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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court's Alito cancels conference appearance after abortion ruling leak  —  (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has canceled an appearance at a judicial conference set to begin on Thursday after a draft decision he wrote indicating the high court would overturn …
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David French / The Atlantic:
What Alito Got Right  —  Sign up for David's newsletter, The Third Rail, here.  —  We do not know if Justice Samuel Alito's leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health represents the current consensus of a majority of the Supreme Court.  We certainly don't know yet if it's a preview of the Court's actual ruling.
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Blackburn Warns Dems Could Try To Pack Court With Ketanji Brown Jackson Before Breyer Retires To Try To Save Roe v. Wade  —  Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn warned Wednesday that Democrats could try to pack the Supreme Court by adding Ketanji Brown Jackson …
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Signal
Politico:
The possible post-Roe roadmap  —  HURDLES, RISKS, DECISIONS — If the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade entirely, as the draft opinion published on Monday by POLITICO suggests, patients who want to terminate a pregnancy but live in a state that outlaws doing so will have three choices …
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The Fight Over Abortion History
Washington Post:
Opinion Alito's aggressive ruling would reach way beyond Roe
New York Times:
Supreme Court Weighs Future Role and Final Word on Abortion
New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say  —  Targeting assistance is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Washington Post:
Don't be 'Putin's altar boy,' Pope warns Russian Orthodox leader  —  Pope Francis warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church not to be “Putin's altar boy” and justify the Russian president's invasion of Ukraine.  —  In a Tuesday interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera …
Associated Press:
AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike  —  LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theater, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion.  Her husband tugged at her to leave and begged her to cover her eyes.
Slate:
Why the Supreme Court's Leak Investigation Is a Sham  —  The unprecedented leak of Justice Samuel Alito's initial draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade has prompted a widespread outcry among Republicans and their media allies.  Many appear desperate to focus on the fact of leak …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans, on cusp of abortion win, seek to change the subject
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Democratic Leaders Are Getting the Abortion Story Wrong — Again
Popular Information:
These 13 corporations have spent $15 million supporting anti-abortion politicians since 2016
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Oath Keeper details pre-Jan. 6 planning, pleads to seditious conspiracy  —  William Todd Wilson of North Carolina is the third member of far-right group to cooperate with prosecutors in Capitol riot cases  —  For two months after the 2020 presidential election, William Todd Wilson …
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ABC News:
DOJ, Jan. 6 committee staff clash in interview with former U.S. attorney: Sources  —  The DOJ feared investigators' questions could impact their ongoing prosecutions.  —  Attorneys with the Department of Justice recently clashed behind closed doors with staff members for the House select …
Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel
Rolling Stone:
The Jan. 6 Committee Has a Subpoena for Parler's Founder
Discussion: Raw Story
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Farewell to the dumbest Senate primary ever  —  Nearly every politician commits an occasional gaffe, and nearly every election features at least one news cycle about something stupid that a candidate did or said.  —  Even so, the recently concluded Ohio Republican Senate primary was uniquely stupid, by almost any standard.
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New York Times:
Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio  —  A big endorsement was decisive, but a cable news megaphone and a huge infusion of spending helped pave the way to victory.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  CINCINNATI — It was only hours after J.D. Vance had announced …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
J.D. Vance Is a Dangerous Authoritarian
Axios:
J.D. Vance's Trump-like effect
Niki Griswold / Austin American-Statesman:
Abbott says Texas could ‘resurrect’ SCOTUS case requiring states to educate all kids  —  Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that Texas would consider challenging a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring states to offer free public education to all children, including those of undocumented immigrants.
NBC News:
Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths  —  The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.
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Jennifer Millman / NBC New York:
5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a Month
Discussion: Governor Kathy Hochul and The Hill
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Blinken tests positive for coronavirus, State Department says
CNN:
New audio: McCarthy said 25th Amendment ‘takes too long’ and wanted to reach out to Biden after January 6 attack  —  House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy discussed the 25th Amendment on a call with GOP leadership days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and said the process …
Selim Algar / New York Post:
Pansexual Florida teacher canned for discussing orientation with students  —  A Florida teacher claims she was fired for discussing her pansexual status with middle school students whom she then asked to draw pictures representing their own sexual orientations.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion An upset win over the ‘enjoy rape’ MAGA candidate speaks volumes  —  “Hate Won't Win.”  —  That hashtag went viral last month after Mallory McMorrow, an obscure Democratic state senator from Michigan, delivered a blistering takedown of a GOP colleague who'd falsely labeled her a “groomer.”
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation  — The Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, in line with market expectations.  — In addition, the central bank outlined a program …
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Mass Student Debt Cancellation Legally Risky, Says Top Obama Education Lawyer  —  Former Education Department general counsel warned it is ‘doubtful’ courts would accept Biden canceling debt for all student borrowers  —  President Biden would be on shaky legal ground if he were to pursue …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Politico:
The Harris-Biden student debt divide
Discussion: ABC News and Los Angeles Times
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NBA Star Snaps at ESPN Pundit for Sounding Like Fox News  —  “The people on Fox News talk about athletes that way,” Redick scolded Russo on Wednesday for telling Warriors star Draymond Green to “shut up and play.”  —  Former NBA player JJ Redick laid into shock jock Chris “Mad Dog” …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Wire
New York Times:
J.R. Majewski, a G.O.P. House nominee, has expressed fringe views on QAnon and Jan. 6.  —  Mr. Majewski, a surprise victor this week in Ohio, has voiced sympathy for QAnon believers and suggested that the F.B.I. drove much of the violence at the Capitol riot.
 
 
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