Midday Magazine: August 22, 2022

Will Biden Forgive Student Loans?

Student Loan Decision Expected This Week
Potentially “Momentous Week” On Student Loans
What’s On The Table

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Healthcare Workers In US Have Had EnoughCNN
Sanders Joins Striking Workers in Boston — Common Dreams
Mormons Must Release Abuse Evidence: Court — Axios
Miners Must Pay $13 Million for Strike, Biden’s NLRB Rules — TruthOut
The Emptiness of Andrew Yang — The Column
Alabama Town Disbands Police Department — Jezebel
Anti-Abortion Groups Push for Fetal Personhood — New York Times
Can Ocean Shipping Go Green? — American Prospect
Police Brutality Caught On Tape AgainLaw Dork
How Sotomayor Became The Conscience Of SCOTUSThe Nation

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Morning Commute: August 22, 2022

Progressives and Moderates Set to Clash in New York Primary Tuesday

Yuh-Line Niou Steps Up for City’s Disabled Community
Niou and the WFP Line
Alessandra Biaggi Offers Progressive Vision
NYT-Endorsed Goldman Appears Tough to Beat

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🔈 Fringe Left Movement Leader Accused of Misconduct — The Flashpoint Podcast
Podcast Appearance Lands Man in Hot Water With Court — Times Union
Federal Appeals Court Gives Graham Reprieve — New York Times
Ilhan Omar Suggests Democrats Give Voters Reason to Support — Common Dreams
Japan PM Support Tumbles Over Covid — Reuters
Trump Not Necessary for Things to Get Really Bad — Slate
The Cost of Death in Gaza — The Intercept
Anti-Abortion “Pregnancy Centers” Flourishing After Dobbs — Axios
Progressives Spar Over Homeless in LA — Substance
HBO Max Removes Sesame Street From Streaming — Variety

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Midday Magazine: August 19, 2022

Russia-Ukraine War Wages On

Pro-Ukrainian Saboteurs Are Behind Blasts At Russian Sites
Illusion of Calm In Odesa
Russian Spies Misread Ukraine And Misled Kremlin As War Loomed

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Fox Pushing Smear Against Merrick Garland — Media Matters
PA Senate Race in Fetterman’s Hands — Washington Post
GOP Blowing “Red Tsunami” — VICE
“Only Moral CEO” Turns Out To Be Total Scumbag — New York Times
Mar-a-Lago and National Crisis — Salon
2028 LA Olympics Creating Housing Disaster — New Republic
Maine Nurses Keep Union in Landslide Vote — Common Dreams
The Real Inflation Reduction Acts — American Prospect
Biden Ignoring Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh — The Intercept
Biden Admin Urges States To Ration Monkeypox VaccineHuffPost

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Morning Commute: August 19, 2022

DeSantis’s Florida Taking Shape, But Courts Step In

“Voter Fraud” Crackdown Begins
Governor in the “Upside Down,” Says Judge
Courts Slowing Down Dark Vision for State

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Forget Alex Jones—Look at His Helpers — FAIR
How Peter Baker’s Feelings Become “News” — American Prospect
Scientists Unlock Destroying “Forever Chemicals” — VICE
Brian Stetler’s CNN Show Canceled — NPR
New Orleans Denied Flood Recovery Money Over Abortion — Alternet
Twitter Account “Libs of TikTok” Pushing Violence Against Children’s Hospitals — Media Matters
Transphobic Utah Parents Launch Witch Hunt Against Teen — Intelligencer
J.D. Vance’s Wall Street Tax Dodge — Lever News
Judge May Unseal Some of Mar-a-Lago Warrant — Washington Post
Trumps Get Involved in NY Primary — New Republic
Putin’s Spies Blew it in Ukraine — Alternet
A Progressive Vision of the Economy — The Intercept

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Midday Magazine: August 18, 2022

Florida Teen Abortion Case Grows More Complicated

Florida Teen’s Abortion Case Highlights Issues With Parental Consent Laws
States With Toughest Abortion Laws Have Weakest Maternal Support
Holding Prosecutors to Account in the Wake of Dobbs
Google Employees Push For Abortion Coverage For Contractors

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NYT Facing Backlash Over Endorsement — The Intercept
Milwaukee Sends Two Socialists to State House — Jacobin
Woman Sues Landlord Over “Sexual Intercourse” Lease Contract — VICE
The Importance of Nuclear Weapons Treaties — FAIR
US v Trump, Redux — Salon
Biden Urged to Cancel Student Debt — Common Dreams
Liz Cheney Will Continue to Fight Trump, Says Raskin — New Republic
Our Suburban PanopticonHate It Here

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Morning Commute: August 18, 2022

Record Heat Putting Workers in Danger

Factory Shutdowns in China
Teamsters Warn UPS Workers in Danger
States Can Act to Protect Workers—But Will They?

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🔈 In the Fog of War — Insurgents
Texas School Bans the Bible — VICE
The Humiliation of Dr. Oz Is Nearly Complete — New Republic
When Reactionaries Fight Alphabet Boys — Forever Wars
Kids Born Near Fracking Sites More Likely to Develop Leukemia — Common Dreams
Navy Failing to Prevent Vet Suicides — The Intercept
Little Difference Between Liz Cheney and Trump — Jacobin
Antisemitic Threats to Florida Judge Should Be Bigger Story — FAIR
The New Holy War — Salon
No Arrests Six Months After HBCU Bomb Threats — Politico

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Midday Magazine: August 17, 2022

Abortion Ban Nightmare Stories

Louisiana Woman May Be Forced to Give Birth to a Headless Baby
16-Year-Old Not “Mature” Enough for Abortion, Judge Rules
Abortion Providers Ask for End to Interviewing Anti-Abortion Propagandists
Biden’s Emergency Care Abortion Guidance Challenged In Court
Abortion Is Legal In This State. Rogue Prosecutors Are Interfering Anyway.

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Wildlife Shouldn’t Suffer Because of Human Stupidity — New Republic
Afghans Still Waiting — Axios
Boston Children’s Hospital Under Threat From Far-Right — NBC News
How Starbucks Is Fighting Union Drive — American Prospect
Liz Cheney’s Loss and the State of the GOP — New York Times
Lead Exposure In Housing Lowers Black Children’s Reading Scores The Hill
Andrew Cuomo Wins Lawsuit Over Book DealPolitico
Recent Migrant Deaths Highlight The Danger Of DeterrenceThe Nation

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Morning Commute: August 17, 2022

Liz Cheney Loses Primary in Landslide

In Loss, Cheney Hints at Presidential Run
Promises to Continue to Fight Trump
Result a Sign of GOP Loyalty to Former President

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Murkowski Advances to General Election in Alaska — HuffPost
Palin Faces General Election Contest for House Seat — Axios
Progressives Go After Right-Wing Dem — The Nation
Can Biden Wake Up the Youth Vote? — New Republic
The Inflation Reduction Act and What Comes Next — Notes on the Crises
Progressives Cheer on Signing of Bill — Common Dreams
Starbucks Continues to Union Bust — Jacobin
Far Right Boogaloo Bois Fighting in Ukraine — VICE
Prisoner Uprising Brutally Repressed — It’s Going Down
Lawmakers Demand Gov Agencies Reveal Info They Purchased — Gizmodo
What’s Rudy Up To? — Intelligencer
“No Real Consequences” for Toxic Emissions Events — American Prospect

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Midday Magazine: August 16, 2022

Dems Get Much Needed Midterm Boost

Maybe Dems Midterm Hopes Aren’t Lost
Inflation, Abortion & Bad Republicans Helping Dems
Trumps Legal Troubles Could Help Dems In November
Dems, Repubs Equally Angry Ahead Of Midterms

PLUS:
11 Questions About Dr. Oz’s Crudité Video — Intelligencer
The Mad Plan to Save Earth by Flooding It With Phytoplankton — Daily Beast
Sarah Palin’s Comeback — New York Times
Jill Biden Has CovidNPR
Rich Nations Vaccine Hoarding Again — Common Dreams
Will We Be the Last Civilization to Collapse? — Salon
Mexico Arrested 167 Cartel Members at Once. It Did Not Go Well. — VICE
The End of Remain in Mexico — Border / Lines
Hillary Goes After Bernie, Again — Jacobin
Bed Bath & Beyond Becomes Latest Meme StockCNBC

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Morning Commute: August 16, 2022

DOJ Resists Making Trump Affidavit Public for National Security Reasons

Release Would “Complicate” Investigation
Trump Had “Highly Classified Materials”
Threats to FBI Added to Fears
Trump’s In La-La Land When It Comes to Executive Privilege
🔈 More Like Mar-a-Lame-O
Meanwhile, Trump Casts About for Scapegoat—Rudy

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LA Reform DA Stays in Office — Intelligencer
Facebook’s Abortion Warrant — Cruel and Unusual
“Viruses Show Us That We Are Connected” –Discourse Blog
Netflix Military Propaganda Movie Encounters Criticism — Jezebel
Do You Live in America’s Future Heat Belt? — Gizmodo
Cop PAC Protects Conservative Dem — The Intercept
Substack v Forever Wars — Forever Wars
80% of US Voters Support Expanding Social Security — Common Dreams

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