News

 

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

 

 

April 2

Top Headlines

 

• New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: Russian Troops Pull Back From Around Kyiv as Focus Shifts to East
• New York Times, Ukraine accuses Russian forces of executing civilians in the town of Bucha, Cassandra Vinograd and Andrew E. Kramer
• New York Times, Russia in Broad Retreat From Kyiv, Seeking to Regroup From Battering
• New York Times, Garland Faces Growing Pressure as Jan. 6 Investigation Widens, Katie Benner, Katie Rogers and Michael S. Schmidt
• Washington Post, U.S. to send drones, machine guns, other military aid to Ukraine
• New York Times, Trial in Alleged Plot to Kidnap Michigan’s Governor Nears End

 
U.S. Governance, Economy

• New York Times, House Passes Bill to Limit Cost of Insulin to $35 a Month
• Washington Post, Job creation, openings at near-record levels as jobless claims approach historic lows
• New York Times, ‘I’m in Hot Demand, Baby’: Nebraska Thrives (and Copes) With Low Unemployment
• Washington Post, Opinion: Biden’s budget reflects his party’s challenges, E.J. Dionne Jr.
• New York Times, As Earmarks Return to Congress, Lawmakers Rush to Steer Money Home
• New York Times, As Biden Pleads for More Covid Aid, States Are Awash in Federal Dollars

 

Health, Climate, Environment

• Washington Post, Health: Sorry, wine lovers. No amount of alcohol is good for you, study says
• Washington Post, New cars and light trucks to be required to average 49 MPG
• Washington Post, Biden unveils plan to release a million barrels of oil per day
• New York Times, President Biden’s climate goals have stalled amid high gas prices, the Ukraine war and an emboldened fossil fuel industry
• Washington Post, California snowpack vastly depleted after record dry start to year

 

More On Ukraine War Horrors, Hardships, Prospects

• New York Times, Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin’s Invasion
• Washington Post, Russian businesses struggle to operate without Western products
• Washington Post, Some young Russian men fear ending up in battle as military launches conscription push
• Washington Post, Opinion: Painful choices lie in the path to peace in Ukraine, David Ignatius
• Washington Post, A race to get children with cancer out of Ukraine
• Washington Post, Putin’s Ukraine quagmire carries echoes of Soviet failure in Afghanistan
• New York Times, Russia’s War Lacks a Battlefield Commander, U.S.

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

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

 

 

 

March 2

Top Headlines

 

• The Telegraph, A mass slaughter of civilians? Mariupol surrounded and under heavy shelling as electricity cut off
• Associated Press, As Russia batters Ukraine, both sides ready for more talks 
• Washington Post, Assassination plot against Zelensky foiled and unit sent to kill him ‘destroyed,’ Ukraine says
• Washington Post, U.S. prepares to expand financial attack, aiming to seize billions held by Putin allies
• Washington Post, Live Reports: Moscow intensifies attacks on key Ukrainian cities; Russia ‘more isolated’ than ever, Biden says
• New York Times, Live Reports: Russian Forces Move to Encircle Key Ukrainian Cities; As Russia Surrounds a Port City, the Mayor Is ‘Waiting for a Miracle’
• Washington Post, Russia unleashes greater firepower as convoy approaching Ukrainian capital appears stalled

 

U.S. State of the Union Address

• Washington Post, Biden condemns Russia, seeks unity beyond war in Ukraine
• New York Times, Analysis: Biden Hails Achieving Unity in Crisis, but Questions Remain, David E. Sanger
• New York Times, Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa delivered a scathing Republican rebuke, foreshadowing G.O.P. arguments ahead of the midterms
• Associated Press via HuffPost, Auditor: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Must Return $450K In COVID-19 Funds
• TheHill.com, Boebert shocks Democrats with Biden State of the Union interruption

 

More On Ukraine, Russia

• Washington Post, In Putin, intelligence analysts see an isolated leader who underestimated the West but could lash out if cornered,
• Washington Post, U.S. prepares to expand financial attack on Russian oligarchs, aiming to seize billions held by Putin allies
• Washington Post, Putin’s war is drawing battle lines within Russia
• Washington Post, Convoy near Kyiv stalls but forces close in on Kharkiv, other cities
• New York Times, Eastern European countries fear catastrophe as Vladimir Putin seeks to reclaim Russia’s lost sphere of influence
• New York Times, EXPLOSION SHAKES CENTRAL KHARKIV
• Washington Post, Live Updates: Massive Russian convoy nears Kyiv; Kharkiv is ‘surrounded,’ Ukraine’s capital braces for all-out assault
• Washington Post, In a Kyiv under siege, neighbors dig trenches and raise barriers to prepare for Russian attack
• Washington Post, What to know about Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s TV president turned wartime leade
• Washington Post, No breakthrough in talks; West increases financial pressure on Russia
• New York Times, Analysis: After a Fumbled Start, Russian Forces Hit Harder in Ukraine, Steven Erlanger
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Unrecognized state propped up by Moscow refuses to participate in invasion of Ukraine, Wayne Madsen

 

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

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, U.S. Has Far Higher Covid Death Rate Than Other Wealthy Countries
• New York Times, U.S. troops will be deployed to NATO allies in Eastern Europe, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
• Washington Post, U.S., Russia escalate war of words over Ukraine
• New York Times, Biden Promised 500 Million Free Covid Tests. Then He Had to Find Them
• Palmer Report, Analysis: Has Bill Barr already given up Donald Trump to investigators? Bill Palmer
• New York Times, Jeff Zucker Exits CNN After Relationship With Senior Executive

 

Pro-Trump Coup Attempt, Election Rights, Probes

• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary, ANTIFA Week: Day Three — Turning America into a massive Bebelplatz, Wayne Madsen
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: ANTIFA Week: Day Two — The fascist alteration of history, Wayne Madsen
• Palmer Report, Analysis: Former Mike Pence aide: “Trump should be worried,” Bill Palmer
• Washington Post, Trump’s claim that election can be ‘overturned’ looms over electoral count debate
• Palmer Report, Analysis: The real reason Kayleigh McEnany is cooperating with the January 6th Committee, Bill Palmer

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• Associated Press via HuffPost, Army To Immediately Start Discharging Vaccine Refusers
• Washington Post, First vaccine for children under 5 may be ready by end of February
• New York Times, The defense secretary tells Republican governors: National Guard troops must be vaccinated
• Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals: U.S. Deaths: 913,924
• Washington Post, 212 milliion in U.S. fully vaccinated
• Washington Post, Protesters block U.S.-Canada border crossing as ‘Freedom Convoy’ truckers challenge vaccine mandates

 

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

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

 

Jan. 2

Top Stories

• Washington Post, Poll: Democrats and Republicans split over Jan. 6 attack, Trump’s culpability
• Washington Post, Fauci says U.S. may add testing component to new 5-day isolation period
• Washington Post, Covax vaccine deliveries surge in final stretch of last year
• Washington Post, 3 missing in Colorado fire as snow storm complicates recovery effort, sheriff says

 

More On Radical Changes In U.S. Law, Elections

• Washington Post, 1 in 3 Americans say there can be justified violence against government, citing fears of political schism, pandemic
• Washington Post, Shaken by Jan. 6 attack, Capitol workers quit jobs that once made them proud
• Washington Post, Prosecutors break down charges, convictions for 725 arrested so far in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

 

New Year’s Outlook

• Steady, Commentary: Happy New Year, Dan Rather
• New York Times, With Omicron’s Rise, Americans Brace for Returning to School and Work
• Washington Post, Flight cancellations top 2,500 in another chaotic day for air travel

 

Investigations

• New York Times, Investigation: When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong, Sarah Kliff and Aatish Bhatia

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• New York Times, Puerto Rico Faces a Staggering Covid Case Explosion
• New York Times, Live Updates: New York reported 85,000 cases, another record, as the current surge showed no sign of slowing
• Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals: U.S. Deaths: 847,162
• Washington Post, 205.8 milliion in U.S. fully vaccinated
• Washington Post, Twitter permanently suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over covid-19 misinformation

 

U.S. Law, Courts, Crime, Race

• Washington Post, Roberts says federal judiciary has some issues but doesn’t need congressional intervention

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in December, 2021

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

 

Dec. 2

Top Headlines

• New York Times, Analysis: Supreme Court Seems Poised to Uphold Mississippi’s Abortion Law, Adam Liptak
• Washington Post, ‘We are pulling out all the stops’: White House details strategies to fight variants
• New York Times, Germany announces tough restrictions for unvaccinated people
• Washington Post, Michigan school shooting prosecutor suggests she will charge parents
• New York Times, The 15-year-old suspect in the school shooting was charged with murder and terrorism

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• Washington Post, Omicron variant identified in U.S.: First case of covid-19 linked to new variant found in California
• New York Times, Omicron Could Knock a Fragile Economic Recovery Off Track
• Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals: U.S. Deaths: 805,004
• Washington Post, 196.8 milliion in U.S. fully vaccinated

Trump Watch, White Supremecists, Cults

• Washington Post, Trump could pocket $100 million in deal for money-losing D.C. hotel
• Palmer Report, Opinion: The real reason Mark Meadows is such a problem for Donald Trump, Bill Palmer

 

U.S. Law, Courts, Immigration

• Washington Post, Number of immigrants held in private facilities grows despite Biden’s promise to end practice

 

Abortion Case Reactions

• Washington Post, Opinion: The question is not whether ‘Roe v. Wade’ is overturned — but how, Ruth Marcus
• Washington Post, Potential loss of Roe v. Wade as a legal standard shakes political landscape
• New York Times, Opinion: What We Learned From the Supreme Court’s Abortion Arguments, Charles M. Blow, Ross Douthat, Michelle Goldberg and Lulu Garcia-Navarro
• Steady, Opinon: The End of Roe? Dan Rather
• Washington Post, Editorial: Gutting ‘Roe’ would devastate millions of Americans — and the court itself
• Washington Post, Justices hear arguments over Miss.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative November 2021 news and views

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

 

Nov. 1

Top Headlines

• New York Times, Live Updates: ‘Climate Change Is ‘Ravaging the World,’ Biden Tells Summit; ‘We Are Digging Our Own Graves,’ U.N. Leader Warns
• Washington Post, Pandemic slowly wanes in U.S., bringing hope and uncertainty
• Washington Post, Investigation: How Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction led to Jan. 6 bloodshed, Washington Post Staff
• Washington Post, Investigation: Red Flags: FBI, other agencies failed to heed red flags weeks ahead of Jan. 6
• The Hill, WaPost won’t publish full Trump response due to ‘unrelated, inflammatory claims‘
• Palmer Report, Opinion: Ugly new Michael Flynn scandal surfaces, Bill Palmer
• Proof, Investigative Commentary: GOP Senate Candidate Tells FBI He Has Evidence Michael Flynn Is Working With Foreign Intelligence As Part of Treasonous Plot to Overthrow Federal Government, Seth Abramson
• Wayne Madsen Report (WMR), Investigative Commentary: Durham’s phony investigation a waste of scant DOJ resources, Wayne Madsen

 

U.S. Elections, Budget Bills, Governance

• Washington Post, Justice Dept. tells Supreme Court abortion law threatens constitutional rights
• Washington Post, Opinion: Take the win, Democrats, and don’t look back, E.J. Dionne Jr.
• New York Times, Manchin Refuses to Endorse Safety Net Bill, Dampening Hopes of a Quick Vote
• New York Times, Both Parties Await Result in Virginia, and What It Bodes for the Battles Ahead, Jonathan Martin
• Washington Post, Va. went big for Biden, but on eve of another election, many voters say Democrats have not delivered
• Washington Post, Analysis: Nearly 4 in 10 who say election was stolen from Trump say violence might be needed to save America, Aaron Blake
• Washington Post, Biden seizes on G-20 summit to reverse Trump’s approach to world problems
• Washington Post, Treasury Secretary Yellen expresses openness to defusing debt ceiling without GOP votes

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• Washington Post, White House finalizes vaccine requirement rule, expects to release details this week
• Washington Post, Anti-vaccine protesters warn of possible violence over mandates for children
• New York Times, Opinion: No, Vaccine Mandates Aren’t an Attack on Freedom, Paul Krugman 
• Unz Review, Investigation and Commentary: What America’s 17 Intelligence Agencies Won’t Say About the Origins of Covid, Ron Unz
• New York Times, N.Y.C.’s

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative October 2021 news and views

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

 

Oct. 2

Top Headlines

• New York Times, U.S. Covid Death Toll Surpasses 700,000 Despite Wide Availability of Vaccines
• Washington Post, Opinion: What the 700,000 flags I put on the National Mall really mean, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg
• New York Times, Hitting a Blockade Over His Agenda, Biden Tacks Left, Jonathan Martin and Jonathan Weisman
• Washington Post, Biden urges patience as he seeks to unite Democrats on infrastructure

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• New York Times, Merck Says Covid Antiviral Pill Is Effective in Trial
• Washington Post, New York sees rise in vaccination rates for health-care workers after mandate
• Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 718,984
• Washington Post, 214.3 million U.S. vaccinated

 

 U.S. Elections, Politics, Governance

• Bad News, Opinion: Ladies and gentleman, we got him — Or, How Gottheimer’s gambit failed, Ryan Grim
• Washington Post, White House confronts grueling choices as it debates major cuts to Biden economic plan
• New York Times, Arizona Vote Review ‘Made Up the Numbers,’ Election Experts Say
• Washington Post, Wis. election review ramps up as former judge issues subpoenas to officials
• New York Times, Supporters of Abortion Rights Struggle to Gain Marchers and Momentum
• New York Times, Opinion: Are We Too Burned Out to Defend Roe v. Wade? Michelle Goldberg
• New York Times, A Congresswoman’s Story: Raped at 17, ‘I Chose to Have an Abortion,’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg

 

Jan. 6 Pro-Trump Insurrection

• New York Times, Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says.
• Washington Post, Former Special Forces soldier and onetime congressional candidate arrested in Capitol riot case

 

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative September  2021 news and views. This is Part 1 of our tw excepts during a heavy news month

 

Sept. 21

Top Headlines

• Washington Post, U.S. careens toward shutdown, financial crisis amid stalemate in Congress
• Washington Post, More centrist Democrats question size of $3.5 trillion economic plan
• New York Times, Live Updates: In U.N. Debut, Biden Confronts Doubts About U.S. Global Leadership
• New York Times, Democrats to Pair Spending Bill With Raising Debt Ceiling, Pressuring G.O.P.
• Washington Post, Opinion: Biden’s Entire Presidential Agenda Rests on Expansive Spending Bill

 

U.S. Terrorists, Election Fraudsters, Money Sources

• New York Times, Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows, Alan Feuer
• Palmer Report, Opinion: Serious new legal trouble for everyone involved with Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, Bill Palmer
• Washington Post, Huge hack reveals embarrassing details of who’s behind Proud Boys and other far-right websites
• Washington Post, Opinion: How serious is the threat to democracy, and how do we defeat it? Jennifer Rubin
• Washington Post, Two GOP operatives indicted for allegedly routing money from Russian national to support Trump campaign
• Washington Post, Treasury Department will sanction crypto exchanges that help channel payments to hackers

 

Canadian, Russian Elections

• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Neo-fascist party in Canada makes a mark in election; its vote count shouldn’t fool anyone, Wayne Madsen
• New York Times, Live Updates: Justin Trudeau to Remain Prime Minister of Canada: Falls short of a majority
• Washington Post, Putin’s United Russia party gains big majority in parliamentary elections
• Wayne Madsen Report, Opinion: Russian fascism shows weak links; Biden missed an opportunity, Wayne Madsen

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• Washington Post, Second dose of J&J vaccine increases covid protection, company says
• Washington Post, Live Updates: U.S.

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative September  2021 news and views. This is Part 2 of our excepts during a heavy news month.

 

Sept. 22

Top Headlines

• New York Times, F.D.A. Authorizes Pfizer Booster Shots for Older and At-Risk Americans
• Washington Post, House passes bill to avert shutdown, but legislation faces grim prospects in Senate
• Washington Post, U.S. default this fall would cost 6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in wealth, study says
• Washington Post, U.S. careens toward shutdown, financial crisis amid stalemate in Congress
• New York Times, Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows, Alan Feuer
• Washington Post, Opinion: New details about Trump’s Dominion scam help explain our authoritarian slide, Greg Sargent
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Covid and Trumpism lead to coups and rumors of coups, Wayne Madsen
• Washington Post, More centrist Democrats question size of $3.5 trillion economic plan
• New York Times,  In U.N. Debut, Biden Confronts Doubts About U.S. Global Leadership

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• Washington Post, Second dose of J&J vaccine increases covid protection, company says
• New York Times, Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine Technology
• New York Times, People with serious conditions are waiting weeks for non-Covid surgeries as hospitals are inundated once again
• Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 696,918
• Washington Post, 212.3 million U.S. vaccinated
  

 

U.S. Governance, Politics, Elections

• Washington Post, Former treasury secretaries tried defusing debt-ceiling bomb in talks with Yellen, McConnell
• Washington Post, Fed projects new interest rate hikes in 2022, signals upcoming easing of supports if economy continues to heal
• New York Times, What’s at Stake in the 2022 Races for Governor
• Washington Post, ‘I’ve never seen maggots this big’: New Orleans hasn’t picked up some people’s trash since Ida.

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