Evening Drive: June 8, 2022

Lauren Boebert Under Investigation For FraudNew York Times
White House Condemns Threat To Brett KavanaughThe Hill
Uvalde Families Give Gripping Testimony In Congress…NBC News
…Uvalde Parents Demand Congress Act ImmediatelyCommon Dreams
Scalise Compares Planes Not Being Banned After 9/11 To GunsNewsweek
Louie Gohmert Thinks More Prayer In Schools Will Stop ShootingsAlterNet
Assault Weapons Ban Not Included In Democrats New Proposals Daily Kos
Katie Porter Accuses Heritage Foundation Witness Of PerjuryAlterNet
Commanders Coach Jack Del Rio Defends Jan. 6 TweetsThe Hill
Cawthorn Accused Of Yet Another Conflict-Of-Interest ViolationDaily Beast
GOP Senate Candidate Accosts Man Wearing BLM ShirtHuffPost
AAA Sees Spike In Roadside Calls As Drivers Hit Empty Due To PricesWaPo

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Evening Drive: June 6, 2022

Biden Punts On Student Debt Relief Until Later In SummerWSJ
NAACP President Demands Minimum $50,000 CancellationCNBC
Proud Boy Leaders Charged With Seditious ConspiracyWashington Post
New York Governor Hochul Signs 10 Gun Reform BillsHuffPost
Virginia Democrat Proposes 1,000% AR-15 TaxCommon Dreams
The Supreme Court’s June Of Doom Is Upon UsThe New Republic
Disgraced Troll Milo Yiannopoulos Interning In MTG’s OfficeDaily Beast
Boris Johnson Wins No-Confidence VoteABC
How Fox News Distorts The Truth About AsylumThe Nation
MI. Repub. Booted From Ballot Over Fraudulent SignaturesRawStory
Gas More Than $5 A Gallon In 10 StatesNPR
9/11 Families Call On Biden To Relieve Afghan CrisisThe Intercept
More Than 200,000 Somalis Face StarvationAl Jazeera

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Sunday Review: June 5, 2022

How A GOP Chair Coordinated A Voting Machine BreachDaily Beast
DOJ Declines To Prosecute Meadows Or ScavinoRawStory
How Biden Lost Manchin And Build Back BetterWashington Post
Baby Formula Maker At Heart Of Scandal Resumes ProductionCBS
North Korea Launches 8 Short-Range MissilesCNN
Wisconsin Judge’s Killer Had Political Hit ListABC
Starbucks Workers Cruise Past 100 Unionized StoresDaily Kos
COVID Cases On The Rise As Pride Events Kick OffCBS
911 Dispatcher Who Hung Up On Buffalo Shooting Call FiredUSA Today
GOP Megadonors Back Gun Control ProposalsRawStory
1 Dead, 8 Injured After Shooting At Phoenix MallABC
3 Dead, 11 Injured In Philadelphia ShootingCNN
NRA Contributions Underscore Grip In GOPThe Hill
Corporations, Military Try To Pride-Wash LegaciesThe Insurgents
Biden Locking Up Thousands Of Immigrants In For-Profit CentersJacobin

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Evening Drive: June 2, 2022

Republican Waves Guns During Virtual Hearing On Gun SafetyHuffPost
Tulsa Shooter Bought AR-15 Same Day As AttackVICE
Biden Will Deliver Prime-Time Address On Gun ViolenceThe Hill
231 Mass Shootings In The US Already This YearWashington Post
Ohio Republicans Push For More Guns In SchoolsDailyKos
House Judiciary Committee Advances Gun Reform MeasuresPolitico
Sen. Grassley Bombarded At Town Hall Over Inaction On GunsRawStory
Full House Vote On Gun Reform Expected Next WeekCNBC
Biden’s Executive Order On Police Reform Is Too Little, Too LateThe Nation
Disaster Looms As GOP Dooms School Lunch Programs Common Dreams
DMFI Sets Sights On Yet Another ProgressiveThe Intercept
Leak Reveals GOP Plan To Infiltrate Polling PlacesTruthout
Fl. Supreme Court Blocks Challenge To Voting MapsNew York Times
US Admits It Engaged In Digital Warfare With RussiaCNN
The US Has No Endgame In UkraineJacobin

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Evening Drive: June 1, 2022

All The Details Uvalde Police Have Backtracked OnAxios
Abbott Forms Commission On School Safety, Doesn’t Blame GunsReuters
How SCOTUS Precedent Allows Cops To Refuse To Save KidsThe Lever
No One Has More Blood On Their Hands Than Mitch McConnellDaily Kos
Senate Negotiators To Meet Again On Gun BillsNBC News
Grand Jury Indicts Buffalo Shooter On Terrorism ChargeHuffPost
SCOTUS Halts Count On Mail-In Ballots In Pa. GOP Senate RaceThe Hill
Pa. GOP Gov. Nominee Says Roe Worse Than HolocaustMedia Matters
Ky. Dem. Nominee For Senate Wears Noose In New AdNBC News
Bipartisan Push to End US Involvement In YemenCommon Dreams
Right-Wing Dark Money Is Coming For Reproductive RightsTruthout
Florida Health Care Providers Challenge State’s Abortion BanThe Hill
Marines Post Rainbow Bullets To Kick Off Pride MonthDaily Dot
Depp, Heard Defamation Trial Finally OverDaily Beast

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Evening Drive: May 31, 2022

FUNERALS BEGIN IN UVALDE AS ANGER OVER POLITICAL INACTION CONTINUES TO GROW

Authorities Ignore Spanish Speakers At Uvalde Press Conference
Uvalde Parents Grapple With School Police Chief’s Actions
House Dems To Move Slate Of Gun Bills This Week
School Shooting Survivors Talk Back To The NRA
Steve Bannon Falsely Blames Immigration For Uvalde Shooting

LOOMING ROE REVERSAL HAS ADVOCATES ON BOTH SIDES PLANNING NEXT STEPS

Anti-Choice Activists Already Collecting Personal Data
My State Can Pass Abortion Laws. I Won’t Enforce Them.

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Biden Sees Exodus Of Black StaffersPolitico
Inside A Biden White House AdriftNBC News
63 Members Of Congress Have Violated STOCK ActInsider
How Amazon, Starbucks Workers Upended Organizing RulesIn These Times
The Evolution Of Popcorn JingoismGawker
Mainstream Feminism Has Failed UsBuzzFeed News
Sen. Hirono Privately Urges Biden To Free Leonard PeltierHuffPost
US Wheat Crop Hit With Brutal Conditions, Tightening SupplyReuters

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Evening Drive: May 26, 2022

GAPS IN TIMELINE, STORY NOT ADDING UP IN UVALDE SHOOTING

Timeline on Attack Increasingly Suggests Police Did Next to Nothing
Gaps in Narrative Raising More Questions
Shooter Walked In Unobstructed

COMMUNITY’S ANGUISH

Husband Of Teacher Killed Dies Of Heart Attack
Mass Shootings and Our Never-ending Doomcycle
A Raw And Open Conversation On Gun Violence In America
Parkland Survivor On Connections, Differences From Uvalde

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23 Years. 300 School Shootings. Zero Senate Action.Daily Kos
More Cops & Guns At Schools Are Not The AnswerDaily Beast
Student Groups Plan Walkouts Nationwide Over Gun ViolenceBloomberg
Dems Tie Domestic Terrorism Bill To Guns, GOP Blocks ItNBC News
AOC Endorses Full Slate Of NY Democratic Socialist CandidatesJacobin
Sanders & Graham To Kick Off New Debate SeriesCommon Dreams
Trans Girl Attacked Over Uvalde Shooting — LA Blade
Texas Lawmakers Rake in Big Bucks From Gun Lobby — Axios

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Evening Drive: May 25, 2022

NATION MOURNS FOR UVALDE VICTIMS

Trauma Surgeon Recounts Experience In Hospital After Shooting
Robb Elementary Victim Didn’t Want To Go To School Tuesday
Beto Interrupts, Calls Out Abbott During Press Conference
Gunman Posted About Shooting On Facebook Before Attack
Pope Francis Calls For US Action On Guns…
…Other Global Leaders Respond To Robb Elementary Shooting
Republican Congressman Incorrectly Blames Trans People
Other Conservatives Blame Random & Innocent Trans Woman


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Jan 6. Committee Has Evidence Trump Wanted Pence HungNew York Times
The Onion Updates Entire Site With Gun Violence PostsBuzzFeed News
In America, There Is Mass Death, Then There Is NothingJacobin
Gallego’s Fury Over Uvalde Is Why He Must Challenge SinemaThe Nation
Trump, Cruz To Headline NRA Conference This WeekendMother Jones
Cincinnati Cops Demand Removal Of ‘Officer Piglet’ PortraitRawStory
Exxon Loses Bid To Nix Climate Change LawsuitBoston.com
‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Author Convicted Of Murdering HusbandNew York Times

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Evening Drive: May 23, 2022

Pence Open To 2024 Run Against TrumpAxios
Georgia GOP Primary Is Now Trump-Pence Proxy WarVanity Fair
Progressives Hope Roe Threat Will Help Unseat CuellarThe Hill
House Ethics Committee Investigates Madison CawthornCNN
Jan. 6 Panel Promises Bombshell Evidence In Primetime HearingsRawStory
Texas GOP Targets Companies That Pay For Staff AbortionsTexas Tribune
Republicans Join Democrats In Backing NATO ExpansionReuters
SCOTUS Makes It Harder For Inmates To Argue Ineffective CounselCNN
Student Loan Borrower Advocacy Orgs Sue Over Stalled ReliefInsider
Shell Consultant Quits, Slams Oil Giant’s ‘Extreme Harms’Guardian
Airbnb Shutting Down In ChinaCNBC
Tiny Homes Startup Profiting Off HomelessnessNPR
How Hollywood & The Media Fueled J.D. Vance’s RiseNew York Times
Texas Governor Abbott Deletes Tweet Supporting MuskNew York Post
Live Nation & Subsidiaries Took Millions Meant For Independent VenuesWashington Post

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Morning Drive: May 23, 2022

MIDTERM MADNESS CONTINUES

Georgia GOP Governor Candidate Embraces Christofascism — Business Insider
Tomorrow’s Cisneros-Cuellar Contest Bellwether For Future of Democratic Party — The Guardian
Poll: Kemp Looks Strong Against PurdueAtlanta Journal-Constitution

UKRAINE WAR CONTINUES AS BOTH SIDES DIG IN

US Planning To Sink Russian FleetAntiwar
Russian Soldier Sentenced to Life in Ukraine for War Crime — Washington Post

PLUS:

How Trump’s 2020 Election Lies Gripped State LegislaturesNew York Times
Republicans Vow To Kill Domestic Terrorism Bill In SenateThe Hill
‘Tax The Rich’ At Elite Davos GatheringCommon Dreams
Southern Baptists Concealed Sex Abuse, Kept DatabaseWashington Post
39 Tons Of Baby Formula Arrive In US From EuropeCBS News
Late Spring Snowstorm Knocks Out Power For 210,000 In ColoradoAP
Australian Labor Party Defeats Scott Morrison’s CoalitionDW
Chait’s Charter Mess — FAIR
Red Crescent Society Head on Censorship List — The Intercept
The High Cost of Fashion — The Guardian
US Funding Jailers of Egyptian Political Prisoner — TruthOut
This Covid Wave Less Dangerous—But Still Lethal — New York Magazine
Tucker’s “Legacy Americans” — Salon

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