Evening Drive: August 16, 2022

Biden Signs Health, Climate & Tax Bill Into Law

Schumer-Manchin Deal Leads To IRA Passage
Five Ways The IRA Could Save You Money
Historic Investment In Clean Energy
Sourcing For Green Energy Is Challenging
Will IRA Help Dems In Midterms?

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Dems Hint At Subpoena For Secret ServiceHuffPost
Longtime Trump Org Exec. Negotiating Guilty PleaNPR
ADA Protects Transgender People Too, Judge RulesThe Hill
NBA Won’t Play On Election DayPolitico
Liz Cheney May Lose PrimaryCBS News
Drought-Stricken Az., Nv., Will Get Less Water From Colorado RiverNPR
US Struggled To Convince Ukraine Of Russian Invasion RiskWaPo
Biden’s Proposed Police Bill In ContextSpeaking Security
Suspect Arrested In Portland Antifascist Activist’s DeathThe Intercept

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Evening Drive: August 15, 2022

Walls Closing In On Trump Camp

REVEALED Pro-Trump Lawyers Sought Voting Machine Data
Former Trump WH Lawyer Eric Herschmann Subpoenaed
Giuliani Target In Georgia’s Probe Of Trump
Here Are Trump’s Shifting Defenses Of Classified Docs Scandal
Trump Says The FBI Took His Passports

PLUS:
Top Dem Says Biden Won’t Run AgainCBS News
Tackling The Housing Crisis With Public PowerThe Lever
Majority Of Americans Worry About Affording HousingCNN
This Group Wiped Out $6.7 Billion In Medical DebtNPR
Time For Student Debt CancellationAmerican Prospect
Now The Right Is Going After School CounselorsMother Jones
Dems Plan Giant Celebration For Passing IRAWashington Post
How Afghanistan Is Faring Since The US WithdrewHuffPost
Extreme Heat Coming For Millions Of AmericansCNBC

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Sunday Review: August 14, 2022

Republicans Still Caping For Trump Over Classified Docs

GOP Calling Post-Raid Rhetoric ‘Inflammatory’
CNN Host Corners GOP Rep On Docs
How A Records Dispute Led To Mar-A-Lago Search
Security Footage Shows Docs Being Moved After DOJ Chat
Trump Should Be Prosecuted. So Should Other Elites Who Broke Laws.

PLUS:
Man Crashed Into Capitol Before Shooting Himself CBS News
Progressives Cheer Reforms In IRA, Demand MoreCommon Dreams
The Coming California MegastormNew York Times
Will We Get Lost In The Fog Of TrumpRobert Reich
We’re Not The First Civilization To Collapse, Probably The LastChris Hedges
Meet The Progressive Prosecutor Fired By DeSantisWashington Post
More US Lawmakers Visit TaiwanHuffPost
Lever Weekly: Just The FactsThe Lever
Justifications For Police Killings Begin ImmediatelyThe Intercept
Frustration Over TikTok Has Mounted In WashingtonNew York Times

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Evening Drive: August 12, 2022

Trump Under Investigation For Violating Espionage Act

Search Warrant Reveals Espionage Act Nexus
FBI Recovered 11 Sets Of Classified Docs
Republicans Contort Themselves In Defense Of Trump
GOP’s Baffling Presser To Wave Away Nuclear Report
Trump Denies Nuclear Docs Report
White House Quiet About Raid
FBI Pushes Back Against Attacks
A Hopeful Sign For Holding The Powerful Accountable

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Ex-Louisville Detective To Plead Guilty In Breonna Taylor CaseWaPo
Salman Rushdie Stabbed On Stage In New YorkThe Daily Beast
Wisconsin’s Primaries Full Of Good News For Mandela BarnesThe Nation
Polio Found In New York Wastewater Politico
Starbucks Is Accusing Me Of Kidnapping My Boss Jacobin
The Moral Atrocity Of Factory FarmingCurrent Affairs
Child Care Provisions Were Cut From IRACNN
Judge Rules Criminal Case Against Trump Org Can ProceedCBS News
A Cataclysmic Flood Is Coming For CaliforniaNPR

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Evening Drive: August 11, 2022

DOJ Seeks To Unseal Trump Warrant

Garland Says He Personally Signed Off
Feds Removed Documents From Mar-A-Lago In June
Judge Who Approved Warrant Attacked For Synagogue Ties
How Trump’s Problems All Converged At Once
LBJ Took Classified Documents Too

PLUS:
Student Loan Freeze Helped Boost Credit ScoresThe Hill
The Federal Government Makes The Cost Of Higher Ed WorseJacobin
Sheriff Joe Loses Yet Another RaceAssociated Press
Why Was Ilhan’s Race So Close?The Nation
Va. Gov. Youngkin Received $8.5 Million In Stock, Paid Zero TaxNBC
Armed Man Tries To Attack FBI OfficeNPR
Here’s Why Gas Prices Are FallingCNBC
CDC Says No Quarantine Needed For Covid-Exposed StudentsReuters
Alex Jones And The Wellness Conspiracy Industrial ComplexNYT
Bottling Monkeypox Vaccine Could Take Until 2023Politico
Instagram Model Charged With Murdering BoyfriendCBS News

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Evening Drive: August 10, 2022

More People Seeing Through Elon Musk

FCC Denies SpaceX, Starlink Bid For Rural Broadband Subsidies
Elon Musk Convinced He’s The Future. We Don’t Need Him.
Silicon Valley’s Push Into Transportation Has Been A Failure

PLUS:
DHS Delaying Jan. 6 Text ProbeCBS News
Criminal Justice Reformer Tops Police-Backed CandidateThe Intercept
How Dems Drug Price Negotiations Would Work Politico
US Workers Lost $28 Billion In Wages During PandemicThe Hill
Who Do Democrats Actually Work For?The Lever
No, Criticism Of Climate Bill Isn’t About “Bitter Leftists”Jacobin
Coinbase Finds Itself Embroiled In Yet Another ScandalMother Jones
Since 9/11, US Interventions Rose To Historic LevelsCommon Dreams
Facebook Still Makes Money From White Supremacists Washington Post

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Evening Drive: August 8, 2022

Big Week For Trump Dumps

Inside The War Between Trump And His Generals
The Moment Mark Milley Realized Trump Had A Screw Loose
Trump’s Family Separation Policy Exposed
Trump’s Telltale Toilet

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Alex Jones Thanks GOP For Supporting Him During Trial RawStory
4 Takeaways From Senate Climate BillThe Hill
Gaza Death Toll Rises To 45Common Dreams
Inflation Reduction Act Cause For Relief, Not CelebrationJacobin
Democrats Discover Winning Feels GoodThe American Prospect
Police Departments Struggle With Staffing ShortagesAxios
Illegally Gerrymandered Maps Being Used AnywayNew York Times
Tim Kaine Has Long Covid, Congress Doesn’t CarePolitico
The Rudy Giuliani MysteryMother Jones
Ambulance Rides Aren’t Protected From Surprise BillingThe Intercept

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Sunday Review: August 7, 2022

Senate Jockeying Over Climate, Tax Bill

Senate “Vote-a-Rama” To Advance Reconciliation Bill
Dems “Inches From Victory”
How The Bill Would Reduce Emissions
Sanders Fights For Better Medicare Coverage
Republicans Block Insulin Cap Proposal
Dems Fail To Overrule Parliamentarian On Insulin Cap Ruling

PLUS:
GOP Senators Refuse To Rule Out Supporting Trump AgainHuffPost
Biden Ends Covid IsolationNPR
Republican Rep Worried GOP Went Too Far On AbortionPolitico
Roevember Is ComingMichael Moore
Should Doctors Break The Law? The Intercept
Jordan Peterson Keeps Running His MouthJacobin
Gaza Death Toll Reaches 31Axios
Russia Damaged Europe’s Biggest Nuclear PlantCommon Dreams
Alex Jones Judgement: The Cost Of LiesCBS News
Miami’s “Bonkers” Plan To Move Homeless To IslandThe Daily Beast

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Evening Drive: August 5, 2022

Israel Attacks Gaza, Killing 10

At Least 10 Dead In Latest Attack On Gaza
Over 65 Wounded By Israeli Attacks
UN ‘Deeply Concerned’ By Israel’s Escalation

PLUS:
Sec Def Austin Denies National Guard Aid For Migrant Flow In DC Politico
Diplomatic Crisis Over Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit IntensifiesWashington Post
How Battle Over Climate, Tax Bill Will Play OutThe Hill
Big Pharma Desperate To Kill Dems PlanHuffPost
Beware Of This Fake Pro-Climate GroupEmily Atkin
Michigan Town Defunds Library Over Inclusive BooksVICE
Inflation Hits Back-To-School ShoppingAxios
Kremlin Open To Talks Over Brittney GrinerWSJ
Reviewing Biden’s “Safer America Plan” — Speaking Security
Judge Rules 200,000 Students May Have Loans ForgivenNPR
Inside Wild Life Of Fake CIA BroThe Daily Beast
Silicon Valley Is Privatizing Our FutureJacobin

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Evening Drive: August 4, 2022

Schumer-Manchin Deal Could Get Vote On Saturday

Possible Crucial Vote This Weekend
Sinema Still Holding Out
Business Groups Trying To Kill Bill

PLUS:
Pelosi Rolling The Dice On WWIIIJacobin
Schumer Says He Wants Vote On Antitrust BillPolitico
Mistrial Denied In Alex Jones CaseReuters
GOP Voters Growing Tired Of TrumpWashington Post
Biden Declares Health Emergency Over MonkeypoxCommon Dreams
We Know What To Do About Monkeypox, We Just Don’t Want ToThe Nation
What We Can Learn From KansasPopular Information
How Conservatives Are Trying To Spin Kansas LossHuffPost
Dems Could, But Probably Won’t, Learn From KansasThe Intercept
How Kansas Could Change Midterm StrategyNPR
I Can’t Stay In Texas AnymoreDiscourse Blog
Australia To Protect Barrier Reef By Banning Coal MineAP

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