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PELOSI’S TAIWAN TRIP PUTS WORLD ON EDGE

“Playing With Fire”
Nancy Pelosi’s Plane Is the Most Tracked Aircraft Online Right Now
Pelosi Is Creating a Global Military Crisis for No Reason at All
China Enraged

🔈 A Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, Explained — The Flashpoint Podcast
SCOTUS Backs Biden on Remain in Mexico Program End — DailyKos
Dems Could Let Stock Trading Ban Die in House — Common Dreams
Tonight’s Primaries Will Help Clarify Trump’s Hold on GOP — Washington Post
The Cop Fentanyl Lie Continues — New Republic
What to Watch for in Tonight’s Primaries — Bolts
It’s Inside Where the Punishing Actually Happens — Welcome to Hell World
Fetus Counts as Dependent, Says Georgia — NPR
Virginia Prison Not Providing Adequate Healthcare — The Appeal
How Women Are Winning the Fight for Gun Safety — Glamour
Burn Pit Bill Back on Track — Bloomberg

PRIMARY COLORS

Big Primaries Across The Country Today
Primaries Will Test Trump’s False 2020 Claims
Democrats Must Embrace Culture War

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Pelosi Lands In Taiwan, Tensions With China Rise — HuffPost
Stephen King Testifies Against Publisher in Merger — WBUR
Helping Kentuckians Recover From Flooding — WFPL
Banana Boat Sunscreen Recalled Over Cancer-Causing Chemical — The Hill
Graveyard Grift as Trump Buries Ex-Wife on Golf Course — Salon
It’s Us or the Oil Companies — The Guardian
Manchin Bill Will Help Inflation, Experts Say — CNN
Manchin-Approved Bill Hell Of A Lot Better Than Nothing — In These Times
Housing Crunch Turned Young Voters Off Capitalism — Politico
Vet Health Bill Causing Rift In GOP — RawStory

TRUMP ENDORSES ERICS IN MISSOURI

GOP Primary Has Three Erics, Trump Declines to Add Last Name
“Devious Move” From Former President
GOP “Baffled” By Endorsement

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US Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda Leader — New York Times
Manchin Side Deal Could Be Climate Bomb — Common Dreams
Trump: “Spoiled” Brittney Griner Deserves to Be in Russian Prison — VICE
Biden Gives Activist Shareholders A Leg Up — Lever News
Fox News Ghosting Trump — DailyKos
Right-Wing Think Tank Pretended to Be Church — Raw Story
Taiwan Braces For Chinese Show of Force Over Pelosi Visit — Washington Post
Whistleblowers and the Road to Tyranny — Salon
Alito Thinks US Christians Are Oppressed — New Republic
The Gilead Playbook — Tom Dispatch

Nation Stressed As Recession Fears Mount

Working People Screwed By Wages, Rents
People “Feel Unsafe” Because Visible Poverty Is Everywhere
To Roll Back The Police State We Need To Tackle Income Inequality
Recession Woes Cut Into Spending Power
60% Of Americans Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck

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Amazon’s Emissions Increased 18% Last Year — CNBC
Are We in a Recession? Depends What Side You’re On — VICE
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Kamala? — Intelligencer
Drug Market Is Booming — Rave New World
Immigrant Body Count and Failed Deterrence — Border/Lines
Anti-Abortion Activist Says 13-Year-Olds Do “Phenomenal” as Mothers — Washington Post
UN Chief Says Humanity “One Miscalculation Away From Nuclear Annihilation” — Common Dreams
Chile’s Draft Constitution, Reviewed — FAIR
Ignore Manchin’s Comments About Biden And Democrats — The Nation

US/China Relations In Flux

US Expects Pelosi To Visit Taiwan Next
Pelosi Trip To Taiwan Would Test China’s Appetite For Confrontation
Pelosi’s Taiwan Tuesday
China Warns Against Pelosi’s Visit, Says ‘Serious Consequences’ Await

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Sandy Hook Lawyers Rip Alex Jones’ Cowardly Bankruptcy Plea — HuffPost
Pritzker Looks Like A Progressive Because Dem Bar Is So Low — Jacobin
Sinema The Ticking Time Bomb That Could Kill Climate Deal — WaPo
Manchin Pushes For Speedy Passage Despite Sinema Silence — NBC
Gen Z Activists Have Taken Climate Action Into Their Own Hands — Mother Jones
Why The American Dream Is More Attainable In Some Cities — NPR
EPA’s Ongoing Failure To Assess Dangerous Chemicals — The Intercept
11 Races To Watch In Tuesday’s Primaries — The Hill
Cleveland QB Watson Suspended 6 Games Despite Many Claims — ESPN
1st Capitol Rioter To Stand Trial Faces Sentencing — ABC News
How Fetterman Is Taking On Oz With Irreverent Campaign — The Hill

MONKEYPOX VACCINE ACCESS FOLLOWS PREDICTABLE PATH

US Monkeypox Vaccine Shortage Could Last Months
Vaccine Apartheid Feared In Poorer Nations
NYC Declares Public Health Emergency
Disease FAQ

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Gen Z Activist Mocked by Gaetz Raises $1M for Abortion Access in 72 Hours — Washington Post
How Joe Biden Became the Father of the Iranian Nuclear Bomb — The Intercept
Tlaib and Levin Rally With Bernie — Common Dreams
Democrats Gave Mitch McConnell a Taste of His Own Medicine — New Republic
Trained, Armed and Ready. To Teach Kindergarten. — New York Times
Slovenia: Wildfires Set Off Hundreds of Unexploded WWI Bombs — Insider
Jamie Raskin on Jan 6 — DailyKos
Post-“Roe,” Transgender People Fear for the Future — American Prospect
No Libertarian Exit — The Nation
Nancy Pelosi Could Get Us All Killed — Salon

Pressure On Manchin, Schumer Deal To Preserve Deal

Manchin Tells Sinema To Back Bargain
Deal Won’t Increase Inflation, Manchin Says
GOP On Attack
Sinema Indicates She May Want Changes
Climate Coalition Wants Biden To Reject Fossil Fuel Expansion In Deal
Manchin Evasive On If He Wants Dems To Control Congress

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Pelosi Heads To Asia, All Eyes On Taiwan — New York Times
China Announces Military Exercise Opposite Taiwan — Politico
Corporate Interests Are Inflaming US-China Tensions — Jacobin
Police Misconduct In Yonkers Costs Residents Millions — NPR
Indiana Senate Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — AP
Food Price Increases Could Slow Down — WSJ
Inflation Is Still Economic Enemy #1 — Washington Post
Missouri’s Kunce Battles Big Money In Both Parties — The Nation

Manchin-Schumer Deal Catches GOP Flat-Footed

GOP Furious They Got Outfoxed For Once
How The Climate Bill Might Impact You
Bill Could Be Big For Electric Car Industry
Biden-Manchin Climate Bill Isn’t Very Good, But It’s All We’ve Got

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Iowa Man Assaults Abortion Rights Protester — DailyKos
Big Pharma’s Anti-Drug Price Reform Ad Campaign — Common Dreams
Highways in Poor, Minority Communities Maintained Poorly — VICE
DeSantis Goes After Drag Shows Citing 1947 Law — The Hill
Jan. 6 Texts Missing For Top DHS Officials — Washington Post
Al. Official Told Reporter Her Skirt Was Too Short To Witness An Execution — HuffPost
Another Airline Merger That Would Worsen Inflation — American Prospect
Brazil Goes After Amazon NFT Sale — Thompson Reuters Foundation
Biden Finishing Trump’s Border Wall — NBC News
Bank of America Hopes Conditions for Workers Get Worse — The Intercept

RECORD PROFITS FOR BIG OIL

Oil Companies Post Record Profits As World Burns
Record Profits For Big Oil, But Not More Jobs
Satellites See Extreme Weather From Space
Senate Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action By US Ever

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Congress Won’t Let the Snakehead Drone Die — Responsible Statecraft
Dems Boosting MAGA Candidates Is Reckless — MSNBC
Jon Roberts Hagiography Must End — Balls and Strikes
Alabama Execution Included Three-Hour Delay — Law Dork
CHIPS Fall — Wars of Future Past
UN: Healthy Environment a Human Right — Currently
White House Insisting Economy Is Strong — Washington Post
Illinois Police Beating of Teen Captured on Video — New York Times
Dismantle the ADL — Mondoweiss
It’s Past Time to Replace IRS Chief Charles Rettig — American Prospect
Chick-fil-A Asks For “Volunteers” to Work — VICE
How Magicians Won the Attention Economy — Economist

EMBOLDENED RIGHT ATTACKS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES

Alito Mocks Critics as Pregnant People Suffer
Majorie Taylor Greene Goes After Gay Men to Sell Shirts
Iowa Town Library Closes After Residents Threaten LGBTQ Employees

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People Who Switched Jobs During Great Resignation Making More Money — Axios
Leaked Memo Shows Amazon’s Anti-Union Strategies — Vox
If Trump Were Black He’d Be in Jail Already — Salon
Sinema’s Manchin Moment — New Republic
Inflation Hits Kentucky Prison Stores — Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
Jon Stewart Enraged Over Vets Bill — The Hill
Alex Jones: When You Think About it, I’m Like Jesus Christ — Alternet
Flash Flooding in Kentucky Kills at Least 8 — New York Times
Obstructionist Democrats Could Still Kill the Manchin Deal — Intelligencer
🔈 World on Fire — The Insurgents
This Is What Every Anti-Abortion Monster Deserves — Discourse Blog