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The Show Notes: Abortion Meltdown, Trump's Win, & Dave Chapelle

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The Show Notes: Abortion Meltdown, Trump's Win, & Dave Chapelle

Erick-Woods Erickson
May 4, 2022
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The Show Notes: Abortion Meltdown, Trump's Win, & Dave Chapelle

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Welcome! Dave Chapelle was attacked on stage during a performance last night. The perpetrator did not come out ahead.

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PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor is worried that without abortion "Women will have pregnancies that will then turn into children."
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Democrats Admit Abortion Won’t Save Them

The same news site that released the leaked SCOTUS draft yesterday has a story up today saying Democrats still expect to lose big in November. Politico conducted interviews with numerous Democratic pollsters and strategists on how the SCOTUS abortion news may impact them in the midterms. The consensus was abortion does nothing to help an economy that is stalling and on the verge of a recession. Full story here.

Trump’s Test In Ohio

Trump-backed JD Vance cleared the field last night in a contentious primary among five major Republican candidates. Vance won the GOP primary with 32.2% of the vote beating runner-up Josh Mandel by an 8-point margin.

Russia’s Deadliest Attack

It is estimated that Russia’s strike on a theatre in Marioupul killed at least 600 people according to the Associated Press. Here are more headlines on Ukraine:

  • They deceived us at every step: Troops say Russia’s war is in shambles - DailyBeast

  • As coffins come home, Russia confronts cost of invasion - WSJ

  • In Ukrainian villages, whispers of collaboration with the Russians - WaPo

  • Why May 9th is important for Russia - Newsweek

  • Mariupol mayor says contact has been lost with Ukrainian forces in Azovstal plant as heavy fighting continues. - CNN

  • More than 5.6 million refugees have fled Ukraine, says United Nations - CNN

More Hunter Biden News

Remember the computer repair shop that blew the whistle on Hunter Biden’s laptop? The former owner is suing a multitude of media outlets for defamation after they claimed he was spreading Russian disinformation. Here’s what he told the New York Post:

“After fighting to reveal the truth, all I want now is for the rest of the country to know that there was a collective and orchestrated effort by social and mainstream media to block a real story with real consequences for the nation,”

The rest of the news:

  • Dave Chappelle attack: Suspect charged with assault with a deadly weapon - Fox News

  • Education Department forgives loans of more than 110,000 people in public service - CNBC

  • Wall Street worries that Fed will get it wrong. - Politico

  • Private payrolls increased by 247,000 in April, well below the estimate, ADP says. - CNBC

  • Journalists from multiple news outlets test positive after White House Correspondents Dinner weekend - CNN

  • Social media startups take aim at Facebook and Elon Musk. - WSJ

  • Will Democrats nominate Harris if Biden doesn’t run? (podcast) - FiveThirtyEight

  • American consumers are shopping, traveling, and working out like it’s 2019. - WSJ

  • Woman lived in a phone booth for a month during Shanghai COVID lockdowns. - Vice

  • Asking $170 million, a Miami Beach compound aims to become Florida’s priciest-ever home - WSJ

  • What can Dems do if Roe v. Wade is overturned? Not much. - Politico

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