The Gig Economy Is Broken — VICE
Polling On Abortion Misses the Forest For the Trees — FAIR
Trump-Backed Candidate Wants to Ban Birth Control — HuffPost
Israeli Official: Anger at Killing of Journalist Rooted in “Anti-Jewish Racism” — The Intercept
Corporate Dem Falls In Primary — Salon
Can Progressive Electoral Wins Change The Democratic Party — The Insurgents
Is Jeff Bezos Preparing To Run For Office? — The Guardian
Amazon Lies About International Labor Standard Compliance — Jacobin
Tesla Stock Plunges, Down 44% YTD — New York Times
Tesla Insiders Rip Workplace Safety In New Doc — Los Angeles Times
Chomsky: SCOTUS Illegitimate — TruthOut
Texas Is Investigating Families Of Trans Kids Again — Vice
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Midday Magazine: May 20, 2022
BATTLE LINES DRAWN
Bernie Prepares For War With AIPAC — New York Times
AIPAC’s Dangerous New Antidemocratic Project — The Nation
PLUS:
Ginni Thomas Pressed Arizona Lawmakers To Overturn Election — Washington Post
Money-Losing Season — New York Magazine
Windfall Tax Needed, Climate Campaigners Say — Common Dreams
Global Elite Descend on Davos — CNBC
Grain Elevator vs Black History — ProPublica
Bookstore in Virginia Sued Over Banned Books — Book Riot
US Somali Redeployment Threatens Civilians — Human Rights Watch
Visual Investigation Shows Russian War Crimes — New York Times
Teachers in Texas Required By Law to Give Buffalo Shooter Ideology Equal Weight — NBC News
Private Equity Gloats Over Doctor Glut — Lever News
Oklahoma Abortion Ban Means Surveillance, Criminalization And Chaos — The Intercept
How Tuition-Free College Could Help Student Debt Crisis — The Hill
Midday Magazine: May 19, 2022
WILL BUFFALO SHOOTING PROVOKE A RECKONING?
Buffalo Shooting Suspect Indicted On First-Degree Murder — HuffPost
Dispatcher Who Hung Up on Buffalo Shooting Could Be Fired — Washington Post
Texas Law Could Bar Social Companies From Removing Manifestos —Politico
Buffalo Shooting A Reminder Mass Surveillance Doesn’t Protect Us — Jacobin
POST ROE AMERICA WILL BE HELL
She Went to Mexico From Texas For Reproductive Health Care — VICE
Jayapal Backs Cisneros — Common Dreams
PLUS:
NYC Fire Code v Solar — Grist
Biden Needs to Be Straight With Whites — Salon
Richard Nixon, Mets Sicko — Defector
Ukraine Museum Collecting Artifacts in Real Time — Guardian
Anti-War Activists Face Moral Dilemma — The Nation
Is the Justice Department Incompetent? — New York Magazine
CDC Investigating 180 Unexplained Cases Of Hepatitis In Kids — The Hill
Wells Fargo Held Fake Interviews To Boost Diversity Stats — New York Times
Morning Commute: May 19, 2022
GEORGE W BUSH REMINDS US HE DESTROYED IRAQ
George Bush Accidentally Condemns Iraq War — The Guardian
A “Telling Slip”
Not Funny, It’s Impunity
PRIMARY FALLOUT
MAGA Leaves Trump Behind
Primary Wins Are All About the Long Game
PLUS:
Vindman Faced Retaliation — Washington Post
Covid Spiking — New York Times
Monkeypox Cases Causing Global Concern — USA Today
NY AG To Investigate Twitch, Discord After Buffalo Shooting — NPR
Kids Fight Back After Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in Schools — TruthOut
Yemeni Civilian Victim Of US Drone Strike Starts GoFundMe — The Intercept
House Passes Bill To Address Formula Shortage — CBS News
Biden Invokes Defense Product Act To Ramp Up Formula Output — NPR
Fyre Festival Grifter Released From Prison Early — NBC News
Rising Rent Costs Yet Another Reason To Cancel Student Debt — Daily Kos
Midday Magazine: May 18, 2022
PRIMARY RESULTS CONTINUE TO COME IN
Biden-Backed Dem Who Blocked Biden Agenda Nears Defeat — The Intercept
Suddenly Republicans Are OK With Counting Mail-In Ballots — HuffPost
Big Lie Big With GOP Voters — New York Times
Dem Voters Bucked Party Leadership — Lever News
PLUS:
NYC Has More AirBnBs Than Apartments For Rent — Curbed
Roe Didn’t Break America (It Was Already Broken) — The Atlantic
U.S. Diplomats Abroad ‘Routinely Denied Access’ to Reproductive Care — Foreign Policy
Biden’s Disinfo Board On Pause, Leader Resigns — Washington Post
Earth’s Atmospheric CO2 Hasn’t Been This High In Millions of Years — Common Dreams
Critical Climate Indicators Broke Records In 2021 — The Guardian
Biden’s Trip To Israel Getting Trickier By The Day — Responsible Statecraft
911 Dispatcher Accused Of Hanging Up On Buffalo Call On Leave — HuffPost
Morning Commute: May 18, 2022
FETTERMAN SHEARS LAMB
Not Even Close as Lt Governor Annihilates Conservative Dem
Fetterman Wins on Vibes
Attention Shifts to General
MORE RESULTS
Mastriano GOP Pick For PA Gov
Cawthorn Cooked
Progressive Voters Send Stunning Rebuke Of Manchin-Sinema Wing
Booker Wins in Kentucky
PLUS:
Manchin Standing in Way of Gun Reform Now — The Hill
Replacement Theory Based in Resource Scarcity — The Intercept
DOJ Wants 1/6 Committee Transcripts — New York Times
Senators Demand Investigation of Guns Marketed To Kids — HuffPost
Glenn Greenwald, Tucker’s Mouthpiece — The Nation
Boos For Wyoming Senator’s Anti-Trans Remarks — Daily Kos
Great Replacement and Trump’s Big Lie are Merging — Raw Story
UK Inflation Hits 40 Year High — BBC
Russia’s Declining Energy Industry — New York Times
Elon Musk’s Twitter Bid Looks Dead — Axios
Blaming Robots For Taking Our Jobs — New Yorker
Evening Drive: May 17, 2022
REELING NATION LOOKS FOR ANSWERS AFTER MASSACRE
America’s Impenetrable Fog of Innocence
The Right and the Buffalo Shooter
Rinse, Repeat
Months of Planning Before Attack
PRIMARY NIGHT PROMISES DRAMA
Bernie: Please Stop the Attacks on Progressive Candidates
SCOTUS Made it Easier For Rich to Bankroll Candidates
Are Dems Burning Good Money on Bad Primaries?
Progressive Rundown
PLUS:
CRT Making My Kid Not Do Chores, Says Mom — Salon
Mariupol Retreat a “Surrender,” Says Russia — USA Today
Surge in Anti-Trans Violence, But Low Media Coverage — Media Matters
Ben Shapiro, Jackass — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Study: Shut Down Fossil Fuel Production Now, Before It’s Too Late — The Guardian
Military List of UFO Sightings Doubled in Past Year — Rolling Stone
Crypto Crash Just the Beginning — VICE
March Chinese Plane Crash “Intentional Act” — ABC News
Pentagon: We Did Nothing Wrong in 2019 Airstrike — New York Times
Morning Commute: May 17, 2022
PRIMARY DAY IN STATES AROUND COUNTRY A REFERENDUM FOR DEMS, GOP
Dem Hopes and Dreams in PA Primary
Christian Nationalism in the PA GOP Race
Trump-Backed Candidate in NC Gets Big Bucks
RECKONING WITH THE BUFFALO SHOOTER
Buffalo Shooting Wasn’t a Random Act
Normalization of White Male Violence
Arizona’s Wendy Rogers Under Investigation For Comments After Shooting
White Terrorism
PLUS:
Tripping On the Abortion Pill — Sick Note
Congressional Inaction to Lead to Higher Health Insurance Premiums — Common Dreams
Biden DOJ Dithers as Trump Casts Long Shadow — Alternet
Why Is Finland Joining NATO? — New Statesman
Living With The Far-Right Insurgency In Idaho — HuffPost
SCOTUS Greenlights Corruption — Popular Info
Elon Musk Backs Away From Twitter Deal — New York Times
Evening Drive: May 16, 2022
Chat Logs Show Months Of Planning By Buffalo Shooter — The Daily Beast
There Have Already Been 198 Mass Shootings This Year — NPR
Brutal Weekend Of Deadly Shootings Across The Country — RawStory
Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over Buffalo — The Nation
Primaries To Watch Tomorrow — US News & World Report
Trump Still Backing Cawthorn Despite Oppo Dumps — The Hill
Moderates Backed By Super PAC Cash In War With Progressives — Politico
Abortion Becomes Top Issue To Voters In Midterms — Truthout
Upheaval In NY As Redrawn Congressional Maps Unveiled — Washington Post
Health Insurance Costs Could Surge Unless Congress Acts — Common Dreams
New Mexico Wildfire Now Largest In State History — Axios
This Army Psyop Ad Is Very Much Real — The Insurgents
Gas Prices Hit Yet Another Record High — CNN
Twitter Stock Has Lost All Of Its Gains Since Musk Disclosed Stake — CNBC
A Review Of Supreme Court Justices’ Homes — Gawker
ICE Is Tracking Your Every Move — Jacobin
MiamiCoin Price Plummets 95% — Quartz
Midday Magazine: May 16, 2022
FALLOUT FROM BUFFALO SHOOTING REVEALS DANGER FROM FAR-RIGHT
The Right’s Embrace of Racist Conspiracy — Popular Info
…And Why They Don’t Want You to Talk About It — The Flashpoint
Buffalo Shooting A Decision Point For Fox Advertisers — Media Matters
PLUS:
“Grim Irony” of Depp/Heard Trial — VICE
Red States Against Green Energy — New York Magazine
Median Pay For CEOs Hits Record High $14.7 Million — Common Dreams
Trader Joes Employees Join Union Wave — VICE
Facebook Killed News Feed Changes For Conservatives — Gizmodo
Supreme Court Gives Ted Cruz A Major Win — HuffPost
The Fight For Abortion After Roe Falls — The Nation
How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus? — New York Times
Pelosi-Endorsed Blue Dog Called Her “Truly Terrible Person” — The Intercept
Biden Set To Redeploy Troops To Somalia After Trump Withdrawal — The Hill
Self-Managed Abortion is a Nightmare In The Surveillance Age — VICE