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2:20 PM ET, November 19, 2022

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New York Times:
Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach  —  Years before the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark contraception ruling was disclosed, according to a minister who led a secretive effort to influence justices.  —  As the Supreme Court investigates …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
A new special counsel sets Washington ablaze  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Attorney General MERRICK GARLAND's decision to name a special counsel to helm DONALD TRUMP-related probes at the Justice Department roiled the political world on Friday.
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Politico:
Voters who backed GOP governors helped keep the Senate blue  —  Democrats have ticket-splitters to thank for maintaining their hold on the Senate.  —  New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan trampled her Republican rival, even as the state's Republican governor, Chris Sununu, did the same to his opponent.
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump campaign announcement deepens Republicans' civil war  —  Republicans are now soul searching over how they lost a very winnable Senate and bracing for two tumultuous years in the House - and many blame Trump  —  ike Lindell was full of passionate intensity.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
2024 GOP presidential hopefuls in no rush to jump in against Trump  —  President Donald Trump is boxing his own shadow as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination — and that's not likely to change anytime soon.  —  There's little incentive for rivals to join him in the ring …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and ABC News
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
The Backlash To Losing Roe v. Wade Is Just Getting Started
Discussion: Politico
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
House GOP pushes Hunter Biden probe despite thin majority
Washington Post:
Iran will help Russia build drones for Ukraine war, Western officials say  —  Moscow and Tehran are said to agree on a plan to assemble Iranian-designed weapons on Russian soil  —  After weeks of savaging Ukrainian cities with Iranian-made drones, Moscow has quietly reached an agreement …
James B. Stewart / New York Times:
How Did AT&T's $100 Billion Time Warner Deal Go So Wrong?  —  At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.”  At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules.  That combination led to strategic miscalculation unrivaled in recent corporate history.
Steve Schmidt / The Warning:
The showdown between Senator Ed Markey and Elon Musk  —  I remember the first time my son saw someone on a unicycle.  He was shocked.  His mouth opened, his eyes narrowed and he pointed in awe.  He yelled, “One tire!”  I said, “It's called a unicycle.”  —  I'll admit, looking …
Wall Street Journal:
Elizabeth Holmes Brushed Off Patient Risks: 'They Don't Put Pretty People Like Me in Jail'  —  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reportedly told a Walgreens consultant that “They don't put pretty people like me in jail,” according to a government filing ahead of the sentencing hearing Friday.
Discussion: CBS News
Steve Scherer / Reuters:
Canada's spy agency investigating Iranian death threats  —  Canada's spy agency is investigating reports from people who are living in the country who have received “credible” death threats from Iran, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said in a statement.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland was right to appoint a special counsel  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that seasoned prosecutor Jack Smith will serve as special counsel overseeing investigations into Donald Trump.  That includes all aspects of the investigations into the former president's hoarding …
New York Times:
The World Cup That Changed Everything  —  The decision to take the World Cup to Qatar has upturned a small nation, battered the reputation of global soccer's governing body and altered the fabric of the sport.  —  Michel Platini was expecting a private audience with the president of France …
Washington Post:
Stealthy Kherson resistance fighters undermined Russian occupying forces  —  KHERSON, Ukraine — Ihor didn't even know the first name of the person who contacted him.  The man said he was a member of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces and wanted to know if Ihor was interested in helping fight …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Anand Giridharadas / New York Times:
It Was a Bad Week for Billionaires With Delusions of Saving the World  —  In recent years, a swelling chorus of Americans has grown critical of the nation's bajillionaires.  But in the extraordinary week gone by, that chorus was drowned out by a far louder and more urgent case against them.
Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Tom Petty's estate tells Kari Lake to back down on song  —  Tom Petty, in his famous rock anthem, vowed never to back down.  Now, his heirs are telling Kari Lake to back off from using the song to promote her “failed campaign” for Arizona governor.  —  Petty's estate is threatening legal action …
Olivia Rondeau / The Post Millennial:
Lawyer who firebombed NYPD cruiser sentenced to 15 months after Biden admin intervention  —  The Biden administration's DOJ reportedly struck a “sweetheart deal” with the felon, and asked the court to go easy on Rahman and her accomplice after the Trump administration pressured for a domestic terrorism sentencing enhancement.
John Miller / National Review:
Martin Morse Wooster, R.I.P.  —  Martin Morse Wooster started a peculiar tradition years ago: Whenever he spotted a “John Miller” in the news, he let me know.  Early on, he sent clips by regular mail, cut from the pages of his prodigious reading.  At some point, the emails outnumbered the stamped envelopes.
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
King Charles: Foie gras banned at royal residences  —  There will be no foie gras served in royal residences, a letter from Buckingham Palace to animal rights campaigners has confirmed.  —  King Charles is understood to have been a longstanding opponent of the food, made from the liver of a duck or goose …
Discussion: New York Post
Associated Press:
Maldives minister: negotiators reach deal on climate fund  —  Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks, creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich nations' carbon pollution.
Samantha Ibrahim / New York Post:
Michelle Obama: Americans 'weren't ready' for my natural hair  —  Former First Lady Michelle Obama is opening up about the pressures of playing it straight.  —  The mother of two, 58, revealed how she felt Americans “weren't ready” for her natural hair as they were still “getting adjusted” …
New York Times:
Empty Classrooms, Abandoned Kids: Inside America's Great Teacher Resignation  —  Ms. Walton is a producer with Opinion Video.  Mr. Pollock is a producer and editor.  —  A survey of National Education Association members at the beginning of the year revealed an unsettling truth …
 
 
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
If our political and legal systems worked, there wouldn't be a Donald Trump 2024 campaign
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Nation:
Twitter Has Been Incredibly Important For State and Local Journalists Like Me
Reuters:
Russia warms to U.S. prisoner swap for weapons trader Bout
Luis Chaparro / Insider:
The DEA says drug cartels are putting fentanyl in candy to sell to kids. Cartel operatives say it's ‘actually the opposite.’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
NBC News:
In win for Democrats, Georgia judge allows early voting in Senate runoff on Saturday after Thanksgiving
Tim Hume / VICE:
Italian Cops Take Down Occult Neo-Nazi Group Preparing Violent Attacks
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Biden granddaughter's wedding offers youthful spin for president turning 80
Diego Mendoza / Semafor:
‘We have to have a thriving press:’ Sen. Amy Klobuchar on the future of American journalism
Pippa Crerar / The Guardian:
Mike Bloomberg forced to apologise after Boris Johnson speech criticising China
Los Angeles Times:
How Karen Bass prevailed against Rick Caruso's $100-million campaign
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Post Takes Aim at Trump, and Hits a Nerve
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Insider
New York Times:
Elon Musk's Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave
 

 
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