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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and views in September 2022. Part 2 covers the period from Sept. 19 to the end of the month. Part 1 covers the earlier part of the month.

 

Breaking: New York Times, Live Updates: New York Attorney General Unveils Lawsuit Against Trump

 

Sept. 21

Top Headlines

• New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: At U.N., Biden Says Nations Must Stand Against Russia’s Aggression
• New York Times, Live Updates: Putin Calls Up More Troops as His War Effort Falters
• New York Times, Live Updates: New York Attorney General Unveils Lawsuit Against Trump 
• New York Times, Investigation: ‘Very Harmful’ Lack of Health Data Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks, Sharon LaFraniere
• Washington Post, U.S. can’t ban gun sales to people indicted on felony charges, judge says
• Politico, The Fed is declaring war on inflation. It could lead straight to recession

 

More On Ukraine War

• Washington Post, U.N. chief says world is ‘gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction’
• Washington Post, Opinion: Putin’s annexation plan is desperate and dangerous, David Ignatius
• New York Times, UN Live Debates: Biden to Address General Assembly on Day of Ukraine Debates, Farnaz Fassihi
• New York Times, Ukraine’s advance this month exposed deep vulnerabilities in Russia’s overstretched military. Was it just the beginning? Marco Hernandez and Denise Lu
• New York Times, Analysis: With his latest speech, President Vladimir Putin showed that he is at his most dangerous when he is cornered, Roger Cohen
• New York Times, Analysis: U.S. Shores Up Ukraine Support as Energy Crisis in Europe Looms
• Politico, OSCE Ukrainian staff members sentenced in Russian-separatist kangaroo court
• Washington Post, Opinion: Chris Murphy’s warning: A GOP House would defund the Ukraine struggle, Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent

 

Challenges To American Democracy

• New York Times, The Story So Far: Where 6 Investigations Into Donald Trump Stand

 

Puerto Rican Hurricane, Power Failure

• New York Times, Fiona Leaves Puerto Rico in the Dark on the Anniversary of Hurricane Maria

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in September 2022

 

 

Sept. 2

Top Headlines

 

• Politico, Biden takes another swipe at ‘MAGA Republicans’ in prime-time speech
• Washington Post, Trump’s dominance of GOP threatens nation, Biden warns
• Washington Post, Trump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if he’s elected
• Washington Post, NYPD veteran who assaulted police receives longest Jan. 6 sentence yet: 10 years
• Washington Post, U.S. economy added 315,000 jobs in August, extending streak despite inflation
• New York Times, Analysis: A slowdown in job growth and rising worker participation are both good signs for President Biden’s economic agenda
• New York Times, Fed Officials May Be Encouraged by the Latest Labor Data
• Washington Post, CDC advisers recommend new coronavirus boosters targeting omicron
• Associated Press, Fighting goes on near Ukraine nuclear plant; IAEA on site
• New York Times, Proposed Price Cap on Russian Oil Wins Backing of G7 Ministers

 

More On U.S. Voting, Civil Rights Under Attack

• Washington Post, A second man pleads guilty to Jan. 6 assault on officer Sicknick, who died of natural causes the next day
• Washington Post, Investigation: Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win, emails show, Emma Brown
• New York Times, Jan. 6 Panel Calls Gingrich to Testify, Saying He Had Role in Trump Plot
• Washington Post, Biden slams GOP again as he touts gun control in Pennsylvania

 

Trump Probes, Reactions, Riot Threats

• Washington Post, Justice Dept. filing points to new legal trouble for Trump and lawyers, experts say
• New York Times, Lindsey Graham Can Be Questioned About Election Activity
• Associated Press, House committee reaches deal to get Trump financial records
• Steady, Commentary: Precarious Democracy, Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner
• Politico, Judge considers temporary limit on DOJ access to Trump documents, Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu
• Washington Post, Editorial: DOJ’s Mar-a-Lago filing reveals damning details on the Trump papers saga
• Politico, Eastman appears before Atlanta-area grand jury probing Trump election scheme

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in August 2022

 

Aug. 27

Top Headlines

 

• Washington Post, Affidavit to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate says 184 classified files found in January
• Washington Post, Analysis: Takeaways from the redacted affidavit in the Mar-a-Lago search, Amber Phillips
• Washington Post, Opinion: 3 big things we learned from the Mar-a-Lago affidavit, Greg Sargent
• New York Times, Ukraine Weighs a Risky Offensive to Break Out of a Stalemate
• New York Times, Putin Calls for Sharp Expansion of Russian Army
• Washington Post, America’s first homelessness problem: Knowing who is actually homeless

 

Trump Probes, Reactions, Riots, Supporters

• New York Times, Editorial: Donald Trump Is Not Above the Law
• New York Times, Opinion: We Knew the Justice Department Case Was Righteous. This Affidavit Confirms It, Andrew Weissmann

 

U.S. Politics, Governance, Economy

• Washington Post, Analysis: Normally quiet and unassuming, Biden White House gets feisty on Twitter
• Washington Post, ‘Semi-fascism’: Rhetoric reflects newly aggressive Biden strategy
• Associated Press, Powell: Fed could keep lifting rates sharply ‘for some time’
• New York Times, Stocks Plunge After Fed Chair Warns of ‘Pain’ From Inflation Fight
• Washington Post, Republican super PAC cuts ad buy in Arizona Senate race
• New York Times, Michigan G.O.P. Lining Up Behind Conspiracy Theorist for Attorney General

 

U.S. Educational, Loan Issues

• New York Times, Two Top Universities Say They Need Affirmative Action After It Was Banned
• New York Times, Ron DeSantis Suspends 4 Elected School Board Members After Parkland Report
• Politico, Crist to pick Miami teachers union head as his running mate
• Washington Post, Student loan forgiveness application coming in October, White House says

 

Forced Birth Laws, Privacy Rights

• Washington Post, New restrictions from major abortion funder could further limit access
• Associated Press, Michigan panel recommends abortion proposal for ballot
• Washington Post, Spain passes sexual consent bill to make only yes mean yes
• Crooks & Liars from Current Revolt, Texas Right To Life Political Director Arrested for Solicitation of a Minor
• New York Times, Judge Halts Part of Idaho’s Abortion Ban, Saying It Violates Health Law

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in August 2022

 

 

Aug. 28

Top Headlines

• New York Times, U.S. Intelligence Will Assess Security Risks From Mar-a-Lago Documents
• Proof, Investigative Commentary: The Real Scandal in Donald Trump’s Historic Theft of Classified Records Is Not What You Think, Seth Abramson 
• Daily Mail, Investigation: Trump and the NEW Inventing Anna: FBI investigating Ukrainian immigrant who posed as an heiress of the Rothschild banking dynasty, faked massive wealth and infiltrated Mar-a-Lago and the Donald’s inner circle, Nikki Schwab
• Washington Post, Inside Trump’s war on the National Archives, Jacqueline Alemany, Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey
• Washington Post, Affidavit to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate says 184 classified files found in January
• Associated Press, Pakistan flooding deaths pass 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe 
• Washington Post, Analysis: Takeaways from the redacted affidavit in the Mar-a-Lago search, Amber Phillips
• New York Times, Russia-Ukraine War: More Strikes Reported Near Nuclear Plant as U.N. Experts Plan Visit

 

Water, Energy, Climate, Disasters

• Washington Post, Opinion: The future of America’s water cannot be won without changing America’s farms, David Von Drehle
• New York Times, Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front
• Washington Post, What it’s like to toil in India’s dangerous, unrelenting heat
• New York Times, California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars
• Associated Press, Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis deepens
• Washington Post, Record rain is hitting drought-stricken areas. That’s not good news
• Associated Press, Drought changes landscape in southwest China

 

U.S. Elections, Politics

• Washington Post, Once unthinkable, Democrats now see narrow path to keeping the House
• Washington Post, Analysis: Trump is turning the midterms from a referendum into a choice, Dan Balz
• Washington Post, Analysis: Has the political environment shifted?

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in August 2022

 

 

 

Aug. 1

Top Headlines

 

• Politico, U.S. kills Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in drone strike
• Washington Post, Major legal fights loom over abortion pills, travel out of state
• New York Times, Russians Use Nuclear Plant as Shield, Complicating Ukraine’s Strategy, Andrew E. Kramer
• Politico, Manchin to Sinema: Believe in this bill, Burgess Everett
• New York Times, The Wind Is at Biden’s Back for a Change. Will Voters Care?
• Washington Post, Millions will be affected if Inflation Reduction Act becomes a reality. Here’s what it would do
• New York Times, As Latin America Shifts Left, Leaders Face a Short Honeymoon
• Washington Post, Exclusive: Hot mic captured Gaetz assuring Stone of pardon, discussing Mueller redactions, Jon Swaine and Dalton Bennett

Jan. 6 Hearings, Radical Violence, Election Probes, Missing DHS Messages

• Politico, Texas militia member gets most serious Jan 6. sentence yet: Just over 7 years: Judge rejects terrorism sentencing penalty in Jan. 6 case
• Washington Post, U.S. seeks 15-year sentence for Guy Reffitt, citing terrorism
• Washington Post, The status of key investigations involving former president Donald Trump, Matt Zapotosky, Matthew Brown, Shayna Jacobs, Devlin Barrett and Jacqueline Alemany
• Washington Post, Opinion: The Jan. 6 committee showed Congress how to run a blockbuster hearing, Jennifer Rubin

 

Ukraine War

• Washington Post, First ship carrying grain leaves Odessa in deal to ease global food crisis
• Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: Black Sea port Mykolaiv hit in ‘brutal’ shelling

 

Bill Russell Dies

• CelticsBlog, Commentary: Bill Russell dies at 88, Keith P. Smith
• Washington Post, Perspective: Bill Russell made America better by demanding better from America, Jerry Brewer

 

U.S. Politics, Governance, Elections

• Politico, Toomey defends delay of veterans health bill, says he will back it if amendment passes
• New York Times, In Races for Governor, Democrats See a Silver Lining
• New York Times, Midterms Updates: Nancy Pelosi Backs Mondaire Jones in New York Race
• New York Times, Opinion: Liz Cheney Is Prepared to Lose Power, and It Shows, Katherine Miller
• Washington Post, 3 more GOP impeachers face their primary juries, Paul Kane
• Washington Post, Analysis: Trump vs.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in August 2022

 

Aug. 26

Top Headlines

 

• Politico, Trump Mar–a-Lago affidavit reveals ‘handwritten notes,’ highly classified material led to warrant request
• Associated Press, Biden rallies for Democrats, slams ‘semi-fascism’ in GOP
• Associated Press, Powell: Fed could keep lifting rates sharply ‘for some time’
• New York Times, Putin Calls for Sharp Expansion of Russian Army
• New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: As Russia Seeks More Troops, Both Sides Dig In for War of Attrition
• New York Times, With Attacks and Mockery, Ukraine Pokes the Russian Bear, Andrew E. Kramer

 

Trump Probes, Reactions, Riots, Supporters

• New York Times, Editorial: Donald Trump Is Not Above the Law
• New York Times, Redacted Affidavit Used in Trump Search to Be Unsealed
• Washington Post, Analysis: Georgia judge skeptical of claims of political bias in 2020 election probe, Matthew Brown, Tom Hamburger and Ann E. Marimow
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: The point of no return with fascism in America, Wayne Madsen
• Politico, How Trump has spent his days since the feds searched his home

 

U.S. Political Violence, Gun Laws, Dirty Tricks

• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: The point of no return with fascism in America, Wayne Madsen
• Detroit Free Press, Jury convicts Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr. in Whitmer kidnapping plot
• Pro Publica, Investigation: Why Outlawing Ghost Guns Didn’t Stop America’s Largest Maker of Ghost Gun Parts, Anjeanette Damon
• Politico, Two plead guilty to trafficking Ashley Biden’s diary, property,

 

More On Student Loans

• New York Times, Opinion: The Two Big Questions About Student Debt Relief, Paul Krugman
• Associated Press, Student loan relief highlights burden on Black borrower
• Washington Post, Biden’s student loan dilemma and the crucial meetings that swayed him
• Associated Press, Legality of student loan plan relies on pandemic, 2003 law
• Washington Post, Here’s who qualifies for the student loan forgiveness policy — and other questions about Biden’s plan, answered
• New York Times, Analysis: Biden Student Loan Plan Squarely Targets the Middle Class, Jim Tankersley
• Time Magazine, Some of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Critics Went to College for Less Than $400 per Year, Charlotte Alter
• Washington Post, Biden to cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for most borrowers and $20,000 for Pell recipients

 

Forced Birth Laws, Privacy Rights

• Washington Post, New restrictions from major abortion funder could further limit access
• Associated Press, Michigan panel recommends abortion proposal for ballot
• Washington Post, Spain passes sexual consent bill to make only yes mean yes
• Crooks & Liars from Current Revolt, Texas Right To Life Political Director Arrested for Solicitation of a Minor
• New York Times, Judge Halts Part of Idaho’s Abortion Ban, Saying It Violates Health Law

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in August 2022

 

Aug. 31

Top Headlines

• New York Times, F.D.A. Authorizes Updated Covid Booster Shots, Targeting Omicron
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Trump’s cache of stolen classified files resembles those of America’s most notorious spies, Wayne Madsen
• Associated Press, Feds cite efforts to obstruct probe of docs at Trump estate
• Washington Post, Justice Dept. says Trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers
• New York Times, Read the Justice Department’s Response to Trump’s Request for a Special Master
• Washington Post, Analysis: The photo of classified documents from Trump’s resort, annotated, Philip Bump
• Politico, Trump team makes its 11th hour plea for independent review 
• Washington Post, Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, is dead
• Washington Post, Biden, Putin and other leaders react to Mikhail Gorbachev’s death
• Washington Post, Biden slams GOP again as he touts gun control in Pennsylvania
• New York Times, Ukraine claims to have broken through Russian defenses at multiple points in the Kherson region
• Poynter, After weeks of silence, Gannett revealed that it laid off 400 employees and cut 400 open positions
• Business Insider, Inside the crisis at ‘Reveal’ and the Center for Investigaive Reporting after a turbelent summer, Steven Perlberg

Trump Probes, Reactions, Riot Threats

• Politico, Eastman appears before Atlanta-area grand jury probing Trump election scheme
• Washington Post, Opinion: Trump’s loony rants should remind the GOP his nomination would be disastrous, Jennifer Rubin
• Palmer Report, Analysis: Donald Trump has unhinged meltdown about “terrible” DOJ filing, Bill Palmer
• Washington Post, Opinion: Trump wants to be treated like Hillary Clinton? By all means, Dana Milbank

 

Water, Space, Energy, Climate, Disasters

• Washington Post, Bible demands action on climate change, evangelicals say in new report
• Washington Post, Damaging storms kill at least four from Texas to Michigan
• New York Times, Mississippi’s Capital Loses Water as Troubled System Faces Fresh Crisis
• Washington Post, A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate chief says
• Washington Post, Pakistan seeks flood aid, but U.S.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in July 2022

 

 

 

July 2

Top Headlines

• Washington Post, With sweep and speed, Supreme Court’s conservatives ignite new era, Robert Barnes
• Washington Post, Democracy advocates raise alarm after Supreme Court takes election case
• New York Times, Spurred by the Supreme Court, a Nation Divides Along a Red-Blue Axis
• Washington Post, Editorial: We can no longer avoid a criminal investigation into Donald Trump
• Washington Post, Investigation: How Trump World pressures witnesses to deny his possible wrongdoing, Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany
• Washington Post, ‘Take me up to the Capitol now’: How close Trump came to joining rioters, Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey and Carol D. Leonnig
• Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: Kyiv accuses Moscow of ‘deliberate terror,’ asks Turkey to detain grain ship
• New York Times, Advanced U.S. Arms Make a Mark in Ukraine War, Officials Say
• Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: At least 18 dead in Odessa region after Russian attack

 

More On U.S. Courts’ Radical Activism

• New York Times, Gridlock in Congress Has Amplified the Power of the Supreme Court
• Washington Post, Voting patterns in major rulings of 2022 reflect conservative ascendance
• New York Times, As Federal Climate-Fighting Tools Are Taken Away, Cities and States Step Up

 

New Threats To U.S. Abortion Rights, Privacy

• Washington Post, Opinion: As abortion rights collapse, Black and Brown women will suffer most
• Washington Post, Texas Supreme Court blocks order that allowed abortions to resume
• New York Times, Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion
• Washington Post, Opinion: Et tu, Alito? Murder of stare decisis creates legal circus maximus, Dana Milbank
• Washington Post, Texas lunges into center of battles over personal freedom, starting with abortion and sodomy

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in June 2022

 

 

June 2

Top Headlines

• New York Times, Putin’s Threats Highlight the Dangers of a New, Riskier Nuclear Era, David E. Sanger and William J. Broad
• New York Times, Opinion: President Biden: What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine, President Joe Biden
• Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: Street battles in Severodonetsk; Russia holds 20 percent of nation, Zelensky says
• New York Times, Racist and Violent Ideas Jump From Web’s Fringes to Mainstream Sites
• Washington Post, Live updates: At least four people killed at Tulsa hospital; gunman had ‘intent,’ police say
• New York Times, Jury Finds Both Depp and Heard Were Defamed, but Awards More Money to Him

 

Next Week’s House Hearings On Jan. 6 Insurrection

• Axios Sneak Peek, Scoop: Blockbuster witness for Jan. 6 hearings, Sophia Cai
• Politico, Pa. GOP gubernatorial nominee shares documents with Jan. 6 panel, agrees to interview

 

More On Mass Shootings

• Washington Post, Uvalde mayor recounts frantic attempt to call gunman during massacre
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: The X factor in the Uvalde massacre, Wayne Madsen

 

More On Ukraine War

• New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Pounds Forces in the East; Ukraine Battles to Regain Land in South
• Washington Post, Ukraine Updates: Russia slams Biden’s pledge of advanced weapons; Severodonetsk on the brink
• New York Times, Ukraine Updates: Europe Seeks New Ways to Aid Ukraine as Fight Rages in East
• New York Times, Opinion: I Thought Putin Invaded Only Ukraine. I Was Wrong, Thomas L. Friedman

 

More On Special Counsel’s Courtroom Defeat

• Mother Jones, How John Durham’s Probe Has Exposed Trump’s Russia Con, David Corn
• New York Times, Michael Sussmann Is Acquitted in Case Brought by Trump-Era Prosecutor

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in May 2022

 

 

May 2

Top Headlines

 

• Politico, Exclusive, Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows, Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward
• MSNBC, Politico Reporter On Obtaining Leaked SCOTUS Draft Opinion Overturning ‘Roe V. Wade

 

• New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: Desperate Civilians Gather for Evacuation From Mariupol
• Washington Post, Ukraine Updates: Russia-Ukraine war live updates Nancy Pelosi met Zelensky in Kyiv; Mariupol evacuation push resumes
• New York Times, Ukraine Updates: After Ukraine Visit, Pelosi Pledges U.S. Support ‘Until Victory Is Won
• New York Times, The West Works to Put Its Ukraine Pledges Into Action 
• Washington Post, Poll: Majority of Americans back Russia sanctions, aid to Ukraine
• Washington Post, Evacuations begin from Mariupol plant as shelling in east continues
• Washington Post, Post-ABC poll: Biden ticks up, but GOP holds advantage on economy

 

Investigations: Challenges To Democratic Norms

• New York Times, Part 1: Tucker Carlson, once a failed pundit, stoked white fear to conquer cable, Nicholas Confessore
• New York Times, Part 2: How Tucker Carlson reshaped Fox News — and became Trump’s heir, Nicholas Confessore
• New York Times, American Nationalist: Part 3, Nicholas Confessore
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary, Russian femmes fatales and Republican Party politics haunt Florida Panhandle race, Wayne Madsen

 

Pro-Trump Capitol Insurrection, Elections Claims

• Washington Post, Former NYPD officer Thomas Webster guilty in first Jan. 6 police assault trial
• Washington Post, Analysis: The status of key investigations involving Donald Trump, Matt Zapotosky
• New York Times, Georgia Jury to Consider Whether Trump Illegally Interfered in 2020 Election
• Politico, Jan. 6 committee asks three pro-Trump GOP lawmakers for testimony
• Washington Post, Editorial: Congress must act to prevent an election coup in 2024
• Washington Post, Judge rejects RNC bid to block fundraising, email data from Jan.

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