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Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show … Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts …
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CNN:
First on CNN: January 6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows — The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has in its possession more than two dozen text messages between former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Virginia “Ginni” …
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New York Times:
Ginni Thomas Pressed Trump's Chief of Staff to Overturn 2020 Vote, Texts Show — The messages between Ms. Thomas and Mark Meadows are the first evidence that she directly advised the White House in efforts to reverse the election results. — Give this article- - - Read in app
CBS News:
Ginni Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, exchanged texts with Mark Meadows about efforts to overturn the 2020 election — Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts …
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TMZ.com:
Justice Breyer Says Clarence Thomas is Fine, Jackson Confirmation Not My Business — JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER CLARENCE THOMAS IS FINE ... And I Got No Dog In Confirmation Fight — EXCLUSIVE — 123 … Justice Stephen Breyer is reassuring folks, his colleague, Justice Clarence Thomas …
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Alia E. Dastagir / USA Today:
Marsha Blackburn asked Ketanji Brown Jackson to define ‘woman.’ Science says there's no simple answer. … In the 13th hour of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing Tuesday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) asked the Supreme Court nominee: “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?”
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Sydney Keller / WZTV:
Tennessee pastors express ‘embarrassment’ towards Sen. Blackburn's SCOTUS nominee remarks — Tennessee pastors expressed their “embarrassment” and “frustration” towards Tennessee's state Senior SenatorMarsha Blackburn for her role on the U. S. Senate's Judiciary Committee after the second …
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Politico:
GOP frets over how hard to fight Jackson — Republicans are rejecting the harshest tactics that could trap Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination indefinitely in the Senate Judiciary Committee — though they're wrestling with how hard to fight it.
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Washington Post:
Confirmation hearings for Jackson conclude after testimony from outside witnesses
Confirmation hearings for Jackson conclude after testimony from outside witnesses
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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Ketanji Brown Jackson's Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America
Ketanji Brown Jackson's Long Pause Explained Racism and Sexism in America
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP shoots down Supreme Court boycott
GOP shoots down Supreme Court boycott
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Gina Cherelus / New York Times:
The Story Behind That Photo of Ketanji Brown Jackson and Her Daughter
Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
Why Josh Hawley's sensationalism was no match for Ketanji Brown Jackson
Why Josh Hawley's sensationalism was no match for Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Chloe Folmar / The Hill:
More than 400,000 Ukrainians taken to Russia against their will, official says — A Ukrainian official alleged Thursday that 402,000 Ukrainians have been taken into Russia against their will. — Ukrainian ombudsperson Lyudmyla Denisova said Ukraine fears that some of the civilians …
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Politico:
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton and allies over Russia claims — Former President Donald Trump is suing 2016 Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a sprawling case that accuses her of conspiring with dozens of other actors — frequent targets of Trump's conspiracy theories and rage — to topple his presidency.
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Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
U.S. House Candidate Ends Run After Uproar Over Behavior at Sleepover — Abby Broyles of Oklahoma said on Thursday that she had checked into rehab “to focus on myself and my happiness” weeks after apologizing for drinking and swearing at children. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
McCarthy calls endorsement of Cheney's primary foe a ‘special case’ — See McCarthy's head-spinning flip on Liz Cheney — Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he won't be wading into any other primaries to oust incumbents in his own party …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Four Russian Government Employees Charged in Two Historical Hacking Campaigns Targeting Critical Infrastructure Worldwide — Defendants' Separate Campaigns Both Targeted Software and Hardware for Operational Technology Systems — The Department of Justice unsealed two indictments today …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin outlines BBB deal requirements — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told a group of climate activists and energy executives he's open to supporting revised Build Back Better legislation narrowly addressing three issues: climate change, prescription drug prices and deficit reduction.
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. assesses up to 60% failure rate for some Russian missiles, officials say — The United States assesses that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60% for some of the precision-guided missiles it is using to attack Ukraine, three U.S. officials with knowledge of the intelligence told Reuters.
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Can Anyone Unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene? — Whatever hope remains for the Georgia congresswoman's many detractors seems to depend on either a new lawsuit or a candidate who's been called “Marjorie with a brain.” — A year ago, I met John Cowan for lunch in Rome, a small city …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics
Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics
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Raw Story
Reuters:
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to lowest level since 1969 — The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped to a 52 1/2-year low last week, while unemployment rolls continued to shrink, pointing to rapidly diminishing labor market slack that will keep boosting wage inflation.
Alain Stephens / VICE:
Tiny ‘Glock Switches’ Have Quietly Flooded the US With Deadly Machine Guns — An investigation by VICE News and The Trace uncovered an alarming surge in criminal cases involving “auto sears” or “switches,” which convert Glock pistols and other common weapons into fully automatic machine guns.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
50 years after Watergate, the president of the United States still flies above the law — There once was an era — not so long ago, in my lifetime — when Americans had so much trust in their government that most folks couldn't fathom a president committing felonies in the Oval Office.
Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
By Mary Ellen Klas Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau — A conference of immigration attorneys and wealth management companies who work with international investors and real estate developers has rescinded its invitation to Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the keynote speaker at its Miami conference next month …
CNN:
North Korea fires first suspected ICBM since 2017 — Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in more than four years as Western leaders gather in Brussels for a security summit.
David Harsanyi / National Review:
No, Asking a Nominee to Explain Her Record Isn't Worse Than Accusing a Nominee of Gang Rape — In an editorial today, the Washington Post argues that “Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they've treated Jackson worse.” A “woman credibly accused Mr. Kavanaugh of sexual assault …
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Julia Johnson / Washington Examiner:
Photographer ‘surprised and disappointed’ at Today's edited Lia Thomas photos — EXCLUSIVE — Photographer and University of Pennsylvania graduate Erica Denhoff was shocked to see her work significantly altered on the Today show last week, adding that at first, she thought “something was honestly wrong with the video.”
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Antonio García Martínez / Common Sense:
Why Does Tucker Carlson Sound Like a Berkeley Leftist? — The war in Ukraine has exposed an ideological vacuum at the heart of American right. — Writes The Pull Request · Subscribe — In the Before Times, prior to Twitter and #BLM and Critical Race Theory …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Putin badly misjudged the West, as explained by a Russia expert — With President Biden traveling to Europe to shore up the Western alliance against the invasion of Ukraine, it's become overwhelmingly clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin badly underestimated the potential …