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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Clarence Thomas says he worries respect for institutions is eroding — ATLANTA — Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday that the judiciary is threatened if people are unwilling to “live with outcomes we don't agree with” and that recent events at the Supreme Court might be “one symptom of that.”
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Rich Mckay / Reuters:
After abortion leak, Justice Thomas warns Supreme Court can't be ‘bullied’ — Following protests sparked by the leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision indicating the justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, Justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday that the court cannot be “bullied.”
CNN:
CNN poll: The Supreme Court's draft opinion on Roe v. Wade hasn't shaken the midterm landscape — (CNN)Americans remain broadly opposed to overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, following the leak …
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New poll reveals warning signs for GOP on abortion ahead of midterms — Many right-wing politicians and pundits have spent the week rejoicing over Monday's momentous report that five conservative Supreme Court justices appear poised to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established …
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New York Times:
Tesla will cover transportation costs for employee abortions.
Tesla will cover transportation costs for employee abortions.
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Human Events, The Desert Trumpet, WAMU and austonia
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Roe v. Wade Will Be Good for America
The End of Roe v. Wade Will Be Good for America
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Alito skips conference appearance after draft opinion disclosure
Alito skips conference appearance after draft opinion disclosure
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Bloomberg Law, ThinkCivics+ and Greensburg Tribune-Review
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Pence hits Harris over abortion remarks: ‘How dare you?’
Pence hits Harris over abortion remarks: ‘How dare you?’
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Raw Story, The Root, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Wire
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
How Dare They! — The left's attitude problem when it comes to democracy. — To say that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling prompted an elite meltdown would be a gross understatement. This was a culture war 9/11. “I have typed and deleted a great many comments,” Roxane Gay tweeted.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit seeking to lift Twitter ban — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter. — The social media giant had banned Trump in January 2021, citing the risk of the incitement of further violence …
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Byline Times:
‘Wipe Jews Off the Face of the Earth’: Racism and Antisemitic Slurs of Viral YouTuber Exposed — A recording exclusively obtained by Byline Times exposes YouTuber and Infowars alumnus Paul Joseph Watson using racist, homophobic and antisemitic slurs — GET THE CURRENT EDITION OF BYLINE TIMES NOW
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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Leaked Audio Underscores Dark Side of Far-Right YouTube Subculture
New York Times:
Inside Elon Musk's Big Plans for Twitter — Here's what Mr. Musk is projecting for Twitter's finances over the next few years, according to a pitch deck he presented to investors. — Elon Musk has never been accused of dreaming small. He has reinvented at least two industries with Tesla …
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Starbucks Broke Law By Firing And Threatening Pro-Union Workers, Labor Board Alleges — An official with the National Labor Relations Board filed a wide-ranging complaint accusing the coffee chain of violating workers' rights. — Updated a few seconds ago
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison — A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison. — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was “literally on the front lines” …
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Politico:
'It's stupid, it's unnecessary' — With help from Lee Hudson, Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman — Yesterday, the talk of the town was breaking news of the U.S. providing intelligence to Ukraine to kill Russian generals. Now there's another firestorm over reports on American-provided …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It — If you just followed news reports on Ukraine, you might think that the war has settled into a long, grinding and somewhat boring slog. You would be wrong. — Things are actually getting more dangerous by the day.
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The Revolution Continues, The Western Journal and The Daily Wire
Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.K. Live Updates: Sinn Fein Is on Track to Win in Northern Ireland — Here's what you need to know: — In a seismic shift, the pro-unity Sinn Fein bloc is emerging as the largest in the North. — LONDON — The Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, was on track Friday night to emerge …
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Chris Andrews / BBC:
NI election results 2022: Sinn Féin tops first preference vote in NI election
NI election results 2022: Sinn Féin tops first preference vote in NI election
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection — ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for reelection, finding that a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility failed to prove she engaged in insurrection after taking office.
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Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Judge rules GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay on ballot
Judge rules GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay on ballot
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Ken Armstrong / ProPublica:
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape — Justice Alito's leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist who conceived the notion that husbands can't be prosecuted for raping their wives, who sentenced women to death as …
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YouTube, THE JACKAL and Balloon Juice
WTVF-TV:
Gov. Lee signs law criminalizing mail-order abortion pills — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Thursday that would criminalize a person for obtaining abortion pills via a mail delivery service. — The law would mean a Class E felony charge with the potential for a fine.
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Silvia Foster-Frau / Washington Post:
A mother, daughter and the abortions that came between them
A mother, daughter and the abortions that came between them
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Townhall
Washington Post:
Coronavirus wave this fall could infect 100 million, administration warns — The projections for fall and winter are part of a pitch for additional funding for vaccines, treatments and tests. — The Biden administration is warning the United States could see 100 million coronavirus infections …
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Biden administration bracing for challenging fall and winter of COVID-19
Biden administration bracing for challenging fall and winter of COVID-19
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New York Times, Deadline and The Hill
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner — Anthony Fauci this week privately criticized the decision to hold the White House Correspondents' Dinner, singling it out as a troubling sign that many Americans no longer view Covid as a serious threat, four people who heard his remarks told POLITICO.
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Political Wire and CBS News
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Esper: Trump Wanted To Activate Retired Four-Stars To Court-Martial Them For Disloyalty — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's new book recounts the episode. — President Donald Trump demanded that the military recall two retired four-star officers who criticized him so they could be court-martialed, a new book says.
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Rewards offered after dolphin ‘harassed to death’ on Texas beach, another impaled in Florida — The dolphin that died in Texas was killed by drowning, NOAA said. A number of people allegedly harassed it after it was beached last month. — Rewards are being offered in two recent deadly …
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland — Long after his turn as a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment, the former E.U. ambassador wants another kind of public hearing — Gordon Sondland is a walking asterisk, a footnote that was once a headline, a man who made some history without really changing the course of it.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Despite Everything, Anna Wintour Will Survive — Have you ever seen the devil cry in church? I have. — It was last Friday morning at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, at a memorial for André Leon Talley. His family and church friends gathered alongside Marc Jacobs …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dozens of mail ballots are going to a GOP ward leader's South Philly P.O. box, raising ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns — A mail ballot mystery is unfolding at an otherwise unremarkable post office box in South Philadelphia.City elections officials last week received applications …
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