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Wisconsin Supreme Court election sends message on abortion rights — MILWAUKEE — In overturning a national right to abortion last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court gave conservatives a policy they'd been seeking for nearly half a century. In the process, the justices also angered millions …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Wisconsin's stunning outcome puts MAGA Republicans in a serious bind — To understand the significance of the victory that liberals just pulled off in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race, a win largely driven by abortion rights, consider what is set to happen some 1,100 miles from Madison …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Protasiewicz's Wisconsin Victory Shows Power of Abortion Rights for Democrats — A resounding victory by a liberal judge who ran on abortion rights showed that a largely unified political left is keeping up its momentum, and served as a new warning sign to Republicans.
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
What happened in Wisconsin — Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria, and Judd Legum — This week, Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal circuit judge in Milwaukee, won a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court bench against her right-wing challenger Dan Kelly. Protasiewicz's win gives Wisconsin's highest court …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The last 48 hours revealed the GOP's intractable 2024 dilemma
The last 48 hours revealed the GOP's intractable 2024 dilemma
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Wall Street Journal:
The Left Wins Big in Midwest Elections
The Left Wins Big in Midwest Elections
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Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
Wisconsin Republicans threaten to impeach newly elected Democratic State Supreme Court justice: report
Wisconsin Republicans threaten to impeach newly elected Democratic State Supreme Court justice: report
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Trump mocks failed Wisconsin judicial candidate for not seeking his endorsement
Trump mocks failed Wisconsin judicial candidate for not seeking his endorsement
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New York Times:
Trump's Charges Bring Doubts, Hopes and Uncertainty in Both Parties — To some Republicans and Democrats, the charges appeared flimsy and less consequential than many had hoped. To others, the case had the potential to reverberate politically. — In an ordinary presidential-primary season …
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Jed Handelsman Shugerman / New York Times:
The Trump Indictment Is a Legal Embarrassment — Tuesday was historic for the rule of law in America, but not in the way Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, would have imagined. The 34-count indictment — which more accurately could be described as 34 half-indictments — was a disaster.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Depraved, Deranged, and Doing Real Damage — The former president is a grotesque man presiding over a grotesque party. In his speech last night to his supporters at Mar-a-Lago, made several hours after he was arraigned in Manhattan on 34 felony counts, Donald Trump took aim at Juan Merchan, the judge in the case.
Ann Coulter / Unsafe:
You're Being Played, Republicans! — A few years ago, I posted this riddle on Twitter: — What's easier to roll than an Easter egg? — Answer: Donald Trump. — Now, I can add: — What's easier to roll than Donald Trump? — Answer: Republican voters. — Democrats are playing Republicans like a fiddle.
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Fox News' Steve Doocy Calls Out Trump: ‘Very Bad Look To Attack’ Judge's Family — The former president and his sons targeted the daughter of the judge handling Trump's case on Tuesday. — Fox News' Steve Doocy criticized former President Donald Trump on Wednesday for going after the family …
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse”
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse”
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ProPublica:
Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire — IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago …
San Francisco Chronicle:
‘A child of dreams.’ Friends mourn Cash App founder Bob Lee, stabbed to death in S.F. — San Francisco's tech community mourned the violent death of one of their own Wednesday, calling Cash App founder Bob Lee a standout among Silicon Valley geniuses, someone idolized as a brilliant thinker …
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. challenging Biden in 2024 — Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country's most famous political families, is running for president. Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Robert Kennedy Jr., a Noted Vaccine Skeptic, Files to Run for President
Robert Kennedy Jr., a Noted Vaccine Skeptic, Files to Run for President
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Maryland AG accuses Baltimore's Catholic Church of widespread sexual abuse — Maryland's Attorney General on Wednesday released a report accusing Catholic priests and others at the Archdiocese of Baltimore of decades of sexual abuse against more than 600 children, following a multi-year grand jury investigation.
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Baltimore's Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says
Baltimore's Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says
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Archbishop William E. Lori / Archdiocese of Baltimore:
A Message from Archbishop William E. Lori on the Maryland Attorney General's Report
A Message from Archbishop William E. Lori on the Maryland Attorney General's Report
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Defamation Trial, Judge Says — Star hosts for Fox News like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity may also appear in person at the high-profile trial, which is set to start April 17. — The witness list for the Fox News $1.6 billion defamation trial …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in Dominion trial
Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in Dominion trial
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Margaret Renkl / New York Times:
As Young People March for Their Lives, Tennessee Crushes Dissent and Overrides Democracy — NASHVILLE — Yesterday the eyes of the country were on the indictment of a former president, along with the all too real possibility that political or public chaos would erupt as a result.
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Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: National security officials tell special counsel Trump was repeatedly warned he did not have the authority to seize voting machines — Former top national security officials have testified to a federal grand jury that they repeatedly told former President Donald Trump and his allies …
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Laura Jarrett / NBC News:
Pence will not fight the order that he testify before special counsel grand jury
Pence will not fight the order that he testify before special counsel grand jury
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Twitter labels NPR's account as ‘state-affiliated media,’ which is untrue — Twitter added a “state-affiliated media” tag to NPR's main account on Tuesday, applying the same label to the nonprofit media company that Twitter uses to designate official state mouthpieces and propaganda outlets in countries such as Russia and China.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
At least two Republican DAs want to prosecute Bidens: Rep. James Comer — WASHINGTON — At least two local GOP prosecutors are looking at ways to charge President Biden and his family amid Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of former President Donald Trump …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump makes play for DeSantis donors — Donald Trump's campaign is reaching out directly to Ron DeSantis' donors to convince them to jump ship. — Donald Trump is moving to undercut what's expected to be a major point of strength for rival Republican Ron DeSantis — reaching …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida lawmakers swing into action after Trump smacks DeSantis on insurance
Florida lawmakers swing into action after Trump smacks DeSantis on insurance
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Wall Street Journal:
How You Can Use Social Media to Support Evan Gershkovich — The Wall Street Journal is offering resources for people who want to show their support across social media for Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison on espionage charges.
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Jennifer Shutt / The States:
As future of abortion pill is weighed, Democrats in Congress see little they can do — WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats appear lukewarm about pursuing reproductive rights legislation in a divided Congress, even as a federal judge in Texas considers overturning access to abortion pills nationwide.
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Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Fear of economic ‘lost decade’ hangs over world leaders in Washington — Tensions are rising, with rich nations furiously hiking interest rates to kill inflation but creating crushing debt burdens in the developing world. — Global finance ministers and central bankers will descend …