Post
Dem Leaders Are Smiling Their Way to Apocalypse — New York Times
Biden’s Medicare Price Hike — Lever News
Markey Calls On Ring to Be Less Cop-Friendly — The Intercept
Historic Floods Wash Out Yellowstone Roads — HuffPost
Gun Bill Gets McConnell’s Support — The Hill
Border Patrol Agents Circulating Racist “Challenge Coin” — Miami Herald

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Midday Magazine: June 14, 2022

Time to Impeach Clarence Thomas — DailyKos
Untold Story Of Ginni Thomas’s Anti-Cult ActivismNBC News
Poll: Biden Needs to Go After Corporate Cheats to Rein in Inflation — Common Dreams
Potato Roll Empire Bankrolling Far-Right Candidate in Pennsylvania — New York Magazine
Nevada Primaries Today, What Races To WatchPolitico
Dems Need to Go Big or Go Home — The Intercept
Wednesday’s Jan 6 Hearing Postponed a Day — ABC News
Biden Will Visit Saudi Arabia and Israel Next Month — AP
Violent Threats Against Congress Have Doubled Last Five YearsCBS
To Prevent The Next School Shooting, Listen To Young PeopleThe Nation
Mark Levin’s American Marxism Is An Insult To Your IntelligenceJacobin
Coinbase Lays Off 18% Of Staff, Prepares For Crypto WinterCNBC
Musk To Address Twitter Staff For First TimeAP

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Morning Commute: June 14, 2022

AS ROE REPEAL LOOMS, TAKING STOCK OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Missouri Birth Control Fight Harbinger of Post-Roe World
23 States Will Ban Abortion When Roe Falls, and Offer Parents Nothing

THE BIG LIE AND THE GOP

The Big Lie’s Effect on Local Races
GOP Ties to Extremists On Display
Don’t Be Fooled By the Jan 6 Hearings

PLUS:

“The Children Scream From the Hunger at Night” In Afghanistan — Common Dreams
Anti-Trans Bigots Fueling Attacks On Pride Events — The Intercept
Mutilated Body of Zimbabwean Activist Found — VICE
Crypto Crash Goes From Bad to Worse — VICE
Trump and Giuliani Were Locked In From the Jump — New York Magazine
NY’s BQE Is Crumbling With No Fix in Sight — New York Times
Big Tech’s Biden Administration Lackey — American Prospect
Fed Chair Targets Workers, Lets CEO Pay Slide — Lever News
Garland Should Do Job or Resign: Former Federal Prosecutor — New Civil Rights Movement

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Midday Magazine: June 13, 2022

JAN 6 HEARINGS CONTINUE

Where Do the 1/6 Hearings Go From Here?
Key Witness Backs Out Of 1/6 Hearing

PLUS:

Starbucks CEO Begs Workers To Return To the Office — Insider
Fed Declares War on Workers — Lever News
The Bad Vibes Economy — Vox
Eric Adams Approval Nosedives — Insider
The Case For “Highbrow Shitposting” — Columbia Journalism Review
American Elite Silence on Afghanistan — The Week
Amazon Attempts to Overturn Staten Island Union Vote — Gothamist
Biden Team Doesn’t Understand the Press — New Republic
Texas Cops Want Uvalde Body Cam Footage Suppressed — VICE
Chelsea Manning Is Putting the Pieces Back Together — Daily Beast

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Midday Magazine: June 10, 2022

FALLOUT FROM JAN 6 HEARINGS HAS GOP ON EDGE

1/6 Hearings Went For Jugular
Capitol Cop Describes Slipping On Blood During Attack
The Trial Trump Feared Is Here
What the Hearings Are Really About

PRIDE MONTH ASSAULT ON LGBTQ+ CONTINUES

Attacks on Trans Youth Are a Fascist “Moral Battering Ram”
Evangelical Attacks On Community Ramping Up

PLUS:

Spoiler Or Needed Voice? — The Flashpoint Podcast
Inflation Is Killing “Economic Optimism” — New York Magazine
The Death of Newspapers — American Prospect
Animal Rights Activists Face Trial Over Hog Farm Occupation — Unicorn Riot
Gun Bill the “Floor” Says Dem — New Republic
Uvalde Resiste — Latino Rebels
Vaccine Equity, Insurance and Covid — FAIR

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Morning Commute: June 10, 2022

JAN 6 HEARINGS BEGIN

Trump ‘Lit the Flame’ For 1/6 Riot
The 5 Most Dramatic Moments From Jan 6. Hearing

UVALDE FALLOUT CONTINUES

More Details Emerge On How Uvalde Cops Hid Outside As Kids Died
Uvalde Chief Lies, Claims Officers “Never Hesitated” to Enter School
Dems Regret Not Extending the Assault Weapons Ban

PLUS:

Invasion News on the Front Page—When It’s Not the US — FAIR
Amy Klobuchar and the Shipping Cartel — The Intercept
Cop Charged With Murder For On-Duty Shooting — VICE
Washington Post: Somnez Out After Newsroom Turmoil — Daily Beast
Bernie Sanders Endorses Challenger To Dina TitusPolitico
Trump’s Interior Sec. Projected To Win House PrimaryWashington Post
Natural Gas Boom Could Add Over 90 Million Tons Of Emissions AnnuallyCommon Dreams
Drug Testing Changes Could Imperil Transportation Workers — American Prospect
Democrats Need Vision, Any Vision — New York Magazine
The Modern-Day Captains Of Industry Linked To The Nazis — Lever News
How the Pandemic Changed the Professor-Student Relationship — Chronicle

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