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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

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

JOBS REPORT SHATTERS EXPECTATIONS

Fox News Having Hard Time Finding Cope
Fears of Rate Hikes
The Labor Market Is on Fire

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Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill Five-Year-Old Girl — New York Times
Crypto PACs Buying Up Both Sides of the Aisle — The Intercept
Uvalde Residents Rise Up Against Local Fundraiser for NRA — TruthOut
MAGA Crowd Swoons Over Orban — VICE
Warnock’s Run to Hold His Senate Seat — Politico
Biden Must Stand Up to Despots — New Republic
Marc Andreessen and Public Housing — The Atlantic
Dems Hedge on Biden ’24 — Axios
Pelosi Is Not the Protagonist of Taiwan’s Story — New Statesman
The Super-High-Stakes 2022 Race No One Is Talking About — Intelligencer
DeSantis Suspends State Attorney for Contradicting Him — DailyKos
Limits of Prison Reform — Marshall Project
NYPD Continues to Arrest BIPOC People for Weed, Which Is Legal — Substance

SINEMA BACKS BILL AFTER STRIPPING TAX LOOPHOLE CLOSURE

Sinema Made Sure to Protect Rich People
Way Forward for Vote This Weekend
Key Changes to Tax Policies

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DeSantis Fearmongers Over Monkeypox Emergency — Alternet
How Florida Twisted Research to Attack Trans Kids — VICE
What Alex Jones Trial Means for Trump — Salon
Better Ways to Fight Crime Than More Cops — New Republic
What Dems Should—But Won’t—Learn From Kansas — The Intercept
Border Patrol Harassing Sikhs — DailyKos
Kris Kobach Comeback — Intelligencer
Schumer’s Family Business — Lever News
The Arizona Trump Train — The Nation
FBI Received 4,500 Tips on Kavanaugh, Punted to White House — Jezebel

Schumer-Manchin Deal Could Get Vote On Saturday

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

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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

CHARGES COME, FINALLY, IN BREONNA TAYLOR CASE

Four Former and Current Officers Charged
Federal Charges Come Down
DOJ-Led Investigation

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Brittney Griner Gets 9 Years In Russian Prison — Washington Post
Right-Wing Media Attacking Griner — Media Matters
Ron Johnson Trying to Kill Medicaid and Social Security — DailyKos
Sinema Blowing Up Bill Over Tax on Rich — Common Dreams
Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Is Bad News — VICE
Lobbyists Fueled Inflation on Food Prices — The Intercept
Major Corporations Pouring Millions Into Anti-Abortion Groups — More Perfect Union
Same GOP As Always — Alternet
UK Amazon Workers Stage Walkout — Novara
Ivanka and Don Jr. Sit for Depositions — ABC News
Alex Jones Phone Records Turned Over to Jan 6 Committee — VICE
Dems’ Stealth Gift To Their Wall Street Donors — The Lever
What Will ‘Home’ Mean In Era Of Climate Migration — The Nation

AFTER KANSAS, A REORIENTATION FOR NOVEMBER

Right-Wing in Denial
GOP National Abortion Plan in Limbo
Result Suggest 4 of 5 States Would Vote the Same
Progressives See Electoral Hope

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Over 1,000 Threats to Election Workers in Last Year — Washington Post
Biden ’24? Dems Mull Party Future — Politico
Alex Jones Trial Disaster Continues — Intelligencer
Is Going Off the Grid Responsible? — Lever News
Uvalde School District Claims it Doesn’t Have Shooting Video — VICE
Pfizer CEO Whines About Drug Pricing Component to Manchin Bill — The Intercept
Global Heating Means Florida Sea Turtles Being Born Female — The Guardian
Why Can’t AIPAC Defend Israel? — The Nation
The Border and Surveillance — The Verge

Abortion Rights Win In Kansas Emboldens Dems

Party Leaders Seek To Capitalize On Kansas Momentum
Dems See An Opportunity
Biden Signs Executive Order To Protect Interstate Abortion Travel
Majority Of Voters Say Abortion Is Very Important In Midterms
Kansas Is Just The Beginning

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In Trial, Alex Jones Concedes Sandy Hook Was Real — AP
Alex Jones Lawyers Accidentally Turned Over Texts — HuffPost
Jan. 6 Committee Prepares To Subpoena Alex Jones Texts — Rolling Stone
What You Need To Know About Yesterday’s Primaries — Robert Reich
Progressives Call For Insulin Price Reform — Common Dreams
US Senate Expected To Approve NATO Expansion — Reuters
Dem Meddling In GOP Primaries Implodes — The Hill
How The US Can Stop One Cause Of Heat Wave Deaths — Vox
Lula’s Comeback & The Stakes For Brazil — The Nation
Susan Sarandon On Being Liberals’ Scapegoat — The Lever
More Dem Voters Support BDS Than Oppose It — Middle East Eye

KANSAS ABORTION VOTE SHOCKWAVE COULD CHANGE MIDTERMS

Abortion Rights Vote Rocks Midterms
Twitter Gives Anti-Abortion Org $25k
DOJ Has Opened a New Front in the Abortion Wars

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Extreme GOP Candidate Doug Mastriano Now Pulling in Donor $$$ — Philadelphia Inquirer
DOJ Subpoenas Pat Cipollone, Trump White House Counsel — New York Times
Shadowproof Turns Seven — Shadowproof
Sandy Hook Parents Confront Alex Jones Over “Living Hell” — Washington Post
Corbyn Urges West to Stop Arming Ukraine — The Guardian
Pelosi Leaves Taiwan — Axios
Back to School, Back to Being Spied on — WIRED
Polio in New York — Salon
Pentagon Officials Had Phones Wiped After Jan 6 — Washington Post
The Empty Politics of Lis Smith — Intelligencer
Are We At The Dawn Of ‘Insulin Socialism’? — Jacobin

KANSAS VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTE TO PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS

Amendment to Restrict Rights Resoundingly Defeated
Voters Made Clear They Wouldn’t Tolerate Change to Rights
“Enormous Victory”
Result Has GOP Sweating

IN OTHER PRIMARY NEWS

AIPAC Defeats Andy Levin
Cori Bush Wins Primary
Rashida Tlaib Prevails

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In New York, Nadler and Maloney Gets Nasty — Intelligencer
A Billion Reasons Why the Senate Won’t Ban Assault Weapons — VICE
Alex Jones Admonished in Court for Lying — Raw Story
Trump in Trouble? Don’t Hold Your Breath — Salon
Manchin Climate Bill Both a Win and a Deal With the Devil — New Republic
…But Voters Support it By Wide Margin — HuffPost