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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Thomas Says Leaked Opinion Destroyed Trust at the Supreme Court — In remarks at a conference in Dallas, he also decried the recent protests at justices' homes and said conservatives would not adopt such tactics. — WASHINGTON — The leak of a draft opinion has done irreparable damage …
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Insider and Mock Paper Scissors
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Thomas blasts disclosure of draft Supreme Court opinion as ‘tremendously bad’ — Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving sitting member of the Supreme Court, declared Friday that the publication of a draft majority opinion on abortion has permanently damaged trust within the nation's highest court …
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Fox News, The Daily Wire, HuffPost, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Bangor Daily News, WTOP News, Washington Examiner, Aaron's Newsletter, Deseret News and CNSNews
Jennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal:
Abortion-Rights Marches Planned Across U.S. to Protest Possible Overturning of Roe v. Wade — Main events are planned for New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas, on Saturday — More than 380 marches and events to rally for abortion rights are planned across …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak has eroded trust in institution
Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak has eroded trust in institution
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Associated Press
Amanda Coletta / Washington Post:
Suspects can use extreme intoxication as defense, Canadian court says
Suspects can use extreme intoxication as defense, Canadian court says
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scc-csc.ca and Washington Examiner
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Opinion Roe's impending reversal is a 9/11 attack on America's social fabric
Opinion Roe's impending reversal is a 9/11 attack on America's social fabric
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Opinion Today and National Review
Politico:
Trump endorses Mastriano for Pennsylvania governor — Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano on Saturday landed the coveted endorsement of former President Donald Trump with days to go before the gubernatorial primary. — The prospect of Trump's endorsement of Mastriano …
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Axios, WHTM-TV, Forbes, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., DV Journal and The Gateway Pundit
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Julian Zelizer / CNN:
It won't be long before extremists in the GOP make Trump look tame
It won't be long before extremists in the GOP make Trump look tame
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The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
Axios:
Scoop: Trump leans toward endorsing Doug Mastriano for Pa. governor
Scoop: Trump leans toward endorsing Doug Mastriano for Pa. governor
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, NBC News, New York Times, CNN, Associated Press, Raw Story, PennLive and Breitbart
Adam Wollner / CNN:
This state is Donald Trump's Achilles' heel
This state is Donald Trump's Achilles' heel
Discussion:
Raw Story, Axios and New York Magazine
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
For Many Pennsylvania Voters, Trumpism Is Bigger Than Trump
For Many Pennsylvania Voters, Trumpism Is Bigger Than Trump
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The Hill, Wall Street Journal, PolitiFact, USA Today and DV Journal
Presidentti:
President Niinistö spoke with Russian President Putin — Office of the President of the Republic of Finland — Press release 32/2022 — President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö had a phone call with President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Saturday, 14 May 2022.
New York Times:
How America Lost One Million People — Health workers at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City in late March 2020. — Victor J. Blue for The New York Times — Becky Bennett, left, and her sister Celestia Hadley tried to persuade their father to get vaccinated. — Lindsay D'Addato for The New York Times
Discussion:
Bangor Daily News
Akhil Reed Amar / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Roe v. Wade — For a constitutional scholar and pro-choice Democrat, there are reasons to endorse the leaked draft opinion overturning the 1973 abortion decision—and to see it as vindication for a range of liberal priorities. — Copy Link
Mitchell Ferman / The Texas Tribune:
Texans asked to limit electricity use after six power plants go down ahead of a hot weekend — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is asking electricity consumers to keep their thermostats at 78 degrees or above and avoid using large appliances between 3 and 8 p.m. from Friday through Sunday.
Discussion:
Joe.My.God., Bloomberg and San Antonio Current
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Bob Sechler / Austin American-Statesman:
ERCOT urges Texans to cut back on power usage over weekend
ERCOT urges Texans to cut back on power usage over weekend
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Houston Chronicle
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Some members of Congress are submitting comically illegible stock-trade disclosures — and nobody on Capitol Hill is doing anything about it — Members of Congress are required by law to disclose their stock trades. — But some lawmakers' disclosures are almost impossible to read.
Axios:
More bombshells for Jan. 6 committee before June hearings — The Jan. 6 committee may seek testimony from additional lawmakers as soon as next week, ahead of blockbuster TV hearings that kick off next month, Axios has learned. … - The briefers did not say which lawmakers will be contacted …
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Raw Story
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Talal Ansari / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix to Employees: If You Don't Like Our Content, You Can Quit — Streaming giant adds new ‘artistic expression’ section in first update to corporate culture guidelines since 2017 — Netflix Inc. NFLX 7.65%▲ has a new message for its employees: Be prepared to work on content you may not agree with.
Discussion:
BizPac Review, Mediaite and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Weekend reads, part one — >> TIME's cover story this week: “Olga Rudenko and the Kyiv Independent are giving the world a window into a devastating war...” (TIME) — >> Michael Schaffer goes deep on C-SPAN's “unlikely fight for eyeballs” as it gets “walloped by cord-cutting...” (Politico)
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Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israeli police beat pallbearers at journalist's funeral
Israeli police beat pallbearers at journalist's funeral
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New York Times, Al-Monitor, The Times of Israel, Reuters, Daily Times, The Stranger, Bloomberg, NBC4 Washington and Al Jazeera
Gordon Corera / BBC:
Ukraine: The spy war within the war — The decades-long spy conflict between Russia and the West is intensifying over the Ukraine war. But what are Russia's intelligence services suspected of doing and how will their officials' expulsion from capitals affect Putin's clandestine overseas operations?
Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
Transgender medication law in Alabama blocked by judge — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors. — U.S. District Judge Liles Burke issued …
Discussion:
Common Dreams, New York Times, Raw Story and WTOP News
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
What Did the Steele Dossier Hoax Cost America? — Along with the press, what about the Russia ‘experts’ who played along or failed to oppose the collusion lie? — 1x — A Wall Street Journal investigative report this week underlines just how frivolous were the claims in the Steele dossier …
Discussion:
Althouse
Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis picks Cord Byrd as secretary of state, husband of QAnon, Capitol riot supporter — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis replaced outgoing Secretary of State Laurel Lee on Friday with state Rep. Cord Byrd, who cursed at Black Democratic lawmakers during the session and whose wife …
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Florida Politics