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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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HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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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 …
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Reason, Mediaite, GC News, Dispatches from the Arena, National Review and Iowa Capital Dispatch, more at Mediagazer »
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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.
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Punchbowl News, Raw Story, The Western Journal and The Root
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Despair Is Premature And Rage Is Insufficient — When the country that considers itself the definition of freedom takes away the most basic freedom of more than half its people, the only response is to resist until the end. — THE BASTARDS DID IT, like they always said they would. — I was naïve.
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Rewire News Group, Jacobin and NPR
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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 …
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HotAir and The Daily Signal
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The Fight Over Abortion History
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Shouting Into the Wind, Washington Examiner and The American Independent
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Opinion Alito's aggressive ruling would reach way beyond Roe
Opinion Alito's aggressive ruling would reach way beyond Roe
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Tampa Bay Times, The Intercept and Daily Kos
Jill Lepore / New Yorker:
Why There Are No Women in the Constitution — There is little mention of abortion …
Why There Are No Women in the Constitution — There is little mention of abortion …
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Politico, HuffPost, Tom's FI News, YouGov and Substack, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart, Salon, The Cut and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
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'We can't wait on the Supreme Court': In Louisiana, abortion could become a crime of murder
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Louisiana Illuminator, Jezebel, Hartford Courant, Washington Examiner and NBC News
New York Times:
As Leak Theories Circulate, Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Investigation
As Leak Theories Circulate, Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Investigation
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post and USA Today
New York Times:
Supreme Court Weighs Future Role and Final Word on Abortion
Supreme Court Weighs Future Role and Final Word on Abortion
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Freddie deBoer, Digital and Theoretical, Washington Post and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Can Republicans Stop Patients From Leaving the State for an Abortion? Some Are Willing to Try.
Can Republicans Stop Patients From Leaving the State for an Abortion? Some Are Willing to Try.
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Fox News, Politico, Progress Report, WPRI-TV, Power Line, The Cut, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo and CBS News
Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Indiana Lawmakers Who Introduced Full Abortion Ban Lose GOP Primaries
Indiana Lawmakers Who Introduced Full Abortion Ban Lose GOP Primaries
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Fox News, Washington Post, Indian Country Today and Popular Information
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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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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.
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Political Wire
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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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Newsbusters, The Hill, Common Dreams and NBC New York
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5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a Month
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Governor Kathy Hochul and The Hill
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Blinken tests positive for coronavirus, State Department says
Blinken tests positive for coronavirus, State Department says
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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 …
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Bloomberg, Raw Story, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, YouTube, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Insider and Political Wire
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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.”
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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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CNN, Yahoo Finance, nationalinterest.org, Wall Street Journal, Global Community Weekly, WPRI-TV, Joe Tourville, Townhall and Deseret News
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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 …
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Washington Examiner
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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 …
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Bloomberg, Election Law Blog, Media Matters for America, Breitbart, NewsHounds blog, FOX News Radio, OpenSecrets.org, CBS News and USA Today
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Cliff Schecter / New Republic:
Ohio Republicans Send Marin County Wine-Sipper Into November Battle
Ohio Republicans Send Marin County Wine-Sipper Into November Battle
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Puck, Washington Post and Vanity Fair
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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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Election Law Blog, The Daily Beast, The American Independent, Washington Post and Daily Kos
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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” …
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Raw Story and The Daily Wire
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Sunny Hostin blames Donald Trump for Dave Chappelle attack on ‘The View’ — Donald Trump's presidency sparked a shock wave of violence, according to the women of “The View.” — Following the shocking assault of comedian Dave Chappelle on Tuesday, host Sunny Hostin blamed Trump …
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The Hill, Page Six, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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U.S. Considers Unprecedented Sanctions on China Tech Giant Hikvision — Shares of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. tumbled 10% as the U.S. considers imposing new sanctions on surveillance-technology giant, potentially the harshest measures so far against a major Chinese company.
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TechCrunch
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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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WBBH-TV, The Daily Wire, YouTube, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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Few Transgender Children Change Their Minds After 5 Years, Study Finds — But the study, which began in 2013, may not fully reflect what's happening today, when many more children are identifying as trans. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Young children who transition …