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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP Sen. Susan Collins supports codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections into law — Future of Roe v. Wade at stake after Supreme Court arguments — WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins, the moderate Republican from Maine, favors passing legislation to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade into law, her office said Wednesday.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
SCOTUS Will Gaslight Us Until the End — Perhaps it would be refreshing if the conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court no longer felt the need to lie to us. The lying, after all, is becoming nearly untenable—especially for an institution that relies on public confidence.
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Vox, Mother Jones and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Potential collapse of Roe shakes up political landscape — The volatile issue of abortion catapulted to the center of the political debate Wednesday after the Supreme Court signaled it would uphold a law undermining Roe v. Wade, creating the potential for the polarizing issue to reshape the electoral battlefield.
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New York Times, Bloomberg, USA Today and HotAir
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
The Supreme Court Seems Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade — The chief justice suggested a way to restrict abortion without going that far, but the swing voters didn't engage his potential compromise. — Chief Justice John Roberts is searching for a compromise to preserve some basic right …
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CNN and Washington Post
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court's pro-gun, pro-life problem — On Tuesday, four high school students — ages 14, 16 and 17 — were shot dead in Oxford, Mich., by a 15-year-old classmate firing a 9mm pistol with 15-round magazines. — Less than 24 hours later, a Supreme Court majority that seems …
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VTDigger, Mother Jones and Fox News
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Mississippi Abortion Law Arguments Conclude at Supreme Court — The arguments are over. Here's what happens next. — The justices will cast tentative votes at a private conference in the coming days. The senior justice in the majority will then assign the majority opinion to a colleague or, just as likely, keep it.
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Mississippi Asks: If Women Can Have It All, Is Roe Necessary?
Mississippi Asks: If Women Can Have It All, Is Roe Necessary?
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Washington Post:
Gutting ‘Roe’ would devastate millions of Americans — and the court itself
Gutting ‘Roe’ would devastate millions of Americans — and the court itself
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New York Times, HuffPost and New Republic
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Amy Coney Barrett Suggests Forced Pregnancy Is Fine Because of Adoption
Amy Coney Barrett Suggests Forced Pregnancy Is Fine Because of Adoption
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh, who told Senate Roe v. Wade was ‘settled as precedent,’ signals openness to overturning abortion decision
Kavanaugh, who told Senate Roe v. Wade was ‘settled as precedent,’ signals openness to overturning abortion decision
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National Review, Fox News and ABC News
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
This Is How Roe Ends — This is how Roe v. Wade ends — without pretense or pretext …
This Is How Roe Ends — This is how Roe v. Wade ends — without pretense or pretext …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, Jezebel and Off the Kuff
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Roe v. Wade's future is in doubt after historic arguments at Supreme Court
Roe v. Wade's future is in doubt after historic arguments at Supreme Court
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Politico:
Symone Sanders to leave the VP's office — Symone Sanders, the senior adviser and chief spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, is expected to leave the White House at the end of the year, according to five administration officials familiar with the matter.
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David Brody / CBN News:
‘I Believe There Were Irregularities’ in the 2020 Election: What Pence Says to Angry MAGA Fans About What He Did on Jan. 6 — ‘I Believe There Were Irregularities’ in the 2020 Election: What Pence Says to Angry MAGA Fans About Jan. 6 — For former Vice President Mike Pence …
CNBC:
Trump SPAC social media company appears to miss its first product deadline — Former President Donald Trump's new social media company appears to have missed its own November deadline to launch an invitation-only beta version of “Truth Social,” its purported alternative to Twitter.
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Krystal Hu / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's social media venture seeks $1 billion raise, sources say
Exclusive: Trump's social media venture seeks $1 billion raise, sources say
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Washington Examiner
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Abortion Will Be Outlawed in Purple States Too — The only mild saving grace to today's SCOTUS arguments is that the pretenses are removed. These are ideologues and politicians. Their entire political movement has been propelled by the goal of overturning Roe v Wade and outlawing abortion.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book — Mark Meadows makes stunning admission in new memoir obtained by Guardian, saying a second test returned negative — Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate …
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The Daily Beast:
Chilling Videos, Journal Found as Parents Face Scrutiny in Michigan School Shooting — Ethan Crumbley, 15, had displayed “behavior in the classroom” that school officials “felt was concerning.” — OXFORD, Michigan—The shooter who allegedly killed four students and injured seven …
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New York Times, Insider, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Detroit Metro Times
CNBC:
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Sex crimes accuser testifies Jeffrey Epstein took her to meet Trump when she was 14 — A woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell testified that Epstein took her to meet Donald Trump at his Florida club when she was 14 years old.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022 — Stacey Abrams launched a campaign for Georgia governor on Wednesday with a pledge to fight for economic equality and expand healthcare access, setting up a potential rematch against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in one of the nation's …
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Katie Curran O'Malley, retired judge and former first lady, launches bid for Maryland attorney general — Katie Curran O'Malley is running for Maryland attorney general, setting the stage for an unprecedented battle between the former first lady and her husband's lieutenant governor.
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The Hill
NBC News:
Biden administration expected to extend public transit mask mandate through mid-March — The Biden administration on Thursday is expected to announce that a federal mask mandate for public transportation will be extended into mid-March, two sources told NBC News on Wednesday.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. to extend transit mask mandate through mid-March - sources
Exclusive: U.S. to extend transit mask mandate through mid-March - sources
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Fox News, CNN, Insider, TheBlaze and Page Array
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
IOC member says Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is ‘fine’ after video call — A long-standing member of the International Olympic Committee said people who spoke to missing Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai have reached the “unanimous conclusion” that she is “fine.”
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CNN, National Review, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, One America News Network, Twitchy, Insider and LEAGUE OF JUSTICE
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Matthew Futterman / New York Times:
WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai
WTA Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng Shuai
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
We may have already missed our last, best chance to bolster American democracy — In last year's election, Americans did not punish Republicans for their radical, anti-democratic turn with a resounding electoral defeat. Now, more than a year later, we can clearly see horrible and potentially irreversible implications of that.
Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News:
“This Is Blackface”: Inside The Virtual Reality Company Trying To Scale Diversity Training — Mursion tells big corporate clients that its VR simulations will help teach racial sensitivity. But the actors playing its Black characters are often white. — Copy
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HotAir
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Michael Fanone: ‘Moron’ Capitol Rioter Who Electroshocked Me Was ‘Manipulated’ By Trump — Danny Rodriguez drove a stun gun into Fanone's neck on Jan. 6. The D.C. police officer says Rodriguez's FBI confession tape is revealing. — D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone …
ABC:
Teenagers from remote NT community arrested after escape from Howard Springs COVID quarantine facility … Northern Territory police say they don't believe three teenagers who allegedly absconded from Darwin's Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility this morning came into contact with members of the community.
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The Daily Caller, americandigest.org, Twitchy, RedState, The Western Journal and Page Array
Washington Post:
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles says hack breached about 400,000 patients' information — A hacker gained access to the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Planned Parenthood patients last month, the reproductive health-care group's Los Angeles branch said Wednesday.
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Davey Alba / New York Times:
Those Cute Cats Online? They Help Spread Misinformation. — A mainstay of the internet is regularly used to build audiences for people and organizations pushing false and misleading information. — On Oct. 2, New Tang Dynasty Television, a station linked to the Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong …
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Twitchy
Politico:
Hedge fund CEO readies Senate bid despite Oz announcement — PHILADELPHIA — Hedge fund CEO David McCormick is preparing a run for Senate in Pennsylvania, a move that would upend the Republican primary for the third time in as many weeks. — McCormick, who runs Bridgewater Associates …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
America is Running on Fumes — Sign up for Derek's newsletter here. — Let's start with a simple mystery: What happened to original blockbuster movies? — Throughout the 20th century, Hollywood produced a healthy number of entirely new stories. The top movies of 1998—including Titanic …
BuzzFeed News:
CIA Files Say Staff Committed Sex Crimes Involving Children. They Weren't Prosecuted. — Over the past 14 years, the Central Intelligence Agency has secretly amassed credible evidence that at least 10 of its employees and contractors committed sexual crimes involving children.
Associated Press:
GOP Wayne County election official in 2020 ballot dispute dies from COVID-19 — DETROIT - A Republican election official who caused controversy by initially refusing to certify 2020 Detroit-area results in favor of President Joe Biden has died after being admitted to a hospital with COVID-19.
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Detroit Free Press, Political Wire, Detroit Metro Times, CBS Detroit and Mock Paper Scissors
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Marcus Lamb, head of Daystar, a large Christian network that discouraged vaccines, dies after getting covid-19 — Marcus Lamb, founder of the large Christian network Daystar, died Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus. Lamb's network during the pandemic has made the virus a huge focus …
Brian Kahn / Gizmodo:
Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun — Climate models are usually run on supercomputers. But Amazon has donated cloud computing time to run a model—with a twist. — Alerts — Computer processors across Amazon Web Services recently hummed into gear to create 30 simulations …
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:
Facebook lifts restrictions on praising, searching for Kyle Rittenhouse after acquittal — The company faced criticism from conservatives for calling the shootings a ‘mass murder’ — Facebook has lifted restrictions on users praising or searching for the name of Kyle Rittenhouse …
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Backing Charter Schools — The public school system is failing. My philanthropy will give $750 million to a proven alternative. — American public education is broken. Since the pandemic began, students have experienced severe learning loss because schools remained closed in 2020 …
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