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•••• The New York Times • Carl Hulse • 16 hours ago • nytimes.com
Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her.
“I am a don’t-rock-the-boat kind of judge,” the justice told the senator in a discussion on Roe, according to notes from a meeting before his confirmation.
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••• The Washington Post • Caroline Kitchener • 16 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
‘We’re done’: Chaos and tears as an abortion clinic abruptly shuts down
An emotional scene unfolded as this Texas clinic turned away patients as soon as the Supreme Court overturned Roe.
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Caroline Kitchener@CAKitchener
I spent today in a Houston abortion clinic. They had 20 patients on the schedule — and had to figure out how to turn them away.
Grateful to the providers, staff and patients who trusted me to observe these vulnerable moments that will go down in history.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
15 hours ago
••••• The New York Times • Shawn Hubler • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Thousands Protest End of Constitutional Right to Abortion
The Supreme Court decision on Friday was immediately met with celebration and anger. Crowds gathered in cities like Washington, New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles as many states enacted abortion bans and clinics stopped offering the procedure.
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Maggie Haberman@maggieNYT
Pence calls for a national abortion ban nytimes.com/live/2022/06/2…
1 day ago
••• The Atlantic • Ronald Brownstein • 1 day ago • theatlantic.com
America Is Growing Apart, Possibly for Good
The great “convergence” of the mid-20th century may have been an anomaly.
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David A. Graham@GrahamDavidA
The *material, measurable* differences between what we might call Red America and Blue America are astonishing theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
21 hours ago
• CNN • Daniel Dale, CNN • 7 hours ago • cnn.com
Fact check: Democratic group makes multiple false claims in its dramatic allegations about Lauren Boebert's past
A Democratic super PAC has made multiple false claims about Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert while pushing unproven allegations that the right-wing Colorado congresswoman has had abortions and formerly worked as an escort, all of which Boebert vehemently denies.
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The New York Times • Ross Douthat • 7 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | The End of Roe Is Just the Beginning
An improbable anti-abortion triumph yields an uncertain political future.
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• The New York Times • Adam Liptak • 17 hours ago • nytimes.com
June 24, 2022: The Day Chief Justice Roberts Lost His Court
Outflanked by five impatient and ambitious justices to his right, the chief justice has become powerless to pursue his incremental approach.
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• POLITICO • 1 day ago • politico.com
What changed from Justice Alito’s draft opinion to final ruling on Roe
Justice Samuel Alito used his rewrite to take shots at Chief Justice John Roberts and liberal dissenters.
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Alex Burns@alexburnsNYT
"Despite fierce lobbying from outside forces to pull back from the precipice of overturning Roe, Alito’s writing contains all 10 key passages POLITICO identified in early May as the critical pieces of the abortion ruling."
politico.com/news/2022/06/2…
15 hours ago
The Atlantic • Tom Nichols • 4 hours ago • theatlantic.com
It Feels Like 1979 Again
But don’t be fooled: 2022 is its own beast.
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The Atlantic • Adam Serwer • 5 hours ago • theatlantic.com
The Constitution Is Whatever the Right Wing Says It Is
The Supreme Court majority’s undead constitutionalism is transforming right-wing media tropes into law.
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•• The Washington Post • Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Youngkin to seek 15-week abortion law in Virginia after Supreme Court ruling
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) said he's tasked four GOP lawmakers to come up with a 15-week abortion law following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal right to an abortion.
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Associated Press • Steve Peoples • 12 hours ago • apnews.com
Dems hope to harness outrage, sadness after abortion ruling
YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — The shock quickly turned to sadness for Victoria Lowe. The 37-year-old lawyer, working outside a cafe in suburban Bucks County, Pennsylvania, said she couldn't believe the Supreme Court stripped away the constitutional right to abortion that women have had her entire life.
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• The 19th • Chabeli Carrazana • 16 hours ago • 19thnews.org
Patients sat in abortion clinic waiting rooms as Roe fell. They all had to be turned away.
In states with “trigger” laws, abortion services came to a halt on Friday morning as news rippled through clinic lobbies and patients, whose appointments were minutes outside of the window to receive care, had to be turned away.
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HuffPost • Andy Campbell, Alanna Vagianos • 14 hours ago • huffpost.com
Truck Driver Rams Into Abortion Rights Demonstrators At Roe Rally In Iowa
A victim told HuffPost that the agitated driver careened into protesters on purpose in downtown Cedar Rapids. At least one person was hospitalized.
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Lyz Lenz@lyzl
I'm still in shock a little. I saw a man try to kill two women, while his wife screamed and told him to stop. I'm grateful to @AndyBCampbell for reporting it out huffpost.com/entry/truck-dr…
13 hours ago
DFRLab • @DFRLab • 2 hours ago • medium.com
US right-wing influencers stoke fears of left-wing mass violence after Supreme Court ruling on…
Contextualizing narratives about political violence surrounding the Dobbs v Jackson ruling
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The Washington Post • Catherine Rampell • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Democrats had an opportunity for a major political realignment. They blew it.
Democrats' anti-business blather has cost them a valuable political partner and hampered their ability to respond to the economic crisis of our times.
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Catherine Rampell@crampell
If you're wondering why Dems seem so willfully confused about what's been causing inflation, and what policies could modestly alleviate it, it might be because a contingent of the populist left views even *talking* to the business community as selling out. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
1 day ago
The New York Times • Maureen Dowd • 7 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | The Radical Reign of Clarence Thomas
An out-of-control court sends women back to the Dark Ages.
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Cliff Levy@cliffordlevy
"This is a story about men gaining power by trading away something that meant little to them compared with their own stature: the rights of women."
-- @maureendowd in @nytopinion
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•• Bulwark+ • Charlie Sykes • 1 day ago • morningshots.thebulwark.com
Donald Trump's Insane Criminal Conspiracy
What we learned at Thursday's 1/6 hearing
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Charlie Sykes@SykesCharlie
Yes, Jeffrey Clark was a clownish Iago; the theories about Italian satellites were certifiably insane; Trump’s election lies were absurd and easily debunked; and the smoking guns are right there in plain sight.
But, it was a damned close run thing.
morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump…
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The Washington Post • Michael Scherer • 18 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Supreme Court goes against public opinion in rulings on abortion, guns
Until recently, the court hewed closely to shifting public views on key social issues like same-sex marriage, private sexual conduct, workplace protections for transgender people, and popular support for laws and executive orders on immigration and health care.
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michaelscherer@michaelscherer
New: “It used to be the case that where the court fell was well within the lines of the average Americans’ positions. Now we are estimating that the court falls more squarely in line with the average Republican, not the average American.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
17 hours ago
• The New Yorker • Jia Tolentino • 1 day ago • newyorker.com
We’re Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe. We’re Going Somewhere Worse
We are entering an era not just of unsafe abortions but of the widespread criminalization of pregnancy.
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Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis
This is what it actually means to criminalize abortion.
I am not sure America is prepared for the level of invasive policing that women are about to endure.
newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…
via @jiatolentino
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Associated Press • Maryclaire Dale • 23 hours ago • apnews.com
Some US clinics stop doing abortions as ruling takes hold
Abortion bans that were put on the books in some states in the event Roe v. Wade was overturned started automatically taking effect Friday, while clinics elsewhere — including Alabama, Texas and West Virginia — stopped performing abortions for fear of prosecution, sending women away in tears.
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The New York Times • Maggie Haberman, Michael C. Bender • 19 hours ago • nytimes.com
The Man Most Responsible for Ending Roe Worries That It Could Hurt His Party
Former President Donald J. Trump has privately told friends and advisers that a ruling overturning Roe v. Wade will be “bad for Republicans.”
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POLITICO • 23 hours ago • politico.com
Trump greenlights Russia-related records access for conservative-favored journalist
John Solomon, who garnered Republicans’ praise during Donald Trump’s first impeachment, could access some non-public documents with the National Archives.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan@woodruffbets
New: Trump has made John Solomon an official representative on his behalf to the National Archives so he can get access to Russia documents
politico.com/news/2022/06/2…
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The Salt Lake Tribune • 15 hours ago • sltrib.com
GOP lawmaker says she trusts Utah women to control their ‘intake of semen’ as abortion trigger law goes into effect (see video)
Utah Republicans in the Legislature celebrated Friday's Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on abortion.
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Bulwark+ • Tim Miller • 21 hours ago • thetriad.thebulwark.com
Jan. 6th and ‘Why We Did It’
The mental contortions of the Coup Guys.
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The Atlantic • David Frum • 4 days ago • theatlantic.com
Dave Chappelle’s Not Kidding
The comedian’s proposal to defer having his name on his high school’s theater might seem conciliatory. But it’s a big bet on what he believes.
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The New York Times • Michael S. Schmidt, Luke Broadwater, Maggie Haberman • Last hour • nytimes.com
How the House Jan. 6 Panel Has Redefined the Congressional Hearing
No bloviating speeches or partisan rancor. Lots of video and a tight script. The story of Donald J. Trump’s efforts to hold on to power is being unspooled in a way totally new to Capitol Hill.
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••• POLITICO • Ryan Lizza • 1 day ago • politico.com
POLITICO Playbook: New Jan. 6 witness: Trump had mystery call with Putin
And five GOP House members inquired with Trump officials about pardons.
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Daniel Lippman@dlippman
NEW: Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov had lunch on Thursday at Cafe Milano in Georgetown with former U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad. I was at a nearby table and overheard much of the conversation. What they said, via @playbookdc: politico.com/newsletters/pl…
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Very Serious • Josh Barro • 16 hours ago • joshbarro.com
Republicans Are Willing to Pay a Political Price to Ban Abortion. It's Up to Democrats to Make Them Pay It.
Abortion strategy after Roe. Plus: Reappraising Kyrsten Sinema.
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The Washington Post • Jon Swaine, Dalton Bennett • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Jan. 6 committee, DOJ seek footage of Roger Stone from Danish filmmakers
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The New York Times • Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith • 7 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith: We’ve Seen What Will Happen Next to America’s Women
Roe is gone, but the fight has just begun.
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The Providence Journal • Amy Russo • 12 hours ago • providencejournal.com
Hundreds rally for abortion rights at RI State House; chaos erupts within crowd
The largely peaceful protest saw two arrests after fights broke out in the crowd.
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CNN • Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN • 18 hours ago • cnn.com
Suspected Russian spy was well-liked by classmates, but something just seemed a little off
Victor Muller's accent just didn't sound right.
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The Cut • Rebecca Traister • 20 hours ago • thecut.com
The Necessity of Hope
Things are bad. They will get worse. But despair has never been an option.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Molly Beck, Lawrence Andrea • 1 day ago • jsonline.com
Ron Johnson now says he helped coordinate effort to pass false elector slates to Pence, but his new explanation drew a quick rebuke
In response to Johnson's explanation, a Pennsylvania Republican said: "Senator Johnson's statements about Representative Kelly are patently false."
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Axios • Jonathan Swan • 4 hours ago • axios.com
Pence draws contrast with Trump over how to embrace abortion decision
Donald Trump has privately worried about the political risks to Republicans of overturning abortion rights in a midterm election year.
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POLITICO • 8 hours ago • politico.com
The lonely chief: How John Roberts lost control of the court
The chief justice had zero support for his middle of the road effort on Roe v. Wade.
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The Washington Post • Silvia Foster-Frau • 19 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
LGBTQ community braces for rollback of rights after abortion ruling
LGBTQ community across the country wonders "Are we next?" after Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
The New York Times • Andrew Kirtzman • 7 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | ‘I Happen to Be in Love.’ The Affair of Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani.
Giuliani’s loyalty to the former president was born in his darkest moment.
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The Washington Post • Molly Roberts • 21 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | My pregnancy was unlucky. My abortion wasn’t.
The bulwark of Roe v. Wade made luck less important. That's gone now.
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• The Washington Post • Jennifer Rubin • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | The Supreme Court eviscerates abortion rights and its own legitimacy
A culture firestorm is coming.
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The Washington Post • Caroline Kitchener • 5 days ago • washingtonpost.com
This Texas teen wanted an abortion. She now has twins.
Brooke Alexander found out she was pregnant days before the abortion ban took effect.
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Caroline Kitchener@CAKitchener
Nearly 10 months into the Texas abortion ban, women have started having the babies they never planned to carry to term.
I got to know Brooke Alexander — an 18-year-old in Corpus Christi who wanted an abortion, and now has twins. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
5 days ago
The New York Times • Kate Zernike • 23 hours ago • nytimes.com
Americans Celebrate and Mourn Abortion Decision as New Fights Loom
The Supreme Court sent the issue of abortion back to the states in an even more polarized era than when Roe v. Wade was introduced.
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Associated Press • David Sharp • 20 hours ago • apnews.com
After abortion ruling, critics renew blasts at Sen. Collins
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sen. Susan Collins was blasted Friday for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as opponents targeted her votes to confirm two justices to the Supreme Court who were in the majority opinion allowing states to ban abortion.
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NPR • Nina Totenberg, Sarah McCammon • 1 day ago • npr.org
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.
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Nina Totenberg@NinaTotenberg
I was a very young & green reporter when #SCOTUS decided Roe. The vote then was 7-2, w mainly Republican appointees. Even conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater supported abortion rights. The amazing thing was that Roe wasn't the lead story. LBJ's death was. npr.org/2022/06/24/110…
18 hours ago
The New York Times • Christopher F. Schuetze • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Germany Ends Ban on Abortion Advertisement
The vote to scrap the law came on the same day that Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Washington Post • Caroline Kitchener, Kevin Schaul, N. Kirkpatrick, Daniela Santamariña, Lauren Tierney • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Abortion will soon be banned in 13 states. Here’s which could be next.
Thirteen states have "trigger bans" to criminalize abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Several other states are likely to enact similar laws.
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•• The New York Times • Richard L. Hasen • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | No One Is Above the Law, and That Starts With Donald Trump
The prosecution of the former president is not only permissible but required for the sake of American democracy.
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The New York Times • Annie Karni, Emily Cochrane • 16 hours ago • nytimes.com
Leaving Wish Lists at the Door, Senators Found Consensus on Guns
The bipartisan gun safety legislation that cleared Congress on Friday was the product of weeks of fraught negotiations that started with both sides acknowledging what had to stay off the table.
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Annie Karni@anniekarni
The NRA was deeply involved in drafting the bill, ultimately opposing it over a demand that the boyfriend loophole include a clause that would have loosened current law.
Everytown was also deep in, w/a staffer embedded in the negotiations advising Dems.
nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/…
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The New York Times • Sheryl Gay Stolberg • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Thomas’s concurring opinion raises questions about what rights might be next.
The same rationale could also be used to overturn cases establishing rights to contraception, same-sex consensual relations and same-sex marriage.
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