Midday Magazine: July 25, 2022

Abortion Fight Intensifies

GOP Could Face Trouble In November Over Abortion
South Carolina Outlaws Websites Showing How to Get Abortion
Coachella Parent Organization Donating to Anti-Abortion Org

PLUS:
One Dead From Heat Exposure in New York City — Pix11
Hundreds Of Temperatures Records Broken In US — Axios
VT Prosecutor Champions Restorative Justice, Facing Primary — Bolts Mag
Fox Seeks Allies Across the Political Spectrum to Shill for Bolsonaro — FAIR
Patriot Front Increasing Presence in New England — Boston Globe
Gab CEO: Jews Not Welcome on the Right — Media Matters
JD Vance Says DV Victims Should Stay in Marriages — VICE
Young Conservatives Torn Between Trump and DeSantis — HuffPost
Federal Staff Want Biden To Play Hardball With Manchin — Common Dreams
Secret Service Refusing to Testify — Salon
2 Killed In Los Angeles Park Shooting — New York Times

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Morning Commute: July 25, 2022

LET THEM FIGHT

Cheney and Kinzinger Want to Rehabilitate GOP
Liz Cheney’s GOP Con Job
Jan 6 Committee Could Subpoena Ginni Thomas
Trump Goes to DC to Plan Comeback

PLUS:

Fighting Through Climate Despair — Never Leave
Dem Staffers Sound Climate Alarm About Biden — Lever News
Kansas Debates First Post-Roe Vote on Abortion — New York Times
Democrats Need to Embrace Culture War — New York Magazine
Google Selling Advanced AI to Israel — The Intercept
Abortion Pills on Business Cards at Hacker Conference — VICE
GOP Attacks on Schools Continue — DailyKos
US Blowing Monkeypox — New Republic
Homeless and Living in a Rest Stop — Press Herald
Cops Being Removed From Schools For Sexual Assault — Dame

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Sunday Review: July 24, 2022

Planet Cooks As Leaders Wait Around

Over 85 Million Under Heat Warnings
Dem Lawmakers Plead With Biden To Take Action
Activists Protest At WH CoS House Demanding Climate Emergency
Heat-Related Deaths Top 1,700 In Spain, Portugal
The Dawn Of The Apocalypse
Trump Cheers For Climate Change At Youth Summit
The Audacious PR Plot That Seeded Doubt About Climate Change

PLUS:
Jan. 6 Panel Weighs Subpoena For Ginni Thomas — Politico
Wes Moore Wins Dem Primary For MD Gov — Washington Post
Dems Jockey Over What Gets Into Final Budget Bill — The Hill
Starbucks’ Schultz Is Nation’s Most Flagrant Union Buster — Jacobin
Demands For Higher Wages On 13-Year Anniversary Of Last Wage Hike — Common Dreams
Docs Reveal Advanced AI Tools Google Selling To Israel — The Intercept
Murdoch Media Starts To Turn On Trump — HuffPost

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Evening Drive: July 22, 2022

Steve Bannon Convicted Of Contempt Of Congress

Bannon’s Refusal To Testify Means He Faces 2 Years In Prison
Trial Lasted One Week, Only Two Witnesses
Widespread Mockery After Bannon’s Earlier Bluster

PLUS:
Growing Chorus Demanding Amazon Be Investigated — Common Dreams
The Cult Of Donald Trump — The Intercept
Biden Makes First Public Appearance Since Getting Covid — The Hill
Proposed Election Reforms Draw Broad Support — NPR
DIY Collective Embeds Abortion Pills Onto Business Cards — VICE
Biden Is All Talk As Fires Scorch American West — The Nation
WWE Chief Vince McMahon Retires As Misconduct Probe Intensifies — CNBC
Private Charity Is Just Another Scam For the 1% — Jacobin
Job Market Beginning To Show Cracks — Washington Post
Newsom Sets Up SCOTUS Fight With Gun Law — Los Angeles Times
If Trump Wins In 2024, His Allies Will Unmake The Government — Mother Jones

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Midday Magazine: July 22, 2022

OKAY, NOW WHAT?

What Do We Do Next With Jan. 6 Findings?
Watchdogs Demand Trump Be Prosecuted
Trump’s Second Term Plan Would Have Filled Government With Loyalists
Hawley Fundraising Off His Cowardice

PLUS:

Mississippi Removes Ban On Guns In Schools — Mississippi Free Press
Can GOP States Really Stop Pregnant People From Traveling? — The Nation
SCOTUS Says Biden Can’t Restore Immigration Plans — Politico
The Supreme Court Brought On Its Instability — Law Dork
Klobuchar Wants Amazon’s One Medical Deal Investigated — The Hill
Gavin Newsom Runs Ads In Texas Trashing Its Gun Laws — RawStory
GOP Targeting LBTQ Rights After Roe Victory — New York Times
Corporate Carbon Offset Company Accidentally Starts Devastating Wildfire — VICE
Tammy Baldwin Confronts Rubio Over Gay Marriage Comments — CNN
White House v Pelosi on Taiwan — Politico

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Morning Commute: July 22, 2022

TRUMP OUTTAKES, HAWLEY SCURRYING, AND OTHER JAN 6 HEARING MOMENTS

Five Main Takeaways From Hearing
Trump Chose Not To Act As Mob Terrorized Capitol
Trump Accused Of Dereliction Of Duty
Outtakes Show Trump Refused To Acknowledge Loss On Jan. 7
Watch Hawley Run

PLUS:

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Embrace Comes With Repression — The Intercept
Monarch Butterflies Now Listed As Endangered By Scientists — AP
GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin Attacked at Campaign Event — NBC News
New York Adult Diagnosed With Polio — CNN
Big Oil Poised For Another Record Quarter — Reuters
Anti-Cori Bush PAC Backed By Opponent’s Father — The Intercept
David Hogg Explodes at GOP Rep For Use of Racist Rhetoric — VICE
Monkeypox Could Be Entrenched As New STD In US — Associated Press
Finland Dumps Crypto It Seized In Drug Busts — Bloomberg
Pattern of Sexual Assault in British Military — VICE
Veterans Can Teach in Florida Without Degree — Gainesville Times

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Evening Drive: July 21, 2022

Final Jan. 6 Hearing Tonight

Hearing To Focus On Trump’s Inaction On Jan. 6
Clip of Trump Staff Testimonies Shared On Twitter
DHS IG Tells Secret Service To Stop ‘Investigating’ Missing Texts
What We Know About Trump’s Actions On Jan. 6

PLUS:
Biden Has ‘Mild Symptoms’ From Covid — NBC News
Nearly 200 GOP Reps Voted Against Birth Control Protections — HuffPost
Election Denial Movement Going Door To Door — NPR
CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratios Hit New High — Jordan Uhl
Senate Advances Computer Chip Production Bill — Popular Info
Heatwave Alert Triggered For 100 Million — Washington Post
Corporate Carbon Offset Company Starts Wildfire — VICE
Manchin’s Former Aide Now Corporate Lobbyist — Jacobin
Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress? — The Nation
Republicans Worried Herschel Walker Will Blow It — The Hill
Monarch Butterfly Added To Threatened Species List — CNBC

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Midday Magazine: July 21, 2022

JAN 6 REVELATIONS CONTINUE IN LEAD UP TO PRIME-TIME HEARING

Harvard Study Finds Trump Was Main Motivator For Jan 6 Rioters
Another GOP Staffer Who Marched on the Capital
Trump v Liz Cheney in Wyoming

PLUS:

Biden Has Covid — Discourse Blog
🔊 The Coming Recession — The Flashpoint Podcast
Here’s Who Counts Your Vote — Bolts Mag
The Israel Lobby Is an Enemy of Democracy — Discourse Blog
New Hampshire Teachers Leaving Profession in Droves — SeaCoast News
$3 Billion a Day in Profit For Oil Companies — The Guardian
Inside a Powerful Anti-Abortion Campaign — Mother Jones
Air Force Scientist Got Sex Worker a Contractor Job — Military Times
Climate Change and the Coming Conflict — Thompson Reuters Foundation
Make Them Take Tough Votes — New Republic
Hidden Skeletons — Join

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Morning Commute: July 21, 2022

JAN 6 COMMITTEE ENDING, FOR NOW, WITH A BANG

Jan 6 Committee to “Humiliate” MAGA Lawmakers
Secret Service IG Knew in February About Text Purge
Americans Losing Faith in Elections
Senators Propose Reforming Electoral College

PLUS:

Zuckerberg to Testify in Privacy Lawsuit — Axios
Arizona Private Prisons Lose Power, Prisoners Report “Stifling” Conditions — Arizona Republic
Putin’s Healthy, Says Former CIA Director — Insider
GOP Candidates in Missouri Fundraised at Dem Candidate’s Estate — The Intercept
Indiana Mall Gunman Appears to Have Posted Plans on 4chan — VICE
Terminating Democracy — The Racket
Biden Climate Speech Disappoints Activists — Common Dreams
North Carolina Bill Allows For “Self-Defense” For Fetuses — DailyKos
Fetterman “Feeling Good” Post-Stroke — Intelligencer
Wall Street’s Recession Alarm — New York Times

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Evening Drive: July 20, 2022

Biden Stalling On Climate Emergency

Biden Unveils Extreme Heat Plan, Stops Short Of Emergency
What Would Declaring A Climate Emergency Do?
Biden’s Team Hesitant To Declare Emergency
Senators Demand Biden Act Immediately

PLUS:
Indiana Mall Shooter Posted Plans On 4Chan — VICE
Federal Court Rules Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban In Effect — NPR
Police Departments Spend Tens Of Millions Annually On Copaganda — Jacobin
Merrick Garland Isn’t Impartial, He’s Helping Trump — The Nation
Climate Activists Smash Windows At Murdoch HQ — Mother Jones
Ron Johnson Can’t Crawl Out Of Jan. 6 Hole — The New Republic
Bipartisan Deal On Reforming Electoral Count — NPR
Even The Dem Establishment Couldn’t Beat AIPAC — The Intercept
Postal Service To Boost Electric Vehicle Usage — Common Dreams

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