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GOP Tripling Down on Extremism Ahead of Midterms

What Is This Eerie Salute People Are Doing at Trump Rallies Now?
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
GOP Candidate on Abortion: “Get Over It”
Virginia Attacks Trans Kids

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PBS and BBC Team Up to Misinform About Brazil’s Bolsonaro — FAIR
US Refuses to Help Victim of Drone Attack –The Intercept
📺 Reporting on the Death of the Queen — Listening Post
Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Fails Again in Hurricane — Intelligencer
Biden and Covid Team at Odds Over Pandemic Being “Over” — Politico
Fiona Is Atlantic’s First Major Hurricane This Year — Axios
Illinois Eliminating Cash Bail, Outraging Conservatives — Jacobin
Everything You Need to Know About the Asylum Seekers — Border/Lines
Mr. President, Respectfully, What the Fuck? — Discourse Blog
Renewed Iran Nuclear Deal on Life Support — American Prospect
Virginia Attacks Trans Kids — NPR
Anti-Democracy Embraced by the Supreme Court’s Conservatives — The Nation

Serial Podcast Subject, Adnan Syed, To Be Released

Judge Vacates Murder Conviction
Popular Podcast, Serial, Helped Raise Awareness
Syed Was Behind Bars For 23 Years

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Ford Warns Of Extra $1B In Supply Chain Costs In Q3 — CNBC
Queen Elizabeth II Finally Laid To Rest — CNN
Where Hurricane Fiona Is Heading Next — ABC News
Pentagon Opens Sweeping Review Of Covert Psychological Ops — WaPo
Trumpism Won’t Be Defeated By Judicial System Alone — Jacobin
House GOP Wants To Investigate Chamber Of Commerce — The Intercept
Ukraine Warns Of Nuclear Terrorism After Strike Near Plant — AP
Major Earthquake Rocks Mexico — Reuters
Vegan Meat Company COO Arrested For Biting Another Man — RawStory

Puerto Rico Loses Power as Hurricane Fiona Lashes Island

“Total Blackout”
“Catastrophic” Flooding
Disaster Strikes Island Again

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Trump’s Latest Rally Was Even Weirder Than Usual — Intelligencer
Right-Wing Radio Host Blames LGBTQ Community for Rise of Hitler — Media Matters
Biden’s Border Wall Construction Resumes — The Intercept
Which Protest Sign Will Get You Arrested? I Tried to Find Out — VICE
Mixing Christianity With Nationalism Is a Recipe for Fascism — Intelligencer
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Forces Face Mobilized Inmates and Drones — New York Times
GOP Candidates in Battlegrounds Refuse to Commit to Accepting Election Results — Washington Post
“Business as Usual” Might Actually Make the Economy Worse — The Nation
Will the Next Pandemic Start With Chickens? — New Republic
Amazon Raises Prices Throughout Retail, California Alleges — American Prospect

Martha’s Vineyard Rebuffs DeSantis Migrant Ploy

Donations, Volunteers Poured In To Aid Newcomers
DeSantis Stooge Lied To Immigrants
DeSantis Pledges More Migrant Busses
Federal DHS Agents Aided DeSantis

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Stocks Fall Again Capping Dismal Week — New York Times
FedEx Warns Of Global Recession — CNN
Massive Sea Storm Heading For Alaska — NPR
Privatization Threat Remains In Jackson — Common Dreams
Trump Openly Embraces QAnon — Associated Press
Ukraine Accuses Russia Of War Crimes — Reuters
Trump Team Misrepresented Files At Mar-A-Lago — Washington Post
Our Brave New Venture-Funded Brand Culture — Garbage Day
AOC Is Heated — Heated
Donut Break Journalism — Popular Information
Biden Releases Crypto Regulatory Framework — CNBC

Constitutional Crisis

Judge Keeps Block on Inquiry Into Mar-a-Lago Files and Names Special Master
Everything We’ve Learned About the Mar-a-Lago Raid and Its Aftermath
Another Setback for DOJ

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🔈 Brazil Election Update — The Flashpoint Podcast
Britain’s Dead Monarch Parade is An Affront to Me Personally — Discourse Blog
AOC Goes Off on Clay Higgins — HEATED
Says She Fears How He Treats Women in Public — Jezebel
Mike Rowe Mysteriously Silent as Rail Workers Fight For Rights — The Column
Barbara Ehrenreich Was an Unabashed Socialist — Jacobin
Migrants Lied to, Then Dropped on Martha’s Vineyard — Intelligencer
Zelensky: Another Mass Burial Site Found in Ukraine — Axios
Progressive Caucus Warily Eyes Manchin’s Energy Deal — Politico
Why Resolving Democrats’ Internal War on Climate Policy Will Be Hard — New Republic
A New Study in the ACT Will Let Home-Growers Test Their Weed for Free — VICE
“MAGA Republican” Is a Distinction Without a Difference — The Nation
The Irrefutable Case for Police Reform — American Prospect

Rail Strike Averted As Deal Reached

Labor Deal Faces Tough Union Votes
Deal ‘Could Have Gone Either Way’
Punishing Schedules Cause For Union Action
Here’s What’s In White House-Brokered Deal

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No Inheritance Tax For King Charles III — NPR
Judge Appoints Special Master, Denying DOJ Access — The Hill
Migrants Flown To Martha’s Vineyard Say They Were Misled — Reuters
Rioter Who Wore Camp Auschwitz Shirt On J6 Gets Jail Term — Politico
Could Putin Ouster Be Near? — The Daily Beast
US Warned Response To Russia Could Provoke Nuclear War — Common Dreams
British Police Arresting People For Criticizing The Monarchy — Jacobin
Mortgage Rates Jump Above 6% For First Time Since 2006 — New York Times
DOJ Changing The Way It Prosecutes Companies — CNBC
After Indiana’s Abortion Ban Goes Into Effect, Docs Brace For Impact — WaPo

Midterm Battle Lines Come Into Focus

Democrats Learning How to Message
Election Deniers Are Gearing Up to Take Office
Lindsey Graham’s Unbelievably Cruel Abortion Ban

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Railroad Unions and Companies Reach a Tentative Deal to Avoid a Strike — New York Times
No Silence for the Queen — The Guardian
Indigenous Athlete Caitlin Moran Is Suspended for Criticizing Queen — Jezebel
Andrew Cuomo’s Former Assistant Sues Him Over Sexual Harassment — HuffPost
DNC Edits Bylaws to Let it Overrule Convention — The Intercept
Biden Is Helping Fossil Fuel Donors Weaken His Clean Water Rule — Lever News
Insurers Forcing Change on Police Departments — Washington Post
Crime Claims of CNN’s New Police Expert Don’t Hold Up to Facts — FAIR
Cops Kill Man Who Called for Help — VICE
Will the January 6 Committee End With a Bang or a Whimper? — Intelligencer
Battle Royale for Crypto Oversight Kicks Off — American Prospect

Russian Military Appears Spent

Rapid Loss Of Territory In Ukraine Reveals Russian Weakness
Zelensky Visits Soldiers Who Reclaimed Ukrainian City
Zelensky Shocked By Destruction
EU Official Unveils Proposals To Address Energy Crisis
As War Began, Putin Rejected Ukraine Peace Deal

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Congress Wants In On Trump Oversight — Politico
Rail Union Strike Authorized — The Hill
America’s Addiction To Cops — Discourse Blog
Biden vs. Newson On Farmworkers’ Right To Vote — The Nation
The NFL Is A Political Weapon — The Lever
Trump Furious Over MyPillow Guy Raid — The Daily Beast
US Indicts Iranian Hackers On Infrastructure Attacks — Politico
Longest-Serving Rep Could Lose To Jan. 6 Rioter — HuffPost
Defense Rests Early In Parkland Shooter Trial — NPR
WHO Says Covid End “In Sight” — Associated Press
New Bill Would Protect Workers Who Walk Off The Job Due To Climate — The Intercept

Lindsey Graham Makes Midterms Abortion Referendum With Proposed 15-Week Ban

Lindsey Graham’s “Late-Term” Abortion Ban Is a Lie
Graham Takes the Anti-Choice Campaign National
The Only Honest Republican
Republican Candidate Can’t/Won’t Answer Basic Abortion Question
Republicans Forget About States’ Rights in Attempt to Ban Abortion Nationwide

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 🔊 JK Rowling’s Bad Book — The Flashpoint Podcast
Package Explodes On Boston Campus, Injuring Staffer — HuffPost
Polls Might Be Off, But Dems Should Be Optimistic — New Republic
King Charles III May Keep His Head—His Kingdom Is Another Story — The Nation
Ken Starr, Bill Clinton’s Inquisitor, Dies at 76 — Intelligencer
“I Was Arrested for Criticising the British Monarchy” — VICE
Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist — The Intercept
Child Who Killed Her Adult Rapist Must Pay His Family $150,000 — The Guardian
John Roberts Can’t Admit What’s Happened to the Supreme Court — Slate

Biden Touts IRA At White House

White House Hosts Celebration
Biden Takes Victory Lap
Inflation Ticks Up As Biden Celebrates

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Clinton Impeachment Figure, Ken Starr, Dead — HuffPost
Young Americans Aren’t Rewarded Biden On Student Debt Yet — WaPo
Markets Plunge On New Inflation Data — New York Times
Congress Prepares To Act On Rail Strike — The Hill
How Wall Street Is Funding The Culture War — The Lever
Senate GOP In Disarray On Culture War — Daily Kos
Lindsey Graham’s Late-Term Abortion Ban Is A Lie — The Intercept
The Price Of Private Equity’s Power Plant Grab — The Nation
Why Chileans Rejected The New Proposed Constitution — Jacobin