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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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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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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP Sen. Susan Collins supports codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections into law
GOP Sen. Susan Collins supports codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections into law
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Roberts Searches for Middle Ground in Abortion Case
Roberts Searches for Middle Ground in Abortion Case
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
Majority of court appears poised to roll back abortion rights
Majority of court appears poised to roll back abortion rights
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Abortion Will Be Outlawed in Purple States Too
Abortion Will Be Outlawed in Purple States Too
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Eduardo Cuevas / The Journal News:
Westchester DA investigates anti-abortion activists arrested for entering health clinic
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
‘Roe’ is dead. The Roberts Court's ‘stench’ will live forever.
‘Roe’ is dead. The Roberts Court's ‘stench’ will live forever.
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Overturning ‘Roe’ would be the easy part for the pro-life movement
Overturning ‘Roe’ would be the easy part for the pro-life movement
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court's pro-gun, pro-life problem
The Supreme Court's pro-gun, pro-life problem
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘Handful of fanatics’ to blame for Capitol riot, Trump ally Meadows says in book — Ex-chief of staff downplays Trump involvement in insurrection and says mob had ‘absolutely no urging’ from the president — In his new memoir, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows blames just …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Mark Meadows Agrees With Trump That His New Book Is ‘Fake News’ — BEND THE KNEE — Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows went on Newsmax on Wednesday night and agreed with his old boss that his new book is “fake news.” After former President Donald Trump (sort of) …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Jan. 6 Legal Strategy: ‘Blowing Up the Whole System’
Steve Bannon's Jan. 6 Legal Strategy: ‘Blowing Up the Whole System’
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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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Two more Harris press aides leaving in addition to Sanders
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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If Trump Voters Lived in Germany, They'd Be in the Fascist Party … A recent global poll, which came to my attention via the Liberal Patriot, framed the political choice facing the public in an interesting way. It asked which position comes closest to the poll taker's own belief …
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
‘Magic dirt’: How the internet fueled, and defeated, the pandemic's weirdest MLM — The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women, drinking Mason jars of black liquid, slathering black paste on their faces and feet, or dipping babies and dogs in tubs of the black water.
Washington Examiner:
Biden's COVID failure — “I will end this,” then-candidate Joe Biden promised during his second presidential debate with President Donald Trump. “220,000 Americans dead — anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America.”
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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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Biden to Announce New Virus Plan as Omicron Reaches U.S. — Here's what you need to know: — Biden's winter Covid plan includes insurance reimbursement for at-home tests. — President Biden will announce Thursday that the more than 150 million Americans …
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Politico:
Hill leaders strike short-term funding deal as shutdown looms — Possible trouble still lurks in the Senate for the spending patch, which would continue government funding levels through Feb. 18. — The House is expected to vote Thursday on a short-term funding patch to avert a government shutdown …
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Alec Baldwin exclusive: 'The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger' — George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview airs Thursday on ABC, streams on Hulu — Actor Alec Baldwin told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview that he had “no idea” …
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Francesca Chambers / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House shifts economic message as Biden battles inflation — The White House is shifting its economic argument to focus on Republicans as evidence mounts that its messaging on the politically tricky issue of inflation has fallen flat with most Americans.
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden launching winter COVID-19 booster, testing campaign
Biden launching winter COVID-19 booster, testing campaign
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The American Mind:
Own Nothing and Love It — An unholy alliance of planners, financiers, and leftists wants everyone to live in mass social housing developments. — From the ancient world to modern times, the class of small property owners have constituted the sine qua non of democratic self-government.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump intervenes in Ohio Senate primary — for himself — The Ohio Senate race is turning into one of the most brutal contests of next year's midterm elections — and former President Donald Trump is worried it could hurt him if he waged a 2024 comeback bid.
Mohamed Younis / Gallup:
Inflation Causing Hardship for 45% of U.S. Households — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the peak of holiday shopping approaches and winter temperatures drive up heating costs across the U.S., 45% of American households report that recent price increases are causing their family some degree of financial hardship.
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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 …
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Gableman hires investigator who has brought legal challenges seeking to overturn Wisconsin's presidential results — MADISON - Michael Gableman as part of his election review for Republicans hired one investigator who has sought to overturn the presidential results and another …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Stacey Abrams is mounting a rematch against Kemp. What's next? — Stacey Abrams ended the guessing game about her future when she announced a second bid for Georgia governor, setting up a possible rematch against her archnemesis Brian Kemp. — She focused her campaign launch on the several …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022
BREAKING: Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022
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Washington Post:
Trump could pocket $100 million in deal for money-losing D.C. hotel — He lost millions running his D.C. hotel, according to financial documents, but could set a record with a $375 million sale — When Donald Trump offered to spend $200 million overhauling one of Washington's …
Associated Press:
AP: US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world — The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. — And so, block by block, he stole 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of C4 plastic explosives from the training ranges of Camp Lejeune.
Washington Post:
U.S. and Mexico reach deal to restart Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ program along border — The Biden administration has reached a deal with the Mexican government to restart the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program that requires asylum seekers to wait outside U.S. territory while their claims are processed …
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