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Kansas City Star:
Kansas recount confirms landslide win for abortion rights, but highlights risk to democracy — Kansas reaffirmed its landslide vote to uphold abortion rights after election officials on Sunday finished a recount that never had any chance of changing the outcome but was sought by an election denier …
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Raw Story
Politico:
Appeals court temporarily blocks subpoena to Graham in Georgia election-fraud probe — A federal appeals court gave Sen. Lindsey Graham a temporary win early Sunday, ruling that he doesn't have to comply for now with a subpoena from an Atlanta grand jury demanding that he testify Tuesday …
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CBS News, Reuters, UPI, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Insider, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Townhall and National Review
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Federal Appeals Court Halts Graham Testimony Before Atlanta Grand Jury
Federal Appeals Court Halts Graham Testimony Before Atlanta Grand Jury
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The Guardian, New York Post and Wall Street Journal
Leo Sands / BBC:
Darya Dugina: Daughter of Putin ally killed in Moscow blast — The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed in a suspected car bombing. — Darya Dugina died after an explosion on a road outside Moscow, Russia's investigative committee said.
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Reuters, TASS, RedState, Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, New York Post, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Slavland Chronicles, The Times of Israel and Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
Who Is Aleksandr Dugin? — Aleksandr Dugin, 60, is a Russian political thinker sometimes called …
Who Is Aleksandr Dugin? — Aleksandr Dugin, 60, is a Russian political thinker sometimes called …
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CNN:
Car bomb kills daughter of ‘spiritual guide’ to Putin's Ukraine invasion - Russian media
Car bomb kills daughter of ‘spiritual guide’ to Putin's Ukraine invasion - Russian media
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Fortune, The Western Journal, 19FortyFive, The Daily Beast, HotAir, Fox News, National Review, Politico, ABC17NEWS, UPI, Bloomberg, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Big League Politics
New York Times:
The death of Daria Dugina opens a new chapter in fraught history of political assassinations in Russia.
The death of Daria Dugina opens a new chapter in fraught history of political assassinations in Russia.
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Fox News, The Bona Fide, The Daily Wire, NewsNation, Wide World of News, WGN-TV, The Hill, The Guardian, Daily Mail and Mercury News
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Daughter of prominent Putin supporter killed in Moscow car bomb attack
Daughter of prominent Putin supporter killed in Moscow car bomb attack
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Associated Press, The Guardian, ABC17NEWS, Fox News, CBS News and Voice of America
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News poll: 57% of voters say investigations into Trump should continue — WASHINGTON — A clear majority of American voters believe that the various investigations into alleged wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump should continue, according to a national NBC News poll conducted …
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Mother Jones, Just The News, New York Post, KOIN-TV, Forbes, Mediaite, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and MJR News
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Dennis Rodman says he's going to Russia to seek release of Brittney Griner — WASHINGTON — Former NBA player Dennis Rodman said Saturday that he plans to visit Russia to seek the release of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was sentenced to nine years in prison on drug charges earlier this month.
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Ousted Republican reflects on Trump, democracy and America: ‘The place has lost its mind’ — Rusty Bowers was speaker of Arizona's house of representatives when he stood up to the former president's demand that he overturn the election result. He paid the price but has no regrets
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CNN:
State of the Union — JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST (voice-over): Scorched earth.
State of the Union — JAKE TAPPER, CNN HOST (voice-over): Scorched earth.
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Insider and PoliticusUSA
Aaron Pellish / CNN:
Sen. Mark Kelly ‘not at all’ concerned about Democrats' 2024 chances in Arizona if Biden runs
Sen. Mark Kelly ‘not at all’ concerned about Democrats' 2024 chances in Arizona if Biden runs
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Arizona Republic, RedState, The Hill and Political Wire
Damon Linker / New York Times:
There Is No Happy Ending to America's Trump Problem — Debate about the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence has settled into well-worn grooves. Mr. Trump and many Republicans have denounced the act as illegitimate. Attorney General Merrick Garland is staying mostly mum.
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Why Trump voters are hurting their own cause in the midterms
Why Trump voters are hurting their own cause in the midterms
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Politico, ABC17NEWS, Plain Dealer, Common Dreams, Fox News and Michael-In-Norfolk
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
My final column: 2024 and the dangers ahead — Before signing off, Margaret Sullivan offers advice to her fellow journalists on how to cover a perilous election — After a recent announcement that I've decided to retire this column and leave The Post, a Vanity Fair reporter asked me by email …
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The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Bethany Dawson / Insider:
Trump treated my family like disposable pawns and tore us apart, says daughter of convicted Jan. 6 rioter — Guy Reffitt was sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in the Capitol riot. — His daughter told Insider that “it would only be just for former President Trump to be convicted.”
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Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Trafalgar Group:
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ron Johnson says he only participated in election overthrow plot for ‘a couple seconds’ — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has refused to speak to the Jan. 6 Committee because his participation in a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election only lasted “a couple seconds.”
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
2024 meets 2022: Trump, Pence, others ramp up for allies in midterms — All across the country, potential GOP candidates for president in 2024 are fanning out and stepping up their involvement in the midterms, boosting Republican candidates as they pitch themselves
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Trump's long shadow keeps 2024 hopefuls from Iowa State Fair
Phillip W. Magness / AIER:
The Suicide of the American Historical Association — A bizarre string of events is unfolding at the American Historical Association (AHA). Last week, AHA president James H. Sweet published a column in the organization's magazine on the problem of “presentism” in academic historical writing.
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HotAir, The College Fix, RedState and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Politico:
Trump's throw-everything-against-the- wall response to the Mar-a-Lago search — As she entered the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach on Thursday to bear witness to a hearing on the potential release of the FBI's basis for searching Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's attorney Christina Bobb paused …
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Talking Points Memo, Townhall, Insider, Blue Virginia and Raw Story
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Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. — Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children. But the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious. — Mark noticed something amiss with his toddler.
U-T Letters / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Should Joe Biden just pardon Donald Trump to heal growing political division? — Americans who support our Constitution believe that no one is above the law. — Joe Biden could end the investigations right now — Why doesn't Joe Biden put a stop to the Donald Trump investigations even though he doesn't like him?
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The Hill
Catherine Zeilman / The Advocate:
Trina Edwards, widow of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, engaged to John Alario — Trina Edwards, the widow of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, is engaged to Senate President and House Speaker John Alario, talkshow host Jim Engster said. — Trina did not publicly comment about the news …
Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Liz Cheney on stopping Trump, Pence testifying on Jan. 6: ‘This Week’ exclusive — She sat down with ABC Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. — Rep. Liz Cheney speaks with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jon Karl, Aug. 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C.