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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87 — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural, and feminist icon has died. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from cancer.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87 — “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in a statement. — WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced.
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ABC News:
Donald Trump to put forth nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in coming days: Sources — The shortlist includes at least one woman, sources said. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images — President Donald Trump is expected …
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Washington Post:
Trump, Clinton and Obama respond to Ginsburg's death as political fight looms — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who refused to consider former president Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee in the months leading up to the 2016 election, vowed Friday to hold a vote …
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Barack Obama:
My Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be a Supreme Court clerk. She'd studied at two of our finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she was a woman, she was rejected.
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Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
The Glorious RBG I learned, while writing about her, that her precision disguised her warmth. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg used to instruct her clerks to get it right and keep it tight, so I'll try to do the same. Only someone so stubborn and single-minded, someone so in love with the work …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
3 Big Ways RBG's Death Could Have An Immediate SCOTUS Impact — Even before it's determined whether President Trump will get to fill the seat left vacant by the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, her absence could have a big impact on disputes already before or likely headed to the Supreme Court.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Schumer: Senate must not fill Ginsburg vacancy ‘until we have a new president’ — WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Friday night that the Senate should not fill the vacancy left by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death “until we have a new president.”
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Axios:
Trump, McConnell to move fast to replace Ginsburg — President Trump will move within days to nominate his third Supreme Court justice in just three-plus short years — and shape the court for literally decades to come, top Republican sources tell Axios. — Driving the news …
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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: In Minnesota, Biden Paints Trump as ‘Looking Down’ at the Middle Class — Early voting has begun in Virginia, Wyoming, South Dakota and Minnesota, where both Joe Biden and President Trump are campaigning today. A poll by The Times found G.O.P. senators struggling in key battlegrounds.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
McConnell: Trump's Supreme Court nominee ‘will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate’
McConnell: Trump's Supreme Court nominee ‘will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate’
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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Dying Wish: DISSENT!
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Dying Wish: DISSENT!
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Kathleen Arberg / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release — Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded …
For Immediate Release — Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court's Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court's Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87
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NBC News:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Coming Political Crisis
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Coming Political Crisis
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Politico:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, powerhouse Supreme Court Justice, dies at 87
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, powerhouse Supreme Court Justice, dies at 87
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CNN:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
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New York Times:
A Deal on Drug Prices Undone by White House Insistence on ‘Trump Cards’ — The White House and the pharmaceutical industry were nearing a major deal to lower drug prices. Then the administration demanded that $100 cash cards be sent to millions of seniors before the election — and the industry balked.
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Arizona Republic:
Mark Kelly could be sworn into the U.S. Senate early if he wins race, experts say — If Mark Kelly defeats incumbent Sen. Martha McSally in Arizona's high-stakes U.S. Senate race, he may not have to wait long to start work in Washington, D.C. — Two Republican and Democratic election attorneys agree …
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Emails Detail Effort to Silence C.D.C. and Question Its Science — Emails from a former top Trump health official and his science adviser show how the two refused to accept Centers for Disease Control and Prevention science and sought to silence the agency.
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Tom Batchelor / Newsweek:
Hundreds of Heavily-Armed Gun Activists Surround Michigan State Capitol — Hundreds of pro-gun activists have demonstrated at Michigan's State Capitol in support of the right to open-carry firearms inside the government building. — Heavily-armed protestors, some waving Confederate flags …
Gene Weingarten / Washington Post:
A neighbor asked for a tomato. This is where the story gets weird. — The following account is completely true, and, no, there is nothing funny about it. — I was on my laptop in the dining room of my rowhouse in downtown Washington, D.C., when someone rapped at the window.
indystar:
Satchuel Cole, leader in the fight for racial equality in Indianapolis, lied about own race — Satchuel Cole, a highly visible community leader advocating for racial and social justice in Indiana, has apologized for misleading people about Cole's own race, saying “I have taken up space as a Black person while knowing I am white.”
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Task & Purpose:
New emails reveal the chaotic final days of Brett Crozier's command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt — The situation was so dire on the USS Theodore Roosevelt that by March 30 leaders on the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier found themselves “inside a tornado fighting a war,” …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump at Minnesota rally: Biden will turn state into a ‘refugee camp’ — President Donald Trump said his Democratic rival Joe Biden would “turn Minnesota into a refugee camp” and bragged about deporting Somali nationals, sharpening his play for the battleground state during a Friday rally.
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Biden's fact-free ‘Park Avenue vs. Scranton’ line: A reminder that the major media will never fact-check Biden
Biden's fact-free ‘Park Avenue vs. Scranton’ line: A reminder that the major media will never fact-check Biden
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Washington Post:
This new pro-Trump talking point is one of their most cynical lies yet — Because Mitch McConnell is one of the most cynical and dishonest figures in American public life, he has dreamed up a new way to spin away Russian electoral interference that may be even more absurd than anything President Trump has conjured up.
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Erin Coates / The Cain Gang:
Police Haul Man Out of Library for Not Wearing Mask During Meeting About Wearing Masks — A man was physically removed from a school board meeting in Mitchell, South Dakota, on Monday night because he refused to wear a protective face covering. — Reed Bender had attended meetings in the past …
Politico:
State Dept. provides House Dems docs previously given to Ron Johnson's Biden probe — The State Department on Friday turned over 16,000 pages of documents to a House committee that were previously given to Senate Republicans investigating Joe and Hunter Biden — providing Democrats …
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Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Royal Family Divides Over Potential Embrace of Israel — The king and crown prince have been at odds over whether to ease relations with the Jewish state; deal with U.A.E. stunned the 84-year-old monarch — in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Summer Said in Dubai and Felicia Schwartz
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NBC News:
Trump announces aid for Puerto Rico, infusing politics in an apparent play for Florida voters — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday he is sending $13 billion in disaster aid to Puerto Rico, an unexpected move years after a hurricane devastated the island and 45 days before the election …
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The Times:
Overburdened, underpaid and ‘misery on his face’: Boris Johnson gets the blues … Shortly before lunchtime on Wednesday Boris Johnson summoned a small group of Conservative backbenchers to his wood-panelled office behind the Speaker's chair in the Commons. — He had just come from prime minister's questions.
Associated Press:
Judge: Michigan must count absentee ballots that arrive late — A judge has cleared the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in Michigan — FBI director says there is little evidence for potential mass voter fraud — While he says there is little evidence for mail-in voter fraud …
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New York Times:
A Danish Children's TV Show Has This Message: ‘Normal Bodies Look Like This’ — The program aims to counter social media that bombards young people with images of perfect bodies. — COPENHAGEN — “OK, children, does anyone have a question?” the TV show's host, Jannik Schow, asked.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A White House Aide Just Warned Us That Donald Trump Is a Sociopath — A procession of former Trump administration officials, speaking both on and off the record, have depicted the president as fundamentally unfit for office. Yesterday, the latest addition to their ranks …
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