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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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The Daily Beast, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mock Paper Scissors and Insider
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‘Unrelenting Daily Confrontation’: After Roe Leak, Yale Law Students Call for Ostracizing Conservative Classmates and Tossing Out Constitution — It's been a rough couple of weeks for students at Yale Law School, who are responding to news that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade …
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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, Mother Jones, The Daily Wire, HuffPost, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Bangor Daily News, WTOP News, Washington Examiner, Aaron's Newsletter and Deseret News
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Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak has eroded trust in institution
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The Western Journal
Jennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal:
Abortion-Rights Marches Planned Across U.S. to Protest Possible Overturning of Roe v. Wade
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
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Trump endorsement of Mastriano leaves Pennsylvania Republicans furious — MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — In picking a sure thing by endorsing state Sen. Doug Mastriano for governor in Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump has set off a chain of events that could cost Republicans …
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WHTM-TV
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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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The Hill, Axios, Rolling Stone, WHTM-TV, Forbes, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and DV Journal
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It won't be long before extremists in the GOP make Trump look tame
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The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
Adam Wollner / CNN:
This state is Donald Trump's Achilles' heel
This state is Donald Trump's Achilles' heel
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Raw Story, New York Magazine and Axios
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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.
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Politico, Associated Press, Joe.My.God., Insider, The Hill, Bloomberg and rbc.ru
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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
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Bangor Daily News
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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.
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BizPac Review, Mediaite, Reason and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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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
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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 and New York Times
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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.
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Bloomberg, Joe.My.God. 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
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‘This is real’: in Oklahoma, a post-Roe world has arrived — As the US braces for the end of a federal right to abortion, a new six-week ban in Oklahoma offers a preview of what's to come — The day after the supreme court leak, Andrea Gallegos had already started to cancel patients' appointments.
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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.
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With higher inflation, living with your parents makes economic sense — Let's stop joking about young adults living in their parents' basement. Financial independence doesn't have to come with a monthly rent payment. — I hate the jokes and condescending comments about adult children living at home …
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Althouse
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Fact check: Deceptive attack ad from Oz allies falsely depicts Barnette's positions on Black Lives Matter, race and policing — Trump: Barnette will never win Pennsylvania 03:44 — Washington (CNN)A super PAC supporting Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and prominent candidate …
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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 …
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Human Rights Campaign, Mother Jones, Raw Story, New York Times, WTOP News and Common Dreams
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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, Reuters, Daily Times, The Times of Israel, Al-Monitor, The Stranger, Bloomberg, NBC4 Washington and Al Jazeera