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Mike Allen / Axios:
The great GOP divide on abortion — Republicans are deeply split on their abortion strategy, with top officials pushing restraint, even silence, while activist GOP candidates demand an all-out campaign for a national ban and harsher penalties. — Why it matters: Republicans' confidence …
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CNN:
GOP dismisses talk of legislation to ban abortion after McConnell suggests 'it's possible' — Protesters chant outside Supreme Court justices' homes 01:31 — (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slightly nudged the door open last week when he said “it's possible” the GOP could move to ban abortion nationwide.
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Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Biden to blast Republicans as having no plan on inflation — U.S. President Joe Biden will use a speech on inflation on Tuesday as an attempt to turn his Democratic Party's top political liability ahead of congressional elections later this year into an attack on his Republican opposition.
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
It's time for Democrats to use the leaked Roe opinion as a battering ram against the GOP — Democrats could pick up Republican seats in states where majorities support broad access to legal abortion by double-digit margins. — “Saturday Night Live” used to have a segment called “What if? …
Peter Canellos / Politico:
Will Alito Crown A New ‘Great Dissenter’? — The very first Supreme Court justice mentioned in Samuel Alito's draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade is neither a judicial eminence from American history nor a current colleague ripe for flattery. It's the late football star turned Rhodes Scholar Byron …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion Chris Murphy's urgent abortion warning reveals a hidden GOP threat
Opinion Chris Murphy's urgent abortion warning reveals a hidden GOP threat
Charlotte Huff / NPR:
In Texas, abortion laws inhibit care for miscarriages
In Texas, abortion laws inhibit care for miscarriages
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New York Times
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Opinion That 13th-century law treatise Alito uses? Here's what else it says.
Opinion That 13th-century law treatise Alito uses? Here's what else it says.
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RedState, Alexander Moss, New York Daily News and Forbes
Washington Post:
Opinion Leave the justices alone at home — The right to assemble and speak freely is essential to democracy. Erasing any distinction between the public square and private life is essential to totalitarianism. It is crucial, therefore, to protect robust demonstrations of political dissent …
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court has collapsed since conservatives took control — A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans' confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has collapsed over the last 20 months — a period that began with former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans installing …
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Mediaite and Political Wire
Washington Post:
In shift, Sen. Casey to vote yes on Democrats' abortion legislation
In shift, Sen. Casey to vote yes on Democrats' abortion legislation
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Yahoo News, Politico and Talking Points Memo
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Another primary day test for Donald Trump
POLITICO Playbook: Another primary day test for Donald Trump
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CNN, The Dispatch and The Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Missiles strike Odessa; U.S. lawmakers to debate $40B Ukraine aid bill — About 1,000 fighters are still holed up at Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant. Biden signed a bill expediting military aid.
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Nearly Encircled, Ukraine's Last Stronghold in Luhansk Resists Russian Onslaught
Nearly Encircled, Ukraine's Last Stronghold in Luhansk Resists Russian Onslaught
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New York Times
Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
A Victory Parade Without Victories
A Victory Parade Without Victories
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HotAir and Wall Street Journal
Tom Porter / Insider:
Pro-Trump OAN network admits there was no widespread fraud in Georgia in the 2020 election after extensively pushing the claim — One America News Network said in a statement that there was “no widespread voter fraud” in the 2020 election. — It was responding to a defamation lawsuit …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Racist ‘Replacement Theory’ Is Bleeding Into GOP Senate Campaigns — Multiple Republican Senate candidates have pushed claims that sound awfully like the white supremacist Great Replacement theory. — When Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was recently asked on Fox News about immigration reform …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nearly half of Republicans agree with ‘great replacement theory’
Nearly half of Republicans agree with ‘great replacement theory’
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Opinion Today, Associated Press and Mic
Wall Street Journal:
‘Woke, Inc.’ Author's Startup to Take On BlackRock — Backed by Peter Thiel and Bill Ackman, Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive will tell CEOs to stay out of politics — An upstart financial firm backed by Peter Thiel and Bill Ackman has a message for American corporations: Focus on making money, not taking stands.
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National Review and The Daily Caller
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Jamie Lauren Keiles / New York Times:
How Ben Got His Penis — Phalloplasty — the surgery to make a penis — has grown more popular among trans men. But with a steep rate of complications, it remains a controversial procedure. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Nothing about Benjamin Simpson's transition was inevitable, certainly not his penis.
John Haltiwanger / Insider:
Trump was the ‘biggest leaker of all’ in his administration and it was ‘generally bad’ for the country, his former Pentagon chief says — Trump was the “biggest leaker” in his administration, according to former Defense Secretary Mark Esper. — “Leaks were a chronic problem” …
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Politico:
Emergent's Covid vaccine problems more extensive than previously known — The manufacturing and quality issues that led to the Biden administration canceling a $628 million Covid-19 vaccine contract with Emergent Biosolutions were more extensive than previously understood …
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Wall Street Journal and National Review
Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Hawley introduces bill to strip ‘woke’ Disney of special copyright protections — Hawley aims to revoke Disney's ‘special privileges’ with new legislation — Nikki Fried: Revoking Disney's special privileges will have a ‘lasting impact’ on people of Florida
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The Daily Caller, National Review and IJR
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘Ultra-MAGA’ longshot roars into contention in key Senate race — PHILADELPHIA — Kathy Barnette has been outspent 358-to-1 on TV in Pennsylvania's GOP primary for the Senate. She hasn't run for statewide office before. She doesn't have former President Donald Trump's endorsement.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Dispatch and Raw Story
Irv Randolph / The Philadelphia Tribune:
In the Democratic primary, Fetterman for U.S. Senate — The contest to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who is not seeking reelection, is one of the most closely watched races in the nation, as the seat could tilt control of the U.S. Senate. — The race is among the most crucial in the country.
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The Lewsletter
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Former Top McCain Aide Says He Lied to Discredit a Times Article — “John McCain's lie became mine,” Steve Schmidt wrote about Senator John McCain's relationship with a female lobbyist. — Give this article- - - Read in app — The senior strategist for Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign …
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Insider, Axios, Cartas de una estadounidense, Progress Pond, Joe.My.God. and Althouse
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
House Democrats' campaign arm forms largest union in Democratic Party — WASHINGTON — Employees at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Tuesday they have formed the organization's first union, making it the largest collective bargaining unit in the Democratic Party.
The Daily Beast:
Inside the Relentless Campaign to Ruin Madison Cawthorn — Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) has faced one of the most aggressive opposition research campaigns ever. His enemies are proud of that. — Multiple embarrassing traffic stops. A credible accusation of insider trading.
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Chuck Schumer Is on the Cusp of Butt-Fumbling the Biden Agenda — He's been waiting for Joe Manchin to write a bill for him—and reconciliation turns into a pumpkin in a few months. — Nothing in politics causes my eyes to glaze over quite like the arcana of congressional rulemaking.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Opinion These GOP politicians aren't pro-life. They're pro-forced birth. — Republican politicians working to overturn Roe v. Wade say they are pro-life and antiabortion. In fact, they are neither. What they are is pro-forced birth. — This distinction is about more than semantics.
Trafalgar Group:
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HotAir and Washington Times
Bianca Padró Ocasio / Miami Herald:
DeSantis signs bill mandating communism lessons in class, as GOP leans on education — Public school teachers in Florida will soon be required to dedicate at least 45 minutes of instruction on “Victims of Communism Day” to teach students about communist leaders around the world and how people suffered under those regimes.
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Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
Clip Emerges of Incoming White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Telling Joy Reid Fox News is ‘Racist’ — Incoming White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described Fox News as a “racist” network in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. — On March 15, 2020 …
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