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Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
Why Should the Anti-Abortion Movement Settle for Just Ending Roe?  —  Two eminent philosophers, disguised as bad historians, show SCOTUS a path to a 50-state abortion ban.  —  Anyone who rides horses recognizes the moment when, at the end of a ride, a tired horse spots the barn.
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Supreme Court announces return to courtroom in October
Discussion: New Republic
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
MSNBC host: When will someone look into the GOP-SCOTUS-red state collusion cabal?
Discussion: Politico, TheBlaze and CBS News
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A governor's veto pen is the only thing standing between Pa. and Texas-style abortion laws
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Supreme Court hanging up phone, back to in-person arguments
Discussion: Political Wire
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
The top 1 percent are evading $163 billion a year in taxes, the Treasury finds.  —  WASHINGTON — The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans are the nation's most egregious tax evaders, failing to pay as much as $163 billion in owed taxes per year, according to a new Treasury Department report released on Wednesday.
Discussion: Mediaite and Forbes
Peter Boghossian / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
My University Sacrificed Ideas for Ideology.  So Today I Quit.  —  The more I spoke out against the illiberalism that has swallowed Portland State University, the more retaliation I faced. … Dear Provost Susan Jeffords,  —  ​​I'm writing to you today to resign as assistant professor …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The looming chaos of Trump 2024  —  There is nothing substantively different about what Donald Trump is now than what he was in 2015.  —  He is as indifferent to the expectations of elected leadership as he ever was, choosing to recognize the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a …
Discussion: HotAir and Townhall
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:   Is Donald Trump Finished?
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trumper Who Chartered Buses To Jan. 6 Rally Pleads Guilty In Capitol Breach Case
Discussion: Raw Story
Lee Drutman / New York Times:
Quiz: If America Had Six Parties, Which Would You Belong To?  —  This essay is part of a series exploring bold ideas to revitalize and renew the American experiment.  Read more about this project in a note from Ezekiel Kweku, Opinion's politics editor.  —  America's two-party system is broken.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop  —  An internal police chief memo shows employees were directed to use ‘field interview cards’ which would then be reviewed  —  he Los Angeles police department (LAPD) has directed its officers to collect …
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
How the N.Y.P.D. Is Using Post-9/11 Tools on Everyday New Yorkers  —  Two decades after the attack on New York City, the Police Department is using counterterrorism tools and tactics to combat routine street crime.  —  It was an unusual forearm tattoo that the police said led them to Luis Reyes …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
More Americans say 9/11 changed U.S. for worse than better, Post-ABC poll finds
Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
CDC tightened masking guidelines after threats from teachers union, emails show  —  Emails show further coordination between Biden administration and teachers unions  —  White House used deep union ties to censor criticism on school mask guidance  —  The Biden administration tightened …
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:   How Delta Beat Biden
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The World Is Getting More Dangerous.  A Lot More.  —  Anti-mask violence in America.  A coup brewing in Brazil.  —  1. Danger Signs  —  This is not normal: … Wait, there's more: … So we have three dudes rolling up on an elementary school.  Only one of them is a parent with a kid enrolled …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Wall Street Journal:
Sex and Drug Videos to Minors  —  After signing up for an account on TikTok, a 13-year-old user started by searching the app for “onlyfans”—the name of a site known for hosting adult entertainment—then watched a handful of videos in the results, including two selling pornography.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin backs as little as $1 trillion of Biden's $3.5 trillion plan  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) has privately warned the White House and congressional leaders that he has specific policy concerns with President Biden's $3.5 trillion social spending dream — and he'll support as little …
Garrett M. Graff / The Atlantic:
After 9/11, the U.S. Got Almost Everything Wrong  —  On the Friday after 9/11, President George W. Bush visited the New York City site that the world would come to know as Ground Zero.  After rescue workers shouted that they couldn't hear him as he spoke to them through a bullhorn, he turned toward them and ad-libbed.
Mike Coppinger / ESPN:
Donald Trump, son to provide commentary on Evander Holyfield-Vitor Belfort alternate telecast  —  Former President Donald Trump has signed a contract to provide commentary on a “gamecast” of Saturday's boxing event headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort, Triller told ESPN on Tuesday.
Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal:
Australia's Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People's Facebook Comments  —  Decision could hinder the promoting of important public-interest journalism, legal experts say  —  SYDNEY—Australia's highest court found that newspapers and television stations that post articles …
John Aguilar / Denver Post:
“I am angry today:” Jeffco's top health official halts mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics after medical staff harassed  —  Motorist runs over signs at a vaccine clinic over the Labor Day weekend  —  The head of Jefferson County Public Health pulled the agency's three COVID-19 vaccination vans off …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
One Thing We Can Agree on Is That We're Becoming a Different Country  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  A highly charged ideological transition reflecting a “massive four-decade long shift in political values …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ivan Penn / New York Times:
From 4% to 45%: Biden Offers Ambitious Blueprint for Solar Energy  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday released a plan to produce almost half of the nation's electricity from the sun by 2050 as part of its effort to combat climate change.  —  Solar energy provided less than 4 percent …
Discussion: Washington Post, CNBC and UPI
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
When Republicans talk about the ‘real America,’ they are not talking about the real America.  ‘Real America’ is anti-American  —  What Jim Jordan means.  —  United States Representative Jim Jordan wrote the following to accompany a video of University of Wisconsin students going wild …
Discussion: Breitbart
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Sleaze and Slime: Former Bill Clinton Intern Now Claiming to Be ‘Republican’ Launders Expunged, Dismissed Allegations After Trump Endorses Opponent  —  Jeff Bartos, a former intern for former Democrat President Bill Clinton — now running as a Republican in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate primary …
Politico:
Trump chooses Cheney challenger in major test of political clout  —  Donald Trump is set to back Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman as she prepares a primary challenge against GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, according to three people with knowledge of his plans, marking the most important political endorsement yet in Trump's post-presidency.
CNN:
Biden administration tells ex-Trump officials to resign from military academy advisory boards or be dismissed  —  (CNN)The Biden administration has told 11 officials appointed to military service academy advisory boards by former President Donald Trump to resign or be dismissed, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN's KFile.
Discussion: Political Wire
Harry Reid / LasVegasSun.com:
Abolishing the filibuster would pay dividends for Nevadans  —  Editor's note: Following a longstanding tradition, Brian Greenspun turned over his Where I Stand column to others in August.  Today, we continue to present columns submitted by those guests.  In presenting this year's series …
Discussion: The Hill
James Laporta / Associated Press:
A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable moment  —  One day not long ago, I watched my soon-to-be 3-year-old son jump up and down to the sound of “ho” and “hey.”  —  It's a song by The Lumineers, an American folk-rock band.  The lyrics and stomp reverberate throughout the kitchen and into the house.
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Four Taliban members swapped for Bowe Bergdahl now in Afghan government  —  Four of the five Taliban members released from Guantanamo Bay by the Obama administration in 2014 in exchange for admitted US Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl are part of the Islamic fundamentalist group's new hardline government …
Sam Sachs / WFLA-TV:
Florida judge rules to set aside stay, allowing mask mandates in schools  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida's battle over mask mandates in schools returned to Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper's courtroom Wednesday morning, where Cooper ruled to allow mask policies and removed the automatic stay from the previous order.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Forbes
The White House:
President Biden Names Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees  —  The President is announcing eight new candidates for the federal bench, all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution.  —  These choices also continue to fulfill …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Jacob Bacharach / Gawker:
Speaking Freely Has Never Been Easier  —  Although the pandemic has proven more tenacious than most of us had hoped, our stupefied country has begun its inevitable reversion to “normal,” having learned nothing much along the way.  Restaurants are back; cranks have returned to school board meetings …
 
 
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Brian Johnson / KMBC:
Fights break out, one person handcuffed following Pleasant Hill School Board meeting
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Italy evicts Steve Bannon's right-wing group from medieval monastery
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Portland may exempt police force from citywide vaccine mandate
Discussion: Raw Story
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Intensity of Opposition to Biden Rises, Solid Support Drops in August
Howard Schneider / Reuters:
Nobelist, senior Democratic economist Stiglitz says Fed's Powell should go
Discussion: Common Dreams
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
New Hampshire Democrat wins GOP-held state House seat
Discussion: Bipartisan Report
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Moral Majority Media Strikes Again
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Britney Spears' father petitions to end her conservatorship
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