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12:40 PM ET, April 22, 2023

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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Not Quite Midnight at the Supreme Court  —  I was happily knitting away on my flight home from New York this evening, certain that the Supreme Court would go down to the wire on the Mifepristone case.  The deadline Justice Alito had imposed for the Court to reach a decision was 11:59 p.m. Friday night.
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court maintains FDA approval of abortion pill, preserving access for now
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Both Sides in Abortion Debate Vow to Keep Fighting
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Supreme Court keeps medication abortion drug available, with eased access, during appeals
NBC News:
Supreme Court allows abortion pill to stay on the market for now
Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: 'We're a test case'  —  Doni Chamberlain's been a journalist in Shasta county for nearly 30 years.  Now she's targeted by the extremists who are looking to reshape the region  —  The fight for democracy is supported by
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Washington Post:
FBI leak investigators home in on members of private Discord server
Discussion: CNN
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden is running out of time to avoid calamitous debt ceiling outcomes  —  The GOP's willingness to court economic disaster without major spending cuts leaves White House aides in a bind  —  President Biden is running out of time and options to avert an unprecedented default on the federal debt …
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Second-Term Mistake  —  Age is only one of the reasons the President shouldn't run again.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Resize  —  The White House is whispering that next week President Biden will announce his intention to run for a second term, though the polls say that even most Democrats hope he doesn't.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
It Is a Delusion to Think Having a Gun in the Home Makes Us Safer  —  In most of the world, going to the wrong house is not a deadly risk.  —  But in the United States it is, because we're awash in an estimated 450 million guns and suffer from a mass delusion that a gun in the home makes us safer.
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
‘Wrong Address’ Shootings Reflect America's Rising Paranoia  —  It takes a village to raise a frightened man with hair-trigger impulses and put a loaded gun in his hand.  Our village has raised many, and we have armed them spectacularly.  —  Upstate New York resident Kevin Monahan …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Verdict
Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
America's Tragedy Is Its Culture of Fear—Armed With Millions of Guns
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
Washington Post:
In a thriving Michigan county, a community goes to war with itself  —  Ottawa County offers a glimpse of what happens when one of the building blocks of American democracy is consumed by ideological battles  —  WEST OLIVE, Mich. — The eight new members of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners …
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Chris Christie Doesn't Want to Hear the Name Trump  —  “How many different ways are you gonna ask the same fucking question, Mark?”  Chris Christie asked me.  We were seated in the dining room of the Hay-Adams hotel.  It's a nice hotel, five stars.  Genteel.
Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Missouri trans ‘snitch form’ down after people spammed it with the ‘Bee Movie’ script  —  A Missouri government tip site for submitting complaints and concerns about gender-affirming care is down after people flooded it with fanfiction, rambling anecdotes and the “Bee Movie” script.
Discussion: New York Times and Joe.My.God.
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Kansas City Star:
Claims that fueled Missouri GOP crackdown on trans care ‘unsubstantiated,’ university says
Discussion: Missouri Independent
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Twitter removes labels from state-controlled media, helping propaganda  —  The move comes the same week that Russia and China were revealed to be operating armies of fake profiles  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has removed labels designating global media accounts as government-controlled or funded …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
DeSantis Faces Republican Scrutiny on Issues While Trump Skates By  —  Republican voters seem to be grading Donald Trump on a curve by in his third presidential campaign, while Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida faces a more traditional form of scrutiny.  —  When former President Donald J. Trump …
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MSN:
Trump Wants to End DeSantis's 2024 Campaign Before It Even Begins
Jon Springer / Ad Age:
Bud Light's marketing leadership undergoes shakeup after Dylan Mulvaney controversy  —  Alissa Heinerscheid, who has led the brand since June, takes leave of absence and is replaced by Budweiser global marketing VP Todd Allen  —  Anheuser-Busch InBev has changed marketing leadership …
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
SpaceX didn't want to blow up its launchpad.  It may have done just that.  —  Videos show a war-like barrage of shrapnel blasting away from the launch site into nearby beaches, wetlands and at least one car  —  Big rockets emit tremendous amounts of energy — and none more than SpaceX's Starship …
Discussion: The Drive, Space and The Wrap
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New York Times:
E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants  —  If the regulation is implemented, it will be the first time the federal government has limited carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases.
Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Politico
John Poulos / New York Times:
Dominion's C.E.O.: We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News, but We're Not Done Yet  —  Vindication.  Shame.  Triumph.  Tragedy.  Surrender.  These are a few of the characterizations I've heard following our recent settlement with Fox News in our historic defamation case against the network …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Associated Press:
House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to let Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee question an ex-prosecutor about the criminal case against former President Donald Trump.
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CNN:
Ex-Manhattan prosecutor set to testify before GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in May
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of a changing Earth, as seen from above  —  Charred, drained or swamped, built up, dug out or taken apart, blue or green or turned to dust: this is the Earth as seen from above.  —  As the world commemorates Earth Day on Saturday, the footprints of human activity are visible across the planet's surface.
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Jim Jordan Just Got Busted With Evidence Of His Hunter Biden Lies  —  Jim Jordan and House Judiciary Republicans got caught editing witness interviews to smear the Sec. of State and push their Hunter Biden laptop scandal.  —  Here is what Rep. Jordan's House Judiciary Republicans tweeted.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
House GOP's latest Hunter Biden laptop theory is less than meets the eye
 
 
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 21, 2023  —  Tomorrow is Earth Day, celebrated for the first time in 1970.
Rich Calder / New York Post:
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul ‘test-marketing’ a ban on all tobacco sales
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
MSNBC:
A new clue in the Fani Willis investigation
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Retired Navy Officer Takes on Florida's Book-Ban ‘Fascism’
Discussion: Raw Story
John Paul Schmidt / KOLR:
Springfield man charged with demanding meat at gunpoint
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Birth Control Is Next
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Associated Press:
Montana transgender lawmaker silenced: What to know
Jake Sheridan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police investigating officers' response to mob attack in Loop after witness says police declined to help
Discussion: The Daily Signal, Breitbart and WGN-TV
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Rightwing extremists defeated by Democrats in US school board elections
Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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