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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 …
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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 …
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Axios:
1 big thing: Biden wants abortion fight
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Mia Brett / The Editorial Board:
Abortion is virtually banned in Texas. The upside? Roe still rules for now in the other 49 states
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Time for Democrats to Go Nuclear Was Yesterday
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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 …
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
U.S. Struggles to Learn Who's Who in Afghan Airlift of 124,000 — Few were on the priority list of those who aided U.S., allies — Most eligible for Special Immigrant Visas were left behind — Days after the Biden administration finished evacuating about 124,000 people from Afghanistan …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin's new threat to destroy Biden's agenda is worse than it seems — When President Biden travels to storm-ravaged Louisiana on Friday, he will continue amplifying the case for getting much more serious about tackling the climate change that is fueling such extreme weather events.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
House moderates send demands on $3.5 trillion budget bill to Pelosi
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Annie Grayer / CNN:
First on CNN: More than 100 Democratic lawmakers introduce legislation to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60
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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 …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Horned, Furred, and Face-Painted ‘Shaman’ of the U.S. Capitol Siege Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
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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.
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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
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Jim Huylebroek / New York Times:
The Two Afghanistans — The journalist Anand Gopal has long reported for The New York Times …
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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.
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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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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Biden Moves to Declassify Some Documents Related to Sept. 11 — In an executive order, the president instructed Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to publicly release the declassified documents over the next six months. — WASHINGTON — Making good on a campaign promise …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Washington Post:
U.S. economy added a lackluster 235,000 jobs in August, a disappointing month as virus surged — The slowdown comes as jobless aid is about to expire for millions of Americans. — The U.S. economy added just 235,000 jobs in August, a disappointing month of hiring as the delta variant …
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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 …
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 …
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.
Catherine Wong / South China Morning Post:
China ‘tells US envoy John Kerry it will follow its own climate road map’ — Source says the two sides failed to reach agreement and China has its own plans on climate matters Beijing describes discussions about addressing climate change as ‘candid, in-depth and pragmatic’ Source says the sides …
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