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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
What the Critics Get Incredibly Wrong about the Colins-Manchin Election Bill — Last week's announcement by a bipartisan group of senators proposing reforms to the poorly written 1887 law that governs Congress' counting of the Electoral College votes is a good half-loaf measure against election subversion.
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Washington Post:
Why two Democratic lawyers are concerned about the Electoral Count bill — Gift Article — Good morning, Early Birds. Apparently there's a Japanese french fry shortage. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. — In today's edition ... Your guide to the week ahead …
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Washington Examiner, Election Law Blog and Conservative Guardian
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Harris plots her next, more aggressive, volley in the abortion fights — Vice President Kamala Harris and her team plan to hit the campaign and fundraising circuit in an aggressive bid to elevate Democratic state legislators and governors on the abortion rights frontlines.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Revolving door creates questions and complications for Kamala Harris
Revolving door creates questions and complications for Kamala Harris
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Coachella's parent company is donating major cash to an anti-abortion political organization — This story is being published in partnership with Rolling Stone. Subscribe to get its biggest stories on music, culture, politics, and entertainment. — June 24, the day the Supreme Court …
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Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Lavrov says Russian goal to oust Ukraine's president — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to topple President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel …
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Reuters, WTOP News, Washington Post and Associated Press
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Mass confusion impedes Fed attempts to prevent recession — Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell has vowed to follow the data in deciding how high to crank up interest rates to crush the worst inflation surge in four decades. — But Powell and other Fed policymakers are making …
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Elizabeth Warren / Wall Street Journal:
Jerome Powell's Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure
Jerome Powell's Fed Pursues a Painful and Ineffective Inflation Cure
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New York Times and The Hill
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
‘Everybody Is Dug In’: Kansans Fiercely Debate the First Post-Roe Vote on Abortion — The Aug. 2 ballot question will decide whether the State Constitution will allow legislators to ban or further restrict the procedure. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
‘The stakes could not be higher’: Kansas abortion vote set for Aug. 2
‘The stakes could not be higher’: Kansas abortion vote set for Aug. 2
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Kansas Reflector, Talking Points Memo and The Federalist
Devan Markham / NewsNation:
Neighborhoods hire off-duty officers through ‘crowdfunding’ — (NewsNation) — Crime has become a major concern around the country, including in Minneapolis. Over the past year, the Minneapolis Police Department crime data report reflects that burglaries are up 6%, thefts are up 31% and carjacking are up 14%.
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD seeks suspects after 2 killed, 5 injured in shooting at crowded San Pedro park — Police were searching for suspects aftet two people were killed and five wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon at a crowded San Pedro oark — Police said there were approximately 500 people at Peck Park …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
JD Vance Suggests People in ‘Violent’ Marriages Shouldn't Get Divorced — The Ohio Republican Senate nominee claimed people “shift spouses like they change their underwear,” and that it had damaged a generation of children. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US
Finn McRedmond / UnHerd:
News09:22 Ukraine Government issues blacklist of ‘Russian propagandists’ — The list includes a number of prominent Western intellectuals — The Government of Ukraine has issued a blacklist of individuals who they judge to be “promoting Russian propaganda” — including a number of prominent Western intellectuals.
STAT:
White House to launch effort to develop next generation of Covid vaccines — The Biden administration is preparing a sweeping initiative to develop a next generation of Covid-19 immunizations that would thwart future coronavirus variants and dramatically reduce rates of coronavirus infection or transmission …
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The Verge and New York Times
Bill Glauber / Journal Sentinel:
Tom Nelson drops out of Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate primary, throws support to Mandela Barnes — Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson's long run for the U.S. Senate is over. — Nelson announced Monday that he was ending his Democratic primary campaign and throwing his support to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Fox & Friends’ has gone to the ‘dark side’ — Former President Trump tore into Fox News' flagship morning program on Monday, lashing out at its hosts for their coverage of his polling as he eyes another run for president in 2024. — “Fox and Freinds] just really botched my poll numbers …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Keith Olbermann Tries His Hand at Podcasting — ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann,’ on iHeartMedia, to include mix of political and sports commentary — Keith Olbermann is launching a daily podcast next month in partnership with iHeartMedia that the outspoken commentator said he hopes …
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Sarah Posner / New Republic:
How Did Maryland Republicans Nominate Two Extremist Screwballs for Statewide Office? — Last Tuesday, Republican primary voters in Maryland picked two radical extremists as their nominees in November's race for governor and attorney general. In electing Dan Cox as their gubernatorial candidate …
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: 2 in 3 in US favor term limits for justices — WASHINGTON (AP) — About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, according to a new poll that finds a sharp increase in the percentage of Americans saying they have “hardly any” confidence in the court.
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Jeffrey C. Isaac / The Indianapolis Star:
Op/Ed: IU's silence regarding Dr. Caitlin Bernard hasn't gone unnoticed — Indiana and Indiana University are in the news, thanks to the courage and professionalism of Dr. Caitlin Bernard and the outrageous behavior of right-wing Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita.
Washington Post:
Tensions high between Israel, Russia over looming ban of Jewish Agency — Listen — Gift Article — JERUSALEM — The Israeli government is pushing back against moves by Moscow to outlaw the private agency that helps Russian Jews immigrate to Israel, ramping up tensions that have worsened between …
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Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
College alumni groups spread nationally to counter ‘cancel culture’ — Independent groups are forming to promote free speech on some university campuses — Listen — Gift Article — Alumni groups pressing free-speech issues are popping up at colleges in many states …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
GOP plots Fauci probe after midterms — Congressional Republicans are eagerly floating investigations into Anthony Fauci and the Biden administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic if they win back control of the House or Senate in the midterm elections.
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Sen. Joe Manchin tests positive for Covid — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Monday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, which could complicate the Senate's push to finish a number of priorities in the two weeks leading up to the August recess. — Manchin, 74, is fully vaccinated …
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Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Sixth Teenager Charged in Central Park Jogger Case to Be Exonerated — Steven Lopez is expected to have a robbery charge linked to the 1989 attack cleared from his record. — Give this article- - - Read in app — A forgotten co-defendant of the Central Park Five, who, like them …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump returns to D.C. this week. These former advisers are plotting the comeback. — At the beginning of 2020, a small group of President Donald Trump's top advisers huddled at the White House to craft a second-term policy agenda for the next administration.