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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Bill Maher pushes back at pro-choice alarmists: 'We're not going back to 1973' if Roe v Wade is overturned  —  Maher casts doubt that reversing Roe v Wade would affect other rights like interracial, same-sex marriage  —  Protests of Supreme Court justices may flout US code
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Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
Outside Kavanaugh's home, a neighbor rallies for abortion rights  —  Lacie Wooten-Holway walked through Chevy Chase on Wednesday night, pausing to stick fliers on her fence, a tree and utility boxes.  She was advertising an abortion rights protest here, in her neighborhood …
Discussion: Twitchy
Dillon Rosenblatt / Arizona Mirror:
GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters wants to allow states to ban contraception use  —  After the U.S. Supreme Court overturns women's constitutional right to abortion this summer, one Arizona Republican candidate for U.S. Senate thinks judges should also take aim at the right to buy and use contraception.
YouTube:
What Does A “Post-Roe” Idaho Look Like? | Rep. Brent Crane and Rep. Lauren Necochea | Idaho Reports
Discussion: Jezebel
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Justice Thomas on SCOTUS decisions: People need to 'live with outcomes we don't agree with'
New York Times:
The Secrets Ed Koch Carried  —  To many New Yorkers, he was their brash and blustery mayor.  But friends are now describing the private strain endured by a public man laboring to conceal his sexual orientation.  —  Edward I. Koch looked like the busiest septuagenarian in New York.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
James Politi / Financial Times:
CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war  —  Bill Burns tells FT conference that invasion may have affected Xi Jinping's calculations over Taiwan  —  The director of the CIA said that Chinese president Xi Jinping has been “unsettled” by the war in Ukraine, which had demonstrated …
Discussion: Reuters
Associated Press:
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public — a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Irish reunification?  Sinn Féin win in Northern Ireland shakes up UK  —  The elections in Northern Ireland produced the political earthquake that the polls predicted — but what will happen when the ground stops shaking?  For the first time since partition, a nationalist party …
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Associated Press:
Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ as it wins Northern Ireland vote  —  BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, which seeks unification with Ireland, hailed a “new era” Saturday for Northern Ireland as it captured the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time in a historic win.
David Siders / Politico:
Ohio was a test case for 2024.  The GOP establishment looks screwed.  —  The conventional view of J.D. Vance's victory in Ohio's Senate primary this week was that it demonstrated the power of Donald Trump's endorsement.  —  But the election results also delivered something else …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Idaho GOP riven by primary civil war
Discussion: Raw Story
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Elon Musk plans to FIRE 1,000 Twitter staff, quintuple revenue, get 69 million users paying $3 a month and cut reliance on advertising income, presentation to investors shows  — Elon Musk plans to quintuple Twitter's revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 committee narrows legal fight against Eastman as hearings approach  —  The Jan. 6 select committee is moving to sharply narrow its legal battle with attorney John Eastman, the architect of Donald Trump's last-ditch bid to overturn the 2020 election, as it prepares to unveil the findings of its 10-month investigation.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
White House alarmed that Commerce probe is ‘smothering’ solar industry  —  The investigation is examining allegations that China is illegally circumventing U.S. tariffs.  —  Top climate officials in the Biden administration are warning that a federal investigation into alleged dodging …
Discussion: Forbes and Press Herald
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia's Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate  —  KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine — The solicitation to commit treason came to Oleksandr Vilkul on the second day of the war, in a phone call from an old colleague.  —  Mr. Vilkul, the scion of a powerful political family in southeastern Ukraine …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Dave's Newsletter
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Fred Savage Fired As ‘The Wonder Years’ EP/Director Following Investigation Into Inappropriate Conduct  —  EXCLUSIVE: Disney is severing ties with Fred Savage following multiple complaints of misconduct in his role as executive producer and director on the freshman ABC comedy series The Wonder Years …
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say  —  On Oct. 17, 2020, influential GOP donor Steven F. Hotze made an urgent request during a phone call with a top federal prosecutor in Texas, according to a court filing Friday by the Houston district attorney's office.
Washington Post:
Ukraine lays out peace-talk demands as the West braces for escalation  —  Zelensky says Ukraine must get E.U. membership, restoration of pre-invasion borders, Russian accountability and the return of refugees.  —  RIGA, Latvia — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined his conditions Friday …
Discussion: Newsweek and RedState
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Washington Post:
Opinion Our democracy at home depends on preserving freedom in Ukraine
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Ukraine: Women, kids, older adults evacuated from steel mill  —  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's deputy prime minister says all women, children and older adults have been evacuated from a Mariupol steel mill long besieged by Russian forces.  —  “The president's order has been carried out …
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Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:   Russia's offensive in Donbas bogs down
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Nebraska, a Trump-Inspired Candidate Cracks Open Divide in the G.O.P.  —  Charles W. Herbster's bid for governor has set off a bitter fight for power in a state once known for its genteel politics.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WAHOO, Neb. — In his run for governor of Nebraska …
 
 
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Bryan Anderson / WRAL-TV:
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn gave cousin $141K in campaign and taxpayer funds, records show
Discussion: Fox News, RedState and Joe.My.God.
Owen Churchill / South China Morning Post:
Elon Musk's Twitter deal raises concern about China's influence on platform
Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
7 persistent claims about abortion, fact-checked
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Insider:
How Democrats could accidentally hit Americans with big health insurance bills right before the midterms
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jan. 6 defendant, who prosecutors say chased Officer Goodman, has cooperated with committee
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Limits of Privilege  —  The new abortion regime is going to affect everyone.
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner's New Fund Plans to Invest Saudi Money in Israel
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Ukraine world:
“The Ukrainian garrison in Mariupol can still be saved”: urgent address to European leaders
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Rewards offered after dolphin ‘harassed to death’ on Texas beach, another impaled in Florida
Discussion: Insider
WTVF-TV:
Gov. Lee signs law criminalizing mail-order abortion pills
Discussion: Associated Press