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Kari Paul / The Guardian:
TikTokers flood Texas abortion whistleblower site with Shrek memes, fake reports and porn  —  Critics of Texas' new law have been filing hundreds of fake reports to the whistleblowing website in hopes of crashing it  —  Pro-choice users on TikTok and Reddit have launched a guerrilla effort …
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Steve Vladeck / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court doesn't just abuse its shadow docket.  It does so inconsistently.  —  Justice Kagan's dissent cuts to the heart of the problem with the Texas abortion ruling — it undermines the court's legitimacy  —  The Supreme Court's midnight ruling on Wednesday …
Wall Street Journal:
Texas's Abortion Law Blunder  —  The Supreme Court was right not to interfere for now, but the statute won't survive scrutiny on the merits.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  America is back fighting its endless legal war over abortion.  A new front opened late Wednesday when five Justices issued …
Carlie Porterfield / Forbes:
Bumble, Match Launch Funds To Cover Abortion Costs In Texas
Mia Brett / The Editorial Board:
Abortion is virtually banned in Texas. The upside? Roe still rules for now in the other 49 states
New York Times:
Health Officials Advise White House to Scale Back Booster Plan for Now  —  Federal regulators warned on Thursday they may not have enough data to recommend boosters for anyone except certain recipients of the Pfizer vaccine by late September.  —  WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Is Unlikely to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shot  —  Former president has urged his supporters to get vaccinated but tells WSJ he 'probably won't' get a booster shot when it is available  —  WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump, who received a Covid-19 vaccination …
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Launch Could Be Delayed
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused.
Discussion: Townhall
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Washington Free Beacon:
Afghan Refugees Not Tested for COVID Before Landing in US  —  Afghans are tested after arrival in the United States  —  Afghan refugees coming to the United States did not receive COVID-19 tests before departing Kabul, the State Department told the Washington Free Beacon.
Discussion: Fox News
CNN:
Trump administration deliberately slowed entry of Afghan allies
Discussion: Raw Story and spectatorworld.com
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
U.S. Struggles to Learn Who's Who in Afghan Airlift of 124,000
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
House moderates send demands on $3.5 trillion budget bill to Pelosi
Discussion: Politico, CNBC and Slate
Annie Grayer / CNN:
First on CNN: More than 100 Democratic lawmakers introduce legislation to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60
Discussion: The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Capitol Rioter Known as QAnon Shaman Pleads Guilty  —  Jacob Chansley, who stormed onto the Senate floor in face paint and a horned hat, accepted a deal under which federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison.  —  Jacob Chansley, a former actor …
Discussion: Mother Jones and IJR
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot
Washington Post:
Americans support Afghanistan pullout — but not the way it was done, a Post-ABC poll finds  —  Americans overwhelmingly support President Biden's decision to end the war in Afghanistan, but by a 2-to-1 margin they disapprove of how he handled the chaotic and ultimately deadly withdrawal …
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
The Share Of U.S. Adults Willing To Get Vaccinated Ticks Up, A New Poll Finds
Discussion: HotAir and WV MetroNews
Jim Huylebroek / New York Times:
The Two Afghanistans  —  The journalist Anand Gopal has long reported for The New York Times …
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
It's Still All About COVID  —  For the last couple of weeks, I've been watching focus groups.  Two of those groups included independent-leaning voters who don't align themselves strongly with either party.  One other group was comprised of so-called Democratic “surge” voters …
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Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
Here's what we know about the mu variant … A coronavirus variant known as “mu” or “B.1.621” was designated by the World Health Organization as a “variant of interest” earlier this week and will be monitored by the global health body as cases continue to emerge across parts of the world.
Katelyn Ogle / KFOR-TV:
Patients overdosing on ivermectin backing up rural Oklahoma hospitals, ambulances  —  SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, Okla. (KFOR) - A rural Oklahoma doctor said patients who are taking the horse de-wormer medication, ivermectin, to fight COVID-19 are causing emergency room and ambulance back ups.
Bente Birkeland / NPR:
Voting Data From A Colorado County Was Leaked Online.  Now, The Clerk Is In Hiding  —  It's been nearly a month since sensitive data about voting equipment in Colorado's Mesa County was posted online by conspiracy theorists eager to cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Colorado county election official allegedly pressured employees to not cooperate with investigation into security breach
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Sen. Joni Ernst falsely claims Biden has ‘not once’ expressed gratitude to troops who fought in the last 20 years  —  Senator falsely claims Biden ‘not once’ thanked overseas veterans  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a veteran of the war in Iraq and a member …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bangor Daily News
Bloomberg:
Hints of Worker Confidence Belie Rise in Black Unemployment  — Jobless rate for African Americans jumped to 8.8% in August  — Black labor particiation is rising too, driven by women  —  Black Americans were the only demographic group to see a rise in joblessness in August …
Discussion: Insider
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Misinformation on Facebook got six times more clicks than factual news during the 2020 election, study says  —  Right-leaning pages also produce more misinformation, the forthcoming study found.  —  A new study of user behavior on Facebook around the 2020 election is likely …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
At odds with boss, some Biden aides privately alarmed as millions of workers head over jobless benefits cliff  —  Some White House officials are split on what will happen when the benefits cease next week, but advisers downplayed any rift.  —  The Biden administration faces internal dissatisfaction …
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Lyft, Uber will cover legal fees for drivers sued under Texas abortion law  — Lyft and Uber said Friday they would cover legal fees for drivers on their respective platforms who are sued under Texas' restrictive abortion law that went into effect this week.
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Ethics Watchdog Requests Probe Into Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene For ‘Threatening’ Telecom Firms  —  The ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Friday asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump Tower's key tenants have fallen behind on rent and moved out.  But Trump has one reliable customer: His own PAC.  —  NEW YORK — Inside Trump Tower, swank suit-maker Marcraft Clothes once rented the entire 18th floor, outfitting its offices with fireplaces, mahogany-lined closets and two bars for schmoozing customers.
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
Former Trump campaign operative plans rally for those charged in Capitol riot  —  Law enforcement authorities are monitoring plans by supporters of former president Donald Trump to rally outside the U.S. Capitol later this month to argue that the hundreds of people charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity  —  Vaccines don't last forever.  This is by design: Like many of the microbes they mimic, the contents of the shots stick around only as long as it takes the body to eliminate them, a tenure on the order of days, perhaps a few weeks.
Discussion: medRxiv
Sarah Chayes / Foreign Affairs:
Afghanistan's Corruption Was Made in America … In 2005, I visited a branch of Afghanistan's national bank in Kandahar to make a deposit.  I was launching a cooperative that would craft skin-care products for export, using oils extracted from local almonds and apricot kernels …
Discussion: CoinDesk and Bloomberg
 
 
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Catherine Wong / South China Morning Post:
China ‘tells US envoy John Kerry it will follow its own climate road map’
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN Analyst Bakari Sellers Says the GOP Is Homophobic. He Lobbies for a Country Where It's Illegal To Be Gay.
Jose Del Real / Washington Post:
The lonely journey of a UFO conspiracy theorist
New York Times:
Inside the Afghan Evacuation: Rogue Flights, Crowded Tents, Hope and Chaos
Kathy Mccormack / Associated Press:
Governor in hospital with flu symptoms; COVID tests negative
Discussion: The Hill and CBS Boston
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: The mortal threat to Democrats' progressive dreams, cont'd
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Caitlyn Jenner polling at 1% in race for California governor
The Federalist:
Arizona Needs Real Leaders On Election Reform, Not Passive Politicians Like Attorney General Mark Brnovich
Discussion: TheBlaze
Christine Chung / THE CITY:
NYC Basement Apartment Storm Deaths Renew Housing Advocates' Calls for Legalization
Discussion: New York Times, Mother Jones and Curbed
Politico:
The Dangerous Legal Illusion of ‘Parental Rights’
Discussion: The Federalist
 

 
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