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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The End of Roe Is Just the Beginning — Give this article- - - Read in app — By any reasonable political science theory, any normal supposition about how power works in our republic, this day should not have come. — The pro-life movement has spent half a century trying to overturn …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her. — “Roe is 45 years old, it has been reaffirmed many times, lots of people care about it a great deal,” the justice told the senator, according to notes from a private meeting before his confirmation.
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith: We've Seen What Will Happen Next to America's Women — Ms. Warren is a Democratic senator from Massachusetts. Ms. Smith is a Democratic senator from Minnesota — and the only senator to have worked at Planned Parenthood. — The Supreme Court has spoken: Roe is gone.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The lonely chief: How John Roberts lost control of the court — As the shock waves spread Friday from the Supreme Court's momentous decision striking down Roe v. Wade, one notable casualty of the ruling became evident: Chief Justice John Roberts. — After nearly seven months of deliberations …
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Axios, RedState, Raw Story, The Critical Reader, Bloomberg, The Daily Advertiser and Fox News
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Constitution Is Whatever the Right Wing Says It Is — The Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, allowing state governments to force women to give birth, is the result of decades of right-wing political advocacy, organizing, and electoral victory.
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New York Times, Slate and CBS News
Politico:
18 Ways the Supreme Court Just Changed America — The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will create two Americas when it comes to abortion access — the mostly red states where abortion is illegal in most circumstances, and the mostly blue states where it is mostly available with restrictions.
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NBC News:
Sens. Warren, Smith urge Biden to declare public health emergency following abortion ruling — Two of the leading Democratic senators in the reproductive rights space are urging President Joe Biden to declare a public health emergency as nearly two dozen states move to ban the procedure following Roe v. Wade's official repeal Friday.
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Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Republicans Are Willing to Pay a Political Price to Ban Abortion. It's Up to Democrats to Make Them Pay It.
Republicans Are Willing to Pay a Political Price to Ban Abortion. It's Up to Democrats to Make Them Pay It.
Jeannie Suk Gersen / New Yorker:
When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Long-Held Constitutional Right
When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Long-Held Constitutional Right
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Washington Post:
5 big truths about the Supreme Court's gutting of Roe
5 big truths about the Supreme Court's gutting of Roe
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pjmedia.com, Daily Kos, HuffPost, Sacramento Bee, The Daily Caller and Jezebel
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
They Really Did It — This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides …
They Really Did It — This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides …
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New York Post, NBC News, New York Times and Political Wire
Daniel Desrochers / Kansas City Star:
Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP
Josh Hawley says abortion ruling will push people to move states, strengthening the GOP
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Christopher F. Schuetze / New York Times:
Germany Ends Ban on Abortion Advertisement
Politico:
Harris leans into abortion fight — Presented by The American Petroleum Institute (API) — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — Vice President KAMALA HARRIS was traveling …
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden signs landmark gun legislation: 'God willing, it's going to save a lot of lives'
Biden signs landmark gun legislation: 'God willing, it's going to save a lot of lives'
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Supreme Court steps into a void left by congressional dysfunction
Supreme Court steps into a void left by congressional dysfunction
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
White House Report Card: Biden could get bounce from Dobbs
White House Report Card: Biden could get bounce from Dobbs
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New York Post, ABC News, John Zogby Strategies and Axios
Bloomberg:
Americans in 26 States Will Have to Travel 552 Miles For Abortions — Now that the US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, millions of Americans will soon find themselves in abortion deserts, meaning they will have to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to access the medical procedure.
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Washington Post:
Many states with anti-abortion laws have pro-choice majorities
Many states with anti-abortion laws have pro-choice majorities
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New York Times, Bangor Daily News and Cafe Hayek
Shawna Chen / Axios:
California, Washington and Oregon launch “West Coast offense” to protect abortion rights
California, Washington and Oregon launch “West Coast offense” to protect abortion rights
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CBS News, The Guardian, Bloomberg, HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit and YouTube
Amy Russo / The Providence Journal:
Hundreds rally for abortion rights at RI State House; chaos erupts within crowd — PROVIDENCE — Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside the State House on Friday, voicing rage, fear and resistance to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end the constitutional right to abortion.
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Alexa Gagosz / The Boston Globe:
Providence off-duty police officer on paid leave after allegedly assaulting political opponent at abortion rights rally — Rally organizer and R.I. Political Cooperative co-founder Jennifer Rourke was attempting to deescalate a conflict when Jeann Lugo, her Republican opponent for State Senate District 29 …
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HuffPost and The Daily Wire
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden met with Russian oligarch now wanted for murder — When his father was the second most powerful man in the world, Hunter Biden met in Russia with at least four oligarchs closely aligned with Vladimir Putin — including one who is now wanted for murder in the country, The Post has learned.
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Washington Examiner and RedState
Sam Metz / Associated Press:
‘Mitt Romney Republican’ is now a potent GOP primary attack — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney isn't up for reelection this year. But Trump-aligned Republicans hostile toward the Utah senator have made his name a recurring theme in this year's primaries, using him as a foil …
New York Times:
How the House Jan. 6 Panel Has Redefined the Congressional Hearing — No bloviating speeches or partisan rancor. Lots of video and a tight script. The story of Donald J. Trump's efforts to hold on to power is being unspooled in a way totally new to Capitol Hill. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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DFRLab:
US right-wing influencers stoke fears of left-wing mass violence after Supreme Court ruling on abortion — Contextualizing narratives about political violence surrounding the Dobbs v Jackson ruling — Conservative US political figures pre-empted and reacted to the United States Supreme Court's rollback …
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Townhall and Human Events
New York Times:
Norway Mass Shooting Is Being Investigated as Terrorism, Police Say — The attack, which killed two people and seriously wounded 10 near a gay club in Oslo, came hours before the city's Pride parade, which has now been canceled. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
Arizona abortion protest: Police release tear gas, lawmakers ‘held hostage’ in Senate building — Arizona state lawmakers were forced to finish voting in a secure room in the Capitol — Protestors chant outside of Arizona State Senate following SCOTUS decision.
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Gasps, tears and fear: Inside a Texas abortion clinic the moment Roe was overturned — There were 27 patients scheduled to receive abortions Friday at Alamo Women's Reproductive Services in San Antonio. — Some were already waiting outside when the clinic opened at 9 a.m. …
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Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th:
Patients sat in abortion clinic waiting rooms as Roe fell. They all had to be turned away.
Patients sat in abortion clinic waiting rooms as Roe fell. They all had to be turned away.
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Bloomberg:
US to Join G-7 in Ban of New Russian Gold Imports to Hit Putin — US President Joe Biden and fellow Group of Seven leaders will agree to announce a ban on new gold imports from Russia, a person familiar with the plan said, the latest sanction in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.