Sunday Review: May 22, 2022

Sen. Cassidy: Maternal Death Rates Only Bad If You Count Black PeopleVanity Fair
Top Consulting Firm Worked For Russian Weapon Co. & Pentagon At Same TimeCNBC
Fascist Orbán: Key To Power Is Right Wing MediaCommon Dreams
Florida Is Banning Social Justice In TextbooksMother Jones
Weed Violations Have Taken 10,000 Truckers Off The RoadKPLC
Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner Indicted On Health Care FraudWSB
Herschel Walker Wants Total Abortion Ban The Hill
Trump Thought About Quitting After ‘Pussy’ TapeDaily Beast
Monkeypox: 80 Cases Confirmed In 12 CountriesBBC
Sextortion Case Leads To Suicide For 17-Year-OldCNN

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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 AgreementThe New Republic
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Fires Trans HostCurrent
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 5-11NBC News
W Returns to Our Psyche — New Republic
Hindu Extremists Targeting Muslim Sites — AFP

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Evening Drive: May 19, 2022

Elon Musk Exposed Genitals To SpaceX Flight AttendantInsider
Michigan Election Chief: Trump Wanted Me Arrested & ExecutedNBC
Two-Thirds Of Americans Don’t Want Roe OverturnedNPR
House Passes Bill Targeting Price GougingCNN
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 AbortionsNew 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 InvestigationPolitico
Ga. Senate Hopeful Herschel Walker Failed To Report MillionsInsider
Home Sales Fall As Prices Hit Record High; Rent Also Hits New HighCNN
Senate Poised To Greenlight Finland, Sweden For NATOPolitico

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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

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DCCC Chair Under Fire For Undermining Incumbent In Own PartyHuffPost
Amazon Forces Union Organizer To Pick Up Trash OutsideVICE
Amazon Accused Of Pregnancy, Disability DiscriminationPolitico
Elon Musk Says He’s Voting Republican, Blames UnionsMore Perfect Union
US National Soccer Teams Close Pay GapNPR
NATO, Ukraine Launch Major War Games On Russia’s BorderNewsweek
‘Pharma Bro’ Released From PrisonCBS News
US Gun Production Triples Since 2000New York Times
Military Industrial Complex Itching To Sent Drones To UkraineThe Intercept
The US War Budget Is Failing Young PeopleCommon Dreams
Jan. 6 Rioter’s Bumble Match Notifies FBINBC News

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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 GrabsCBS News
Dem Leaders Join Oligarchs to Stomp Out Progressives — Lever News
California Church Shooter Targeted Taiwanese CommunityHuffPost
Biden Heads To Buffalo To Meet With Victims FamiliesNPR
Florida Gov. DeSantis Bans Protests In Front Of HomesABC News
House Intel To Hold UFO Hearing TodayThe 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

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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 RoeNBC
Planned Parenthood Estimates 1 Million ProtestersPlanned Parenthood
See Footage From The Protests HereCommon Dreams
Nebraska Plans Its Own Abortion BanRawStory
Support For Abortion Rights Hits New HighThe Hill
Stop Comparing Roe Leak To Sharia LawTruthout

PLUS:
$163 Billion Likely Stolen From Pandemic AidWashington Post
Biden’s Embrace Of Unions Is A Boon For DemocracyThe New Republic
Pro-Israel Lobby Targets Marginalized CandidatesThe Intercept
Tar Sands Pipeline Project Threatens Indigenous Land RightsHuffPost
Twitter Says Elon Musk Violated NDAReuters

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Evening Drive: May 12, 2022

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 5 RepublicansPolitico
Feds Begin Grand Jury Investigation Into Trump WH DocsNew York Times
Bernie Unveils Medicare For All Act Of 2022Common Dreams
Seven Health Insurance CEOs Raked In Record $283 Million In 2021Stat
Abortion Rights Group See Major Spike In Activist EnergyReuters
GOP Govs. Beg Justice Dept. To Block SCOTUS ProtestsWashington Post
Warren Bill Would Empower Feds To Stop Price GougingCommon Dreams
Leaked Memo Reveals Apple’s Anti-Union Talking PointsVice
Warren, AOC, Bush Slam Amazon Over Warehouse CollapseThe Hill
Law & Order Returns To Labor RelationsThe American Prospect
Over 6 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine Since InvasionAxios
The Far Right Is Doxxing Liberal JudgesVice
We Need a Labor-Based Strategy To Protect Abortion RightsJacobin
Twitter Freezes Hiring, Pushes Top Execs OutAxios
How Twitter Lost The CelebsWashington Post
Bipartisan Group Of Senators Push Cannabis LegislationThe Hill
The Rip-Off Economy Will Save Itself, Not YouIn These Times
Biden Cancels Alaska Oil & Gas Lease SaleCBS News
California Wildfires Ravage Orange County MansionsCNN

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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 InnocenceRawStory
Top WH Aide Susan Rice Abuses, Berates StaffAmerican Prospect
Feinstein, Rubio Propose Space National GuardInside Defense
Al Franken Considers Another Senate RunThe Hill
Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Gerrymandered Congressional MapNBC
Inflation Rate Hovers Near 40-Year High at 8.3%The Guardian
Few Workers Saw Wage Gains Outpace InflationInsider
Inflation Hits People Of Color HardestDailyKos
Risky Adjustable Rate Mortgages Soar to ’08 LevelsEsquire
Thousands Of Top Websites See What You Type Before Hitting SubmitWired
Exxon Doubles Down On ‘Advanced Recycling’ MythThe Nation
‘Best Damn American Made’ Products Made In China, ActuallyCBS News

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Evening Drive: May 9, 2022

People Denied Abortions More Likely To Face Financial ProblemsCBS
Dems Use Abortion To Fundraise, But Don’t Protect RightsJacobin
With Roe, The GOP Is The Dog That Caught The CarThe New Republic
Most Americans Support Nationwide Abortion ProtectionsTruthout
NY AG James Announces Legislation To Protect Abortion RightsNY Mag
Mexico Sees Spike In Americans Obtaining Abortion DrugsNPR
ABC News Interviews InfoWars Host In Segment On AbortionMedia Matters
Pelosi-Backed House Dem Fired Then Smeared Pregnant Staffer Jezebel
Amazon Retaliates For Union Drive, Fires 2 OrganizersVice
Pro-Israel Groups Spend Big To Tank Pennsylvania ProgressiveSludge
Gas Prices Race Toward Record HighsCNN
Trump Reportedly Souring On Madison CawthornRolling Stone
3 Tourists Die At Bahamas Resort, Cause UnknownBuzzFeed News
Russian Ambassador To Poland Hit With Red PaintABC News

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Sunday Review: May 8, 2022

McConnell Suggests National Abortion BanInsider
Thiel-Backed Senate Candidate Suggests Banning ContraceptionRawStory
Idaho Lawmaker Weigh Ban On Plan B & ContraceptionIdaho Statesman
Roberts Outnumbered By Fringe Justices On RoeWashington Post
Advocates Fear More Attacks On Abortion Clinics To ComeUSA Today
SNL Skewers Supreme Court’s Roe DecisionCNN
NLRB Alleges Starbucks Violated Labor Laws With Union Bust AttemptsNPR
Lauren Boebert Caught In Another Campaign Finance ScandalRawStory
How Facebook Quietly Tried To Kill Bernie’s Facebook PageThe Daily Beast
Great Plains Drought Threatens Food ProductionKCUR
Brazil’s Lula Launches Campaign To Oust Fascist BolsonaroTruthout
John McCain’s Daughter’s Book FlopsMediaite

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