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STATE OF PLAY A WEEK AFTER ROE DRAFT OPINION LEAK IS DIRE—BUT SOME GLIMMERS OF HOPE

Long-Term Prospects of Restoring Roe
Georgia Privacy Laws May Leave Abortion Rights in Place
North Carolina Clinic Center of Regional Abortion Debate
Corporate America Silent
Alito’s Power Grab

PLUS:

Holder: GOP Needs to Cheat to Win — CBS News
AOC and Eric Adams Feud — New York Times
Child Hunger Rates In NYC Remain Higher Than Pre-Pandemic — RawStory
Russian TV, Internet Hacked With Antiwar Message — Washington Post
GOP Doubling Down on Crime Fears — The Hill
Sri Lanka PM Resigns Amid Protests — CNN
Imelda Marcos is Back, Baby — Daily Beast
Border Patrol Failing to Count Migrant Deaths — The Intercept
Keir Starmer to Quit if Charged For Breaking Covid Rules — BBC
US Lifting Ukraine Steel Tariffs — New York Times

IS GAY MARRIAGE NEXT?

Draft Opinion Could Set Precedent to Undo Marriage Rights
Plaintiff In Gay Marriage Case Fears What’s to Come
Roe Is Testing Roberts
Mississippi Gov Won’t Rule Out Banning Contraception

PLUS:

Deported Parents May Lose Children — NBC News
John Deere Tractor Kill Switches Aimed at US Farmers — Doctorow
Esper’s Cowardice — The Intercept
Happy Mother’s Day. Can You Comment For This Story About Your Dead Son? — The Flashpoint
Economic Stimulus Works — American Prospect
Protesters Take Aim at Manchin, Sinema — Common Dreams
Black Students in Illinois Victims of Racial Profiling — ProPublica
Democrats Have One Last Chance — Politico
Tenants to Take Over NYC Apartment Building — New York Times
Trump Throws Cawthorn Under the Bus — Rolling Stone

McConnell Suggests National Abortion Ban — Insider
Thiel-Backed Senate Candidate Suggests Banning Contraception — RawStory
Idaho Lawmaker Weigh Ban On Plan B & Contraception — Idaho Statesman
Roberts Outnumbered By Fringe Justices On Roe — Washington Post
Advocates Fear More Attacks On Abortion Clinics To Come — USA Today
SNL Skewers Supreme Court’s Roe Decision — CNN
NLRB Alleges Starbucks Violated Labor Laws With Union Bust Attempts — NPR
Lauren Boebert Caught In Another Campaign Finance Scandal — RawStory
How Facebook Quietly Tried To Kill Bernie’s Facebook Page — The Daily Beast
Great Plains Drought Threatens Food Production — KCUR
Brazil’s Lula Launches Campaign To Oust Fascist Bolsonaro — Truthout
John McCain’s Daughter’s Book Flops — Mediaite

Nationwide Protests Planned After Roe Decision Leaked — The Hill
Tennessee Gov. Signs Bill Strictly Regulating Abortion Pills — AP
NYT Columnist Blames 1973 Roe Decision For Men’s Woes — Jezebel
White House Projects 100 Million Covid Cases This Winter — The Hill
Amazon Fires Senior Managers At Unionized Warehouse — New York Times
Starbucks Execs Furious Biden Met With Organizers, Demand Meeting — CNBC
Police Trainers With Extremist Ties Training US Cops — Reuters
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Wants His Own January 6 — HuffPost
Judge Sides With Marjorie Taylor Greene In Ballot Qualification Case — CNN
Man Who Literally Killed His Wife Wins Local Republican Primary — Jezebel
Academics Should Strike To Save Universities — Jacobin
The Economic Shock From Ukraine Will Impact Us All — The Nation
Saudis Cover Up Repugnant Abuse At Migrant Facilities — Middle East Eye
The Perils Of Pity — Discourse Blog
Chris Lehmann on Multi-Racial Democracy — FAIR

New York Opts To Increase Rent By Biggest Margins In A Decade — Gothamist
Abortion Pill Startup Seeks VC Funding, Moves To Expand — Axios
Drought Expands In Southeast, Worsening Wildfire Risk — CNN
On Biden’s Performance: ‘He’s Done Next To Nothing’ — Boston.com
Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden’s Union Pledge — The Lever
Bernie Puts Amazon’s Billions In Federal Contracts At Risk — The American Prospect
Giuliani Bails On Jan. 6 Committee Appearance — CBS News
What Unions Are Doing To Protect Democracy — The New Republic
Moderna Got $300 Million Windfall While Hiding Vax Recipe — Common Dreams
Millions Of Children Could Potentially Contract Long Covid — CNN
Colorado Cop Sentenced To 5 Years For Brutal Arrest Of Elderly Woman — NPR
The ADL Goes Full Bully — The Nation
CIA-Linked Firm Dives Into Shady SPACS — The Intercept
Top Border Patrol Agent Spreads Racist Conspiracy Theory — USA Today

GINNI THOMAS INCREASINGLY SEEN AS LIKELY TO BE LEAKER

The Ginni Hypothesis
Drama!
Ginni Thomas Facebook Account Reveals Deep Right-Wing Connections
Gay Marriage Could Be Next to Fall

ARE WE HEADED TOWARD NUCLEAR WAR? SERIOUSLY

Kinzinger’s Saber Rattling Is Incredibly Dangerous
US Intel Sunk Russian Warship
NATO Back On the Menu
What Does ‘Victory’ Even Look Like?

PLUS:

Trump Wanted to Bomb Mexico, Then Pretend It Was Someone Else –New York Times
Recession Coming? — New Republic
Christian Smalls Crushes Senate Hearing on Amazon Union — CNBC
Sandstorm In Iraq Sends 1,000 to Hospital — Al Arabiya
Federal Cops In LA v Pro-Choice Protesters — LA Times
Bernie Puts Amazon Contracts at Risk — American Prospect
Brittney Griner ‘Wrongfully Detained’ In Russia — ESPN
Arizona Won’t Disclose Expiration Date on Death Penalty Drugs — Arizona Republic
JD Vance, the Future of Trumpism — The Nation

GOP ENDANGERING LIFE OF SCOTUS CLERK

Cruz Accuses Sotomayor Clerk, Admits He Has No Proof
A List of Theories On the Leaker
Roberts Finds Leak (Not Roe Decision) “Absolutely Appalling”
Lunatic Newsmax Host Accuses KBJ Of Being Leaker
Schumer Announces Roe Vote In Senate, Collins Immediately Opposes
Why Dems Probably Won’t Nuke The Filibuster For Abortion

ALSO THERE’S STILL A WAR GOING ON

Washington Needs to Take Russian Threats Seriously
Brutal Battle In Mariupol Steelworks
Pentagon: Us? Targeting Russian Generals? No Way.
Belarus Conducts Drills Near Ukraine Border

PLUS:

The Time to Fight Is Now — Discourse Blog
Texas Hints It May Use Roe Case To Gut Public Education — Common Dreams
White House Taps New Press Secretary — New York Times
LAPD, DHS Cops Attack Pro-Choice Protesters — The Flashpoint Podcast
McCarthy Considered 25th Amendment After 1/6: Audio — Daily Kos
Afghan Refugees Struggling Without Congressional Help — HuffPost
New Omicron Subvariant To Become Dominant Strain — Deadline

AS SENATE DITHERS, SANDERS CALLS FOR ECONOMIC REFORMS

Sanders Blasts Senate For Prioritizing Corporate Welfare — Common Dreams
Sanders and Senate Dems Call For Better Pay For Senate Dining Workers — The Hill

ROE FALLOUT REACHES WELL PAST US BORDERS

Global Stakes of Roe — Washington Post
Roe Won’t Motivate Democrats, Or Hurt Republicans — New Republic
Data Firm Tracking Abortion Clinic Visitors — VICE
Louisiana GOP Moves To Label All Abortions Murder — Lafayette Daily Advertiser

PLUS:

US Finally Admits It Hit 1,000,000 Covid Deaths — NBC News
Pity the Billionaire — New York Magazine
Elon Musk To Serve As Twitter CEO After Deal Closes — CNBC
Here Are The Investors Backing Elon — BBC
GOP Chances in 10 Key Governor Races — FiveThirtyEight
Michigan AG Calls For Full Student Debt Cancellation — WLUC
Left in Europe Confronts Resurgent NATO — The Intercept
Russian State Media Claims to Discover Militarized Ukrainian Witches — Vice
Campaign Cash Buying Corporate Welfare — The Lever
Strippers Turn Lockout Into Picket Line — The Nation
Literally Who Asked For This — The Daily Beast

DESPITE ROE, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP BACKS ANTI-CHOICE CANDIDATE

“We Cannot Afford to Take That Risk”: Challenger Jessica Cisneros
Undaunted, Clyburn Stumps for Anti-Abortion Cuellar

WHAT THE END OF ABORTION RIGHTS MEANS:

People of Color Will Be Targeted By Authorities — VICE
Senate Dems Will Fail to Save Us — New York Magazine
Nobody Wants to Hear It From Collins and Murkowski — Discourse Blog
Or Joe Manchin, For That Matter — Raw Story
These Companies Pledge To Help Employees Access Abortions — NPR
Canada Says Door Open For Americans Who Need Abortions — The Hill


PLUS:

Alito Bails On Judicial Conference — HuffPost
It’s Time for Democrats to Do More Than Vote-Shaming — The Nation
MAGA Lunatics Target Random Supreme Court Clerk — The Daily Beast
US Intelligence Helping Ukraine Kill Russians — New York Times
Seven Wildfires in New Mexico — CNN
Don Jr. Meets With 1/6 Committee — The Guardian
Uber Loses $5.6 Billion — New York Times
Biden Openly Praises War Profiteering At Lockheed Martin — Common Dreams
Newsom Moves To Regulate Crypto In California — CNBC
Judge Accepts Chauvin’s Plea Deal In George Floyd Murder Case — CNN
Amazon Anti-Union Consultant Brags About Infiltrating AFL-CIO — The Intercept

Starbucks Anti-Union Propaganda Machine — The Guardian
Supporting These State Races Can Help Protect Roe — Blue Tent
These 13 Corporations Gave $15 Million To Anti-Choice Politicians — Popular Info
Newsmax Blowhard Baselessly Accuses Ketanji Brown Jackson Of Leak — Daily Beast
NYC Covid Hospitalizations Triple In Past Month — The Hill
Ireland Reunification Closer Than Ever as Sinn Fein Prepares to Sweep NI Elections — AP News
Justice Dept. Charges 12 Docs For Fueling Opioid Epidemic — CBS News
War in Ukraine Should Mean Reset of Biden Policy — Foreign Affairs
‘Pro-Life’ Candidate Flails When Asked About Assaulting Pregnant Wife —HuffPost
Why Clyburn Is Endorsing, and Campaigning For, Anti-Choice Dem — More Perfect Union
Crypto Super PAC Muscles Into Pa. Senate Race — Politico
Without a Right to Healthcare, How Can There Be a Right to Abortion? — Sick Note
Dem Senate Candidate Drops Campaign Ad Featuring Slave Plantation — New York Post
You Can Use Multiple Slurp Juices On An Ape — BuzzFeed News