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Biden Doesn’t Actually Support Abortion Rights
Inside Private Conservative Conference On Banning Abortion
Total Abortion Ban Would Up Maternal Deaths By 24%
Growing Calls For GWU To Remove Clarence Thomas

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🔈 Tucker Carlson Goes to Brazil — The Flashpoint Podcast
Neo-Nazi Newspaper Endorses Blake Masters — Alternet
Reparations For Racist Laws — Center For Public Integrity
Some Texas Schools May Call Slavery “Involuntary Relocation” — AP
NY Lawmakers to Ban Guns in Times Square — Gothamist
Immigrant Moms Get Rare Win in Family Detention Case — Texas Observer
Pentagon’s Proxy War Program — The Intercept
Mass Shooter Gender Needs to Get More Attention — FAIR
📺 Ukraine-Russia Propaganda War — Listening Post
The Biden Administration Needs To Act Like A Blue State — The Nation
Kentucky Judge Steps Down, Clearing Way For Biden-McConnell Anti-Abortion Pick — Courier Journal
McKinsey’s Role in the Opioid Crisis Revealed — Axios

SCOTUS INCREASINGLY SEEN AS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY

The Supreme Court’s Shock-and-Awe Judicial Coup
AOC: We Are “Witnessing a Judicial Coup in Process”
Court Now Aims at Democracy Itself

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New Haven Police Paralyze Black Man During Transport, Trigger Investigation — New York Times
Ten-Year-Old Boy Held in Jail For Three Weeks Without Charge — Fair For All
Witness Pressure? Trump Under Fire — New York Times
Tampering Should Generate Charges: Expert — Raw Story
Biden’s Familiar Excuses for Inaction — American Prospect
It’s Essential to End “Remain in Mexico” Policy — New Republic
Stop Giving Chris Rufo a Platform — Media Matters
Inside the Rural Psychiatric Hospital Staff Call a “21st Century Asylum” — VICE
Arizona Looks to End Public Education — Salon
Why Don’t Travel Advisories Include Countries’ Abortion Restrictions? — VICE
Bladder Surgery For the Hamptons — Insider

Breyer Retires, Brown Jackson Sworn In

Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Female Justice
What SCOTUS Loses With Breyer’s Retirement
Fury At SCOTUS For EPA Decision
How Charles Koch Purchased The EPA Decision At SCOTUS
Time Ticking For Climate Action
The Beginning Of The End For Regulation


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Amnesty Condemns Mariupol Airstrike As War Crime — ABC News
Biden Reverses Course, Supports Changing Filibuster For Abortion — Jezebel
Democrats Are Not Going To ‘Vote Harder,’ Primaries Show — VICE
“Pro-Life” GOP Rep Who Paid For An Abortion Silent This Week — Daily Beast
Clarence Thomas Claims Vaccines Made From Aborted Fetuses — Politico
What It Was Like To Be An Abortion Escort Before Roe Ended — Mother Jones
Four Charged In Connection To Migrant Trailer Deaths — The Hill
Emmett Till’s Family Seeks Arrest After 1955 Warrant Found — The Root
Ron Johnson Must Be Investigated For Role In Jan. 6 — The Nation
Wisconsin Supreme Court Greenlights GOP Power Grab — HuffPost

SCOTUS CLIPS EPA’S WINGS AS WORLD BURNS

Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That The Planet Should Burn
Scientists in Broad Agreement on Climate Crisis
How the US Food System Fuels Climate Crisis
India on Fire
Extreme Temperatures in Latin American Cities Linked to 1 Million Deaths
Kansas Cattle Deaths Linked to Crisis

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Biden Can End Trump’s Remain In Mexico Policy Says SCOTUS — Axios
Ukraine War Blowback on Horizon — The Intercept
How To Crack Down On Corporate Profiteering — Lever News
“Moderate” Democrats Are Anything But — American Prospect
Wells Fargo’s Corporate PAC Exposed — Popular Info
The Rot Runs Deeper — Can We Still Govern
Crypto Titan Coinbase Providing Geo Tracking Data To ICE — The Intercept

DO SOMETHING

Biden Unlikely To Take Bold Action On Abortion Despite Rhetoric
12-Year-Old Incest Victims Should Birth Dad’s Child, Mississippi House Speaker Says
Section 230, Last Line of Defense For Abortion Speech

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Boston Affordable Housing Initiative First of Its Kind on East Coast — WGBH
Bernie Backs Tlaib & Levin In Face Of AIPAC Attacks — Common Dreams
Trump Faces Possible Legal Risk After Bombshell Testimony — CBS News
Woman Fatally Shot While Pushing Stroller In NYC — New York Times
Breyer Retires From SCOTUS Today — CNN
Brittney Griner “Struggling” in Russia — Axios
Blame Inflation on Corporate Greed — VICE
Atlantic City Casino Workers Unionize — Guardian
Flight Delays, Cancelations Mar Summer Travel — Reuters
Radio DJs Protest Layoffs By Playing Rage Against the Machine On Repeat — Rolling Stone
Tucker Carlson Gushes Over Bolsonaro — Mediaite
Ben and Jerry’s Object to Parent Company Selling Product in Occupied Territories — Haaretz

RIGHT-WING PLANS FOR POST-ROE WORLD COMING INTO FOCUS

The State Lawmakers Shaping The Future Of Abortion
Life After Roe Will Be Worse Than We Feared
Don’t Take Abortion For Granted If You Live In A Blue State

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I’m Begging Democrats to Kill This “Ultra-MAGA” Nonsense — Discourse Blog
R Kelly Gets 30 Years — New York Times
Rent Growing Four Times Faster Than Income — Never Leave
Dems Risk Running Out Of Time To Confirm Judges — Common Dreams
Fox News Flips On Trump During Jan. 6 Hearings — RawStory
Secret Service Pledges Response To Trump Limo Allegations — The Hill
MTG Stunned Climate Change Is Real — Alternet
On Iran, Biden Has Been Trump’s Second Term — Jacobin
Right Wing Tries To Claim Marriage Equality Is Safe (It’s Not) — Media Matters
Depp/Heard Verdict a Loss for Violence Survivors—and a Free Press — FAIR

CO, IL, NY, OK, UT Primary Results

Repub. Who Said Roe Overturn Was Win For ‘White Live’ Wins Primary
Bittersweet Night For Progressives In Illinois
Progressive Delia Ramirez Defeats Billionaire PAC Money
What Went Down In Tuesday’s Primaries


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John Roberts Is To Blame For Supreme Court’s Extremism — Jacobin
SCOTUS Says States Can Be Sued For Discriminating Against Vets — CNN
48 Hours On The Abortion Hotline After Roe Fell — The Nation
NY Activists Hope To Turn Setbacks Into Electoral Wins — In These Times
Odds Increasing That Trump Could Be Charged — New York Magazine
Fetterman’s Election Could Be Good News For Defending Abortion Rights — DailyKos
Europeans Watching US in Horror (As Usual) — Common Dreams
Can Abortion Clinics Trust the Cops? — VICE
The Man Who Bought the Supreme Court — Lever News

WASHINGTON STILL BUZZING FROM EXPLOSIVE JAN 6 TESTIMONY

Cassidy Hutchinson’s Jan. 6 Testimony Was an Alexander Butterfield Moment
Her Path From the White House to the Witness Stand
It Was a Coup
Next Up: Witness Intimidation?

BATTLE LINES ARE BEING DRAWN AROUND COUNTRY AFTER ROE

Abortion Ban Blocked in Texas
Illinois and New York Early Test of Post-Roe Politics
Rape Crisis Centers Under Pressure After Roe Struck Down

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Paxton Expresses Interest in Defending Texas Sodomy Law — Houston Chronicle
The Supreme Court Is an Extension of Fox News — DailyKos
Boebert Wins Primary — AP
Corporate America is Helping to Elect Anti-Abortion Attorneys General — Sludge
Trans Attack in Dublin After Pride Fractures One Man’s Skull; Injures Two Others — Pink News
Thousands Hit Boise Streets Against Far-Right — It’s Going Down
Trump Loyalists Clam Up — ABC News
The Most Explosive Revelations From Hutchinson’s Testimony — New York Magazine
Anchovies Rain From the Sky in San Francisco — SFGate

JAN 6 COMMITTEE PROMISES BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY—AND DELIVERS

Trump Knew Insurrectionists Were Armed, Didn’t Care
Ex-WH Aide Gives Damning Jan. 6 Testimony
‘Ketchup Dripping Down The Wall’ & Other J6 Details — Daily Beast

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🔈Elon Musk’s Weird Obsession With A Gaming Site — The Insurgents
🔈 Court Hell — The Flashpoint Podcast
Ghislaine Maxwell Gets 20 Years — New York Times
Four Dead in Monday Missouri Amtrak Derailment — Washington Post
NYC Mayor Thinks Rudy Reported False Crime — Politico
California Will Send Out Inflation Relief Checks — CNBC
Corporate Media And The Rise Of Fascism — Copaganda Newsletter
New York Magazine’s Disclosure Issues Continue — Gawker
Flight Cancellation Nightmare on the Horizon — American Prospect
Facebook Labels Vandalism Group Jane’s Revenge Terrorists — The Intercept
White House Says People Who Need Abortions Can Vote For Democrats in Four Months — VICE

ANGER RISING OVER ROE, RESPONSE FROM DEMOCRATS

Frustration Over Dem Inaction Mounts
Dems Post-Roe Messaging Is Very Bad
Administration Not Considering Offering Abortion Services on Federal Land
… Even As They Face Pressure From AOC, Elizabeth Warren to Act
Blue States Can’t Fix What the Supreme Court Broke
Uphill Battle to Protect Abortion Rights

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Kentucky’s Teacher of the Year Quits, Citing Homophobia — NBC News
FBI Seized John Eastman’s Phone — New York Magazine
Period Tracking Apps on What to Do With Your Data — VICE
San Antonio Migrant Death Toll Rises to 50 — Washington Post
Biden’s ICE Director Pick Withdraws Nomination — Politico
Senate Judiciary Committee Targets MLB Anti-Trust Exemption — The Athletic
Religious Supremacy, It Is (Again) — Chris Geidner
I Don’t Regret My Abortion — The Atlantic
No Charges Over Flint Water — AP
How To Fight Decades Of Environmental Racism — The Nation
As Usual, National Media Not Up to the Task — Hellworld
Over 90 Former Members Of Congress Became Foreign Agents Since 2000 — Responsible Statecraft
Most Hospitals Ignoring Federal Law On Price Transparency — Jacobin
OAN Host’s Alleged Violent Outbursts Driving Staff Out — Daily Beast