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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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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Bill Maher pushes back at pro-choice alarmists: 'We're not going back to 1973' if Roe v Wade is overturned — Maher casts doubt that reversing Roe v Wade would affect other rights like interracial, same-sex marriage — Protests of Supreme Court justices may flout US code
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RedState, Louder With Crowder and BizPac Review
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
Outside Kavanaugh's home, a neighbor rallies for abortion rights — Lacie Wooten-Holway walked through Chevy Chase on Wednesday night, pausing to stick fliers on her fence, a tree and utility boxes. She was advertising an abortion rights protest here, in her neighborhood …
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Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Justice Thomas on SCOTUS decisions: People need to 'live with outcomes we don't agree with'
Justice Thomas on SCOTUS decisions: People need to 'live with outcomes we don't agree with'
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Media Matters for America, New York Times and Insider
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Clarence Thomas references Roe v. Wade draft opinion leak, says Supreme Court can't be ‘bullied’
Clarence Thomas references Roe v. Wade draft opinion leak, says Supreme Court can't be ‘bullied’
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NOQ Report, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, FOX News Radio, Raw Story and Joe Pags
New York Times:
The Secrets Ed Koch Carried — To many New Yorkers, he was their brash and blustery mayor. But friends are now describing the private strain endured by a public man laboring to conceal his sexual orientation. — Edward I. Koch looked like the busiest septuagenarian in New York.
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Associated Press:
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public — a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound …
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Washington Examiner, Forbes, Hackwhackers and Bloomberg
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
US intelligence told to keep quiet over role in Ukraine military triumphs — CIA veterans advise successors against ‘unwise’ intelligence boasts that could trigger escalation from Russia — Former US intelligence officers are advising their successors currently in office to shut …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It
The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Fred Savage Fired As ‘The Wonder Years’ EP/Director Following Investigation Into Inappropriate Conduct — EXCLUSIVE: Disney is severing ties with Fred Savage following multiple complaints of misconduct in his role as executive producer and director on the freshman ABC comedy series The Wonder Years …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say — On Oct. 17, 2020, influential GOP donor Steven F. Hotze made an urgent request during a phone call with a top federal prosecutor in Texas, according to a court filing Friday by the Houston district attorney's office.
Washington Post:
White House alarmed that Commerce probe is ‘smothering’ solar industry — The investigation is examining allegations that China is illegally circumventing U.S. tariffs. — Top climate officials in the Biden administration are warning that a federal investigation into alleged dodging …
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Forbes and Press Herald
Associated Press:
Ukraine: Women, kids, older adults evacuated from steel mill — ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's deputy prime minister says all women, children and older adults have been evacuated from a Mariupol steel mill long besieged by Russian forces. — “The president's order has been carried out …
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Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Russia's offensive in Donbas bogs down
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia's Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate — KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine — The solicitation to commit treason came to Oleksandr Vilkul on the second day of the war, in a phone call from an old colleague. — Mr. Vilkul, the scion of a powerful political family in southeastern Ukraine …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Nebraska, a Trump-Inspired Candidate Cracks Open Divide in the G.O.P. — Charles W. Herbster's bid for governor has set off a bitter fight for power in a state once known for its genteel politics. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WAHOO, Neb. — In his run for governor of Nebraska …
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Election Law Blog, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Owen Churchill / South China Morning Post:
Elon Musk's Twitter deal raises concern about China's influence on platform — Musk's long-time dealings with China, which accounts for about 25 per cent of Tesla's global revenues, leave him susceptible to pressure from Beijing, some say The Chinese government denies it would try to gain leverage …
John Paul Mac Isaac / New York Post:
The night I met Hunter Biden: Mac Shop owner John Mac Isaac recounts fateful encounter in exclusive excerpt — On a fateful night in April 2019, John Paul Mac Isaac was working at his store, The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Del., when a customer walked in who would upend his life.
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Limits of Privilege — The new abortion regime is going to affect everyone. — In 2015, the Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “We will never see a day when women of means are not able to get a safe abortion in this country.” If you have paid attention …
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What Does A “Post-Roe” Idaho Look Like? | Rep. Brent Crane and Rep. Lauren Necochea | Idaho Reports — On Monday night, Politico published a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v Wade , revealing that the court is poised to str...
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 defendant, who prosecutors say chased Officer Goodman, has cooperated with committee — Greg Rubenacker, who joined the Jan. 6 mob that chased Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, has become the first known defendant facing assault charges to cooperate with lawmakers investigating the attack, court filings reveal.
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Insider:
How Democrats could accidentally hit Americans with big health insurance bills right before the midterms — Millions of Americans could see big hikes in next year's insurance premiums right before the November midterms. — That's if Democrats fail to extend subsidies in a new economic spending bill.
Politico:
Idaho GOP riven by primary civil war — Idaho's dominant Republican Party is at war with itself up and down the ballot ahead of its May 17 primaries. — It's not just Gov. Brad Little, whose reelection campaign became national news when Donald Trump endorsed a primary challenge from Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin.
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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Leaked Audio Underscores Dark Side of Far-Right YouTube Subculture — In leaked audio first reported by the U.K. outlet Byline Times, a voice that seems to belong to YouTube performer Paul Joseph Watson utters a string of racist and anti-gay epithets before stating that he wishes someone would …
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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
7 persistent claims about abortion, fact-checked — Since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision ruled that women have a constitutional right to end their pregnancies, proponents and opponents of abortion rights have worked to own the conversation over the issue.