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Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
Why Should the Anti-Abortion Movement Settle for Just Ending Roe?
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Supreme Court announces return to courtroom in October
Discussion: New Republic
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A governor's veto pen is the only thing standing between Pa. and Texas-style abortion laws
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
MSNBC host: When will someone look into the GOP-SCOTUS-red state collusion cabal?
Discussion: Politico, TheBlaze and CBS News
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
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.
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 …
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
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and New York Times
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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 …
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 …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trumper Who Chartered Buses To Jan. 6 Rally Pleads Guilty In Capitol Breach Case
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
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: CNBC, Washington Post and UPI
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 …
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
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 …
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.
Alex Thompson / Politico:
West Wing Playbook  —  The power players, latest policy developments, and intriguing whispers percolating inside the West Wing.  —  By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.
Discussion: Breitbart
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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.
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
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 …
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
How Delta Beat Biden  —  Joe Biden's “mission accomplished” moment came on the Fourth of July.  —  Standing behind a lectern adorned with the presidential seal, he peered out at the hundreds of maskless guests drinking beer and eating pulled pork on the South Lawn of the White House.
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Britney Spears' father petitions to end her conservatorship  —  (CNN)Britney Spears' fight to end her court-ordered conservatorship took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when her father and the conservator of her estate, Jamie Spears, filed a petition to end the arrangement.
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 …
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 …
Howard Schneider / Reuters:
Nobelist, senior Democratic economist Stiglitz says Fed's Powell should go  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For U.S. President Joe Biden to be true to his agenda he should not renominate Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, Nobel prize-winning economist and longtime Democratic adviser Joseph Stiglitz …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Perry Bacon / Washington Post:
How the rise of Politico shifted political journalism off course  —  Politico's sale last month to the German media company Axel Springer for a reported $1 billion was the culmination of a stunning rise of a publication founded in 2007 in what most people assumed was an overly-crowded market: coverage of Washington and U.S. politics.
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Intensity of Opposition to Biden Rises, Solid Support Drops in August  —  There's been a lot of focus lately on President Biden's sagging approval ratings.  After a pretty steady (and positive) six months, Biden's overall job approval ratings slid over the summer — especially August.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
New Hampshire Democrat wins GOP-held state House seat  —  A former town councilor in Bedford narrowly won a seat in the New Hampshire state House on Tuesday, the first Democrat to win a previously Republican-held legislative district in any state since President Biden took office.
Discussion: Bipartisan Report
 
 
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Brian Johnson / KMBC:
Fights break out, one person handcuffed following Pleasant Hill School Board meeting
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Chris Bragg / Albany Times Union:
Ethics agency subpoenaed in investigation of Cuomo's book
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
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James Iman / The Art Newspaper:
Italy evicts Steve Bannon's right-wing group from medieval monastery
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David Siders / Politico:
'There's no good news': Biden's rough summer puts Dems on high alert
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Most Parents Support School Mask Mandate
Discussion: The Hill
Rebecca Ellis / opb:
Portland may exempt police force from citywide vaccine mandate
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
The CIA's least covert mission
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Moral Majority Media Strikes Again
Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
US troops' rage at their leaders will grow unless there's deep reform