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INFLATION HEATS UP AS INVESTORS SELL OFF STOCKS

Calculate Your Rate of Inflation
Markets In Free Fall As Investors Sell Everything
Oil Cos. Offloading Assets To Murky Orgs To Inflate Climate Progress

ABORTION RIGHTS A FLASHPOINT FOR PROTEST AND POLITICS

Mass Pro-Choice Protest Outside Justice Alito’s House
Anti-Choice Cuellar Getting $$$ and Support From Dems
Over 25% Of Childbearing-Age Women In Texas Uninsured

PLUS:

World Could Briefly Exceed 1.5c of Warming Over Pre-Industrial Levels In Next Five Years — Reuters
Biden Ditches Covid Aid to Ensure Ukraine War Money — White House
…While Senate Passes Bill Boosting SCOTUS Security — ABC News
No Big Ukraine Announcement From Putin — VICE
Steve Schmidt vs the McCains — New York Magazine
Pillow Salesman Convinced the SCOTUS Leak Was About Him — Insider
OAN Finally Admits No Mass Voter Fraud After Settling Suit — Daily Beast
Manchin Keeps Fucking With Dems — VICE
Australian Officials Find $14 Million Worth Of Cocaine On Riverbank — CNN
Alito and Christian Nationalism — New Republic
Airlines Continue Price-Gouging Flyers — American Prospect

STATE OF PLAY A WEEK AFTER ROE DRAFT OPINION LEAK IS DIRE—BUT SOME GLIMMERS OF HOPE

Long-Term Prospects of Restoring Roe
Georgia Privacy Laws May Leave Abortion Rights in Place
North Carolina Clinic Center of Regional Abortion Debate
Corporate America Silent
Alito’s Power Grab

PLUS:

Holder: GOP Needs to Cheat to Win — CBS News
AOC and Eric Adams Feud — New York Times
Child Hunger Rates In NYC Remain Higher Than Pre-Pandemic — RawStory
Russian TV, Internet Hacked With Antiwar Message — Washington Post
GOP Doubling Down on Crime Fears — The Hill
Sri Lanka PM Resigns Amid Protests — CNN
Imelda Marcos is Back, Baby — Daily Beast
Border Patrol Failing to Count Migrant Deaths — The Intercept
Keir Starmer to Quit if Charged For Breaking Covid Rules — BBC
US Lifting Ukraine Steel Tariffs — New York Times

IS GAY MARRIAGE NEXT?

Draft Opinion Could Set Precedent to Undo Marriage Rights
Plaintiff In Gay Marriage Case Fears What’s to Come
Roe Is Testing Roberts
Mississippi Gov Won’t Rule Out Banning Contraception

PLUS:

Deported Parents May Lose Children — NBC News
John Deere Tractor Kill Switches Aimed at US Farmers — Doctorow
Esper’s Cowardice — The Intercept
Happy Mother’s Day. Can You Comment For This Story About Your Dead Son? — The Flashpoint
Economic Stimulus Works — American Prospect
Protesters Take Aim at Manchin, Sinema — Common Dreams
Black Students in Illinois Victims of Racial Profiling — ProPublica
Democrats Have One Last Chance — Politico
Tenants to Take Over NYC Apartment Building — New York Times
Trump Throws Cawthorn Under the Bus — Rolling Stone

GINNI THOMAS INCREASINGLY SEEN AS LIKELY TO BE LEAKER

The Ginni Hypothesis
Drama!
Ginni Thomas Facebook Account Reveals Deep Right-Wing Connections
Gay Marriage Could Be Next to Fall

ARE WE HEADED TOWARD NUCLEAR WAR? SERIOUSLY

Kinzinger’s Saber Rattling Is Incredibly Dangerous
US Intel Sunk Russian Warship
NATO Back On the Menu
What Does ‘Victory’ Even Look Like?

PLUS:

Trump Wanted to Bomb Mexico, Then Pretend It Was Someone Else –New York Times
Recession Coming? — New Republic
Christian Smalls Crushes Senate Hearing on Amazon Union — CNBC
Sandstorm In Iraq Sends 1,000 to Hospital — Al Arabiya
Federal Cops In LA v Pro-Choice Protesters — LA Times
Bernie Puts Amazon Contracts at Risk — American Prospect
Brittney Griner ‘Wrongfully Detained’ In Russia — ESPN
Arizona Won’t Disclose Expiration Date on Death Penalty Drugs — Arizona Republic
JD Vance, the Future of Trumpism — The Nation

GOP ENDANGERING LIFE OF SCOTUS CLERK

Cruz Accuses Sotomayor Clerk, Admits He Has No Proof
A List of Theories On the Leaker
Roberts Finds Leak (Not Roe Decision) “Absolutely Appalling”
Lunatic Newsmax Host Accuses KBJ Of Being Leaker
Schumer Announces Roe Vote In Senate, Collins Immediately Opposes
Why Dems Probably Won’t Nuke The Filibuster For Abortion

ALSO THERE’S STILL A WAR GOING ON

Washington Needs to Take Russian Threats Seriously
Brutal Battle In Mariupol Steelworks
Pentagon: Us? Targeting Russian Generals? No Way.
Belarus Conducts Drills Near Ukraine Border

PLUS:

The Time to Fight Is Now — Discourse Blog
Texas Hints It May Use Roe Case To Gut Public Education — Common Dreams
White House Taps New Press Secretary — New York Times
LAPD, DHS Cops Attack Pro-Choice Protesters — The Flashpoint Podcast
McCarthy Considered 25th Amendment After 1/6: Audio — Daily Kos
Afghan Refugees Struggling Without Congressional Help — HuffPost
New Omicron Subvariant To Become Dominant Strain — Deadline

AS SENATE DITHERS, SANDERS CALLS FOR ECONOMIC REFORMS

Sanders Blasts Senate For Prioritizing Corporate Welfare — Common Dreams
Sanders and Senate Dems Call For Better Pay For Senate Dining Workers — The Hill

ROE FALLOUT REACHES WELL PAST US BORDERS

Global Stakes of Roe — Washington Post
Roe Won’t Motivate Democrats, Or Hurt Republicans — New Republic
Data Firm Tracking Abortion Clinic Visitors — VICE
Louisiana GOP Moves To Label All Abortions Murder — Lafayette Daily Advertiser

PLUS:

US Finally Admits It Hit 1,000,000 Covid Deaths — NBC News
Pity the Billionaire — New York Magazine
Elon Musk To Serve As Twitter CEO After Deal Closes — CNBC
Here Are The Investors Backing Elon — BBC
GOP Chances in 10 Key Governor Races — FiveThirtyEight
Michigan AG Calls For Full Student Debt Cancellation — WLUC
Left in Europe Confronts Resurgent NATO — The Intercept
Russian State Media Claims to Discover Militarized Ukrainian Witches — Vice
Campaign Cash Buying Corporate Welfare — The Lever
Strippers Turn Lockout Into Picket Line — The Nation
Literally Who Asked For This — The Daily Beast

DESPITE ROE, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP BACKS ANTI-CHOICE CANDIDATE

“We Cannot Afford to Take That Risk”: Challenger Jessica Cisneros
Undaunted, Clyburn Stumps for Anti-Abortion Cuellar

WHAT THE END OF ABORTION RIGHTS MEANS:

People of Color Will Be Targeted By Authorities — VICE
Senate Dems Will Fail to Save Us — New York Magazine
Nobody Wants to Hear It From Collins and Murkowski — Discourse Blog
Or Joe Manchin, For That Matter — Raw Story
These Companies Pledge To Help Employees Access Abortions — NPR
Canada Says Door Open For Americans Who Need Abortions — The Hill


PLUS:

Alito Bails On Judicial Conference — HuffPost
It’s Time for Democrats to Do More Than Vote-Shaming — The Nation
MAGA Lunatics Target Random Supreme Court Clerk — The Daily Beast
US Intelligence Helping Ukraine Kill Russians — New York Times
Seven Wildfires in New Mexico — CNN
Don Jr. Meets With 1/6 Committee — The Guardian
Uber Loses $5.6 Billion — New York Times
Biden Openly Praises War Profiteering At Lockheed Martin — Common Dreams
Newsom Moves To Regulate Crypto In California — CNBC
Judge Accepts Chauvin’s Plea Deal In George Floyd Murder Case — CNN
Amazon Anti-Union Consultant Brags About Infiltrating AFL-CIO — The Intercept

Starbucks Anti-Union Propaganda Machine — The Guardian
Supporting These State Races Can Help Protect Roe — Blue Tent
These 13 Corporations Gave $15 Million To Anti-Choice Politicians — Popular Info
Newsmax Blowhard Baselessly Accuses Ketanji Brown Jackson Of Leak — Daily Beast
NYC Covid Hospitalizations Triple In Past Month — The Hill
Ireland Reunification Closer Than Ever as Sinn Fein Prepares to Sweep NI Elections — AP News
Justice Dept. Charges 12 Docs For Fueling Opioid Epidemic — CBS News
War in Ukraine Should Mean Reset of Biden Policy — Foreign Affairs
‘Pro-Life’ Candidate Flails When Asked About Assaulting Pregnant Wife —HuffPost
Why Clyburn Is Endorsing, and Campaigning For, Anti-Choice Dem — More Perfect Union
Crypto Super PAC Muscles Into Pa. Senate Race — Politico
Without a Right to Healthcare, How Can There Be a Right to Abortion? — Sick Note
Dem Senate Candidate Drops Campaign Ad Featuring Slave Plantation — New York Post
You Can Use Multiple Slurp Juices On An Ape — BuzzFeed News

ANGER INCREASING OVER DEMOCRATIC INACTION ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

“Just Vote Harder” Isn’t Going to Work
Cisneros Calls On Top Dems To Drop Anti-Choice Cuellar
Democrats Need to Show Some Fight—Now
Right-Wing Dark Money Created This Mess

LABOR FIGHTS HEAT UP:

Amazon, Starbucks Labor Organizers Invited to White House — Bloomberg
How Amazon Derailed Staten Island Union Drive — New Yorker
Intimidation? Starbucks to Raise Wages—For Non-Union Workers — New York Times
Montreal Amazon Warehouse Union Drive In Full Swing — CBC

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Protest and Resistance — Defector
Oklahoma Prepares Post-Roe Abortion Ban — HuffPost
Data Broker Selling Abortion Clinic User Data — VICE
Death Row Horror — The Guardian
The Institutionalist’s Dilemma — The AP
Oklahoma Statue of Native American Ballerina Destroyed — The Guardian
Covid Mental Impairment Can Be Equivalent of Aging 20 Years: UK Study — Sky News
GOP Running Down Clock on 1/6 Subpoenas — BuzzFeed
Washington’s Rotten Fruit in Burkina-Faso — Responsible Statecraft
TurboTax To Shell Out $141 Million For Scamming Users — CNN

PROTESTS, ANGER OVER ROE

Pelosi Tries To Save Anti-Choice Man In Runoff Against Pro-Choice Woman Minority Rule Is Here
Dems Hope For “Seismic Shift” In Midterms
What Your State Will Look Like If Roe Falls
4 Theories On The SCOTUS Leak

PRIMARY ELECTIONS:

JD Vance Win Shows That Trump Still Controls GOP — New Statesman
Turner Loses to Shontel Brown—Again — HuffPost
…After Progressive Groups Abandon Her Campaign — The Intercept
Easy Win For Blue Dog Tim Ryan Over Progressive Challenger — NPR
Full Primary Results: Ohio; Indiana — New York Times

PLUS:

Asset Forfeiture Cash Paid For Controversial Facial Recognition Tech — The Intercept
Who Cares About the Leak? — Sh!tpost
Susan Collins Is Just Shocked At This — New York Magazine
So, We’re Doing This Thing Again — Axios
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, 14th This Year — ABC News
New York Considers Requiring More Transparency From Wall Street — Jacobin
Covid Hits Multiple Outlets After WHCD Superspreader — CNN
Anti-Choice Man Tragically Survives Scaling Salesforce Tower — Gawker