News Bolt

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 5 Republicans — Politico
Feds Begin Grand Jury Investigation Into Trump WH Docs — New York Times
Bernie Unveils Medicare For All Act Of 2022 — Common Dreams
Seven Health Insurance CEOs Raked In Record $283 Million In 2021 — Stat
Abortion Rights Group See Major Spike In Activist Energy — Reuters
GOP Govs. Beg Justice Dept. To Block SCOTUS Protests — Washington Post
Warren Bill Would Empower Feds To Stop Price Gouging — Common Dreams
Leaked Memo Reveals Apple’s Anti-Union Talking Points — Vice
Warren, AOC, Bush Slam Amazon Over Warehouse Collapse — The Hill
Law & Order Returns To Labor Relations — The American Prospect
Over 6 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine Since Invasion — Axios
The Far Right Is Doxxing Liberal Judges — Vice
We Need a Labor-Based Strategy To Protect Abortion Rights — Jacobin
Twitter Freezes Hiring, Pushes Top Execs Out — Axios
How Twitter Lost The Celebs — Washington Post
Bipartisan Group Of Senators Push Cannabis Legislation — The Hill
The Rip-Off Economy Will Save Itself, Not You — In These Times
Biden Cancels Alaska Oil & Gas Lease Sale — CBS News
California Wildfires Ravage Orange County Mansions — CNN

CRYPTO CRASH

What Happened This Week With Crypto?
$200 Billion Gone in One Day
Cawthorn’s Crypto Pal Crashes and Burns

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Free Speech? Anti-Protest Law From McCarthy Era Aimed at Demonstrators — The Lever
Resurgence of the Abortion Underground — WNYC
Conservatives Whine About Political Climate — The Hill
Amazon Union Efforts Slower Than Starbucks — New York Times
Starbucks Workers, Meanwhile, are Kicking Ass — Discourse Blog
Dems Have Failed on the Courts — Blue Tent
Indigenous Communities Demand Shutdown of Line 5 — Daily Kos
Over 50 Burial Sites at Native American Boarding Schools — The Cut
1 in 200 NYC Children Have Lost a Caregiver to Covid — The City
Spike in MA Wastewater Covid Levels Highest Since Feb — MassLive
Israel to Investigate IDF Killing of Journalist — Washington Post

STARBUCKS UNION GROWING AS LABOR MOVEMENT KICKS INTO OVERDRIVE

First California Store Unionizes
Starbucks Union Movement By the Numbers
Coffee Giant’s Anti-Union Efforts Could Backfire

WAR REPORT

US Demanding War Crime Investigation of Russia While Ignoring Own Behavior
Risks of Military AI
Chomsky on Climate and War

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Who Shot Shireen Abu Akleh? — Discourse Blog
Thank God We Had an Abortion — CNN
Chomsky on Climate and War — TruthOut
Adjustable Loans Form Largest Share of US Mortgages Since 2008 — Bloomberg
SF Cops Using Self-Driving Cars For Surveillance — VICE
What Does Chuck Schumer Think He’s Doing? — New York Magazine
The Evangelical Anti-Abortion Machine — The Intercept
Slave Labor Companies Sidelining Investigation — American Prospect
Brown Bear Kills Soldier in Alaska — New York Times

MANCHIN, Repubs Block Roe Codification

Senate Republicans & Joe Manchin Quash Senate Roe Bill
Schumer Warns Of ‘Open Season’ On Freedoms
What Overturning Roe Could Mean For Birth Control
Legal Experts Think Roberts Could Persuade Cons To Change Course
Roadblocks Ahead For Leak Investigation
NJ Gov Announces Plan To Expand Abortion Access

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J6 Rioter Plea Deal Goes Off The Rails After Claiming Innocence — RawStory
Top WH Aide Susan Rice Abuses, Berates Staff — American Prospect
Feinstein, Rubio Propose Space National Guard — Inside Defense
Al Franken Considers Another Senate Run — The Hill
Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map — NBC
Inflation Rate Hovers Near 40-Year High at 8.3% — The Guardian
Few Workers Saw Wage Gains Outpace Inflation — Insider
Inflation Hits People Of Color Hardest — DailyKos
Risky Adjustable Rate Mortgages Soar to ’08 Levels — Esquire
Thousands Of Top Websites See What You Type Before Hitting Submit — Wired
Exxon Doubles Down On ‘Advanced Recycling’ Myth — The Nation
‘Best Damn American Made’ Products Made In China, Actually — CBS News

SHIREEN ABU AKLEH KILLING SPARKS OUTRAGE

Al Jazeera: This Was Israel
Mourning Akleh, in Photos
Now You’re Appalled?
International Condemnation of Latest Israeli War Crime

Manchin Will Vote No On Senate Dems Roe Bill — CBS News
Police Trainers Spew Racism, Transphobia, Hate — Daily Kos
Identity Politics Is Good, Actually — New York Magazine
Overdose Deaths Continue To Rise — New York Times
Daniel Ellsberg Says SCOTUS Roe Leak A Good Thing — NPR
Big Oil Secretly Working On ‘Carbon Bomb’ Projects — The Guardian
Kathy Boudin and the Scourge of Felony Murder Laws — Hellworld
Trump Lawyer Had Blueprint For Coup — Washington Post
Lindsey Graham Welcomed Biden Presidency in Wake of 1/6 — The Guardian
Dems are Losing the Battles—and the War — Progress Report
Covid Cases Jump 50% Over The Past 2 Weeks — Yahoo News
Congress Leaves Those Most Endangered By Covid In The Lurch — The Nation
Baby Formula Shortage Alarming Parents, Advocates — New York Times

DEMS TO PUT ROE ON SENATE FLOOR

Dems Will Put Abortion on Senate Floor to Stir Voters — Washington Post
Alito Draft Opinion on Abortion Still Likely the Court’s Ruling: Report — Politico
The End of Roe and Ectopic Pregnancies — New Republic
Data Tracking and After Roe — NBC News

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Palestinian-American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Killed By Israeli Forces — Al Jazeera
91% of Great Barrier Reef Corals Bleached — HuffPost
Trump-Backed Groper Loses Nebraska Primary — USA Today
Woman in El Salvador Sentenced to 30 Years For Losing Pregnancy — VICE
Texas Abortion Law Prohibits Care For Miscarriages — NPR
White House Backs Away From Moulton’s “Proxy War” Comments — The Intercept
House Staff Can Form Union — American Prospect
Inflation Cooled Down in April — New York Times
“Biggest Leaker” Trump Whined About Leaks — Rolling Stone
Trump Attorney Urged States to Change Vote Totals — Politico
Qualified Immunity and White Supremacy — Raw Story

GOP INFIGHTING SPURRING RESIGNATIONS, EMBARRASSING LEAKS

Cawthron Oppo Leaks Coming From NC GOP
Let Them Fight: Tucker v D’Souza Edition
Trump Thought China Had “Hurricane Gun”
GOP Lawmaker Resigns From Congress Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

ANGER OVER ROE AS RIGHT-WING MOVES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

Handmaid’s Tale: Canada Offering Americans Abortion Services
Florida School Silencing ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Plaintiff
… While Other States Copy Homophobic Law
Blue States Act to Protect Abortion Rights

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Nancy Pelosi’s Fantasy Land — Discourse Blog
Ukraine War Making Big Money For US Arms Dealers — VICE
Private Equity Buys Dem Data Firm — The Intercept
State Violence in India — The Flashpoint Podcast
Gun Deaths Surged During Pandemic’s First Year — New York Times
Musk Will Reverse Trump Twitter Ban — New York Times
Susan Collins Calls Cops Over Sidewalk Chalk Message — Common Dreams
Target Workers in Virginia Unionizing — New Republic
Manufacturing Opinion on the Border — FAIR

IN WAKE OF POLITICAL LOSSES, ANGER WITH DEMOCRATS GROWING

Jen Psaki Is an Embarrassment
The Right Will Never Return the Favor
Harebrained Takes On Appropriate Protest Tactics

FALLOUT FROM ROE DRAFT OPINION CONTINUES

“We Got Rolled”
Dems Still Spurning Pro-Choice Candidate In Favor of Anti-Abortion Conservative
GOP Could Ban Abortion Nationwide As Early as 2025

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ICE Operating Domestic Spy Agency — The Guardian
Attacks on Libraries Are Attacks on Labor — TruthOut
Biden Must Fund Global Covid Fight — Common Dreams
South Carolina Marking Traitor Remembrance Holiday — ABC News 4
GOP Hopeful Made Fortune Selling Tear Gas Used on BLM Protesters — Politico
Secession From the Left — CounterPunch
GOP All In On Culture War — Washington Post

INFLATION HEATS UP AS INVESTORS SELL OFF STOCKS

Calculate Your Rate of Inflation
Markets In Free Fall As Investors Sell Everything
Oil Cos. Offloading Assets To Murky Orgs To Inflate Climate Progress

ABORTION RIGHTS A FLASHPOINT FOR PROTEST AND POLITICS

Mass Pro-Choice Protest Outside Justice Alito’s House
Anti-Choice Cuellar Getting $$$ and Support From Dems
Over 25% Of Childbearing-Age Women In Texas Uninsured

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World Could Briefly Exceed 1.5c of Warming Over Pre-Industrial Levels In Next Five Years — Reuters
Biden Ditches Covid Aid to Ensure Ukraine War Money — White House
…While Senate Passes Bill Boosting SCOTUS Security — ABC News
No Big Ukraine Announcement From Putin — VICE
Steve Schmidt vs the McCains — New York Magazine
Pillow Salesman Convinced the SCOTUS Leak Was About Him — Insider
OAN Finally Admits No Mass Voter Fraud After Settling Suit — Daily Beast
Manchin Keeps Fucking With Dems — VICE
Australian Officials Find $14 Million Worth Of Cocaine On Riverbank — CNN
Alito and Christian Nationalism — New Republic
Airlines Continue Price-Gouging Flyers — American Prospect

People Denied Abortions More Likely To Face Financial Problems — CBS
Dems Use Abortion To Fundraise, But Don’t Protect Rights — Jacobin
With Roe, The GOP Is The Dog That Caught The Car — The New Republic
Most Americans Support Nationwide Abortion Protections — Truthout
NY AG James Announces Legislation To Protect Abortion Rights — NY Mag
Mexico Sees Spike In Americans Obtaining Abortion Drugs — NPR
ABC News Interviews InfoWars Host In Segment On Abortion — Media Matters
Pelosi-Backed House Dem Fired Then Smeared Pregnant Staffer — Jezebel
Amazon Retaliates For Union Drive, Fires 2 Organizers — Vice
Pro-Israel Groups Spend Big To Tank Pennsylvania Progressive — Sludge
Gas Prices Race Toward Record Highs — CNN
Trump Reportedly Souring On Madison Cawthorn — Rolling Stone
3 Tourists Die At Bahamas Resort, Cause Unknown — BuzzFeed News
Russian Ambassador To Poland Hit With Red Paint — ABC News