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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The End of Roe Is Just the Beginning  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  By any reasonable political science theory, any normal supposition about how power works in our republic, this day should not have come.  —  The pro-life movement has spent half a century trying to overturn …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Decades Ago, Alito Laid Out Methodical Strategy to Eventually Overrule Roe  —  A slow-burning hostility to constitutional abortion rights runs through the career of the author of the Supreme Court opinion overturning them.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: RADAR
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Radical Reign of Clarence Thomas  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — “What is happening here?” a distraught Nancy Pelosi said on Friday.  —  It's a good question and I can answer it, because I was there at the start of the corrosive chain of events that led to women losing control of their own bodies.
Discussion: ArkansasTimes
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Live Updates: ‘Trigger Laws’ Set Off a Scramble for Abortion Services  —  For abortion clinics and pregnant women, the shift in some states has been sudden and jarring.  Clinics have canceled appointments out of fear of prosecution.  Women are rushing to find treatment in other states.
Discussion: CBS News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The lonely chief: How John Roberts lost control of the court
Chicago Tribune:
Donald Trump endorses Darren Bailey in GOP primary for governor during downstate rally  —  MENDON, Ill. — Former President Donald Trump used a rural west-central Illinois fairgrounds rally Saturday night to endorse Darren Bailey for the Republican nomination for governor in Tuesday's primary …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Rep. Mary Miller Thanks Trump for Giving ‘White Life’ a Win
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Russia will soon exhaust its combat capabilities, Western assessments predict  —  Small shifts in territorial control matter less than the overall balance of forces, which analysts say could shift back in favor of Ukraine in the coming months  —  The Russian military will soon exhaust …
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Report: NFL seeks indefinite suspension of Deshaun Watson, lasting at least one year  —  A slow Saturday on the NFL calendar has picked up considerably.  —  With the NFL knowing that coverage of all things Deshaun Watson is unavoidable, the league steered the emergence of reports into a window where they could be less noticed.
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Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
The NFL Prepares to Push for an Indefinite Suspension of Deshaun Watson  —  The league is angling for a ban of no shorter than one season for the quarterback who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual assault or misconduct  —  Deshaun Watson's sexual misconduct hearing is set to begin …
Alexa Gagosz / The Boston Globe:
Providence off-duty police officer on paid leave after allegedly assaulting political opponent at abortion rights rally  —  Rally organizer and R.I. Political Cooperative co-founder Jennifer Rourke was attempting to deescalate a conflict when Jeann Lugo, her Republican opponent for State Senate District 29 …
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Washington Post:
Two killed in attack on Oslo LGBTQ club; Norway raises terror alert  —  At least two people were killed and 10 seriously injured early Saturday in a shooting attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Oslo.  Norwegian authorities raised the country's terror threat to its highest level Saturday.
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Iran and US ready to restart talks on nuclear deal  —  EU foreign affairs chief says stalemate broken after meeting with Iranian foreign minister in Tehran  —  Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, has said talks will restart on the Iran nuclear deal, averting a complete collapse …
Kevin Rector / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD treatment of journalists denounced, again, after abortion rights protest downtown  —  Independent journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was standing on a sidewalk filming the arrest of an abortion rights protester in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night when a police officer hit her on the side of the head.
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Senator in 2010 deposition: 13-year-olds can consent to sex  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Before he became a leading voice for conservative causes on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator James Lankford spent more than a decade as the director of youth programming at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
New York Times:
How the House Jan. 6 Panel Has Redefined the Congressional Hearing  —  No bloviating speeches or partisan rancor.  Lots of video and a tight script.  The story of Donald J. Trump's efforts to hold on to power is being unspooled in a way totally new to Capitol Hill.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
Adam Sabes / Fox News:
Barbra Streisand says the Supreme Court is ‘the American Taliban’  —  The American actor said that the Supreme Court used ‘religious dogma’ to overturn Roe v. Wade while comparing the court to the ‘Taliban’  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for June 25  —  American singer and actor Barbra Streisand …
DFRLab:
US right-wing influencers stoke fears of left-wing mass violence after Supreme Court ruling on abortion  —  Contextualizing narratives about political violence surrounding the Dobbs v Jackson ruling  —  Conservative US political figures pre-empted and reacted to the United States Supreme Court's rollback …
Discussion: Human Events
NBC News:
Sens. Warren, Smith urge Biden to declare public health emergency following abortion ruling  —  Two of the leading Democratic senators in the reproductive rights space are urging President Joe Biden to declare a public health emergency as nearly two dozen states move to ban the procedure following Roe v. Wade's official repeal Friday.
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith: We've Seen What Will Happen Next to America's Women
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Washington Post:
Many states with anti-abortion laws have pro-choice majorities
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Supreme Court steps into a void left by congressional dysfunction  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) paused for 10 seconds as he pondered whether the Supreme Court had simply become a more powerful branch of government than Congress.  —  Finally, the former constitutional law professor came to a verdict.
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Peter Hasson / Fox News:
Far-left radicals find targets using UGA professors' map of pro-life clinic addresses
Discussion: RedState and BizPac Review
Phil Rosen / Insider:
Russia is days away from a historic debt default as a $100 million payment comes due with Moscow cut off from the global financial system
Amy Mackinnon / Foreign Policy:
Congress Seeks to Declare Putin's War Genocide
Alissa Quart / Washington Post:
Traumatic pregnancies are awful. Dobbs will make that so much worse.
Discussion: New York Times
Bloomberg:
US to Join G-7 in Ban of New Russian Gold Imports to Hit Putin
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Japan needs to update sanctions laws to face future challenges
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden met with Russian oligarch now wanted for murder
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
Sam Metz / Associated Press:
‘Mitt Romney Republican’ is now a potent GOP primary attack
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Gasps, tears and fear: Inside a Texas abortion clinic the moment Roe was overturned
 

 
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