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?

PLUS:
Dems Hint At Subpoena For Secret Service — HuffPost
Longtime Trump Org Exec. Negotiating Guilty Plea — NPR
ADA Protects Transgender People Too, Judge Rules — The Hill
NBA Won’t Play On Election Day — Politico
Liz Cheney May Lose Primary — CBS News
Drought-Stricken Az., Nv., Will Get Less Water From Colorado River — NPR
US Struggled To Convince Ukraine Of Russian Invasion Risk — WaPo
Biden’s Proposed Police Bill In Context — Speaking Security
Suspect Arrested In Portland Antifascist Activist’s Death — The 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 Again — CBS News
Tackling The Housing Crisis With Public Power — The Lever
Majority Of Americans Worry About Affording Housing — CNN
This Group Wiped Out $6.7 Billion In Medical Debt — NPR
Time For Student Debt Cancellation — American Prospect
Now The Right Is Going After School Counselors — Mother Jones
Dems Plan Giant Celebration For Passing IRA — Washington Post
How Afghanistan Is Faring Since The US Withdrew — HuffPost
Extreme Heat Coming For Millions Of Americans — CNBC

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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 More — Common Dreams
The Coming California Megastorm — New York Times
Will We Get Lost In The Fog Of Trump — Robert Reich
We’re Not The First Civilization To Collapse, Probably The Last — Chris Hedges
Meet The Progressive Prosecutor Fired By DeSantis — Washington Post
More US Lawmakers Visit Taiwan — HuffPost
Lever Weekly: Just The Facts — The Lever
Justifications For Police Killings Begin Immediately — The Intercept
Frustration Over TikTok Has Mounted In Washington — New 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

PLUS:
Ex-Louisville Detective To Plead Guilty In Breonna Taylor Case — WaPo
Salman Rushdie Stabbed On Stage In New York — The Daily Beast
Wisconsin’s Primaries Full Of Good News For Mandela Barnes — The Nation
Polio Found In New York Wastewater — Politico
Starbucks Is Accusing Me Of Kidnapping My Boss — Jacobin
The Moral Atrocity Of Factory Farming — Current Affairs
Child Care Provisions Were Cut From IRA — CNN
Judge Rules Criminal Case Against Trump Org Can Proceed — CBS News
A Cataclysmic Flood Is Coming For California — NPR

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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 Scores — The Hill
The Federal Government Makes The Cost Of Higher Ed Worse — Jacobin
Sheriff Joe Loses Yet Another Race — Associated Press
Why Was Ilhan’s Race So Close? — The Nation
Va. Gov. Youngkin Received $8.5 Million In Stock, Paid Zero Tax — NBC
Armed Man Tries To Attack FBI Office — NPR
Here’s Why Gas Prices Are Falling — CNBC
CDC Says No Quarantine Needed For Covid-Exposed Students — Reuters
Alex Jones And The Wellness Conspiracy Industrial Complex — NYT
Bottling Monkeypox Vaccine Could Take Until 2023 — Politico
Instagram Model Charged With Murdering Boyfriend — CBS 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 Probe — CBS News
Criminal Justice Reformer Tops Police-Backed Candidate — The Intercept
How Dems Drug Price Negotiations Would Work — Politico
US Workers Lost $28 Billion In Wages During Pandemic — The 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 Scandal — Mother Jones
Since 9/11, US Interventions Rose To Historic Levels — Common 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

PLUS:
Alex Jones Thanks GOP For Supporting Him During Trial — RawStory
4 Takeaways From Senate Climate Bill — The Hill
Gaza Death Toll Rises To 45 — Common Dreams
Inflation Reduction Act Cause For Relief, Not Celebration — Jacobin
Democrats Discover Winning Feels Good — The American Prospect
Police Departments Struggle With Staffing Shortages — Axios
Illegally Gerrymandered Maps Being Used Anyway — New York Times
Tim Kaine Has Long Covid, Congress Doesn’t Care — Politico
The Rudy Giuliani Mystery — Mother Jones
Ambulance Rides Aren’t Protected From Surprise Billing — The 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 Again — HuffPost
Biden Ends Covid Isolation — NPR
Republican Rep Worried GOP Went Too Far On Abortion — Politico
Roevember Is Coming — Michael Moore
Should Doctors Break The Law? — The Intercept
Jordan Peterson Keeps Running His Mouth — Jacobin
Gaza Death Toll Reaches 31 — Axios
Russia Damaged Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Plant — Common Dreams
Alex Jones Judgement: The Cost Of Lies — CBS News
Miami’s “Bonkers” Plan To Move Homeless To Island — The 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 Intensifies — Washington Post
How Battle Over Climate, Tax Bill Will Play Out — The Hill
Big Pharma Desperate To Kill Dems Plan — HuffPost
Beware Of This Fake Pro-Climate Group — Emily Atkin
Michigan Town Defunds Library Over Inclusive Books — VICE
Inflation Hits Back-To-School Shopping — Axios
Kremlin Open To Talks Over Brittney Griner — WSJ
Reviewing Biden’s “Safer America Plan” — Speaking Security
Judge Rules 200,000 Students May Have Loans Forgiven — NPR
Inside Wild Life Of Fake CIA Bro — The Daily Beast
Silicon Valley Is Privatizing Our Future — Jacobin

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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 WWIII — Jacobin
Schumer Says He Wants Vote On Antitrust Bill — Politico
Mistrial Denied In Alex Jones Case — Reuters
GOP Voters Growing Tired Of Trump — Washington Post
Biden Declares Health Emergency Over Monkeypox — Common Dreams
We Know What To Do About Monkeypox, We Just Don’t Want To — The Nation
What We Can Learn From Kansas — Popular Information
How Conservatives Are Trying To Spin Kansas Loss — HuffPost
Dems Could, But Probably Won’t, Learn From Kansas — The Intercept
How Kansas Could Change Midterm Strategy — NPR
I Can’t Stay In Texas Anymore — Discourse Blog
Australia To Protect Barrier Reef By Banning Coal Mine — AP

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