Sunday Review: May 22, 2022

Sen. Cassidy: Maternal Death Rates Only Bad If You Count Black PeopleVanity Fair
Top Consulting Firm Worked For Russian Weapon Co. & Pentagon At Same TimeCNBC
Fascist Orbán: Key To Power Is Right Wing MediaCommon Dreams
Florida Is Banning Social Justice In TextbooksMother Jones
Weed Violations Have Taken 10,000 Truckers Off The RoadKPLC
Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner Indicted On Health Care FraudWSB
Herschel Walker Wants Total Abortion Ban The Hill
Trump Thought About Quitting After ‘Pussy’ TapeDaily Beast
Monkeypox: 80 Cases Confirmed In 12 CountriesBBC
Sextortion Case Leads To Suicide For 17-Year-OldCNN

Posted on

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 PartyThe Insurgents
Is Jeff Bezos Preparing To Run For Office?The Guardian
Amazon Lies About International Labor Standard ComplianceJacobin
Tesla Stock Plunges, Down 44% YTDNew York Times
Tesla Insiders Rip Workplace Safety In New DocLos Angeles Times
Chomsky: SCOTUS Illegitimate — TruthOut
Texas Is Investigating Families Of Trans Kids AgainVice

Posted on

Midday Magazine: May 20, 2022

BATTLE LINES DRAWN

Bernie Prepares For War With AIPAC — New York Times
AIPAC’s Dangerous New Antidemocratic ProjectThe Nation

PLUS:

Ginni Thomas Pressed Arizona Lawmakers To Overturn ElectionWashington Post
Money-Losing Season — New York Magazine
Windfall Tax Needed, Climate Campaigners Say — Common Dreams
Global Elite Descend on DavosCNBC
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 ChaosThe Intercept
How Tuition-Free College Could Help Student Debt CrisisThe Hill

Posted on

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 AgreementThe New Republic
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Fires Trans HostCurrent
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 5-11NBC News
W Returns to Our Psyche — New Republic
Hindu Extremists Targeting Muslim Sites — AFP

Posted on

Evening Drive: May 19, 2022

Elon Musk Exposed Genitals To SpaceX Flight AttendantInsider
Michigan Election Chief: Trump Wanted Me Arrested & ExecutedNBC
Two-Thirds Of Americans Don’t Want Roe OverturnedNPR
House Passes Bill Targeting Price GougingCNN
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 AbortionsNew 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 InvestigationPolitico
Ga. Senate Hopeful Herschel Walker Failed To Report MillionsInsider
Home Sales Fall As Prices Hit Record High; Rent Also Hits New HighCNN
Senate Poised To Greenlight Finland, Sweden For NATOPolitico

Posted on

Midday Magazine: May 19, 2022

WILL BUFFALO SHOOTING PROVOKE A RECKONING?

Buffalo Shooting Suspect Indicted On First-Degree MurderHuffPost
Dispatcher Who Hung Up on Buffalo Shooting Could Be Fired — Washington Post
Texas Law Could Bar Social Companies From Removing ManifestosPolitico
Buffalo Shooting A Reminder Mass Surveillance Doesn’t Protect UsJacobin

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 DilemmaThe Nation
Is the Justice Department Incompetent? — New York Magazine
CDC Investigating 180 Unexplained Cases Of Hepatitis In KidsThe Hill
Wells Fargo Held Fake Interviews To Boost Diversity StatsNew York Times

Posted on

Morning Commute: May 19, 2022

GEORGE W BUSH REMINDS US HE DESTROYED IRAQ

George Bush Accidentally Condemns Iraq WarThe 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 ConcernUSA Today
NY AG To Investigate Twitch, Discord After Buffalo ShootingNPR
Kids Fight Back After Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in Schools — TruthOut
Yemeni Civilian Victim Of US Drone Strike Starts GoFundMeThe Intercept
House Passes Bill To Address Formula ShortageCBS News
Biden Invokes Defense Product Act To Ramp Up Formula OutputNPR
Fyre Festival Grifter Released From Prison EarlyNBC News
Rising Rent Costs Yet Another Reason To Cancel Student DebtDaily Kos

Posted on

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 PartyHuffPost
Amazon Forces Union Organizer To Pick Up Trash OutsideVICE
Amazon Accused Of Pregnancy, Disability DiscriminationPolitico
Elon Musk Says He’s Voting Republican, Blames UnionsMore Perfect Union
US National Soccer Teams Close Pay GapNPR
NATO, Ukraine Launch Major War Games On Russia’s BorderNewsweek
‘Pharma Bro’ Released From PrisonCBS News
US Gun Production Triples Since 2000New York Times
Military Industrial Complex Itching To Sent Drones To UkraineThe Intercept
The US War Budget Is Failing Young PeopleCommon Dreams
Jan. 6 Rioter’s Bumble Match Notifies FBINBC News

Posted on

Midday Magazine: May 18, 2022

PRIMARY RESULTS CONTINUE TO COME IN

Biden-Backed Dem Who Blocked Biden Agenda Nears DefeatThe Intercept
Suddenly Republicans Are OK With Counting Mail-In BallotsHuffPost
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 ResignsWashington Post
Earth’s Atmospheric CO2 Hasn’t Been This High In Millions of YearsCommon Dreams
Critical Climate Indicators Broke Records In 2021The Guardian
Biden’s Trip To Israel Getting Trickier By The DayResponsible Statecraft
911 Dispatcher Accused Of Hanging Up On Buffalo Call On LeaveHuffPost

Posted on

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

Posted on