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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
I'm a Conservative Who Hates Abortion.  The Texas Law Is a Disaster.  —  Imagine making the anti-abortion case when doing so means you have to defend allowing people to sue Uber drivers. … A deeply polarizing new law in Texas takes the person who cares about unborn children and asks …
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Will Wilkinson / Model Citizen:
Republicans Finally Caught the Car  —  The Back-Alley Reversal of Roe Just Made the GOP Unsafe for Right-leaning Women  —  Texas has banned abortion, more or less.  Terminating a pregnancy is now categorically forbidden in the Lone Star State except in the brief period before the embryo develops something …
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Texas judge hands narrow win to abortion providers fighting new 6-week ban  —  A Texas state judge on Friday temporarily blocked an anti-abortion group from enforcing Texas's new 6-week abortion ban against Planned Parenthood, handing a narrow legal victory to abortion rights advocates.
Lyft:
Defending drivers and women's access to healthcare
Axios:
Scoop: Trump nears deal for D.C. hotel  —  Former President Trump is in advanced talks to sell rights to his Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., sources tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: The removal of Trump's big, golden name from Pennsylvania Avenue would be a symbolic bombshell savored by opponents.
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Angry Men With Zip-Ties Ambush School Principal After COVID Masking Request  —  The surreal confrontation stemmed from the Arizona school asking a child who was exposed to the virus to abide by public health guidelines.  —  Police arrested a 40-year-old Arizona dad after he stormed …
Alex Hasenstab / opb:
Portland City Council to vote on ending trade and travel with Texas in response to abortion restrictions  —  Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced on Friday that Portland City Council will vote on an emergency resolution on Wednesday with the intent to ban city business and employee travel related to the state of Texas.
Discussion: KOIN-TV and Political Wire
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor / The Nation:
Sotomayor's Defiant Dissent  —  In her blistering dissent, the Supreme Court justice calls out her conservative colleagues' breathtaking disregard of precedent and the Constitution.  —  Conservatives would have you believe that the Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas's law banning abortions …
CNN:
January 6 select committee refutes claim by McCarthy that the Justice Department cleared Trump of any role in insurrection  —  (CNN)The top members of the select committee investigating the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill refuted recent claims by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
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Select Committee to Investigate …:   Thompson & Cheney Statement on McCarthy's January 6th Misinformation Campaign
WFTV:
Florida to issue $5,000 fines for businesses, schools who ask for proof of COVID-19 vaccine  —  Florida businesses, government entities and schools will soon face fines of up to $5,000 fines for asking a customer or visitor to show proof they have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Isabella Grullón Paz / New York Times:
‘Sexist,’ ‘Racist,’ ‘Classist’: Georgia 8th Grader Challenges School Dress Code  —  After being cited for a rip in her jeans on the first day of school, Sophia Trevino has led a protest seeking changes to the district's dress code, which she says unfairly targets girls.
Discussion: Althouse
Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service:
Trump and his religion advisors launch new National Faith Advisory Board  —  Acknowledging he lost Catholic voters over his presidency, the former president referenced hypothetical future scenarios 'if we're able to get back in.'  —  WASHINGTON (RNS) — In another sign Donald Trump is eyeing …
Discussion: Raw Story and Friendly Atheist
Paul Flahive / Houston Public Media:
Doctors Say Texas Leaders Failed To Stop COVID-19 From Spreading  —  Hospitals across the state are running low on pediatric intensive care unit beds.  Texas' Department of State Health Services says only 81 of them remain — and just a couple hundred more regular ICU beds are available in the state of 29 million people.
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
Her Leaks Exposed Global Financial Corruption.  Now She Is In Prison.  —  Former Treasury Department official Natalie “May” Edwards said she is a whistleblower who sent suspicious activity reports to BuzzFeed News after trying in vain to work through lawful channels.
New York Times:
Satellite Images Find Oil Spill in Gulf Left in Ida's Wake  —  Satellite and aerial survey images show oil spreading off the coast of an oil and gas hub in Louisiana.  —  Cleanup crews are working to contain what experts called a substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico …
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Five reasons Biden's approval ratings have taken a pounding  —  As the summer comes to a close, President Joe Biden's job approval ratings have taken a major hit.  —  Both the RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight polling averages show pluralities disapproving of Biden's performance in office …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Guardian
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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
Texas gives in further to the seductiveness of its gun culture — but it's a trap  —  DALLAS — The evening before some of the most backward gun laws in America went into effect in Texas, I checked out Ladies Night at the gun range.  —  Every Tuesday is Ladies Night at DFW Gun Range & Academy near downtown Dallas.
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Corporate boards, consulting, speaking fees: How U.S. generals thrived after Afghanistan  —  Stanley A. McChrystal exemplifies how ex-generals sell their battlefield experience in other arenas, from corporations to covid-19 response.  —  When Stanley A. McChrystal was the top general in Afghanistan …
Carla Babb / Voice of America:
VOA Exclusive: American Stuck in Afghanistan Shares Her Story  —  Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline.  —  Download File  —  Embed  —  In a chaotic effort, the U.S. managed to evacuate more than 124,000 civilians …
Washington Free Beacon:
Twitter's Former Comms Guru Advises Lincoln Project's Dark Money Offshoot  —  Twitter's former communications guru is now advising the Franklin Project, a dark money offshoot of the scandal-plagued Lincoln Project, the Democratic-aligned super PAC widely suspected of enabling a sex pest who preyed on young men and at least one child.
Jaime Harrison / The Hill:
H.R. 4 carries forward the legacy of Congressman John Lewis  —  On Aug. 28, 1963, thousands of Americans came to our nation's capital for the March on Washington.  Inspired by leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer and John Lewis, they sought to bring the country closer …
 
 
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Rebecca Boone / Associated Press:
‘Loss of hope’: Idaho hospitals crushed by COVID-19 surge
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U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Sanctioning Iranian Intelligence Affiliates for Targeting Dissidents Abroad
Sharon Bernstein / Reuters:
California Republicans launching campaign to boost trust in mail-in voting
Discussion: Salon and The Daily Caller
Rebecca Rosman / NPR:
France And Russia Are In A Tussle Over Who Gets To Call Champagne ... ‘Champagne’
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Austin Horn / The State Journal:
Misinformation abounds at Southworth election security event
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The harsh truth of this moment: Republicans understand power. Democrats do not.
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9/11 was a test. The books of the last two decades show how America failed.
 

 
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Financial Times:
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