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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Prepares to Sue Texas Over Abortion Law — Lawsuit challenging law limiting procedure to first six weeks of pregnancy set to be filed in coming days — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is preparing to sue Texas over its new law banning most abortions …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Pro-Life Cause Deserves Better Than the Texas Law
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Washington Post:
Trump reaches out to families of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan — When Darin Hoover traveled to Dover Air Force Base to receive the casket of his 31-year-old Marine son, who was killed in Afghanistan, he, like several other families, declined an offer to meet with President Biden.
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Los Angeles Times:
Taliban beats protesters and arrests journalists at women's rally in Kabul — After being shut out from the Taliban's new government, women increased pressure on Afghanistan's new rulers with a number of protests Wednesday, at least one of which was broken up by Taliban fighters who whipped …
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James Laporta / Associated Press:
A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable moment — One day not long ago, I watched my soon-to-be 3-year-old son jump up and down to the sound of “ho” and “hey.” — It's a song by The Lumineers, an American folk-rock band. The lyrics and stomp reverberate throughout the kitchen and into the house.
Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
Flags memorializing 13 troops killed in Kabul taken down after being vandalized
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Associated Press:
COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom — WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer that was supposed to mark America's independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March.
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Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
CDC tightened masking guidelines after threats from teachers union, emails show
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Buzz Hollander / RealClearScience:
Lessons From the Ivermectin Debacle
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Erin Coulehan / KTSM-TV:
Ivermectin causes sterilization in 85 percent of men, study finds
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Tyler McCarthy / Fox News:
Jimmy Kimmel says unvaccinated people shouldn't get ICU beds in his return to his late-night show
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
L.A. is poised to become the first major U.S. school district to mandate vaccinations for students.
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HuffPost and Los Angeles Times
Josh Haskell / ABC7:
Larry Elder tours homeless encampment in Venice, but leaves due to angry crowd … Larry Elder's Venice event cut short due to angry crowd — Larry Elder had to cut his campaign event short in Venice after he encountered an angry crowd and had an egg thrown at him.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Larry Elder baselessly raises possibility of election ‘shenanigans’ in California recall
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
California's recall becomes the new epicenter of unfounded fraud claims
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CNN:
Biden administration tells ex-Trump officials to resign from military academy advisory boards or be dismissed — (CNN)The Biden administration has told 11 officials appointed to military service academy advisory boards by former President Donald Trump to resign or be dismissed, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN's KFile.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Christie steps out of Trump's shadow — and stokes 2024 buzz — Chris Christie announces he will seek the 2016 Republican nomination for president June 30, 2015, at Livingston High School, his alma mater, in Livingston, N.J. — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is launching a comeback tour …
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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
Donald Trump May Still Destroy the GOP, After All
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, MSNBC and HotAir
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Trump rips removal of Robert E. Lee statue: ‘Complete desecration’ — Former President Trump on Wednesday blasted the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., saying the taking down would result in a “complete desecration.”
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Tess Owen / VICE:
Oath Keeper Snitched on Himself to FBI Agent During Tattoo Session, Docs Say — An Oath Keeper and accused Capitol rioter who owns a tattoo parlor in upstate New York unwittingly poured his heart out to an off-duty FBI agent who'd stopped by his business for an appointment.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trumper Pleads Guilty After His Mom Bragged About His Capitol Riot Antics On Facebook
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What should the Jan. 6 probe examine? A veteran Sept. 11 investigator weighs in. — It is strange to think that even as we approach the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, some two decades later we're consumed with sorting through another nationally traumatic and transformative attack …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Does Pence really call his wife ‘mother’? Aide says it's ‘a myth that drives me crazy’ — An aide to former Vice President Mike Pence is dispelling what she's calling the “myth” that he refers to his wife as “mother.” — “This is a myth that drives me crazy,” Alyssa Farah …
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Washington Field Office Releases Video and Additional Information Regarding the Pipe Bomb Investigation — The FBI's Washington Field Office has released new information and video regarding the suspect who placed pipe bombs in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. …
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Politico:
How the Delta variant bottlenecked Biden's presidency — The resurgence of Covid-19 is rapidly dominating Joe Biden's administration, putting into question the future of his broader legislative agenda and increasingly steering Democrats into treacherous political territory.
Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin lays out long list of demands as key Senate chairs move to win his vote — (CNN)In the Senate, all roads lead to Joe Manchin. — The West Virginia Democrat and his staff have been engaged for weeks in intensive negotiations with the chairs of key Senate committees ahead …
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Slow Boring, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Virginia GOP lt. gov. nominee lays off campaign staff ahead of election — Winsome Sears, the GOP candidate in Virginia's lieutenant governor race, laid off her entire campaign staff 55 days out from Election Day in the commonwealth. — A former Sears campaign staffer, who was laid off …
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The Dispatch, New Republic and Political Wire
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop — An internal police chief memo shows employees were directed to use ‘field interview cards’ which would then be reviewed — he Los Angeles police department (LAPD) has directed its officers to collect …
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New York Times:
As Taliban Crush Dissent, New Leaders Face Cascading Challenges — The Taliban continued to brutally crack down on demonstrations against their rule. The new government faces an unfolding humanitarian crisis and flaring tensions on the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Republicans, elections experts say Wisconsin probe is flawed — Former Republican officeholders and election experts say that the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin lacks credibility, transparency and raises security risks and legal concerns
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Raw Story and Insurrection
Haley Strack / The Federalist:
National Archives Slaps ‘Harmful Content’ Warning On Constitution, All Other Founding Documents — The National Archives Records Administration placed a “harmful content” warning on the Constitution, labeling the governing document of the United States as “harmful or difficult to view.”
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The New American, RedState, TheBlaze, Liberty Unyielding and Washington Examiner
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
AOC's woke Biology 101 lesson: “I do know that he's not familiar with a menstruating person's body” — Who exactly needs a quick refresher in Biology 101 here anyway? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered her version of a lesson in biology on CNN Tuesday night.
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Kristen Doerer / Right Wing Watch:
Who Is Owed Reparations? Larry Elder Argues Slave Owners Whose ‘Legal Property Was Taken Away’ — Larry Elder becomes exasperated when a conversation arises about reparations—that is, whether African Americans are owed some compensation for centuries of slavery.
Tyler Dawson / National Post:
Book burning at Ontario francophone schools as ‘gesture of reconciliation’ denounced — More than 4,700 books were removed from library shelves at 30 schools, and they have since been destroyed or are in the process of being recycled — A book burning held by an Ontario francophone school board …
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