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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative May 2023 news and views

Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

May 2

Top Headlines

• Washington Post, U.S. could default ‘as early as June 1’ if debt limit is not raised, Treasury warns
• New York Times, Is the Debt Limit Constitutional? Biden Aides Are Debating It, Jim Tankersley
• New York Times, Democrats who were planning a strategy to force a debt ceiling increase began taking steps to deploy their secret weapon, Carl Hulse
• Washington Post, With debt bill adopted, far-right House Republicans ready for fiscal war
• Washington Post, Senate to hold hearings to highlight ‘reckless’ House GOP debt limit bill
• New York Times, Day 4 of the Trump Rape Case: Carroll’s Cross-Examination Is Complete
• New York Times, More Than 100,000 Have Fled Sudan to Neighboring Countries
• New York Times, As Signs Point to Counteroffensive, Russia and Ukraine Step Up Attacks

 

 U.S. Supreme Court Ethics Scandals

• Washington Post, Congress can impose a code of conduct on Supreme Court, experts say at hearing
• New York Times, Prominent Retired Judge Calls for Ethics Rules for Supreme Court Justices
• Politico, Investigation: Leonard Leo used Federalist Society contact to obtain $1.6 billion donation, Heidi Przybyla
• Washington Post, Opinion: The aggrieved Justice Alito points fingers but offers no proof, Ruth Marcus
• New York Times, Investigation: How Scalia Law School Became a Key Friend of the Supreme Court, Steve Eder and Jo Becker
• Washington Post, Analysis: What’s next after today’s Supreme Court ethics hearing?  Tobi Raji, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer
• Alliance for Justice (AFJ), Advocacy: How To Police a Court That Won’t Police Itself, Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
• Alliance for Justice (AFJ), AFJ Joining Senators for Tuesday Supreme Court Ethics Press Conference

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative April 2023 news and views

Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

 

 

New York Daily News, Guilty verdict for pro-Trump troll who tried to trick voters out of casting Hillary Clinton ballots in 2016

 

 

April 1

Trump Indictment Update

• New York Times, As Trump Awaits Charges, U.S. Legal System Enters Uncharted Territory
• Washington Post, Preparations underway for Trump’s arraignment in N.Y. court on Tuesday
• New York Times, Trump’s G.O.P. Rivals, Shielding Him, Reveal Their 2024 Predicament, Michael C. Bender and Maggie Haberman
• New York Times, The Manhattan district attorney’s office criticized top Republicans for trying to interfere in the investigation
• Washington Post, Trump lashes out against judge who will hear his criminal case
• World Crisis Radio, Trump indicted, showing justice still exists in US after all! Webster G. Tarpley

 

Other Top Headlines

• New York Times, President Biden surveyed the damage from a tornado that killed 26 in a small town in Mississippi last week
• New York Times, Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations
• New York Times, Fox News Suffers Major Setback in Defamation Case
• Washington Post, Judge rules that Dominion, Fox News lawsuit will go to trial
• The Guardian, Finland to formally join Nato within days, Jens Stoltenberg says
• Washington Post, Millions poised to lose Medicaid as pandemic coverage protections end, starting tomorrow‘

U.S. Mass Shootings, Gun Control

• Going Deep with Russ Baker, Investigative Commentary: In Guns We Trust? Russ Baker
• New York Times, Protesters Against Gun Violence Confront Tennessee Lawmakers
• New York Times, Opinion: The Republican Party Says It Wants to ‘Protect Children,’ but Not All Children, Jamelle Bouie
• New York Times, Opinion: We’re About to Find Out How Far the Supreme Court Will Go to Arm America, Linda Greenhouse
• Washington Post, Deadly weapon, divided nation: How a change in law could provide crucial seconds to survive a mass shooting
• New York Times, Nashville Shooting Prompts Shrug in Washington, as G.O.P.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative March 2023 news and views

Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

March 1

Top Headlines

 

• Washington Post, Investigation: Hundreds massacred in Ethiopia even as peace deal was being reached, Katharine Houreld and Meg Kelly
• New York Times, Chicago’s Choice Points to a Democratic Divide the G.O.P. Hopes to Exploit
• Washington Post, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fails to advance to runoff
• Washington Post, On student loan forgiveness, conservative justices skeptical of Biden plan
• New York Times, Scrounging for Tanks for Ukraine, Europe’s Armies Come Up Short
• New York Times, After Slashing Its Staff, Twitter Faces More Glitches and Outages
• New York Times, Eli Lilly Says It Will Cut the Price of Insulin
• Washington Post, Bola Tinubu of Nigeria’s ruling party wins presidential election
• New York Times, Opposition Parties in Nigeria Call for Election Rerun, Citing Fraud

 

U.S. Courts, Crime, Immigration

• New York Times, Many Undocumented Immigrants Are Departing After Decades in the U.S.
• Washington Post, Garland faces Senate panel amid multiple controversies, including Mar-a-Lago search
• New York Times, New York Will Pay Millions to Protesters Violently Corralled by Police
• Washington Post, Vanessa Bryant settles dispute over helicopter crash photos for $28.85 million
• New York Times, Abbe Lowell Built Ties to Trump World. Now He’s One of Hunter Biden’s Lawyers
  

 

U.S. Politics, Elections, Governance

• New York Times, ‘Different From the Other Southerners’: Jimmy Carter and Black America
• Politico, Almost out of La La Land: Garcetti nom hits a make or break moment 
• Washington Post, From Palm Beach to Staten Island, DeSantis makes 2024 moves on Trump’s turf
• New York Times, For Republicans’ Rising Stars, CPAC Is Losing Its Pull

 

Trump, Allies, GOP Probes, Prospects

• Washington Post, McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson access to Jan.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and February 2023 news and views

Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

 

Feb. 2

Top Headlines

• New York Times, The Death of Tyre Nichols: ‘We Mourn With You,’ Kamala Harris Says as Tyre Nichols Is Laid to Rest
• Washington Post- Las Vegas Review-Journal, Investigative Report: Alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire, Lizzie Johnson
• Washington Post, With a million people, an ecstatic Kinshasa hears Pope Francis’s Mass
• New York Times, Russian Troop Buildup May Signal New Assault, Ukraine Says

 

Biden Document Probe

• Washington Post, Justice Dept. searches Biden’s Rehoboth, Del., home as part of classified documents probe
• Palmer Report, Analysis and Advocacy: President Joe Biden scored a huge victory today while most of you were busy complaining about Donald Trump, Bill Palmer

 

Trump Probes

• New York Times, Trump’s Well-Worn Legal Playbook Starts to Look Frayed
• Washington Post, Opinion: Trump has yet another legal threat to worry about, Jennifer Rubin
• New York Times, Manhattan Prosecutors Will Begin Presenting Trump Case to Grand Jury

 

U.S. Politics, Elections, Economy, Governance

• Washington Post, Hunter Biden’s lawyers, in newly aggressive strategy, target his critics
• Washington Post, Fact Checker Analysis: Laptop email suggests Hunter Biden read newspapers, not classified documents, Glenn Kessler
• New York Times, President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy met to discuss the debt limit, but didn’t appear to reach a breakthrough
• Washington Post, Pelosi to back Schiff for California Senate seat if Feinstein doesn’t run
• Politico, Trump big money machine prepares for battle with DeSantis, other rivals
• Washington Post, House GOP moves to oust Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
• Washington Post, U.S. military poised to secure new access to key Philippine bases

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and views in January 2023.

 Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

Jan. 1

Top Headlines

• New York Times, Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida
• New York Times, U.S. Pours Money Into Chips, but Even Soaring Spending Has Limits
• New York Times, Benedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95
• Washington Post, Analysis: How Benedict’s death could reshape the Catholic Church
• New York Times, Through his nightly addresses, Volodymyr Zelensky has shaped the narrative of the war in Ukraine and rallied its allies
• Washington Post, A gruesome murder case in India pits traditional values against modern love

 

U.S. Politics, Elections, Economy, Governance

• New York Times, The ‘Red Wave’ Washout: How Skewed Polls Fed a False Election Narrative, Jim Rutenberg, Ken Bensinger and Steve Eder
• New York Times, The Invention of Elise Stefanik
• Washington Post, The talented Mr. Santos: A congressman-elect’s unraveling web of deception
• Washington Post, The Past, Rediscovered: When the House needed two months and 133 votes to elect a speaker
• World Crisis Radio, Commentary and Advocacy: McCarthy still lacks the votes to be elected Speaker, so Democrats must pre-empt MAGA chaos and subversion with a Coalition Speaker! Webster G. Tarpley

 

U.S. Courts, Crime, Regulation

• New York Times, Investigation: A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices, Jo Becker and Julie Tate
• Washington Post, Chief justice ignores one of the most controversial Supreme Court terms in his annual report, Robert Barnes
• Washington Post, Suspect in killings of Idaho students expects to be ‘exonerated,’ lawyer says
• Washington Post, ‘You’re a slave’: Inside Louisiana’s forced prison labor and a failed overhaul attempt

 

More On Pope’s Passing and Potential Church Transitions

• New York Times, Pope Benedict XVI Dies, Live Updates: Benedict Will Be Buried at St.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and views in December 2022, Part 2, Dec. 27 to Dec. 31. For earlier December news, see Part 1. 

 Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

Dec. 28

Top Headlines

• Washington Post, Architect of Mich. governor kidnap plot sentenced to more than 19 years in prison
• Washington Post, U.S. watchdogs guarding $5 trillion in covid aid say they need more money
• Washington Post, Editorial: Russia’s abductions of Ukrainian children are a genocidal crime
• New York Times, U.S. Scrambles to Stop Iran From Providing Drones for Russia
• Washington Post, Supreme Court leaves in place pandemic-era Title 42 border policy for now

 

Covid, Disinformation, Disasters

• Washington Post, After years with little covid, videos show China is now getting hit hard
• New York Times, ‘Tragic Battle’: On the Front Lines of China’s Covid Crisis
• New York Times, China will soon no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine, a significant step toward reopening
• New York Times, As Covid-19 Continues to Spread, So Does Misinformation About It

 

U.S. Politics, Elections, Economy, Governance

• New York Times, Race for G.O.P. Chair Obscures the Party’s Bigger Problems

 

Musk, Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX

• New York Times, Opinion, Did the Tesla Story Ever Make Sense? Paul Krugman
• Washington Post, Perspective: Some final advice: Beware of cryptocurrencies and ratty CEOs like Musk, Allan Sloan
• Washington Post, From Elon Musk to Bill Gates, see how much tech’s richest billionaires lost in 2022

 

Ukraine War

• Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: French defense minister in Kyiv; warnings of power outages throughout winter
• Washington Post, ‘Nothing left to destroy:’ Russia is fighting for land already in ruins
• Washington Post, Russian sausage tycoon dies after falling from hotel in India

 

Global News, Migration, Human Rights Issues

• New York Times, Lee Myung-bak, South Korean Ex-President, Receives Pardon
• New York Times, With Record Military Incursions, China Warns Taiwan and U.S.

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

 Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

 

Dec. 1

Top Headlines

 

• Washington Post, Investigation: Officials fear ‘complete doomsday scenario’ for drought-stricken Colorado River
• New York Times, Biden’s Meeting With Macron Comes Amid Rising Trans-Atlantic Tensions
• Washington Post, Tech firms ‘facilitated’ covid aid fraud, collecting billions in fees, report finds, Tony Romm
• Washington Post, House Democrats elect first Black party leader in Congress and prepare for new generation
• Washington Post, Who is Hakeem Jeffries?
• New York Times, Indiana Attorney General Asks Medical Board to Discipline Abortion Doctor
• New York Times, Concern is growing about the health of Paul Whelan, an American who is imprisoned in Russia

 

Ukraine War

• New York Times, Lavrov says Ukraine’s energy system is a legitimate target
• New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: U.N. Asks for Record Amount of Aid to Deal With Growing Disasters and War
• New York Times, President Zelensky of Ukraine rebukes Elon Musk’s peace proposal
• New York Times, Russian Retreat Reveals Signs of an Atrocity in a Ukrainian Village, Jeffrey Gettleman, Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly

U.S. Politics, Elections, Governance

• New York Times, In Georgia, Walker’s Pace in the Finish Worries Republican Allies
• Washington Post, Biden’s student loan forgiveness program dealt another setback
• Washington Post, U.S. gas prices plunge toward $3 a gallon as demand drops worldwide
• Washington Post, House votes to block rail strike that could deal a blow to the economy
  Washington Post, Senate could take up measure to impose rail deal, averting a strike
• Washington Post, Democrat-aligned group pumps money into Georgia runoff ground game
• Politico, Braun to run for Indiana governor, opening Senate seat in 2024

 

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

 

Nov. 1

Top Headlines

• Washington Post, Supreme Court clears way for Sen. Graham to testify in Ga. election probe
• Washington Post, Brazilian President Bolsonaro doesn’t concede loss to Lula but will let transition begin
• Politico, Ringleader of Trump-aligned election officials nears Nevada takeover,
• New York Times, Biden Accuses Oil Companies of ‘War Profiteering’ and Threatens Windfall Tax
• New York Times, Saudi Aramco reported quarterly profits of $42 billion
• New York Times, Food Prices Soar, and So Do Companies’ Profits
• New York Times, The Pandemic Generation Goes to College. It Has Not Been Easy
• Washington Post, U.S. Elections Live Updates: GOP push to monitor voting in Texas’s Harris County spurs outcry
• Washington Post, Justice Dept. says ballot drop box monitoring in Ariz. is likely illegal

 

U.S. Courts, Immigration, Race, Bigotry, Regulation

• New York Times, Man Planned to Kidnap Nancy Pelosi and Break Her Kneecaps, Prosecutors Say
• New York Times, Republicans are continuing to spread baseless claims about the attack
• Washington Post, Supreme Court seems open to ending affirmative action in college admissions
• New York Times, Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Arguments
• Washington Post, Chicago drive-by among 9 U.S. mass shootings on Halloween weekend
• Washington Post, Kansas woman who led ISIS battalion gets 20 years in prison
• Associated Press via Politico, Men exonerated in Malcolm X killing to receive $36 million

 

More On Threats To U.S. Democracy, Rights, Security

• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: A white Christian nationalist state produced Musk, Thiel, and other fascists among us, Wayne Madsen
• Washington Post, Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack, Isaac Stanley-Becker
• Washington Post, Alleged assailant filled blog with delusional thoughts in days before Pelosi attack
• Politico, Top Republicans deny any link between GOP rhetoric and Paul Pelosi assault
• New York Times, Suit by Meadows Seeking to Block Jan.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and views in October 2022 from Oct. 11 to Oct. 12.

 

 

Oct. 12

Top Headlines

• Politico, Strong majority of countries rebukes Russia at UN
• New York Times, Zelensky Asks G7 for Air Defense Systems to Counter Russian Missiles
• Washington Post, Kyiv braces for prolonged hardship as Russia threatens more strikes
• Washington Post, Ukraine war at a turning point with rapid escalation of conflict
• New York Times, Biden to Re-Evaluate Ties With Saudis After They Teamed With Russia on Oil
• Washington Post, Biden says Supreme Court ‘more of an advocacy group’ than ‘evenhanded’
• New York Times, Alex Jones Must Pay Nearly $1 Billion to Sandy Hook Victims’ Families
• Washington Post, Jan. 6 hearing to highlight new evidence Thursday that Trump was warned of brewing violence
• Politico, DOJ to SCOTUS: Steer clear of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago case appeal

 

U.S. Politics, Elections, Economy, Governance

• New York Times, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Resigns Amid Uproar Over Racist Remarks
• New York Times, Los Angeles City Councilor Takes Leave of Absence After Racist Comments
• Washington Post, Leaked racist tape shakes political alliances in Los Angeles
• New York Times, Leonard Leo Pushed the Courts Right. Now He’s Aiming at American Society, Kenneth P. Vogel
• Washington Post, Woman says she had to press Herschel Walker to pay for abortion he wanted
• Washington Post, GOP senators ‘Huddle with Herschel’ in latest show of support
• Wayne Madsen Report, Political Commentary:The Democrats should rid themselves of their Trojan horses, Wayne Madsen 
• New York Times, Biden Administration Plan Could Lead to Employee Status for Gig Workers
• Politico, Kinzinger endorses Dems in major governor, secretary of state races
• New York Times, In Fight for Congress, a Surprising Battleground Emerges: New York
• Washington Post, New book details how McCarthy came to support Trump after Jan.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and views in October 2022.

 

Oct. 3

Top Headlines

• New York Times, As New Term Starts, Supreme Court Is Poised to Resume Rightward Push, Adam Liptak
• New York Times, Investigation: They Legitimized the Myth of a Stolen Election — and Reaped the Rewards, Steve Eder, David D. Kirkpatrick and Mike McIntire
• New York Times, How a tiny election software company became a target of a conspiracy theory, Stuart A. Thompson
• Washington Post, Live Updates: Prosecutors outline Oath Keepers’ alleged roles in seditious conspiracy case, Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu
• Washington Post, U.S. Soccer ‘failed’ women players, report finds, as new abuse claims emerge
• New York Times, Ukrainian Troops Hunt Demoralized Russian Stragglers in Seized City
• New York Times, Truss, in Reversal, Drops Plan to Cut U.K. Tax Rate on High Earners, Mark Landler
• Washington Post, Florida death toll at 48 as Ian aftermath reverberates and cleanup begins
• Associated Press via Politico, Bolsonaro, Lula appear headed for runoff in Brazil’s presidential election
• Washington Post, Brazil makes pivotal decision: More Bolsonaro or back to Lula?

More On Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court Opening

• New York Times, Editorial: The Supreme Court Has a Crisis of Trust
• Washington Post, Editorial: Good on the Supreme Court for keeping live audio. Now it’s time to go further
• Washington Post, Opinion: A partisan Supreme Court is 2022’s other incumbent, E.J. Dionne
• New York Times, Editorial: The Supreme Court Isn’t Listening, and It’s No Secret Why

 

U.S. Hurricane Coverage

• New York Times, Knocking on Every Door, Rescuers Search Fort Myers Beach After Ian
• New York Times, On Sanibel Island, about 200 households did not evacuate. The search for stranded residents slogs on

 

More On Ukraine War

• New York Times, I Lived in Russia?

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