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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Abortion order creates awkward questions for Maine's Susan Collins … The heist began in earnest five years ago. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly, and President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, a center-left, compromise jurist — who'd been recommended by Senate Republicans — to fill the vacancy.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SCOTUS Delenda Est — There's nothing I can add to the overnight news out of the Supreme Court and Texas that we haven't discussed previously: the Supreme Court is both corrupted and corrupt. One of the court's nine members sits illegitimately. At least five of the current conservative majority …
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Laura Bassett / The Atlantic:
All of Those ‘Hysterical’ Women Were Right — Last night, the Supreme Court quietly green-lit the most extreme abortion ban the United States has seen in half a century: a Texas law that prohibits abortions at six weeks from a woman's last period, even in cases of rape or incest …
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Ruth Reader / Fast Company:
Even outspoken tech companies have been glaringly silent on the Texas abortion ban — Tesla CEO Elon Musk summed up the mood in a tweet, saying ‘I would prefer to stay out of politics.’ — In recent years, tech companies and their executive leaders have gotten more political …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Time for Democrats to Go Nuclear Was Yesterday
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Kari Paul / The Guardian:
TikTokers flood Texas abortion whistleblower site with Shrek memes, fake reports and porn
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Sen. Collins repeatedly asserted that Kavanaugh considered abortion rights settled law. The justice's decision on Texas's restrictive law suggests otherwise.
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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
The Texas abortion ban could force tech to snitch on users
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Repealing Roe v. Wade: A major midterm issue
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
By turning law enforcement over to ‘abortion vigilantes,’ Texas uses lawlessness to destabilize equal treatment under law
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Wall Street Journal:
Texas Ruling Raises Doubts About Chief Justice's Hold on the Roberts Court
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Conservative Justices' Reasoning in the Texas Abortion Case Is Legal Mansplaining
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CNN:
John Roberts has lost control of the Supreme Court
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Jessica Piper / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins calls Texas abortion law ‘extreme’ under more scrutiny for Kavanaugh vote
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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Republicans Shouldn't Be Scared of the Texas Abortion Law in 2022
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
TikToker Makes Script to Flood Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site With Fake Info
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Laurence H Tribe / The Guardian:
Roe v Wade died with barely a whimper. But that's not all
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Joe Manchin / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Won't Support Spending Another $3.5 Trillion — Amid inflation, debt and the inevitability of future crises, Congress needs to take a strategic pause. — The nation faces an unprecedented array of challenges and will inevitably encounter additional crises in the future.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Manchin Has Put Biden's Presidency in Mortal Danger The mercurial senator calls for a “pause” when Democrats desperately need to move fast. — One of the most bullish indicators for Joe Biden's presidency came just a week after his inauguration, when Joe Manchin said, “We're going to make Joe Biden successful.”
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Supreme Court and Joe Manchin tighten Biden's political straitjacket
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Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Trapped in Basements and Cars, They Lost Their Lives in Savage Storm — The storm's victims included at least 15 people in New York State and 23 in New Jersey. Some died as waters inundated their basement homes. — At 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mingma Sherpa, who lived in a basement apartment …
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Andy Newman / New York Times:
43 Die as Deadliest Storm Since Sandy Devastates the Northeast
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Kim Velsey / Curbed:
Those Flooded Basement Apartments are a Deadly Part of the Housing Crisis
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Matthew Gault / VICE:
Remington Subpoenas Report Cards of Five Children Killed in Sandy Hook Shooting — As part of a lawsuit defense, the company that made the guns used in the Sandy Hook shooting demanded the disciplinary and attendance records of dead children. — Gun company Remington has subpoenaed the report cards …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Biden's job approval drops to 44% amid broad criticism on Afghanistan: POLL — Just 36% of Americans say the war was worth fighting; 77% support withdrawal. — President Joe Biden's job approval rating has fallen underwater in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll amid broad disapproval …
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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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Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal:
James Simons, Robert Mercer, Others at Renaissance to Pay $7 Billion to Settle Tax Probe — Tax settlement that may be the largest in history — Executives of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies LLC will personally pay approximately $7 billion in back taxes and penalties to settle …
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Daniel Funke / USA Today:
Fact check: Biden honored service members killed in Kabul, checked watch during ceremony — Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated Sept. 2 to note that Biden checked his watch multiple times at the dignified transfer event, including during the ceremony itself.
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Carlie Porterfield / Forbes:
Bumble, Match Launch Funds To Cover Abortion Costs In Texas — Two of the most popular dating apps in the U.S., Match and Bumble, are kickstarting funds to help Texans access abortion services in the wake of a controversial new anti-abortion law that effectively bans the procedure after six weeks …
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Associated Press:
Experts call for rigorous audit to protect California recall — A group of election security experts on Thursday called for a rigorous audit of the upcoming recall election for California's governor after copies of systems used to run elections across the country were released publicly.
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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CNN:
Trump endorses Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate race — Washington (CNN)Former President Donald Trump on Thursday gave Republican former football star Herschel Walker his “Complete and Total Endorsement” in Georgia's US Senate race, praising him as “a friend, a Patriot and an outstanding American …
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CNN:
Kevin McCarthy among GOP lawmakers whose phone records January 6 select committee asks to be preserved — (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is among a group of GOP lawmakers whose phone records are of interest to the select committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, CNN has learned.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Tree of Life synagogue disputes Biden's claim he visited after massacre — President Biden on Thursday told Jewish leaders that he spent time at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after the October 2018 mass murder of 11 people there -but the synagogue told The Post he never visited.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
‘QAnon Shaman’ Reaches Plea Deal, Now ‘Repudiates’ Association With ‘Q,’ Lawyer Says — Jacob Chansley's lawyer called for “patience and compassion” for his client, who he said has “genuine mental health issues.” — The man known as the “QAnon Shaman” has reached a plea deal …
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Washington Examiner:
Biden's purely political Afghanistan timeline got Americans killed — When President Joe Biden took office, the United States had an agreement with the Taliban to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1. It was contingent on the Taliban negotiating with the government in Kabul.
Washington Post:
Trump-appointed ambassador directed government business to his hotel, emails show — Kelly Craft, who was appointed to two ambassadorships under former president Donald Trump, directed government business to Trump's hotel in Washington while in office, emails released by the State Department show.
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