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New York Times:
Bragg Sues Jim Jordan in Move to Block Interference in Trump Case  —  Mr. Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, had subpoenaed a former prosecutor who worked on the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into former President Donald J. Trump.  —  The Manhattan district attorney …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Manhattan DA sues Rep. Jim Jordan to block GOP inquiry into Trump case
Hannah Hartig / Pew Research Center:
By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state  —  With the future of abortion pills in legal jeopardy, more Americans say medication abortion should be legal than illegal in their state, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Discussion: New York Post and Political Wire
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Republicans Are Silent On The Abortion Pill Ruling, Despite Confirming The Judge Behind It  —  GOP senators voted for the Trump-appointed judge knowing he was rabidly anti-abortion.  But none would tell HuffPost if they're happy about his court order.  —  Democrats are all but banging pots …
New York Times:
Abortion Pill Ruling: Read Annotated Excerpts From F.D.A. Case
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Between the Tennessee Three, Abortion, and Trump, the GOP Just Loves Losing  —  The GOP turned three Tennessee Democrats into celebrities, the unpopular antiabortion crackdown is still in full force, and the party is rallying around an indicted Donald Trump.  What politically disastrous decision will Republicans make next?
Discussion: New York Times
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Politico:
Republicans facing a reckoning later this week
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Gov. Bill Lee calls for ‘order of protection law’ to keep guns away from dangerous individuals
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Fox Producer: There Are Secret Rudy Giuliani Recordings About Dominion  —  In an amended legal complaint, Abby Grossberg said that Fox News failed to provide Dominion with several audio recordings she made featuring Giuliani and other Trump allies.  —  Abby Grossberg, the former Tucker …
Discussion: Insider, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Judge Limits Fox's Options for Defense in Dominion Trial  —  A Delaware judge said Fox News could not argue newsworthiness to defend airing false claims, and limited how Dominion Voting Systems could reference the Jan. 6 attack.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — A judge ruled on Tuesday that Fox News …
Kate Lý Johnston / Heartland Signal:
Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries  —  Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state's public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.  —  The Missouri House debated for over eight hours …
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Brandon Gage / Raw Story:
Missouri House Republicans vote to defund public libraries: report
Discussion: Missouri Independent
Radley Balko / The Watch:
The smearing of Garrett Foster  —  The far right justifies political violence by villainizing a decent man  —  Last week, an Austin, Texas, jury convicted Daniel Perry for the murder of Garrett Foster.  In the summer of 2020, Perry ran a red light, then drove into a crowd of people protesting the murder of George Floyd.
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Andrea Marks / Rolling Stone:
'He Didn't Deserve It': Widow of Murdered BLM Protester Speaks Out
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NBC News:
Ukraine agents pursued attacks inside Belarus and Russia, leaked U.S. docs say
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
SC Sen. Tim Scott takes another White House step: Launching 2024 exploratory committee  —  Tim Scott, the South Carolina senator who has built a national profile pushing a message of hope and unity in a divisive Republican Party, is taking his biggest step so far toward running for president in 2024, The Post and Courier has learned.
NBC News:
White House proposes equal cuts for states that depend on Colorado River  —  The White House is proposing a plan that would force several western states to equally split how much water they use from the Colorado River.  The fight over water allocation has been brewing for months as drought is threatening the supply.
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Biden Administration Proposes Evenly Cutting Water Allotments From Colorado River
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Anti-'Groomer' Republican Accused of ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With Intern  —  Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton called all-ages drag shows “grooming events” that “sexualize” children.  An official complaint alleges he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a young intern.
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Associated Press:
Police: Louisville shooter legally bought gun a week ago
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Jet-Setting With Clarence Thomas Puts Spotlight on an Eccentric Billionaire  —  The justice's relationship with Harlan Crow has raised questions about whether a friendship can be separated from politics and intensified calls for an ethics code for the justices.
Discussion: Raw Story, CounterPunch and Vanity Fair
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
‘Free Speech’ Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical Of The Modi Government  —  A few weeks ago we wrote about how Elon Musk's Twitter was now blocking tweets in India at the request of the government.  As we noted, there's a lot of important history here.
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Dianne Feinstein Is MIA, and Her Absence Is Holding Up Judicial Confirmations  —  The 89-year-old senator has missed 60 votes of the 82 taken in 2023, at a critical time for Biden to be getting judges confirmed.  She needs to resign right now.  At what is clearly a critical time for confirming …
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Texas county weighs closing local library after federal judge orders banned books returned to circulation  —  The Llano County commissioners scheduled a special meeting Thursday where they will discuss whether to “continue or cease operations” at the library.
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Sarah Sanders asks state board applicants to name what they admire about her most while applying for job  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is asking applicants to serve on state boards and commissions to write explanations of what they admire about her leadership most, reported the Arkansas Times on Tuesday.
Tampa Bay Times:
Names of Florida Governor's Mansion guests would be shielded under this bill  —  The Senate sponsor said the bill is meant to shield guests visiting for non-governmental purposes.  —  By News Service of Florida  —  TALLAHASSEE — The names of certain guests at the Governor's Mansion …
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Iowa House GOP bill to require in-person caucusing, endangering Democrats' mail-in plans  —  House Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to require Iowans to be physically present to participate in the state's caucuses — a move that would upend Democrats' plans to allow mail-in participation.
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Ukrainian hackers say they have compromised Russian spy who hacked Democrats in 2016  —  Ukrainian hackers claim to have broken into the emails of a senior Russian military spy wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for hacking the Hillary Clinton campaign and other senior U.S. Democrats ahead …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures  —  Citizen Lab says victims' phones infected after being sent a iCloud calendar invitation in a ‘zero-click’ attack  —  Security experts have warned about the emergence of previously unknown spyware …
Politico:
The Jan. 6 problem inside a pro-democracy organization  —  With help from Nahal Toosi, Maggie Miller, Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Connor O'Brien and Alex Ward.  —  Frustration is growing inside the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, an organization that promotes democracy and election integrity abroad …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
ABC News:
Over 2,000 Indiana residents ordered to evacuate after fire ignites at recycling plant  —  The local mayor called the incident a “worst-case scenario.”  —  More than 2,000 residents are under an evacuation order after a large fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at an Indiana recycling plant, officials said.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump says criminal conviction wouldn't stop him from running for president  —  The former president also heaped praise on foreign dictators in an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson  —  Former president Donald Trump said he wouldn't drop out of the 2024 race even if convicted of a crime.
Bernard-Henri Lévy / Tablet Magazine:
Free Evan Gershkovich  —  By taking an American journalist hostage, Putin's Russia announces its transformation into a full-blown terrorist state  —  An American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, has been detained in Russia.  A former correspondent for the AFP, then a journalist with The Wall Street Journal …
David McAfee / Raw Story:
Jan. 6 rioter who wore ‘Jack Skellington’ costume gets hit with prison time  —  A Nevada man who donned a “Jack Skellington” costume during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon amid the insurrection attempt.
 
 
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Domestic Violence Survivors Seek a Pathway Out of Louisiana Prisons
Beth LeBlanc / The Detroit News:
Nessel: 1M Mich. residents to see criminal convictions automatically expunged
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Cassidy Hutchinson Attorney Sues House Of Representatives Over J6 Smears
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Hungary Sees U.S. Among Top Three Adversaries, Purported Leaked CIA Document Says
Kirstyn Brendlen / Brooklyn Paper:
Republican Rep. Malliotakis bought lucrative bank stocks amidst Signature Bank collapse
 Earlier Items: 
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Southwest Tribes Push For New National Monument Near Grand Canyon
Discussion: Associated Press
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Democrats want to call GOP's bluff on defunding the FBI
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Movie Poses Terror Threat, Kansas City Intel Agency Claims
Discussion: TheBlaze
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The Future Is Happening in Tennessee
Discussion: The Nation and New York Times