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ANGER INCREASING OVER DEMOCRATIC INACTION ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

“Just Vote Harder” Isn’t Going to Work
Cisneros Calls On Top Dems To Drop Anti-Choice Cuellar
Democrats Need to Show Some Fight—Now
Right-Wing Dark Money Created This Mess

LABOR FIGHTS HEAT UP:

Amazon, Starbucks Labor Organizers Invited to White House — Bloomberg
How Amazon Derailed Staten Island Union Drive — New Yorker
Intimidation? Starbucks to Raise Wages—For Non-Union Workers — New York Times
Montreal Amazon Warehouse Union Drive In Full Swing — CBC

PLUS:

Protest and Resistance — Defector
Oklahoma Prepares Post-Roe Abortion Ban — HuffPost
Data Broker Selling Abortion Clinic User Data — VICE
Death Row Horror — The Guardian
The Institutionalist’s Dilemma — The AP
Oklahoma Statue of Native American Ballerina Destroyed — The Guardian
Covid Mental Impairment Can Be Equivalent of Aging 20 Years: UK Study — Sky News
GOP Running Down Clock on 1/6 Subpoenas — BuzzFeed
Washington’s Rotten Fruit in Burkina-Faso — Responsible Statecraft
TurboTax To Shell Out $141 Million For Scamming Users — CNN

PROTESTS, ANGER OVER ROE

Pelosi Tries To Save Anti-Choice Man In Runoff Against Pro-Choice Woman Minority Rule Is Here
Dems Hope For “Seismic Shift” In Midterms
What Your State Will Look Like If Roe Falls
4 Theories On The SCOTUS Leak

PRIMARY ELECTIONS:

JD Vance Win Shows That Trump Still Controls GOP — New Statesman
Turner Loses to Shontel Brown—Again — HuffPost
…After Progressive Groups Abandon Her Campaign — The Intercept
Easy Win For Blue Dog Tim Ryan Over Progressive Challenger — NPR
Full Primary Results: Ohio; Indiana — New York Times

PLUS:

Asset Forfeiture Cash Paid For Controversial Facial Recognition Tech — The Intercept
Who Cares About the Leak? — Sh!tpost
Susan Collins Is Just Shocked At This — New York Magazine
So, We’re Doing This Thing Again — Axios
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, 14th This Year — ABC News
New York Considers Requiring More Transparency From Wall Street — Jacobin
Covid Hits Multiple Outlets After WHCD Superspreader — CNN
Anti-Choice Man Tragically Survives Scaling Salesforce Tower — Gawker

MORE ON COURT ABORTION OPINION

Right to Choice Is in Our Hands
RBG Could Have Saved Roe By Retiring
Trigger States Will Ban Abortion If Roe Falls
Where Do We Go From Here?

PLUS:

UN: Over 3,000 Civilians Killed So Far In Ukraine, Likely More — The Hill
PayPal Quietly Shuts Down Left Wing Media Accounts — Jacobin
Medicare Beneficiaries See Unexpected Drug Price Hike — NPR
Democrats Are Losing the Base — The Intercept
… And They Need to Put Up or Shut Up — Discourse Blog
California Private Prison Ban Has Another Shot in Court — Daily Kos
Tories Won’t Tax Record BP Profits — TruthOut
FOX NEWS FOMENTS DIVISION: STUDY — Common Dreams
Mulvaney Was Scared of What Trump Was Capable Of — Raw Story
Florida Groups Fight For Progressive Change — Blue Tent
Hochul Picks Delgado — New York Times

FALLOUT FROM SCOTUS LEAK CONTINUES

“Leave It All On the Field”: AOC
GOP Deflects, Attacks Leaker
4 Things We Know About SCOTUS Draft Opinion
Roberts Orders Investigation Into Leak
Biden Calls For Dems to Vote Harder
Renewed Push To Eliminate Filibuster, Codify Roe
Erosion Of Abortion Access Couples With Democratic Backslide
Protesters Flood Supreme Court; More Protests Planned For Today

PLUS:

Primaries to Watch This Week — Bolts
Global Impact of End of Roe — VICE
European Leaders React To Roe News — New York Times
God Damn America — Discourse Blog
GOP Pay to Play Scheme on Climate — CMD Exposed
Feinstein Decline Getting Worse — New York Times
Omicron Variants Mutating Fast; What You Need to Know — New York Magazine
Pfizer Profit Up 61% In Q1 — ABC News
Ballistic Path Dependency — Wars of Future Past

COMICS CORNER

What Does the Billionaire Think? — Jen Sorensen
History of the Boycott — The Nib

SUPREME COURT DRAFT OPINION WOULD STRIKE DOWN ROE

Draft Opinion By Alito Was Leaked to Politico
This Was Always the Right-Wing Goal
Republicans Have Promised a Federal, National Six Week Ban
Texas Will Ban Abortion Outright
LIST OF STATE BY STATE GROUPS TO DONATE TO

PLUS:

Pandemic, Culture War Causing Teachers To Retire Earlier — The New Republic
Romney Wears Disguises To Hide From Trump Supporters — Salt Lake Tribune
UFO Hearings Commence On Capitol Hill — Politico
New Loch Ness Monster Video Footage Drops — The Guardian
Columbia Removes Mentions Of Dr. Oz From Website — The Independent
Human Remains Revealed as Cali Mega-Drought Dries Up Lake Beds — HuffPost
Strong Winds Keep Fueling New Mexico Wildfire — New York Times
World Review: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Israel-Palestine — Proximities
Only Pro-War Voices Allowed on Venezuela — FAIR
Poverty Wages For Minor Leaguers — American Prospect
Trump Likely to Wriggle Out of This One — Raw Story
BP PROFITS DOUBLE ON OIL TRADING — CNN Business
Northern Ireland Headed to Political Earthquake — BBC

Migrant Children Neglected, Abused By Biden’s CBP — Vice
Former NYPD Cop Convicted Of Assaulting Police On January 6 — CBS News
Dems Want Trump Back On Twitter — Politico
Bill Gates: The Worst Of Covid Hasn’t Even Happened Yet — The Hill
Amazon Tries To Overturn Union Vote — Reuters
Amazon Labor Union Loses Vote Next Door to Their First Victory — Vice
Pentagon Scrambles To Shore Up Cyber Vulnerabilities — CNN
GOP Rep. Pushes For US Intervention In Ukraine — Common Dreams
Republicans Wage War Against Fossil Fuel Divestment — Sludge
AOC Makes Case For Student Debt Cancellation On Instagram… — Insider
…As Biden Continues To Ignore Multiple Cancellation Promises — Insider
RNC Ordered To Hand Over Trump Fundraising Data To Congress — AlterNet
How Alex Jones Is Abusing Bankruptcy Law — RawStory
Let’s Be Honest About Ukraine — Discourse Blog
Renewables Meet 100% of California Energy Needs — VICE

Free Speech? Trump Wanted Protesters Shot — Axios
GOP CIVIL WAR: Trump v DeSantis — Raw Story
Pro-Choice Groups to Spend $150 Million On Election — Politico
Grand Jury to Investigate Trump on Attempts to Overturn Election — CBS News
Georgia Officials Tried to End Election Call — Daily Kos
Far Right Influencing 2022 Election — TruthOut
Big Oil Lobbyists Caught Ghostwriting For State Legislators — HuffPost
“HELL ON EARTH” in Mariupol — New York Times
Previously Undisclosed Docs Expose Facebook’s Manipulation — Gizmodo
Upsetting: Queer Youth Suicide Attempts Spiked During Pandemic — USA Today
Thunder Scares New Yorkers — Indy100
Woman Cleared of Murder Still at Risk for Deportation — The Guardian
Germany and India Sign $10.5 B Green Development Deal — ABC News
Diversifying Democratic Congressional Staffers — HuffPost
SCOTUS Rules Against Boston In Christian Flag Case — The Hill
Delta Airlines Kills More Than 5 Million Honeybees — New York Times
Workers At Reproductive Rights Group Push To Unionize — Truthout

WHY ARE DEMOCRATS STILL NEGOTIATING WITH JOE MANCHIN? — New Republic
Highly-Contagious Covid Variant Emerges In Northeast — Washington Post
…As Parents Demand Under-5s Vax — Axios
1/6 Committee Can Obtain RNC, trump Campaign Info — CNN
The Student Debt Means Test Con — The Lever
…And AOC’s Criticism Of It — Common Dreams
Trump Downplays GOP Candidate’s Assault Allegations — Raw Story
POLL: 94% Of Americans Worried About Inflation — The Hill
Homeowners Saw $6 Trillion Wealth Gain During Pandemic — New York Times
Trans Kids in “Despair” Says Biden Official — The Hill
The Ongoing Fight For the Eight Hour Day — Jacobin
Kellogg’s Executive Calls Union Negotiators “Terrorists” — The Intercept
Tory MP Resigns After Being Caught Watching Porn in Chamber — The Guardian
Harvard School Paper Endorses BDS — Harvard Crimson
Bill Maher, Conservative — Only Sky
The Dawn of the Pandemic Age — New Republic
An Evolving Democratic Party — Daily Kos
Germany Says Quitting Russian Oil By Fall “Realistic” — ABC News
Pentagon Should Cover Ukraine Funding — The Prospect

NYT Drops Explosive 3 Part Series On Tucker Carlson
Read: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Trevor Noah Skewers Press At WHCD — The Daily Beast
Biden Mocks Fox News For Covid Hypocrisy — Variety
Former Covid- 19 Coordinator Warns Of Summer Surge — Face The Nation
Pelosi Makes Unannounced Trip To Kyiv — CNN
New Mexico ‘Megafire’ Could Double In Size — Reuters
Workers Mark May Day With Global Pro-Labor Protests — Common Dreams
Starbucks, Amazon Union Gains Show It’s Possible Anywhere — Jacobin
Amazon, Union Prep For Next Fight In Staten Island — ABC News
Atlanta Apple Store Workers Push For Union — Bloomberg
NYC Pizza Joint Stole $175,000 In Wages From Staff — Insider
25,000 Workers To See Wage, Benefits Increase After Union Push —NBC Seattle
DHS Chief Echoes Kamala Harris: ‘Do Not Come’ — CNN
Louisiana Judge Complicates Title 42 Wind-Down — Border/Lines
Ed Ongweso On Musk Buying Twitter, Student Debt Fight — The Insurgents
Dispatches From Afghanistan, Ethiopia & Ecuador — Proximities
Pressure Mounts On Biden To Cancel Student Debt — Truthout
Don Jr. Tours Ohio To Boost Vance — New York Times
How @Dear_White_Staffers Blew Up Capitol Hill — Politico
Cops Kill Florida Man Over Pokemon Cards —Vice

PODCAST: Elon Musk & The Machine — The Flashpoint
Gas Prices On The Rise Again — CBS News
Chevron Profits Quadruple — Reuters
Progressives Demand Higher Taxes After Big Oil Boasts Windfall — The Hill
Drought, Wildfires & High Winds Ravage Southwest — New York Times
Evictions Climbing To Pre-Pandemic Levels — Truthout
New Leaks Expose Hannity, Trump WH Collaborating On Spin — CNN
Biden To Attend Press Circlejerk On Saturday Despite COVID Fears — ABC News
Major Rift In House Freedom Caucus — Politico
Supreme Court Invents New Way To Harass Vulnerable People — The Nation
DHS Touts New “Disinformation” Board — HuffPost
MTG, Boebert Forcibly Separated At Conference — RawStory
Murky Fate For Child Tax Credit — Vox
Families Struggle Amid Baby Formula Shortage — Axios
Planned Parenthood Quietly Stops Abortions in Georgia, Alabama — Jezebel
Medicare Advantage Plans Scam Retirees — The American Prospect
Ukrainian Military Vid Puts ‘Crazy Frog’ Over War Footage — Vice
“Bankrupt” Alex Jones Gets Anonymous $1 Mil Bitcoin Donation — SPLC
Fox News Scrapped Plans For Trump Documentary — Insider
Google Now Lets Users Hide Personal Info In Searches — AP