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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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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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The Atlantic and Forbes
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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Bloomberg, CNBC, Reason and Dallas Morning News
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Conservative Justices' Reasoning in the Texas Abortion Case Is Legal Mansplaining — If you woke up this morning to the news that in the middle of the night, in an unsigned order, five conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ended 50 years of abortion rights in Texas without full briefing …
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The Atlantic, Religion News Service, Forbes, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story and CNN
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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POLITICUSUSA, VICE, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone and Daily Kos
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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One America News Network, Common Dreams, The Daily Poster and FiveThirtyEight
WPLG-TV:
DeSantis considers implementing a Texas' ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban in Florida
DeSantis considers implementing a Texas' ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban in Florida
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The Hill, The Atlantic, Associated Press and Forbes
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.
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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Ruth Reader / Fast Company:
Even outspoken tech companies have been glaringly silent on the Texas abortion ban
Even outspoken tech companies have been glaringly silent on the Texas abortion ban
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Protocol, Dallas Morning News, HuffPost and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Time for Democrats to Go Nuclear Was Yesterday
The Time for Democrats to Go Nuclear Was Yesterday
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New Republic, The Hill, New York Times, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
The Texas abortion ban could force tech to snitch on users
The Texas abortion ban could force tech to snitch on users
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The Daily Beast, Bloomberg and Guttmacher Institute, more at Techmeme »
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Repealing Roe v. Wade: A major midterm issue
Repealing Roe v. Wade: A major midterm issue
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Politico, Vanity Fair, Iowa Starting Line and DemCast
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Supreme Court and Joe Manchin tighten Biden's political straitjacket
Supreme Court and Joe Manchin tighten Biden's political straitjacket
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Politico, Bloomberg, Liberty Nation and Sacramento Bee
Wall Street Journal:
Texas Ruling Raises Doubts About Chief Justice's Hold on the Roberts Court
Texas Ruling Raises Doubts About Chief Justice's Hold on the Roberts Court
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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
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
Those Flooded Basement Apartments are a Deadly Part of the Housing Crisis
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New York Times, THE CITY and New York Magazine
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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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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Daily Kos
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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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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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RedState
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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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jobs report disappoints — only 235,000 positions added vs. expectations of 720,000 — Job creation for August was a huge disappointment, with the economy adding just 235,000 positions, the Labor Department reported Friday. — Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 720,000 new hires.
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Wall Street Journal, HotAir and UPI
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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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.
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 …
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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Fortune, Washington Examiner, Insider and HotAir
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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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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John Lucas / The Federalist:
Joe Biden Is Lying To Americans About Afghanistan — ‘Whether it is true or not,’ this president and his enablers ‘need to project a different picture’: that the Afghanistan retreat was a great success. — Earlier this week, this writer addressed the Biden administration's instinctive lying …
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NOQ Report, Liberty Nation and American Thinker
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.
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.
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Exclusive: Silicon Valley investor dismissed racism, called BLM “the true racists” — A notable venture capitalist and board member at the public company behind iconic brands like The North Face and Timberland was dismissive of racism in the U.S. and called Black Lives Matter “the true racists,” according to emails obtained by Axios.
KVOA-TV:
Police on-scene at Vail elementary school after group threatens to zip-tie principal over COVID-19 protocols — TUCSON (KVOA) - A conflict over the COVID-19 quarantine policy at a Vail Unified School District elementary school has been resolved shortly after protesters threatened …
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Raw Story
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Former Trump officials praise Biden for carrying out ‘Trump-Biden withdrawal’ from Afghanistan — One who spoke to ABC's Jonathan Karl said of the withdrawal, “Bravo! Well done!” — It's no surprise that former President Donald Trump and his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
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