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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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The Daily Beast, JONATHAN TURLEY, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mock Paper Scissors and Insider
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Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
‘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 …
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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National Review and The Western Journal
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Thomas blasts disclosure of draft Supreme Court opinion as ‘tremendously bad’
Thomas blasts disclosure of draft Supreme Court opinion as ‘tremendously bad’
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
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
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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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, Bloomberg, Fox News, NBC News, New York Times, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, PennLive, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, Raw Story, WHTM-TV, Rolling Stone, Forbes and DV Journal
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
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
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
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Bangor Daily News
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 and New York Times
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.
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Politico, Associated Press, ukrainetoday.org, Joe.My.God., Bloomberg, The Hill, Insider and rbc.ru
Shefali Luthra / The Guardian:
‘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.
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.
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BizPac Review, Mediaite, Reason and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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
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HotAir
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.
Michelle Singletary / Washington Post:
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 …
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz / New York Times:
The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either. — Mr. Stephens-Davidowitz is the author of “Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life,” from which this essay is adapted. — We now know who is rich in America.
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Marginal REVOLUTION
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
Auswärtiges Amt / German Federal Foreign Office:
G7 Germany 2022 - Foreign Ministers' Communiqué — We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, have met today in a fundamentally changed strategic and security environment.
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Bloomberg
CNN:
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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Raw Story
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
AUDIO: Stefanik staffer twists himself in knots defending “pedo grifters” comment — “...'pedo' is not short for ‘pedophile,’ it is ‘pedo’ as in ‘children.’ ‘Pedo’ is, if you look it up on Google it's-” — Yesterday, just as I was wrapping up my work for the week, I saw this tweet from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY):
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New York Daily News, HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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 …
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NBC News, National Review, Human Rights Campaign, Mother Jones, Raw Story, Mercury News, Common Dreams and WTOP News
Associated Press:
Ukraine: Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine's second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow's forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country's eastern industrial heartland.
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ITV News, Agence France-Presse, Mercury News, Bangor Daily News, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, NBC Chicago and Bloomberg
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto Billionaire, Wants Washington to Follow His Lead — Sam Bankman-Fried is a studiously disheveled billionaire who made a fortune overseeing trades that are too risky for the U.S. market. Now he wants Washington to follow his lead.
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