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8:50 PM ET, May 3, 2022

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Supreme Court in Disarray After an Extraordinary Breach  —  The leak of a draft majority opinion overruling Roe v. Wade raises questions about motives, methods and whether defections are still possible.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — Sources have motives …
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New York Times:
Inside Politico's Historic Scoop  —  Politico's top editors and executives spent Sunday morning sipping Bloody Marys and nibbling bite-size waffles and wienerschnitzel as they chatted with top Washington officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Alito's Plan to Repeal the 20th Century  —  If you are an American with a young daughter, she will grow up in a world without the right to choose when and where she gives birth, and in which nothing restrains a state from declaring her womb its property, with all the invasive authorities that implies.
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Anarchist Collective Shares Instructions to Make DIY Abortion Pills  —  DIY medicine collectives are preparing for the horrifying prospect that Roe v. Wade will be overturned.  —  Jason Koebler  —  With the Supreme Court poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion …
Discussion: Twitchy
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Overturning Roe Is a Radical, Not Conservative, Choice  —  Dear Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Thomas:  —  As you'll no doubt agree, Roe v. Wade was an ill-judged decision when it was handed down on Jan. 22, 1973.  —  It stood on the legal principle …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Unpacking the Draft Supreme Court Opinion Set to Overrule Roe  —  Neal Katyal discusses what the shocking leak means for the future of abortion rights in America—and for the Court.  —  On Monday evening, Politico published a draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito …
Washington Post:
Majority of Americans say Supreme Court should uphold Roe, Post-ABC poll finds  —  A majority of Americans say the Supreme Court should uphold Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion, a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted last week finds.
Wall Street Journal:
Abortion and the Supreme Court  —  This is the moment for the Justices to turn the issue over to the voters.  —  1x  —  The Supreme Court will soon decide an abortion case in which Mississippi has asked the Justices to overturn Roe v. Wade.  The oral argument suggested …
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden  —  We do not know whether this draft is genuine, or whether it reflects the final decision of the Court.  —  With that critical caveat, I want to be clear on three points about the cases before the Supreme Court.  —  First, my administration argued strongly …
David Klion / New York Magazine:
The Leak Is Good, Actually  —  The first thing to be said about Justice Samuel Alito's draft majority opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, which was published by Politico last night, is that it represents a catastrophe for Americans in general and Americans with uteruses in particular.
Patricia McCabe / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release  —  For Further Information Contact:  —  Yesterday, a news organization published a copy of a draft opinion in a pending case.  Justices circulate draft opinions internally as a routine and essential part of the Court's confidential deliberative work.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion The Supreme Court bombshell may soon get even worse for Democrats  —  During the 2021 gubernatorial race in Virginia, Democrats poured millions of dollars into ads highlighting the GOP candidate's opposition to abortion.  Democrats also raised the possibility that the Supreme Court …
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics  —  It costs just over $160 to get a week's worth of data on where people who visited Planned Parenthood came from, and where they went afterwards.  —  Joseph Cox  —  A location data firm is selling information related …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
An America Without Roe v. Wade Will Be a Dark Place
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Collins: Draft Roe decision ‘completely inconsistent’ with what Gorsuch, Kavanaugh said
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Democrats push to ensure women get free birth control promised by ACA
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and emptywheel
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Senate Republicans share abortion talking points
Christine Filer / ABC News:
With Supreme Court poised to reverse Roe, most Americans support abortion rights: POLL
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Amazon's Abortion Travel Benefit Doesn't Include Its Most Vulnerable Workers
Washington Post:
Supreme Court will investigate leaked draft of abortion opinion
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell closes in on Roe after years of pushing the courts rightward
CNN:
Supreme shock  —  “Just now on our site, we've published a story, along with an accompanying side bar …
New York Times:
How Americans are reacting to the Supreme Court news.
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin Worried SCOTUS Could Take Away His Right To Bribe Mistress To Get Abortion
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Times:
Legal experts: SCOTUS leaker could be caught but not face criminal charges, possibly disbarred
Discussion: alicublog
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Sen. Collins: ‘Completely inconsistent’ that Gorsuch, Kavanaugh would support overturning Roe v. Wade
Matt Dolan / New York Times:
Ohio U.S. Senate Primary Election Results  —  The author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance has secured former President Donald J. Trump's endorsement in this crowded and contentious Senate Republican primary that will serve as a test of the former president's influence over congressional races.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio holds off his G.O.P. primary challengers.  —  Matt Dolan, who rejected former President Donald J. Trump's false claims about a stolen election, spent time campaigning in more moderate suburbs in the home stretch.  That is evident in the Cleveland-area early returns.
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Raw Story and FiveThirtyEight
Henry Redman / Wisconsin Examiner:
In interview, Sen. Johnson says it ‘may be true’ that COVID vaccines cause AIDS  —  In a video interview published on the right-wing social media platform Rumble, Sen. Ron Johnson said it “may be true” that vaccines against COVID-19 cause AIDS.  —  Johnson was being interviewed …
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
CNN:
DHS watchdog says Trump's agency appears to have altered report on Russian interference in 2020 election in part because of politics  —  Washington (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security delayed and altered an intelligence report related to Russian interference …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Max Tani / Politico:
Jonathan Karl tests positive for Covid after sitting next to Kim Kardashian  —  ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid-19, people familiar with the matter confirm, days after sitting next to Kim Kardashian at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and interacting with President Joe Biden.
 
 
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