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Republicans can't shake their post-Roe election slump trib.al/C1vUewI
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“The contest between Biden and Trumpism is less Democrat versus Republican or liberal versus conservative than it is between an essentially moral vision and an essentially amoral one,” writes @nytdavidbrooks. nyti.ms/40PIkJZ
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A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to people with knowledge of the matter, forever marking him as the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3lUYtiN
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An NY grand jury has indicted Trump on unspecified charges related to hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, per unnamed sources.
An official announcement of the indictment and charges will reportedly take place within days.
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The U.S. is trying to shore up its influence among Pacific island nations against China’s inroads. First, the U.S. Postal Service—which provides mail service for the Marshall Islands, Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia—needs to get on board. on.wsj.com/3HxwmyI
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A lot of the shock and awe over the midterm results was the product of an expectation of a late Republican surge that didn’t happen. @ed_kilgore writes nym.ag/3Uoabh5
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UN Human Rights Council launches investigation into violence against protesters in Iran trib.al/hNWP7ZH
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The U.N. Security Council met in an urgent session on Monday to deal with the gang violence that has enveloped Haiti. cbsn.ws/3Sa4i5V
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"The South is no longer simply a region: A certain version of it has become an identity shared among white, rural, conservative Americans from coast to coast," @GrahamDavidA writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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.@RepMalinowski: "It's a definition of an unhealthy relationship. Why do we have troops in Saudi Arabia, if not to protect their oil fields, to protect the country that is supposed to be playing a constructive role in maintaining the stability of these global energy markets?"
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Analysis: After a disastrous start as Britain’s PM, Liz Truss is already on borrowed time | @latikambourke smh.com.au/world/europe/afte…
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The U.S. announced fresh sanctions on Thursday against Iranian officials in punishment "for the continued violence against peaceful protesters and the shutdown of Iran's Internet access." n.pr/3MdTfYj
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A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all — have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election and said that Trump won washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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The U.S. military remains one of the most conservative institutions in America. So why are cartoonish inhabitants of the Fox News Cinematic Universe caterwauling about a “woke military”? Because the military has resisted Trumpian attempts to politicize it. wapo.st/3Rgm9Yx
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Election officials worry that the inability to process mailed ballots before Election Day in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will lead to a drawn-out vote-count and create an opening for false claims about the outcome in close races. apnews.com/article/2022-midt…
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Climate change and a fragile grid: the combination meant terrible damage by #HurricaneFiona's in Puerto Rico. We need to vastly ramp up our investments in flood control and in grid/renewable energy infrastructure.
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.@NYCMayor: "The Republican party, they have created a blueprint that all of them are starting to follow. It's inhumane for a governor to send immigrants to Martha's Vineyard without any coordination – it's just creating a real crisis." trib.al/DBEeT9o
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.@USAmbUN Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: "We believe that Taiwan should be given the abilities to do whatever other non-state entities can do in the United Nations. One of those is [...] to participate in the activities that do not require them to be a nation state."
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The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pressured lawmakers in a second swing state to keep Donald Trump in power. huffpost.com/entry/ginni-tho…