Sen. Cassidy: Maternal Death Rates Only Bad If You Count Black People — Vanity Fair
Top Consulting Firm Worked For Russian Weapon Co. & Pentagon At Same Time — CNBC
Fascist Orbán: Key To Power Is Right Wing Media — Common Dreams
Florida Is Banning Social Justice In Textbooks — Mother Jones
Weed Violations Have Taken 10,000 Truckers Off The Road — KPLC
Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner Indicted On Health Care Fraud — WSB
Herschel Walker Wants Total Abortion Ban — The Hill
Trump Thought About Quitting After ‘Pussy’ Tape — Daily Beast
Monkeypox: 80 Cases Confirmed In 12 Countries — BBC
Sextortion Case Leads To Suicide For 17-Year-Old — CNN
Evening Drive: May 20, 2022
The Gig Economy Is Broken — VICE
Polling On Abortion Misses the Forest For the Trees — FAIR
Trump-Backed Candidate Wants to Ban Birth Control — HuffPost
Israeli Official: Anger at Killing of Journalist Rooted in “Anti-Jewish Racism” — The Intercept
Corporate Dem Falls In Primary — Salon
Can Progressive Electoral Wins Change The Democratic Party — The Insurgents
Is Jeff Bezos Preparing To Run For Office? — The Guardian
Amazon Lies About International Labor Standard Compliance — Jacobin
Tesla Stock Plunges, Down 44% YTD — New York Times
Tesla Insiders Rip Workplace Safety In New Doc — Los Angeles Times
Chomsky: SCOTUS Illegitimate — TruthOut
Texas Is Investigating Families Of Trans Kids Again — Vice
Midday Magazine: May 20, 2022
BATTLE LINES DRAWN
Bernie Prepares For War With AIPAC — New York Times
AIPAC’s Dangerous New Antidemocratic Project — The Nation
PLUS:
Ginni Thomas Pressed Arizona Lawmakers To Overturn Election — Washington Post
Money-Losing Season — New York Magazine
Windfall Tax Needed, Climate Campaigners Say — Common Dreams
Global Elite Descend on Davos — CNBC
Grain Elevator vs Black History — ProPublica
Bookstore in Virginia Sued Over Banned Books — Book Riot
US Somali Redeployment Threatens Civilians — Human Rights Watch
Visual Investigation Shows Russian War Crimes — New York Times
Teachers in Texas Required By Law to Give Buffalo Shooter Ideology Equal Weight — NBC News
Private Equity Gloats Over Doctor Glut — Lever News
Oklahoma Abortion Ban Means Surveillance, Criminalization And Chaos — The Intercept
How Tuition-Free College Could Help Student Debt Crisis — The Hill
Morning Commute: May 20, 2022
JERK OFFER
Elon Musk Exposed Himself to Flight Attendant; Paid Her Off With $250K
Musk Offered to Buy Victim a Horse
Billionaire Denies Allegations
THE WAR OVER REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Warren Raises Alarm Over Abortion Data Security
CPAC Head Uses Great Replacement As Argument Against Reproductive Rights
My Human Form
Abortion Rights Outcry in Croatia
PLUS:
Trump Suggested to Michigan Election Chief She Should Be Executed — NBC News
Dr. Oz Weird Warning About Cannabis — Alternet
GOP Hearing Witness Claims DC Generates Power From Burning Fetuses — HuffPost
Tucker Defenders Using MSNBC Playbook — The Flashpoint
Wall Street Quietly Invested $4.6 Trillion In Fossil Fuels After Paris Agreement — The New Republic
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Fires Trans Host — Current
GOP Anti-Abortion Witness Claims Electricity Comes From Burning Fetuses (It Doesn’t) — HuffPost
Sinclair CEO Boasts A Divided America ‘Very Good For Our Business’ — Daily Kos
CDC Greenlights Pfizer Covid Booster For Kids 5-11 — NBC News
W Returns to Our Psyche — New Republic
Hindu Extremists Targeting Muslim Sites — AFP
Evening Drive: May 19, 2022
Elon Musk Exposed Genitals To SpaceX Flight Attendant — Insider
Michigan Election Chief: Trump Wanted Me Arrested & Executed — NBC
Two-Thirds Of Americans Don’t Want Roe Overturned — NPR
House Passes Bill Targeting Price Gouging — CNN
Israel Won’t Investigate Shooting of Journalist After All — The Intercept
Republicans Just Voted Against Feeding the Baby They’re Forcing You to Have — VICE
Oklahoma Passes Bill Banning Almost All Abortions — New York Times
George W. Bush’s Iraq Gaffe Is an Indictment of America — Discourse Blog
Michigan Ground Zero for Abortion Battle — New Republic
The George W. Bush Nostalgia Machine — Flashpoint Podcast
GOP Member Who Gave Tour Eve Of Jan 6 Under Investigation — Politico
Ga. Senate Hopeful Herschel Walker Failed To Report Millions — Insider
Home Sales Fall As Prices Hit Record High; Rent Also Hits New High — CNN
Senate Poised To Greenlight Finland, Sweden For NATO — Politico
Midday Magazine: May 19, 2022
WILL BUFFALO SHOOTING PROVOKE A RECKONING?
Buffalo Shooting Suspect Indicted On First-Degree Murder — HuffPost
Dispatcher Who Hung Up on Buffalo Shooting Could Be Fired — Washington Post
Texas Law Could Bar Social Companies From Removing Manifestos —Politico
Buffalo Shooting A Reminder Mass Surveillance Doesn’t Protect Us — Jacobin
POST ROE AMERICA WILL BE HELL
She Went to Mexico From Texas For Reproductive Health Care — VICE
Jayapal Backs Cisneros — Common Dreams
PLUS:
NYC Fire Code v Solar — Grist
Biden Needs to Be Straight With Whites — Salon
Richard Nixon, Mets Sicko — Defector
Ukraine Museum Collecting Artifacts in Real Time — Guardian
Anti-War Activists Face Moral Dilemma — The Nation
Is the Justice Department Incompetent? — New York Magazine
CDC Investigating 180 Unexplained Cases Of Hepatitis In Kids — The Hill
Wells Fargo Held Fake Interviews To Boost Diversity Stats — New York Times
Morning Commute: May 19, 2022
GEORGE W BUSH REMINDS US HE DESTROYED IRAQ
George Bush Accidentally Condemns Iraq War — The Guardian
A “Telling Slip”
Not Funny, It’s Impunity
PRIMARY FALLOUT
MAGA Leaves Trump Behind
Primary Wins Are All About the Long Game
PLUS:
Vindman Faced Retaliation — Washington Post
Covid Spiking — New York Times
Monkeypox Cases Causing Global Concern — USA Today
NY AG To Investigate Twitch, Discord After Buffalo Shooting — NPR
Kids Fight Back After Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in Schools — TruthOut
Yemeni Civilian Victim Of US Drone Strike Starts GoFundMe — The Intercept
House Passes Bill To Address Formula Shortage — CBS News
Biden Invokes Defense Product Act To Ramp Up Formula Output — NPR
Fyre Festival Grifter Released From Prison Early — NBC News
Rising Rent Costs Yet Another Reason To Cancel Student Debt — Daily Kos
Evening Drive: May 18, 2022
IS HANNITY THE KEYSTONE STATE KINGMAKER?
Trump Calls On Dr. Oz To Declare Victory Prematurely
Dr. Oz Thanks Hannity For Advising His Campaign
Republicans Look To Hannity, Not Trump As Kingmaker
PLUS:
DCCC Chair Under Fire For Undermining Incumbent In Own Party — HuffPost
Amazon Forces Union Organizer To Pick Up Trash Outside — VICE
Amazon Accused Of Pregnancy, Disability Discrimination — Politico
Elon Musk Says He’s Voting Republican, Blames Unions — More Perfect Union
US National Soccer Teams Close Pay Gap — NPR
NATO, Ukraine Launch Major War Games On Russia’s Border — Newsweek
‘Pharma Bro’ Released From Prison — CBS News
US Gun Production Triples Since 2000 — New York Times
Military Industrial Complex Itching To Sent Drones To Ukraine — The Intercept
The US War Budget Is Failing Young People — Common Dreams
Jan. 6 Rioter’s Bumble Match Notifies FBI — NBC News
Midday Magazine: May 18, 2022
PRIMARY RESULTS CONTINUE TO COME IN
Biden-Backed Dem Who Blocked Biden Agenda Nears Defeat — The Intercept
Suddenly Republicans Are OK With Counting Mail-In Ballots — HuffPost
Big Lie Big With GOP Voters — New York Times
Dem Voters Bucked Party Leadership — Lever News
PLUS:
NYC Has More AirBnBs Than Apartments For Rent — Curbed
Roe Didn’t Break America (It Was Already Broken) — The Atlantic
U.S. Diplomats Abroad ‘Routinely Denied Access’ to Reproductive Care — Foreign Policy
Biden’s Disinfo Board On Pause, Leader Resigns — Washington Post
Earth’s Atmospheric CO2 Hasn’t Been This High In Millions of Years — Common Dreams
Critical Climate Indicators Broke Records In 2021 — The Guardian
Biden’s Trip To Israel Getting Trickier By The Day — Responsible Statecraft
911 Dispatcher Accused Of Hanging Up On Buffalo Call On Leave — HuffPost
Morning Commute: May 18, 2022
FETTERMAN SHEARS LAMB
Not Even Close as Lt Governor Annihilates Conservative Dem
Fetterman Wins on Vibes
Attention Shifts to General
MORE RESULTS
Mastriano GOP Pick For PA Gov
Cawthorn Cooked
Progressive Voters Send Stunning Rebuke Of Manchin-Sinema Wing
Booker Wins in Kentucky
PLUS:
Manchin Standing in Way of Gun Reform Now — The Hill
Replacement Theory Based in Resource Scarcity — The Intercept
DOJ Wants 1/6 Committee Transcripts — New York Times
Senators Demand Investigation of Guns Marketed To Kids — HuffPost
Glenn Greenwald, Tucker’s Mouthpiece — The Nation
Boos For Wyoming Senator’s Anti-Trans Remarks — Daily Kos
Great Replacement and Trump’s Big Lie are Merging — Raw Story
UK Inflation Hits 40 Year High — BBC
Russia’s Declining Energy Industry — New York Times
Elon Musk’s Twitter Bid Looks Dead — Axios
Blaming Robots For Taking Our Jobs — New Yorker