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Economic and Energy Crisis Looms for Europe

Russian Energy Sources Still Essential
The US Can’t Solve This Problem
Price Controls Will Take Drastic Moves—That May Not Work
Summer Temperature Extremes Raise Fears

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🔈 Suing Evergreen — The Flashpoint Podcast
Why the Right Is Targeting Children’s Hospitals — Salon
Facebook Doesn’t Know Where Your Data Is — The Intercept
The Violent, Racist History of K-9 Units — VICE
A Layman’s Breakdown of the Mark Zuckerberg MMA Video — Discourse Blog
CNN Hires Ex-Cop Who Defended NYPD’s Mass Violation of Muslim Civil Rights — Forever Wars
How Unions Are Casually Demonized in US Media — The Column
Barre Seid’s “Attack Philanthropy” — The Lever
Canceled Over Pride — Washington Post
Ron Johnson Says He Opposes Same-Sex Marriage Bill — Common Dreams
Why It’ll Be Tough for Republicans to Cancel Student Debt Cancellation — American Prospect
Therapists in California and Hawaii Are Striking for Mental Health Care — The Nation

Manchin Pushes Side Deal As Shutdown Looms

Congress Confronts Funding Deadline
Schumer Pledges To Pass Manchin Side Deal Despite Dem Opposition
Progressives Vow To Fight ‘Dirty Deal’
Conservation Groups Urge Congress To Kill Manchin Side Deal
What The Data Really Says About Midterms

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What Are Trump’s Motives For Taking Docs? — Daily Beast
LGBT Groups Sue Over Rule Prohibiting Gender-Affirming Care — The Hill
Ted Cruz Wants SCOTUS To Block Student Loan Forgiveness — Daily Kos
Half Of US Workers Say They Are Quiet Quitting — The Hill
GOP Trying To Undercut Dems In Gov Races — Politico
AOC, Gillibrand Denounce Union Busting By Starbucks — Common Dreams
Project Veritas Was Behind Ashley Biden’s Diary Leak — The Intercept
A Layman’s Breakdown Of The Zuckerberg MMA Video — Discourse
What Corporate Media Execs Mean By ‘Objectivity’ — Popular Info

Trumpworld Hit With More Challenges

Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Docs Included Foreign Nation’s Nuclear Capabilities
Florida Judge Throws Trump, DOJ A Curveball
All Of Trump’s Lawyers (That We Know Of)
Steve Bannon Facing Fraud Charges Over ‘We Build The Wall’ Charity

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Elected Officials, Police Chiefs On Leaked Oath Keepers List — AP
Juul Settles Multistate Youth Vaping Inquiry for $438.5 Million — New York Times
FTC Targets Amazon — VICE
Jennifer Lawrence Speaks Out — Jezebel
Reclusive Billionaire Tries To Reshape The Country — The Lever
Andrew Perez on Dark Money — FAIR
CNN, Politico Want to Give Authoritarianism a Fair Shake — New Republic
Discount America — American Prospect
Biden, Trump, and “Semi-Fascism” — The Nation
Inside the American South’s Anti-Cop Raves — RA
Your Rainwater Could Kill You — Politico

Trump Court Ruling Raises Fears of Unaccountability

It’s Good to Be, If Not King, the Next Best Thing
Order Doesn’t Make Legal Sense
Experts Decry Ruling

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Judge Unseats Official Who Trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6 — New York Times
Yuh-Line Niou Declines to Run on WFP Line — Gothamist
Election Deniers Project Shows Extent of Big Lie — FiveThirtyEight
Dr. Oz Weighed in on Incest, For Some Reason, in 2014 — Jezebel
Biden Should Quit While He’s Ahead — Intelligencer
Fears Mount Over Bolsonaro “Violence in the Streets” — Common Dreams
Israel’s Human Rights Crackdown — FAIR
Historic Fire Lookout Towers Are Burning Down in Today’s Megafires — New Republic
President Biden Is Right About MAGA Republicans — American Prospect
The Rhode Island Progressives Taking on the Democratic Establishment — The Nation

Congress Back From August Recess

Congress Faces Must-Pass Spending Bill As Midterms Loom
Dems Erase GOP’s Senate Advantage
GOP Still Has Inside Track To House Majority
Seven Races That Could Determine House Control

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Senate Dems Consider Linking Marriage-Equality With Spending Bill — CBS
How Trump’s Primary Picks Have Fared — NPR
Election Deniers Repeatedly Visited Office At Center Of Probe — WaPo
‘Cowboys For Trump’ Leader Removed From Office — RawStory
US Claims Russia Is Buying North Korean Arms — New York Times
Ending Neighborhood Oil Drilling — The Lever
How Kansas Kept Abortion Legal — The Nation
Doomsday Glacier Clinging ‘By Its Fingernails’ — Common Dreams
The Most-Regretted & Lowest-Paying College Majors — Washington Post
This Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation Exacerbated Jackson’s Water Crisis — Popular Info

California Under Record Heat

Brutal Temperatures Threaten Power Grid
52 Million People Under Extreme Temp Warnings
Power Outages Possible

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Marty Walsh, Disappointment — New Republic
Amazon Rainforest May Be Past Tipping Point — Common Dreams
NYT Etiquette Column Offers Advice for the Resentful Rich — FAIR
China Accuses NSA of Hacking Its Military Research University — VICE
It’s Time for Democrats to Stop Undermining Teachers’ Unions — The Nation
Besiege the Ivy League — American Prospect
Where Will the Midterms Go From Here? — Intelligencer
Pro-MAGA Cop Undermined Seth Rich Investigation — Rolling Stone

UK’s New PM More of the Same

New Leader Liz Truss Once Railed Against… Cheese
It’s a Time of Crisis For Britain
A Banal Victory Speech
Still in Thrall to the Empire

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Kiwi Farms Is Off the Web — Slate
GOP Momentum Fading in Final Push for Midterms — HuffPost
…But Still Well-Placed to Win — Politico
Senate Dems May Push Same-Sex Marriage Bill — Axios
Inhumane Gimmicks Cities Rely on to “Solve” Homelessness — The Column
Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Halt to DOJ Review of Seized Materials — Common Dreams
NPR Devotes Almost Two Hours to Afghanistan Over Two Weeks—and 30 Seconds to US Starving Afghans — FAIR
Why Are So Many of New York’s Basement Apartments Still Death Traps? — Intelligencer

MAGA Meltdown Over Biden Address

Biden’s Return To Form
Republicans Furiously React To Biden Address
Biden Asks Americans To Vote To Save Democracy, Is It Enough?

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Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High — Common Dreams
Biden Neglecting Best Tool To Preempt Student Debt — The Lever
Acclaimed Economic Writer Barbara Ehrenreich Dies At 81 — The Guardian
This SCOTUS Sleeper Case Could Inflict Enormous Damage — RawStory
Yet Another Chaotic Weekend For Labor Day Travelers — Axios
Why We Don’t Say ‘Reform The Police’ — The Nation
The Beauty Industry Is A Climate Disaster — Heated
Now Would Be A Good Time To Investigate Ginni Thomas — Daily Beast

Trump’s Full Classified Docs Haul Unveiled

Judge Releases Full Inventory Of Mar-A-Lago Findings
48 Empty Folders That Had Contained Classified Docs Found
FBI Inventory Reveals How Careless Trump Was With Docs

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Health Care’s Secret Middleman — The Lever
Gig Workers Tired of Waiting for Action From Biden — New York Times
Go Get an Omicron Booster Shot — American Prospect
DeSantis “Hijacked” Anger Over Parkland — Salon
Trump’s Truth Social Meltdown — New Republic
Democrats Must Ban Dark Money From Primaries — The Nation
Trump Floats ‘Full Pardons’ for January 6 Insurrectionists — Common Dreams
Why Sarah Palin’s Loss Is A Warning For The GOP — Politico
The Defunders — Intelligencer

Biden Delivers Speech on Trump’s Threats to Democracy

📺 Watch the Full Speech
President Warns American Values Are Under Assault
“Extremist” GOP a Danger
A GOP in Thrall to Trump Is a Danger, Biden Says
Possible Outcomes of Trump Prosecution are All Bad

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New Nuclear Deal Won’t Bring US, Iran Closer — Al Jazeera
Ginni Thomas Urged Wisconsin Lawmakers to Overturn 2020 Election Results — The Hill
Brett Favre Under Investigation in Mississippi — NBC News
8 TikTok Trends That Are Terrible for the Environment — Gizmodo
The History of the TSA — The Verge
Overturning Roe v. Wade Is Backfiring Spectacularly on Republicans — Jezebel
Ron DeSantis Is an Honest-to-God Semi-Fascist — American Prospect
Jackson’s Racial Water Crisis — Salon
The Democratic Party Shouldn’t Be a Gerontocracy — The Nation
Fetterman Fires Back at Oz “Murder” Smear — Common Dreams
Donald Trump’s “Better Call Saul” Performance Isn’t Going Well — The Intercept
The GOP Is Starting to Regret Nominating Freaks for Senate — Discourse Blog