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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Kanye West, Donald Trump and the effort to overturn the 2020 results in Georgia  —  On the afternoon of Jan. 2, 2021, President Donald Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a futile, last-ditch attempt to reverse his electoral loss in the state precisely two months prior.
Reuters:
Two election workers break silence after enduring Trump backers' threats
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump blasts Netanyahu for disloyalty: “F**k him”  —  Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu were the closest of political allies during the four years they overlapped in office, at least in public.  Not anymore.  “I haven't spoken to him since,” Trump said of the former Israeli prime minister.
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Washington Post:
Judge says Texas abortion law's enforcement mechanism unconstitutional  —  The enforcement mechanism for Texas's abortion ban, which is the most restrictive in the nation and effectively outlaws the procedure, violates the Texas constitution, a state judge ruled Thursday.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect  —  The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed …
Discussion: Reuters and Deadline
Washington Post:
The Supreme Court isn't well.  The only hope for a cure is more justices.  —  Nancy Gertner is a retired U.S. District Court judge.  Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor emeritus and professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard Law School.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban  —  WASHINGTON — Texas cannot escape a constitutional challenge to its six-week abortion ban, the US Supreme Court ruled Friday, reviving a fight over the strictest antiabortion law in the country months …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court won't stop Texas abortion ban, but OKs clinics' suit  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state's ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect.  —  The court acted Friday …
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court allows lawsuits against Texas anti-abortion law to proceed
Discussion: CBS News
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation surged 6.8% in November, even more than expected, to fastest rate since 1982  — Inflation rose 6.8% from a year ago in November, slightly higher than estimates according to the consumer price index released Friday.  — Excluding food and energy, the CPI increased 4.9%, in line with expectations.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Prices climbed 6.8% in November compared with last year, largest rise in nearly four decades, as inflation spreads through economy  —  Over the past few weeks and months, policymakers at the Federal Reserve and White House have backed away from the message that inflation is just temporary
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid Malaise  —  Why do Americans say the economy is in rough shape?  Because it is.  —  Offices remain eerily empty.  Airlines have canceled thousands of flights.  Subways and buses are running less often.  Schools sometimes call off entire days of class.  Consumers waste time waiting in store lines.
Discussion: HotAir
Washington Post:
British High Court rules in favor of U.S. extradition of Julian Assange  —  LONDON — A British High Court ruled Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act.  —  The 50-year-old Australian will remain …
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump's White House Passed Around a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy  —  The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol on Thursday released slides from a PowerPoint calling for former President Trump to declare a national security emergency in order …
Kate Marino / Axios:
1 big thing: OG meme hype dies down  —  GameStop and AMC are shedding that unprecedented Reddit day-trader chatter and those eye-popping stock swings — two defining factors for the meme stock cohort, Axios' Courtenay Brown writes.  —  Why it matters: The hype for the OG meme stocks …
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Kate Marino / Axios:   Economist group touts Build Back Better as inflation offset
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
William Hartmann, 63, Michigan Official Who Disputed Election, Dies  —  He refused to certify Joseph Biden's victory over Donald Trump in Detroit but later relented.  A foe of Covid vaccines, he was hospitalized with the virus.  —  William Hartmann, one of two Republican election officials …
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:   Anti-Vax Republican Who Denied Michigan Election Certification Dies of COVID
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘We will not be defeated’: 36 hours of Fox News covering its own Christmas tree fire  —  A man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to the giant tree in Manhattan.  It became a major story.  —  For more than 36 hours after a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree outside Fox News's Manhattan headquarters …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A ‘War on Christmas’ Story
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
11 Million New Oysters in New York Harbor (but None for You to Eat)  —  The oysters, which act as nonstop water filters, were added to the Hudson River as part of an ongoing project to rehabilitate the polluted waterways around the city.  —  The restoration of New York Harbor has reached …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin barrels toward invading Ukraine, encouraged by Trump  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's path toward threatening an invasion of Ukraine is marked by reckless actions.  In this move toward defiance of international norms, Putin has been subtly encouraged by former president Donald Trump, a fellow traveler in recklessness.
Discussion: Twitchy, Raw Story and Reuters
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Public view on Biden's handling of Covid and the economy takes another hit, CNBC survey shows  — President Joe Biden's overall approval rating stabilized at a low level of 41%, according to the CNBC All-America Survey.  — Biden's approval rating on handling the economy and dealing with the coronavirus both declined.
New Yorker:
The Secret History of the U.S. Diplomatic Failure in Afghanistan  —  A trove of unreleased documents reveals a dispiriting record of misjudgment, hubris, and delusion that led to the fall of the Western-backed government. … On April 14th, President Joe Biden ended the longest war in United States history …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Public Life Can't Survive Without a Center  —  The loudest, most prominent voices in public life are not always the most influential.  Some of the people who leave the most profound impact—the ones who actually shape the thinking of a generation—do so quietly.  Fred Hiatt, who died earlier this week, was one of those people.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Enlarging the House Won't Fix U.S. Politics  —  Congress is already far too centralized.  It's hard to believe more rank-and-file members would help.  —  Should the House of Representatives be larger?  A new paper by Lee Drutman, Jonathan D. Cohen, Yuval Levin and Norman J. Ornstein makes …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Needs to Get Serious  —  Her shaky standing is a danger to the country given the position she could be called on to fill.  —  President Biden's poll numbers are bad and Vice President Kamala Harris's are worse.  A survey this week from conservative-leaning Rasmussen had her at 39% favorable …
Discussion: Deseret News
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Inflation Rising at Fastest Pace in Nearly 40 Years, New Data Shows  —  The U.S. stock market has been on a run, with the S&P 500 up nearly 4 percent so far this week, and more than 25 percent for the year.  Fears about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus quickly faded, with stocks regaining lost ground.
Discussion: HotAir
CBO Publications:
Budgetary Effects of Making Specified Policies in the Build Back Better Act Permanent  —  This letter responds to a request from Senator Graham and Congressman Jason Smith for a projection of the budgetary effects, including the effects on interest costs, of a modified version of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act.
Associated Press:
Reality TV's Josh Duggar convicted of child porn possession  —  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was immediately taken into custody Thursday after a federal jury convicted him of downloading and possessing child pornography.  —  The jury in Fayetteville …
 
 
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
So You Lost the Election. We Had Nothing to Do With It.
Discussion: NBC News, New Republic and NPR
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Foreign governments desperate for Covid vaccines turn to K Street for help
Washington Post:
In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies
Discussion: Althouse and National Review
Ally Schweitzer / DCist:
Can D.C.'s Economy Survive Federal Telework?
Jorgelina Manna-Rea / WUSF Public Media:
Belief in climate change is growing among Florida Republicans, an FAU survey shows
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
AOC's latest rant about law enforcement actually makes a good point
Discussion: Instapundit
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson and the desperate, shoddy search for Jan. 6 ‘provocateurs’
Discussion: HuffPost
 Earlier Items: 
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump-Backed Mo Brooks Shakes Up His Struggling Alabama Senate Campaign
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Politico:
McCarthy's proxy voting opposition could reshape the House
Sophie Quinton / The Pew Charitable Trusts:
With Too Few Nurses, It Won't Take Much to Overwhelm Hospitals This Winter
Washington Post:
One way to reform the House of Representatives? Expand it.
Houston Chronicle:
Some Texas religious leaders live in lavish, tax-free estates thanks to obscure law
CNN:
GOP senators and Manchin in talks to work around Cruz's ambassador blockade
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
A Surge in Trading Preceded Trump's SPAC Deal
Discussion: Raw Story
Miriam Zinter / HuffPost:
I'm Black But Look White. Here Are The Horrible Things White People Feel Safe Telling Me.
 

 
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
A number of Apple users say they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on April 26 and forced to reset their password before logging back in

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers
 
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