Evening Drive: May 20, 2022

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 PartyThe Insurgents
Is Jeff Bezos Preparing To Run For Office?The Guardian
Amazon Lies About International Labor Standard ComplianceJacobin
Tesla Stock Plunges, Down 44% YTDNew York Times
Tesla Insiders Rip Workplace Safety In New DocLos Angeles Times
Chomsky: SCOTUS Illegitimate — TruthOut
Texas Is Investigating Families Of Trans Kids AgainVice

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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 ProjectThe Nation

PLUS:

Ginni Thomas Pressed Arizona Lawmakers To Overturn ElectionWashington Post
Money-Losing Season — New York Magazine
Windfall Tax Needed, Climate Campaigners Say — Common Dreams
Global Elite Descend on DavosCNBC
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 ChaosThe Intercept
How Tuition-Free College Could Help Student Debt CrisisThe Hill

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Midday Magazine: May 19, 2022

WILL BUFFALO SHOOTING PROVOKE A RECKONING?

Buffalo Shooting Suspect Indicted On First-Degree MurderHuffPost
Dispatcher Who Hung Up on Buffalo Shooting Could Be Fired — Washington Post
Texas Law Could Bar Social Companies From Removing ManifestosPolitico
Buffalo Shooting A Reminder Mass Surveillance Doesn’t Protect UsJacobin

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 DilemmaThe Nation
Is the Justice Department Incompetent? — New York Magazine
CDC Investigating 180 Unexplained Cases Of Hepatitis In KidsThe Hill
Wells Fargo Held Fake Interviews To Boost Diversity StatsNew York Times

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Morning Commute: May 19, 2022

GEORGE W BUSH REMINDS US HE DESTROYED IRAQ

George Bush Accidentally Condemns Iraq WarThe 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 ConcernUSA Today
NY AG To Investigate Twitch, Discord After Buffalo ShootingNPR
Kids Fight Back After Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in Schools — TruthOut
Yemeni Civilian Victim Of US Drone Strike Starts GoFundMeThe Intercept
House Passes Bill To Address Formula ShortageCBS News
Biden Invokes Defense Product Act To Ramp Up Formula OutputNPR
Fyre Festival Grifter Released From Prison EarlyNBC News
Rising Rent Costs Yet Another Reason To Cancel Student DebtDaily Kos

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Midday Magazine: May 18, 2022

PRIMARY RESULTS CONTINUE TO COME IN

Biden-Backed Dem Who Blocked Biden Agenda Nears DefeatThe Intercept
Suddenly Republicans Are OK With Counting Mail-In BallotsHuffPost
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 ResignsWashington Post
Earth’s Atmospheric CO2 Hasn’t Been This High In Millions of YearsCommon Dreams
Critical Climate Indicators Broke Records In 2021The Guardian
Biden’s Trip To Israel Getting Trickier By The DayResponsible Statecraft
911 Dispatcher Accused Of Hanging Up On Buffalo Call On LeaveHuffPost

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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

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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

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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

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Evening Drive: May 16, 2022

Chat Logs Show Months Of Planning By Buffalo ShooterThe Daily Beast
There Have Already Been 198 Mass Shootings This YearNPR
Brutal Weekend Of Deadly Shootings Across The CountryRawStory
Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over BuffaloThe Nation
Primaries To Watch TomorrowUS News & World Report
Trump Still Backing Cawthorn Despite Oppo DumpsThe Hill
Moderates Backed By Super PAC Cash In War With ProgressivesPolitico
Abortion Becomes Top Issue To Voters In MidtermsTruthout
Upheaval In NY As Redrawn Congressional Maps UnveiledWashington Post
Health Insurance Costs Could Surge Unless Congress ActsCommon Dreams
New Mexico Wildfire Now Largest In State HistoryAxios
This Army Psyop Ad Is Very Much RealThe Insurgents
Gas Prices Hit Yet Another Record HighCNN
Twitter Stock Has Lost All Of Its Gains Since Musk Disclosed StakeCNBC
A Review Of Supreme Court Justices’ HomesGawker
ICE Is Tracking Your Every MoveJacobin
MiamiCoin Price Plummets 95%Quartz

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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 AdvertisersMedia 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 MillionCommon Dreams
Trader Joes Employees Join Union WaveVICE
Facebook Killed News Feed Changes For Conservatives — Gizmodo
Supreme Court Gives Ted Cruz A Major WinHuffPost
The Fight For Abortion After Roe FallsThe 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

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