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Texas law could flip script on abortion politics, with Democrats eying gains — WASHINGTON — Virginia was once at the forefront of anti-abortion efforts, going to the Supreme Court to defend its right to prosecute a newspaper publisher for running an ad promoting abortion.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Texas shows us what post-democracy America would look like — Texas this week showed us what a post-democracy America would look like. — Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly what the Trumpified Republican Party wants …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Overturned Roe v. Wade in the Most Cowardly Manner Imaginable
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MSNBC:
Sen. Warren: Congress could pass Roe v. Wade
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Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th:
67 abortions in 17 hours: Inside a Texas clinic's race to beat new six-week abortion ban
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Republicans Are Turning Activists Into Enforcers
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court declines to block Texas 6-week abortion ban
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Alyssa Lukpat / New York Times:
Joe Rogan, A Podcasting Giant Who Has Been Dismissive of Vaccination, Has Covid — Joe Rogan, the host of the hugely popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” said on Wednesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus after he returned from a series of shows in Florida, where the virus is rampant.
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FDA to meet with outside advisers on coronavirus booster shots Sept. 17. That's just days before the shots are expected to become available.
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Katherine Knott / Daily Progress:
Albemarle mask policy keeps some students with disabilities out of buildings
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
For Afghan evacuees arriving to U.S., a tenuous legal status and little financial support — The Biden administration is preparing to screen and resettle tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees in the United States over the coming weeks and months, but the majority will arrive without visas as …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cotton leads Senate GOP push on Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal
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Fox News, The Hill, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Facts are finally starting to penetrate bad Afghanistan punditry
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Geneva Sands / CNN:
White supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials
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CNN:
Liz Cheney named vice chair of the January 6 select committee — (CNN)Democratic Chairman of the January 6 Select Committee Bennie Thompson announced on Thursday that Republican Rep. Liz Cheney will become the panel's vice chair, the latest sign that the Democrat-run committee is attempting …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
McCarthy Threatens Technology Firms That Comply With Riot Inquiry
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
McCarthy threat offers dark preview of possible Republican House
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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
The effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom is struggling, new California poll shows — Most likely California voters are opposed to the Republican-led recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom and a growing number fear the consequences of removing him from office with a hard-right conservative best positioned …
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Public Policy Institute of California:
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government — Supported with funding from the Arjay and Frances F. Miller Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the PPIC Donor Circle — Key Findings — Californians have had an eventful summer. Since the state's COVID restrictions …
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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Record Rainfall Swamps Roads and Strands Travelers — Here's what you need to know: — ‘A historic weather event’: The New York area is under a state of emergency after Ida floods the city. — The New York area was under a state of emergency on Thursday after the remnants …
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New York Times:
Scenes from New York City as Ida paralyzes region. — City buses turned into amphibious vehicles, plowing through several feet of water, past orange traffic cones floating like buoys in the muck. — Subway stations roared with the sounds of rushing water that cascaded through platforms …
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New York Post, FOX 5 San Diego, Mediaite, Page Six and New York Times
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Prosecutors: Jan. 6 rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on police — The rioters who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers, according to a review of body-cam footage that prosecutors described in a court filing late Wednesday.
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Associated Press:
AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally — WASHINGTON (AP) — Far right extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are planning to attend a rally later this month at the U.S. Capitol that is designed to demand “justice” for the hundreds of people who have been charged …
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New York Times:
Mueller Scrutinized an Unidentified Member of News Media in Russia Inquiry — The scrutiny was one of several new disclosures the Justice Department made about investigative actions involving the news media during the Trump years. — WASHINGTON — The special counsel who investigated …
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Insider, emptywheel, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ramon Antonio Vargas / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Woman hurls racist slurs at Jefferson Parish workers, aims car at deputy, is shot dead — 'There didn't seem to be a whole lot right with her,' sheriff says — A crew of Jefferson Parish workers was repairing a Metairie water main broken by Hurricane Ida when a woman pulled up in her car Wednesday, called them “f—
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Raw Story
Jean Guerrero / Los Angeles Times:
How anti-California propaganda and racism are driving the recall — In the summer of 2019, as early efforts to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom foundered, right-wing commentators launched a smear campaign against California to discredit its progressive policies and stoke anger at its leaders.
Maya King / Politico:
The election gambit that's sending Georgia Democrats into a frenzy — Georgia Republicans say it's merely an attempt to improve a chronically mismanaged elections administration. — But a newly-formed election review panel in Atlanta's Fulton County is nevertheless sparking outrage …
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ProPublica:
Heeding Steve Bannon's Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America's Elections — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Giuliani Records Cameo Endorsing Case Against His Own Client — Freedom of speech and freedom from compelled speech are protected rights in America, but nothing can protect Rudy Giuliani from himself. — In a video obtained by New York, the former mayor stars in an inadvertent public-service announcement …
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims — The ruling in bankruptcy court caps a long legal battle over the fate of a company accused of fueling the opioid epidemic and the family that owns it. — Purdue Pharma, the maker of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin …
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio sees hope in gubernatorial field as he faces political wilderness — Bill de Blasio, a career politician and operative, was facing the prospect of life outside public office for the first time in two decades. — Then came the downfall of his archnemesis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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