Sen. Cassidy: Maternal Death Rates Only Bad If You Count Black People — Vanity Fair
Top Consulting Firm Worked For Russian Weapon Co. & Pentagon At Same Time — CNBC
Fascist Orbán: Key To Power Is Right Wing Media — Common Dreams
Florida Is Banning Social Justice In Textbooks — Mother Jones
Weed Violations Have Taken 10,000 Truckers Off The Road — KPLC
Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner Indicted On Health Care Fraud — WSB
Herschel Walker Wants Total Abortion Ban — The Hill
Trump Thought About Quitting After ‘Pussy’ Tape — Daily Beast
Monkeypox: 80 Cases Confirmed In 12 Countries — BBC
Sextortion Case Leads To Suicide For 17-Year-Old — CNN
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Morning Commute: May 20, 2022
JERK OFFER
Elon Musk Exposed Himself to Flight Attendant; Paid Her Off With $250K
Musk Offered to Buy Victim a Horse
Billionaire Denies Allegations
THE WAR OVER REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Warren Raises Alarm Over Abortion Data Security
CPAC Head Uses Great Replacement As Argument Against Reproductive Rights
My Human Form
Abortion Rights Outcry in Croatia
PLUS:
Trump Suggested to Michigan Election Chief She Should Be Executed — NBC News
Dr. Oz Weird Warning About Cannabis — Alternet
GOP Hearing Witness Claims DC Generates Power From Burning Fetuses — HuffPost
Tucker Defenders Using MSNBC Playbook — The Flashpoint
Wall Street Quietly Invested $4.6 Trillion In Fossil Fuels After Paris Agreement — The New Republic
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Fires Trans Host — Current
GOP Anti-Abortion Witness Claims Electricity Comes From Burning Fetuses (It Doesn’t) — HuffPost
Sinclair CEO Boasts A Divided America ‘Very Good For Our Business’ — Daily Kos
CDC Greenlights Pfizer Covid Booster For Kids 5-11 — NBC News
W Returns to Our Psyche — New Republic
Hindu Extremists Targeting Muslim Sites — AFP
Evening Drive: May 19, 2022
Elon Musk Exposed Genitals To SpaceX Flight Attendant — Insider
Michigan Election Chief: Trump Wanted Me Arrested & Executed — NBC
Two-Thirds Of Americans Don’t Want Roe Overturned — NPR
House Passes Bill Targeting Price Gouging — CNN
Israel Won’t Investigate Shooting of Journalist After All — The Intercept
Republicans Just Voted Against Feeding the Baby They’re Forcing You to Have — VICE
Oklahoma Passes Bill Banning Almost All Abortions — New York Times
George W. Bush’s Iraq Gaffe Is an Indictment of America — Discourse Blog
Michigan Ground Zero for Abortion Battle — New Republic
The George W. Bush Nostalgia Machine — Flashpoint Podcast
GOP Member Who Gave Tour Eve Of Jan 6 Under Investigation — Politico
Ga. Senate Hopeful Herschel Walker Failed To Report Millions — Insider
Home Sales Fall As Prices Hit Record High; Rent Also Hits New High — CNN
Senate Poised To Greenlight Finland, Sweden For NATO — Politico
Evening Drive: May 18, 2022
IS HANNITY THE KEYSTONE STATE KINGMAKER?
Trump Calls On Dr. Oz To Declare Victory Prematurely
Dr. Oz Thanks Hannity For Advising His Campaign
Republicans Look To Hannity, Not Trump As Kingmaker
PLUS:
DCCC Chair Under Fire For Undermining Incumbent In Own Party — HuffPost
Amazon Forces Union Organizer To Pick Up Trash Outside — VICE
Amazon Accused Of Pregnancy, Disability Discrimination — Politico
Elon Musk Says He’s Voting Republican, Blames Unions — More Perfect Union
US National Soccer Teams Close Pay Gap — NPR
NATO, Ukraine Launch Major War Games On Russia’s Border — Newsweek
‘Pharma Bro’ Released From Prison — CBS News
US Gun Production Triples Since 2000 — New York Times
Military Industrial Complex Itching To Sent Drones To Ukraine — The Intercept
The US War Budget Is Failing Young People — Common Dreams
Jan. 6 Rioter’s Bumble Match Notifies FBI — NBC News
Midday Magazine: May 17, 2022
REPLACEMENT THEORY HAS ITS TALONS IN GOP
Great Replacement is GOP Orthodoxy
Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears
Bari Weiss on the Real Victim of Racism—A White Guy
Biden Visits Site of Shooting
THE PRIMARY GETS WEIRD
Dr. Oz Asks Voters To Imagine Being In Bed With Him
Oz’s Challenger Kathy Barnette Won’t Back Him If He Wins
Pennsylvania Could Swing Blue
PLUS:
More Free Covid Tests Up For Grabs — CBS News
Dem Leaders Join Oligarchs to Stomp Out Progressives — Lever News
California Church Shooter Targeted Taiwanese Community — HuffPost
Biden Heads To Buffalo To Meet With Victims Families — NPR
Florida Gov. DeSantis Bans Protests In Front Of Homes — ABC News
House Intel To Hold UFO Hearing Today — The Hill
Twitter Trolling With Chapo’s Felix — Vox
Pentagon to Investigate UFOs — Politico
New Mexico Wildfire Biggest in State History — Washington Post
War on Roe is War on Women and Children — New York Magazine
Sunday Review: May 15, 2022
BUFFALO SHOOTER BELIEVED RACIST CONSPIRACY PUSHED BY TOP GOP FIGURES
Shooter Specifically Targeted A Black Neighborhood, Kills 10
The Shooting Was Livestreamed
He Pushed The Racist “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory…
House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik Pushes “Great Replacement…”
Matt Gaetz & Tucker Carlson Too…
Tucker Especially Loves It…
Nearly Half Of All Republicans Agree
HUNDREDS OF CITIES TAKE TO THE STREETS IN WAKE OF ROE LEAK
Mass Pro-Choice Protests Nationwide To Protect Roe — NBC
Planned Parenthood Estimates 1 Million Protesters — Planned Parenthood
See Footage From The Protests Here — Common Dreams
Nebraska Plans Its Own Abortion Ban — RawStory
Support For Abortion Rights Hits New High — The Hill
Stop Comparing Roe Leak To Sharia Law — Truthout
PLUS:
$163 Billion Likely Stolen From Pandemic Aid — Washington Post
Biden’s Embrace Of Unions Is A Boon For Democracy — The New Republic
Pro-Israel Lobby Targets Marginalized Candidates — The Intercept
Tar Sands Pipeline Project Threatens Indigenous Land Rights — HuffPost
Twitter Says Elon Musk Violated NDA — Reuters
Evening Drive: May 12, 2022
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 5 Republicans — Politico
Feds Begin Grand Jury Investigation Into Trump WH Docs — New York Times
Bernie Unveils Medicare For All Act Of 2022 — Common Dreams
Seven Health Insurance CEOs Raked In Record $283 Million In 2021 — Stat
Abortion Rights Group See Major Spike In Activist Energy — Reuters
GOP Govs. Beg Justice Dept. To Block SCOTUS Protests — Washington Post
Warren Bill Would Empower Feds To Stop Price Gouging — Common Dreams
Leaked Memo Reveals Apple’s Anti-Union Talking Points — Vice
Warren, AOC, Bush Slam Amazon Over Warehouse Collapse — The Hill
Law & Order Returns To Labor Relations — The American Prospect
Over 6 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine Since Invasion — Axios
The Far Right Is Doxxing Liberal Judges — Vice
We Need a Labor-Based Strategy To Protect Abortion Rights — Jacobin
Twitter Freezes Hiring, Pushes Top Execs Out — Axios
How Twitter Lost The Celebs — Washington Post
Bipartisan Group Of Senators Push Cannabis Legislation — The Hill
The Rip-Off Economy Will Save Itself, Not You — In These Times
Biden Cancels Alaska Oil & Gas Lease Sale — CBS News
California Wildfires Ravage Orange County Mansions — CNN
Evening Drive: May 11, 2022
MANCHIN, Repubs Block Roe Codification
Senate Republicans & Joe Manchin Quash Senate Roe Bill
Schumer Warns Of ‘Open Season’ On Freedoms
What Overturning Roe Could Mean For Birth Control
Legal Experts Think Roberts Could Persuade Cons To Change Course
Roadblocks Ahead For Leak Investigation
NJ Gov Announces Plan To Expand Abortion Access
PLUS:
J6 Rioter Plea Deal Goes Off The Rails After Claiming Innocence — RawStory
Top WH Aide Susan Rice Abuses, Berates Staff — American Prospect
Feinstein, Rubio Propose Space National Guard — Inside Defense
Al Franken Considers Another Senate Run — The Hill
Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map — NBC
Inflation Rate Hovers Near 40-Year High at 8.3% — The Guardian
Few Workers Saw Wage Gains Outpace Inflation — Insider
Inflation Hits People Of Color Hardest — DailyKos
Risky Adjustable Rate Mortgages Soar to ’08 Levels — Esquire
Thousands Of Top Websites See What You Type Before Hitting Submit — Wired
Exxon Doubles Down On ‘Advanced Recycling’ Myth — The Nation
‘Best Damn American Made’ Products Made In China, Actually — CBS News
Evening Drive: May 9, 2022
People Denied Abortions More Likely To Face Financial Problems — CBS
Dems Use Abortion To Fundraise, But Don’t Protect Rights — Jacobin
With Roe, The GOP Is The Dog That Caught The Car — The New Republic
Most Americans Support Nationwide Abortion Protections — Truthout
NY AG James Announces Legislation To Protect Abortion Rights — NY Mag
Mexico Sees Spike In Americans Obtaining Abortion Drugs — NPR
ABC News Interviews InfoWars Host In Segment On Abortion — Media Matters
Pelosi-Backed House Dem Fired Then Smeared Pregnant Staffer — Jezebel
Amazon Retaliates For Union Drive, Fires 2 Organizers — Vice
Pro-Israel Groups Spend Big To Tank Pennsylvania Progressive — Sludge
Gas Prices Race Toward Record Highs — CNN
Trump Reportedly Souring On Madison Cawthorn — Rolling Stone
3 Tourists Die At Bahamas Resort, Cause Unknown — BuzzFeed News
Russian Ambassador To Poland Hit With Red Paint — ABC News
Sunday Review: May 8, 2022
McConnell Suggests National Abortion Ban — Insider
Thiel-Backed Senate Candidate Suggests Banning Contraception — RawStory
Idaho Lawmaker Weigh Ban On Plan B & Contraception — Idaho Statesman
Roberts Outnumbered By Fringe Justices On Roe — Washington Post
Advocates Fear More Attacks On Abortion Clinics To Come — USA Today
SNL Skewers Supreme Court’s Roe Decision — CNN
NLRB Alleges Starbucks Violated Labor Laws With Union Bust Attempts — NPR
Lauren Boebert Caught In Another Campaign Finance Scandal — RawStory
How Facebook Quietly Tried To Kill Bernie’s Facebook Page — The Daily Beast
Great Plains Drought Threatens Food Production — KCUR
Brazil’s Lula Launches Campaign To Oust Fascist Bolsonaro — Truthout
John McCain’s Daughter’s Book Flops — Mediaite