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U.S. Senate Ratifies Adding Finland and Sweden to NATO — Resolution passed 95-1 as senators emphasize the expansion's importance to American security worldwide — Watch: Senate Votes to Add Finland and Sweden to NATO … The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly ratified the addition of Finland …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Hawley is only senator to vote against Finland, Sweden NATO membership — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was the only senator to vote against a resolution on Wednesday backing Finland's and Sweden's entry to NATO. — The Senate approved the resolution in a 95-1 vote. One senator, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), voted present.
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends ‘Soros-backed’ state attorney who refused to enforce abortion ban — DeSantis says Andrew Warren refused to enforce numerous Florida laws and wouldn't work with police — Fox News Flash top headlines for August 4 — Republican Florida …
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Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis suspends Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren — “Our government is a government of laws, not a government of men,” DeSantis said. — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes.
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Elizabeth Elkind / Daily Mail:
Ron DeSantis SUSPENDS ‘Soros-funded’ Democratic Florida prosecutor for ‘ignoring the law’ and refusing to prosecute cases violating 15-week abortion ban and sex changes on children — Florida Governor DeSantis accused progressive state attorney Andrew Warren of acting ‘above the law’ during a press conference on Warren's home turf
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John F. Harris / Politico:
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have The Last Laugh on Samuel Alito — Justice Samuel Alito, in drafting Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, said he and the other justices who joined him in ending a constitutional right to abortion had no ability to foresee what the political implications would be.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP is sick. It didn't start with Trump — and won't end with him. — It began where it ended, on the West Front of the United States Capitol. — On Jan. 6, 2021, an armed mob invited and incited by President Donald Trump smashed barriers, overpowered police and stormed the Capitol.
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Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
A Bad Democratic Bet in the G.O.P. Primaries
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
The Distinct Shame of Senate Republicans — Think about what Republican senators must have known when they voted not to convict Trump during the second impeachment. — Watching the House Select Committee on January 6th hearings I was struck by one overriding question.
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Senator Bernie Sanders:
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Says Inflation Reduction Act Doesn't Meet Needs of the American People — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate gave remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act, calling on his colleagues to study the bill thoroughly and to come …
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Sinema inquires about Democrats' proposed tax hike on companies as lobbying intensifies for her vote
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Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
WNBA's Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years — KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow …
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Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia
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New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud — On the day of President Biden's inauguration, John Eastman suggested looking for voting irregularities in Georgia — and asked for help being paid the $270,000 he billed the Trump campaign.
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Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage — Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff. Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms. Arizona is allowing college students to step in and instruct children.
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Kevin Drum, ArkansasTimes, Wikidworld and Joanne Jacobs
David Siders / Politico:
Republican ‘doomsday ticket’ ready for November — LURCHING RIGHT — Even before Donald Trump, Arizona Republicans had a soft spot for hard-liners. Think Evan Mecham and Joe Arpaio, or the party's pre-Trump censuring of the late Sen. John McCain. — But what may soon be different …
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Min Joo Kim / Washington Post:
South Korea's president skips Nancy Pelosi meeting due to staycation — SEOUL — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leaders of Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan in her closely-watched tour this week — but not the South Korean president. The official reason: He was on a staycation.
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Michael Rezendes / Associated Press:
Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen — BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her. — The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
WH chief John Kelly was secretly ‘listening to all’ of Trump's calls: Jared Kushner — John Kelly was secretly “listening to all” of President Donald Trump's conversations without telling him, first son-in-law Jared Kushner reveals in his forthcoming book. — Kushner writes that Trump …
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Washington Post:
As monkeypox strikes gay men, officials debate warnings to limit partners — Sex is a major driver of the global outbreak. But health officials and longtime HIV activists say calls for abstinence don't work. — SAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of gay men clad in leather, latex …
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Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
‘Social contagion’ isn't causing more youths to be transgender, study finds — “Social contagion” is not driving an increasing number of adolescents to come out as transgender, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics. — The study also found that the proportion …
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
MyPillow chief spends tens of millions in fresh crusade to push Trump's big lie — Mike Lindell says he has poured up to $40m into wave of lawsuits and a new movie as US experts warn of threat to democracy — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a fervent Donald Trump ally …
Associated Press:
Primaries bring big losses for incumbent GOP state lawmakers — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, Republican Robin Vos has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights and push back against COVID-19 mandates.
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Demi Lovato shows why declaring pronouns is nothing more than brainwashed, agenda-driven nonsense — To declare one's pronouns is stupid. To change them after declaring them is downright asinine. — Singer Demi Lovato announced that she, once again, had changed her pronouns during an interview on the Spout podcast on Tuesday.
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Hey, that's my house: US aid worker realises Zawahiri villa is his old home — The Kabul property hit by a US drone was familiar. It turned out Dan Smock had something in common with al-Qaida's leader — Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul — he balcony in Kabul where the head of al-Qaida was killed was a spot Dan Smock knew well.
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Billy Kobin / Courier-Journal:
4 former LMPD officers face federal charges in Breonna Taylor shooting — The FBI has arrested the former Louisville Metro Police detective who was fired for lying on the search warrant that led to the deadly 2020 raid at Breonna Taylor's apartment as well three others …
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NBC News:
After Alex Jones' lawyers accidentally leak years of emails, Infowars financial documents are revealed in court — Lawyers for Alex Jones appeared to have accidentally sent over the entire contents of the Infowars founder's phone to the lawyers for the plaintiffs in his defamation trial, according to court proceedings Wednesday.
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
As Iran Talks of Nuclear Advances, Negotiations With U.S. Restart — Envoys from both countries gathered for another effort to restore the 2015 agreement to limit Tehran's nuclear program. Expectations are low. — BRUSSELS — With Iran announcing this week that it now has the technical ability …
Felix Salmon / Axios:
The most pro-business Supreme Court ever — The current Supreme Court is the most pro-business of all time. That's the clear message from an important new paper looking at court decisions between 1921 and 2020. … - The new data shows a degree of pro-business sentiment today far exceeding even the pre-Depression highs.
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast — Thousands of migrants have been arriving on buses sent by the governors of Texas and Arizona. Many have ended up in homeless shelters and on the streets. — WASHINGTON — Lever Alejos arrived in the nation's capital last week …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How a Dem Congressional Staffer Faked Being an FBI Agent and Became a Fugitive — The unbelievable story of how a congressional staffer bought loads of gear to fake being an FBI agent and, when he was approached by the Secret Service, led them on a chase. — A young congressional staffer …
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