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Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Walgreens' supplier of abortion pills said it would not distribute the drug in 31 states — A list circulated by the distributor in January underscores the uncertainty surrounding abortion pills in the post-Roe era. — Earlier this month, Politico broke news that Walgreens …
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Los Angeles Times, Axios, ABC7 and HuffPost
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Takeaways from the Texas hearing on medication abortion drugs
Takeaways from the Texas hearing on medication abortion drugs
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The Texas Tribune, New York Times, Roll Call, HotAir, Washington Post, East Bay Times, Al Jazeera, CBS News and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Why abortion pill case raises legal, transparency questions
Why abortion pill case raises legal, transparency questions
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East Bay Times, ABC News, NPR, The American Independent and CNN
Washington Post:
Abortion pill fight may have broader implications for FDA drug approval
Abortion pill fight may have broader implications for FDA drug approval
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Reuters, Politico, Associated Press, Abortion, Every Day, UPI, Washington Examiner, NBC News and CBS News
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Reporter Describes Being Fired By Axios After Being Targeted By Ron DeSantis' Media ‘Machine’ — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) press team often attacks the reporters who cover his state. On Monday, they cost one of those journalists, Ben Montgomery, his job with Axios.
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The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
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Washington Post:
Fla. reporter fired after calling news release on DeSantis event ‘propaganda’ — An Axios reporter in Tampa said he was fired this week after he responded to a Florida Department of Education email about an event featuring Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), calling the news release “propaganda.”
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Tallahassee Democrat, Mediaite, Fox News, HuffPost, New York Post, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, National Review, Florida Politics and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official — Fulton County investigators have an audio recording of a phone call that f ormer President Donald Trump made to the Georgia House speaker to push for a special session …
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Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes of Trump grand jury; jurors hear 3rd leaked Trump call — A bomb-sniffing dog, SWAT team escort and months of careful silence — The bomb-sniffing dog was new. The special grand jurors investigating interference in Georgia's 2020 elections hadn't before seen …
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Associated Press, The Guardian, Raw Story, Mediaite, Insider, Joe.My.God., Digby's Hullabaloo, Political Wire and Election Law Blog
New York Times:
U.S. Pushes for TikTok Sale to Resolve National Security Concerns — The demand hardens the White House's stance toward the popular video app, which is owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration wants TikTok's Chinese ownership to sell the app …
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The Japan News, Euractiv, The Verge, Financial Times, Florida Politics, IJR, The Daily Caller, Washington Times and Sputnik News
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Threatens to Ban TikTok if Chinese Founder Doesn't Sell Ownership Stake — TikTok says forced sale won't resolve national security issues; its CEO set to appear before Congress next week — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell their stakes …
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Axios, NPR, Reuters, The Information, UPI, CNBC, CBS News, Variety, The Wrap, The Gateway Pundit, Daily News, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, The Hill and USA Today, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis's First Big Mistake — The Florida Governor toys with Trumpian retreat on Ukraine. — By The Editorial Board — Ron DeSantis is sketching out a presidential campaign based on his manifest governing success in Florida and as a fearless fighter for principle who ignores the polls.
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Kristen Soltis Anderson / Codebook:
Do Republicans really not care about Ukraine?
Do Republicans really not care about Ukraine?
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The Hill and New York Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's effort to diminish DeSantis on Ukraine
The GOP's effort to diminish DeSantis on Ukraine
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New York Daily News, Axios, Breitbart, Raw Story, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, CBS News and New York Times
Haley Ott / CBS News:
Ukraine invites Ron DeSantis to visit after Florida governor calls war a “territorial dispute”
Ukraine invites Ron DeSantis to visit after Florida governor calls war a “territorial dispute”
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Barney Frank Went to Work for Signature Bank — The former congressman, who overhauled financial regulation after the 2008 crisis, sits on the board of a bank that was just seized by the government. What happened? — Last week, depositors rushed to pull money out of Silicon Valley Bank …
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New York Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, The Western Journal, CoinDesk and Breitbart
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
FBI investigates fire where Chinese billionaire, a Steve Bannon ally, was arrested — Guo Wengui is accused of orchestrating a $1 billion fraud. — Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire with business ties to Steve Bannon, faces federal fraud charges out of New York …
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Mother Jones, PoliticusUSA, Alternet.org, Associated Press, Politico, Al Jazeera, Balloon Juice, Letters from an American, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, abc7NY, Mediaite, Joe.My.God., CoinDesk, Crooks and Liars, CBS News, Vox, Raw Story, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Law & Crime, Rolling Stone, Insider, The Guardian, UPI and emptywheel
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David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
The Full Audio Recording Of Judge Kyle Duncan At Stanford Law — Listen to this recording, ye mighty, and despair—although whether you despair about law students or judges might vary based on your priors. … There has been a great deal of debate about various facts relating …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, HotAir and The Stanford Review
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Seth Stern / Bloomberg Law:
Judges Want ‘Disruptive’ Law Students Flagged to Employers
Judges Want ‘Disruptive’ Law Students Flagged to Employers
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TaxProf Blog and Washington Examiner
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Protesting an Anti-Trans Trump Judge Isn't Disrespectful, It's American
Protesting an Anti-Trans Trump Judge Isn't Disrespectful, It's American
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The American Spectator, Althouse, The Atlantic, TaxProf Blog, Washington Post and Fox News
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
What did Congressman Andy Ogles do with nearly $25,000 meant for child burial garden? He won't say — Ogles used photo of stillborn child in 2014 for GoFundMe, promising a place for burial of babies with benches for families, life-size statue of Jesus. It never happened, but he kept the money.
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New Republic, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
CNN:
Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors — Matt McCaw cringes if you say the word “secessionist” around him. — A native of eastern Oregon, McCaw is a mild-mannered, former high school math teacher who fosters children to help his community.
Politico:
In the mob's eyeline: A senior Republican's close brush revealed in new Jan. 6 footage — Newly released video of the Capitol attack shows just how close rioters came to a senior GOP senator who was third in line for the presidency on Jan. 6, 2021. — The footage, released after media requests …
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Washington Post
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Trump Inches Higher In GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly Half Of Americans Would Support A Ban On Tiktok — mail_outline — In an early look at the 2024 Republican presidential primary, 46 percent of Republican and Republican leaning voters support …
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Washington Post, National Review, Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Examiner, UPI, Religion News Service, Fox News, Just The News, The Hill, CNBC and Breitbart
NBC News:
Russian leadership approved aggressive actions of jets that damaged U.S. drone, U.S. officials say — Three U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said the highest levels of the Kremlin approved the aggressive actions of Russian military fighter jets against a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea Tuesday.
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Washington Post, New York Times, Euractiv, Metro.co.uk, Financial Times, The Bona Fide, Fox News, The Hill, Bloomberg, Japan Times, HotAir, The Daily Caller, Sputnik News, Washington Examiner, The Sun, Digby's Hullabaloo, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, PBS NewsHour, Politico, Lucian Truscott Newsletter, NPR, NewsNation and CNN
New York Times:
Senate Confirms Garcetti as Ambassador to India, Capping a Two-Year Fight — Despite concerns among some Democrats about claims that the former Los Angeles mayor condoned sexual harassment by an aide, several Republicans supported him, saving his confirmation from collapse.
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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
MyPillow CEO Says Company Is Going Broke Defending Election Fraud Claims — Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on — MYPILLOW FOUNDER AND CEO Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on.
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Media Matters for America and Raw Story
NBC News:
Personal info from data breach that impacted lawmakers appears on hacker site — Sensitive information has been posted online from last week's “significant data breach” of the health insurance marketplace for Washington, D.C., that affected members of Congress, according to Senate staffers briefed on the hack.
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DC Health Link, New York Post, Roll Call and The Hill
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
WaPo Board Member On Editorial Shredding Gavin Newsom For Punishing Walgreens: We Are ‘Against Coercively Using Power of the State’ — James Hohmann, editorial writer and columnist specializing in domestic policy and politics at the Washington Post, joined host Charlie Sykes …
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Mercury News and Fox News
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Can the Arizona Supreme Court order Gov. Katie Hobbs to kill a man? — The Arizona Supreme Court is currently considering a request by a murder victim's sister that it order Gov. Katie Hobbs and the head of Arizona corrections department to execute the man convicted of her brother's murder next month.
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Arizona Republic
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Quick Look at the Lying Trumpist Liars Behind that Database on Corporate Giving to “BLM” — According to stories bursting across the right-wing mediasphere today, a key reason for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was its focus on spreading “woke culture” rather than efficiently managing risk and profits.
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Today's Edition Newsletter, The Wisconsin Daily Star, The Daily Caller and Just The News
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
DOJ Told Court to Expect a Deluge of New Jan. 6 Prosecutions — More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter to the DC federal court from the US attorney in Washington.
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New York Post and Political Wire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack — One of conservative writer Bethany Mandel's least disputable comments during her appearance on The Hill's streaming show “Rising” was a prediction she made as she fumbled a reply to host Briahna Joy Gray: “This is going to be one of those moments that goes viral.”