News Bolt

Russia-Ukraine War Wages On

Pro-Ukrainian Saboteurs Are Behind Blasts At Russian Sites
Illusion of Calm In Odesa
Russian Spies Misread Ukraine And Misled Kremlin As War Loomed

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Fox Pushing Smear Against Merrick Garland — Media Matters
PA Senate Race in Fetterman’s Hands — Washington Post
GOP Blowing “Red Tsunami” — VICE
“Only Moral CEO” Turns Out To Be Total Scumbag — New York Times
Mar-a-Lago and National Crisis — Salon
2028 LA Olympics Creating Housing Disaster — New Republic
Maine Nurses Keep Union in Landslide Vote — Common Dreams
The Real Inflation Reduction Acts — American Prospect
Biden Ignoring Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh — The Intercept
Biden Admin Urges States To Ration Monkeypox Vaccine — HuffPost

DeSantis’s Florida Taking Shape, But Courts Step In

“Voter Fraud” Crackdown Begins
Governor in the “Upside Down,” Says Judge
Courts Slowing Down Dark Vision for State

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Forget Alex Jones—Look at His Helpers — FAIR
How Peter Baker’s Feelings Become “News” — American Prospect
Scientists Unlock Destroying “Forever Chemicals” — VICE
Brian Stetler’s CNN Show Canceled — NPR
New Orleans Denied Flood Recovery Money Over Abortion — Alternet
Twitter Account “Libs of TikTok” Pushing Violence Against Children’s Hospitals — Media Matters
Transphobic Utah Parents Launch Witch Hunt Against Teen — Intelligencer
J.D. Vance’s Wall Street Tax Dodge — Lever News
Judge May Unseal Some of Mar-a-Lago Warrant — Washington Post
Trumps Get Involved in NY Primary — New Republic
Putin’s Spies Blew it in Ukraine — Alternet
A Progressive Vision of the Economy — The Intercept

Senate Now A Toss-Up

Senate Control Up For Grabs: Cook Political Report
GOP Pumps $28 Million Into Ohio Race
Val Demings Leads Rubio In Florida
Ron Johnson Trailing Mandela Barnes In Wisconsin
Fetterman Has Commanding Lead Over Oz In Pennsylvania

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College Students Worried Anti-Abortionists Will Rat Them Out — VICE
Biden Keeping Student Loan Borrowers In Limbo — The Hill
Coalition Working To End Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ — The Intercept
Judge Asks DOJ To Release Redacted Trump Search Docs — HuffPost
Water Cutbacks On Tap For Bone Dry West — American Prospect
The US Could Be On The Verge Of A Railroad Strike — Jacobin
Bible Among Dozens Of Banned Books At Texas School — NPR
If You Ran The CIA Please Shut Up — Discourse Blog
USPS Gets Money From IRA For Electric Vehicles — Mother Jones
How An Obscure Tax Incentive Led To Affordable Homes — Washington Post

Florida Teen Abortion Case Grows More Complicated

Florida Teen’s Abortion Case Highlights Issues With Parental Consent Laws
States With Toughest Abortion Laws Have Weakest Maternal Support
Holding Prosecutors to Account in the Wake of Dobbs
Google Employees Push For Abortion Coverage For Contractors

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NYT Facing Backlash Over Endorsement — The Intercept
Milwaukee Sends Two Socialists to State House — Jacobin
Woman Sues Landlord Over “Sexual Intercourse” Lease Contract — VICE
The Importance of Nuclear Weapons Treaties — FAIR
US v Trump, Redux — Salon
Biden Urged to Cancel Student Debt — Common Dreams
Liz Cheney Will Continue to Fight Trump, Says Raskin — New Republic
Our Suburban Panopticon — Hate It Here

Record Heat Putting Workers in Danger

Factory Shutdowns in China
Teamsters Warn UPS Workers in Danger
States Can Act to Protect Workers—But Will They?

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🔈 In the Fog of War — Insurgents
Texas School Bans the Bible — VICE
The Humiliation of Dr. Oz Is Nearly Complete — New Republic
When Reactionaries Fight Alphabet Boys — Forever Wars
Kids Born Near Fracking Sites More Likely to Develop Leukemia — Common Dreams
Navy Failing to Prevent Vet Suicides — The Intercept
Little Difference Between Liz Cheney and Trump — Jacobin
Antisemitic Threats to Florida Judge Should Be Bigger Story — FAIR
The New Holy War — Salon
No Arrests Six Months After HBCU Bomb Threats — Politico

No Miracle Cure For Dr. Oz’s Campaign Woes

Dr. Oz Claims He Has 2 Houses. He Has 10.
Fetterman Raises $500K With Viral ‘Crudité’ Roast Of Oz
GOP Cuts Ad Spending In Pennsylvania

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Trump Has His Own History With Espionage Act — The Intercept
Giuliani Arrives To Testify In Georgia Election Probe — HuffPost
US Retail Sales Were Flat In July Due To Inflation — Associated Press
China Sends Troop To Russia For ‘Vostok’ Exercise — Reuters
Texas School District To Remove Anne Frank’s Diary From Library — JTA
The EU Was Built On A Rejection Of Democracy — Jacobin
Monkeypox Is A Workers’ Rights Issue — In These Times
White Extremists Have Found Their Guy For The Senate — Vanity Fair
The Internet Can’t Stop Talking About Andrew Tate — NBC News
Where K Street Money Went In The Wyoming Primary — Politico

Abortion Ban Nightmare Stories

Louisiana Woman May Be Forced to Give Birth to a Headless Baby
16-Year-Old Not “Mature” Enough for Abortion, Judge Rules
Abortion Providers Ask for End to Interviewing Anti-Abortion Propagandists
Biden’s Emergency Care Abortion Guidance Challenged In Court
Abortion Is Legal In This State. Rogue Prosecutors Are Interfering Anyway.

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Wildlife Shouldn’t Suffer Because of Human Stupidity — New Republic
Afghans Still Waiting — Axios
Boston Children’s Hospital Under Threat From Far-Right — NBC News
How Starbucks Is Fighting Union Drive — American Prospect
Liz Cheney’s Loss and the State of the GOP — New York Times
Lead Exposure In Housing Lowers Black Children’s Reading Scores — The Hill
Andrew Cuomo Wins Lawsuit Over Book Deal — Politico
Recent Migrant Deaths Highlight The Danger Of Deterrence — The Nation

Liz Cheney Loses Primary in Landslide

In Loss, Cheney Hints at Presidential Run
Promises to Continue to Fight Trump
Result a Sign of GOP Loyalty to Former President

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Murkowski Advances to General Election in Alaska — HuffPost
Palin Faces General Election Contest for House Seat — Axios
Progressives Go After Right-Wing Dem — The Nation
Can Biden Wake Up the Youth Vote? — New Republic
The Inflation Reduction Act and What Comes Next — Notes on the Crises
Progressives Cheer on Signing of Bill — Common Dreams
Starbucks Continues to Union Bust — Jacobin
Far Right Boogaloo Bois Fighting in Ukraine — VICE
Prisoner Uprising Brutally Repressed — It’s Going Down
Lawmakers Demand Gov Agencies Reveal Info They Purchased — Gizmodo
What’s Rudy Up To? — Intelligencer
“No Real Consequences” for Toxic Emissions Events — American Prospect

Biden Signs Health, Climate & Tax Bill Into Law

Schumer-Manchin Deal Leads To IRA Passage
Five Ways The IRA Could Save You Money
Historic Investment In Clean Energy
Sourcing For Green Energy Is Challenging
Will IRA Help Dems In Midterms?

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Dems Hint At Subpoena For Secret Service — HuffPost
Longtime Trump Org Exec. Negotiating Guilty Plea — NPR
ADA Protects Transgender People Too, Judge Rules — The Hill
NBA Won’t Play On Election Day — Politico
Liz Cheney May Lose Primary — CBS News
Drought-Stricken Az., Nv., Will Get Less Water From Colorado River — NPR
US Struggled To Convince Ukraine Of Russian Invasion Risk — WaPo
Biden’s Proposed Police Bill In Context — Speaking Security
Suspect Arrested In Portland Antifascist Activist’s Death — The Intercept

Dems Get Much Needed Midterm Boost

Maybe Dems Midterm Hopes Aren’t Lost
Inflation, Abortion & Bad Republicans Helping Dems
Trumps Legal Troubles Could Help Dems In November
Dems, Repubs Equally Angry Ahead Of Midterms

PLUS:
11 Questions About Dr. Oz’s Crudité Video — Intelligencer
The Mad Plan to Save Earth by Flooding It With Phytoplankton — Daily Beast
Sarah Palin’s Comeback — New York Times
Jill Biden Has Covid — NPR
Rich Nations Vaccine Hoarding Again — Common Dreams
Will We Be the Last Civilization to Collapse? — Salon
Mexico Arrested 167 Cartel Members at Once. It Did Not Go Well. — VICE
The End of Remain in Mexico — Border / Lines
Hillary Goes After Bernie, Again — Jacobin
Bed Bath & Beyond Becomes Latest Meme Stock — CNBC