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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Overturning Roe Is a Radical, Not Conservative, Choice — Dear Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Thomas: — As you'll no doubt agree, Roe v. Wade was an ill-judged decision when it was handed down on Jan. 22, 1973. — It stood on the legal principle …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Alito's Plan to Repeal the 20th Century — If you are an American with a young daughter, she will grow up in a world without the right to choose when and where she gives birth, and in which nothing restrains a state from declaring her womb its property, with all the invasive authorities that implies.
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Elise Foley / HuffPost:
Newsmax Host Suggests Ketanji Brown Jackson, Who Isn't On Supreme Court Yet, Leaked Draft — A host on the right-wing network has no actual evidence that the future justice has anything to do with the leak. But he's still directing ire her way. — Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield suggested on Tuesday …
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Washington Examiner:
Roe will not be missed — The leaked draft opinion that would overturn the Supreme Court's …
Roe will not be missed — The leaked draft opinion that would overturn the Supreme Court's …
Edward Whelan / New York Post:
Alito makes masterful argument to ‘overturn’ Roe v. Wade
Alito makes masterful argument to ‘overturn’ Roe v. Wade
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Kara Voght / Rolling Stone:
They're the ‘Last Line of Defense’ to Protect Abortion Rights
They're the ‘Last Line of Defense’ to Protect Abortion Rights
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The case against SCOTUS — The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right hand of union busters …
The case against SCOTUS — The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right hand of union busters …
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Axios:
J.D. Vance's Trump-like effect — If J.D. Vance follows his Tuesday night victory in Ohio's Senate primary with a general election win in November he'll arrive in a Washington filled with enemies and be seen as arguably the hardest-edged populist nationalist in the Senate GOP.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary — Tech billionaire Peter Thiel had already donated a record-breaking amount of money to support J.D. Vance in the Ohio Republican Senate primary — but last week, the Silicon Valley tycoon decided he wanted to give even more.
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Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
3 key takeaways from the Ohio, Indiana primaries — Trump finds success with J.D. Vance while centrist Democrats reigned supreme. — Politically minded eyes were on Ohio and Indiana Tuesday night, as the Republican and Democratic parties faced renewed identity crises …
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Associated Press:
Tim Ryan wins Ohio Democratic Senate primary
Tim Ryan wins Ohio Democratic Senate primary
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Which Trumpism Won in Ohio?
Which Trumpism Won in Ohio?
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Democratic Leaders Are Getting the Abortion Story Wrong — Again — With Roe at death's door, will the party finally change its tune? — The news of Samuel Alito's draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade on Monday didn't just break — it shattered. It was the unexpected timing, yes.
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These 13 corporations have spent $15 million supporting anti-abortion politicians since 2016 — A draft Supreme Court opinion, published by Politico on Monday evening, would strike down Roe v. Wade — eliminating the constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place for 48 years.
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NBC News:
Rep. Cuellar attacked on his anti-abortion stance by opponent Cisneros in Texas Democratic run-off
Rep. Cuellar attacked on his anti-abortion stance by opponent Cisneros in Texas Democratic run-off
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
With Roe at risk, GOP faces pressure to support families after birth
With Roe at risk, GOP faces pressure to support families after birth
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Politico:
Democrats skeptical SCOTUS will save them in November
Democrats skeptical SCOTUS will save them in November
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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Just over half favor banning abortions after 15 weeks
Fox News Poll: Just over half favor banning abortions after 15 weeks
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Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
What Americans Really Think about Abortion — Americans are far more supportive of pro-life policy …
What Americans Really Think about Abortion — Americans are far more supportive of pro-life policy …
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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.
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Reuben Johnson / You searched for:
Russian troops held me captive at gunpoint for two weeks in Ukraine. Here's what I learned. — On March 4, Breaking Defense correspondent Reuben Johnson was captured by Russian soldiers outside of Kyiv and taken prisoner. This is the story of what happened next.
Washington Post:
G20 invitation for Putin shows limits of his ‘pariah’ status — Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here. On Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth be with you"), I can reveal I quit high-school chorus because our teacher wanted us to sing the Ewok victory song from “Return of the Jedi.”
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Putin preparing to “officially” declare war on Ukraine
Putin preparing to “officially” declare war on Ukraine
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Journalists from multiple news outlets test positive after White House Correspondents Dinner weekend — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. — Trevor Noah joked about the event becoming …
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Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:
Biden Is Rightsizing the COVID Crisis
Sarah Longwell / New York Times:
J.D. Vance Is More Proof That Trump Is King of the Republican Party — J.D. Vance's come-from-behind victory in the Ohio Republican primary was the first test of Donald Trump's influence in 2022 election cycle as well as the future of the Republican Party. Spoiler alert: He's influential.
Detroit Free Press:
Democrat upsets candidate who made controversial rape comments in bid for Michigan House — Clara Hendrickson Arpan LoboDetroit Free Press — In an upset win Tuesday, Democrat Carol Glanville defeated Republican Robert “RJ” Regan in a special election for a Michigan House seat that had only ever been held by a Republican.
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
Data Broker SafeGraph Stops Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Planned Parenthood — The move comes after Motherboard found it was possible to buy data showing how many people visited Planned Parenthood locations, where they came from, and where they went afterwards. — Joseph Cox
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KFF:
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: April 2022 — Key Findings — With news that Moderna has asked the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for young children, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey finds that about one in five parents of children under age 5 (18%) …
ABC News:
Exclusive: Sen. Ben Ray Lujan in emotional interview about recovering from his recent stroke — “I never thought it was a stroke. ... I just thought I wasn't feeling well.” — It was a cold, sunny morning in late January when Sen. Ben Ray Lujan awoke on his farm in New Mexico.
Natalie L. Kahn / The Harvard Crimson:
I Am a Crimson Editor and I Stand with Israel — On April 29, I woke up to a flurry of messages from students, alumni, and journalists regarding a new piece published by The Crimson's Editorial Board declaring it was “proud to finally lend our support to both Palestinian liberation and …
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