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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Self-Immolation of the AZ GOP — Inflation is still running a little hot, according to the Department of Labor. Overall inflation was at 3.5 percent year-over-year, with more stable “core” inflation at 3.8 percent. While it's moving in the right direction, it's not returning …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's telling comment on punishing doctors who provide abortions — The Republican Party needs leadership on abortion. Trump is so frightened of it that he's liable to just create more problems. — Back in 2022, when it looked as if the Supreme Court would soon overturn Roe v. Wade …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Arizona Republicans condemn their own abortion policy — On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision banning virtually all abortions in the state. The majority found that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a near-total ban from 1864 — before Arizona was a state — was back in effect.
Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Abortion ruling is a full-on disaster for Arizona Republicans — Opinion: With the return of an 1864 abortion ban, Republicans now face a five-alarm fire that could consume their grip on Arizona. If you are Trump or Kari Lake, you are freaking out right now.
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CBS News:
Biden campaign launching 7-figure ad buy on abortion in Arizona — President Biden's campaign on Thursday launched a seven-figure ad buy in Arizona, focusing on abortion on as the state grapples with the fallout from a state Supreme Court decision earlier this week that enabled an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions.
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Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
‘Shame! Shame!’: Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban — Democrats stymied after state supreme court rules that 1864 law with no exceptions for rape or incest can go into effect — Arizona's state Republican leadership halted an effort by Democrats on Wednesday …
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Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
The GOP's states' rights smokescreen is cover for a national abortion ban
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Axios:
Arizona: The new ground zero for the 2024 election
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Arizona Democrats Tried To Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, But Were Shot Down By GOP
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Jeremy Duda / Axios:
Arizona Republicans block attempt to repeal abortion ban
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Florida 2024 Poll: Plurality Plan to Vote “Yes” on Abortion Protection Ballot Measure — A new Emerson College Polling survey in Florida finds 42% of voters plan to vote yes on the November ballot measure that will provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, 32% are unsure, and 25% will vote no.
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Camille Baker / New York Times:
How Voters Describe the 2024 Election in One Word
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Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump
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New York Times:
Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales — The new rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, is an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons that has fueled gun violence. — The Biden administration has approved the broadest expansion …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Biden Administration Is Closing the ‘Gun Show Loophole’
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Matt Gaetz Is Winning — Usually, you need about 10 minutes to walk from the Rayburn House Office Building to the House Chamber. But if you're running from a reporter, it'll only take you five. — When Matt Gaetz spotted me outside his office door one afternoon early last November …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McCarthy says Gaetz ousted him to stop ethics complaint over sex scandal
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
OJ Simpson dies at 76, family says — O.J. Simpson, the famed football player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a case that became a media sensation and was called the “trial of the century,” has reportedly died. — The 76-year-old former Buffalo Bills star …
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BBC:
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud — Truong My Lan is accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years — It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court liberal won't run again, shaking up race for control — The retirement of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley improves conservatives' chances of retaking the majority after losing it last year in the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history.
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Nico Lang / The Daily Beast:
Florida's Anti-Trans Bathroom Law Spurs Harrowing Vigilante Attacks — ‘THAT FEAR IS REAL’ — A new law in Florida aimed at trans people accessing bathroom facilities owned by the state government is reportedly encouraging vigilantes to patrol private businesses too.
Fortune:
The Trump donor whom Biden can't fire is running the U.S. Postal Service directly into the ground—just what everyone warned about when he was confirmed during the pandemic — Technology has afforded us the ability to connect with nearly anyone, anytime—and free of charge.
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Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
‘Please leave!’ A Jewish UC Berkeley dean confronts pro-Palestinian activist at his home — Altercation between pro-Palestinian protestor and law professor at UC Berkeley law school dean's home — What was supposed to be a celebratory dinner at a dean's home for graduating UC Berkeley law students …
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Will Steakin / ABC News:
Bankruptcy documents detail how GOP NC governor nominee Mark Robinson failed to file federal income taxes for 5 years — Mark Robinson claims Democrats have caused the “death” of “responsibility.” — North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, whom Republican presidential candidate …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The GOP Is the Party of Putin — “RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA HAS MADE ITS WAY into the United States, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base.” That acknowledgement from Michael McCaul, Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was echoed a few days later …
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CNN:
RNC under Lara Trump spreads ‘massive fraud’ claims about 2020 election — The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters' phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election.
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Loses Support Among Black Men, WSJ Poll Finds — New survey of seven battleground states also shows some Black women are weighing other options
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New York Times:
Georgia's Lieutenant Governor to Face Inquiry for Role as Fake Trump Elector — Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., had been disqualified from pursuing the case against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, but another prosecutor said he would now take it over.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's the likely GOP nominee. He can serve even if convicted of a crime. — While many states ban felons from voting, there is no federal prohibition on felons running for or serving in the White House — Donald Trump is facing felony charges in four separate criminal indictments …
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