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Hamza Shaban / Washington Post:
Justice Department to protect women seeking an abortion in Texas — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the Justice Department would protect women seeking an abortion in Texas as the agency explores ways to challenge one of the most restrictive laws in the nation.
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Statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Regarding Texas SB8 — The U.S. Department of Justice today issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland regarding Texas SB8: — “While the Justice Department urgently explores all options to challenge Texas SB8 …
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Associated Press:
Justice Department will ‘protect’ abortion seekers in Texas — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday that it will not tolerate violence against anyone who is trying to obtain an abortion in Texas as federal officials explore options to challenge a new state law that bans most abortions.
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’ — The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the U.S. — Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels.
Anand Gopal / New Yorker:
The Other Afghan Women — In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them. … Late one afternoon this past August, Shakira heard banging on her front gate. In the Sangin Valley, which is in Helmand Province …
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Washington Post:
Panjshir Valley, last resistance holdout in Afghanistan, falls to the Taliban — The Taliban on Monday seized Panjshir province, a restive mountain region that was the final holdout of resistance forces in the country, cementing its total control over Afghanistan a week after U.S. forces departed the country.
Tim Miller / The Triad:
Strange New Disrespect — The ideology beneath an abortion position that nobody likes. — 1. Strange New Disrespect — Welp, the “strange new respect” I had garnered from certain corners of the progressive interwebs was bound to circle back around to “strange new WTF Tim” at some point. …
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Jake Zuckerman / Ohio Capital Journal:
Judge reverses order forcing hospital to give ivermectin to COVID-19 patient — “We are believers he's going to survive because of ivermectin.” — HAMILTON — A Butler County judge sided with a local hospital and reversed a previous court order forcing it to honor a prescription of ivermectin …
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Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
In red California, Trump's lies about a rigged election echo among recall supporters — Looking to oust the governor? Ed Brown has just the right merch for you. — Camouflage Recall Newsom hats and Recall Newsom masks. He's got Recall Newsom yard signs. A stack of Recall Newsom pamphlets.
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Ari Levy / CNBC:
Betting markets swing in favor of Gov. Gavin Newsom as California recall effort enters home stretch
Betting markets swing in favor of Gov. Gavin Newsom as California recall effort enters home stretch
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New York Times:
Americans Stretch Across Political Divides to Welcome Afghan Refugees — “Even the most right-leaning isolationists” are coming forward to help those fleeing Afghanistan, a pastor said. A mass mobilization is underway. — PHOENIX — The hundreds of parishioners at Desert Springs Bible Church …
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Jack Dutton / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Beats Joe Biden in 2024 Election Poll — A new poll has placed former President Donald Trump as the favorite to win the 2024 U.S. election, slightly edging Democratic incumbent Joe Biden. — A national Emerson College Poll found that if the two men were to go head-to-head in 2024 …
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NBC News:
U.S. evacuates 4 more Americans out of Afghanistan, official says — WASHINGTON — The United States facilitated the safe departure of four American citizens by overland route from Afghanistan on Monday, a senior State Department official said. — The news came while Secretary …
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus / New Yorker:
Can Progressives Be Convinced That Genetics Matters? — The behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden is waging a two-front campaign: on her left are those who assume that genes are irrelevant, on her right those who insist that they're everything. — Until she was thirty-three …
Reuters:
A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen — Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases females have been separated from their male peers by curtains or boards down the middle of the classroom.
The Hill:
Why can't we mandate anything? — For Americans who are fully vaccinated, organized political resistance to vaccination mandates is infuriating. Such resistance continues to ravage communities, disrupt commerce, overload hospitals and generate an appalling toll of needless illness and death.
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BBC:
Taiwan says 19 Chinese warplanes entered air defence zone — Taiwan has said a large incursion of Chinese military jets flew into its air defence zone on Sunday. — The defence ministry said 19 aircraft including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers entered its so-called air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
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The Daily Beast:
Threats & Leaks: New Documents Show Just How Crazy the Georgia Recount Fiasco Got — While the Georgia secretary of state's office was fending off calls from then-President Donald Trump to find votes, officials were also dealing with bomb threats. — Back in January 2021 …
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Raw Story
Issues & Insights:
Biden Loses 4,890 Migrant Children, And The Left Yawns — Last week, Axios reported that the Department of Health and Human Services has lost contact with more than 4,500 children who'd crossed the border illegally after it had released them into the country. That's a third of the migrant children it was supposed to be tracking.
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
Whatever Happened to the Journalistic B.S. Detector? — At some point the journalistic injunction, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out” became “If it fits the Narrative, don't bother to check it out.” — Rolling Stone — which really ought to know better by now …
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CNN:
Taliban accused of murdering pregnant Afghan policewoman in front of her family — (CNN)The Taliban murdered a pregnant policewoman in front of her family on Saturday night, according to her son. Her death, in the central Afghanistan province of Ghor, adds to mounting concerns about the repression of women under the Taliban's rule.
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives — A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool. — It was a pitch tuned for a politically polarized audience.
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Democratic Proposal Could Reduce Poverty By 3.3 Million People, Study Says — Legislation to shore up Supplementary Security Income hasn't received much attention, but it could have a big impact. — A proposal in the emerging Democratic spending bill that almost nobody is talking …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Labor's surprising winning streak — “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” — On this Labor Day 2021, let's apply Mark Twain's famous quip to America's labor unions. — News about organized labor is always headlined by sad accounts about declining union membership.
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