DHS watchdog says Trump’s agency appears to have altered report on Russian interference in 2020 election in part because of politics
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NBC NEWS: Texas school board candidates adopt ‘Southlake playbook,’ targeting race a nd sexuality
Texas school board candidates adopt ‘Southlake playbook,’ targeting race and sexuality
The rapid politicization of school board races across Texas has led to an infusion of money and personal attacks in elections that are ostensibly nonpartisan.
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POLITICO: Alito Wants a Brawl and Looks Likely to Get One
Alito Wants a Brawl and Looks Likely to Get One
His contentious and self-assured draft opinion throws gasoline on the fire of the abortion debate at every level.
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CNN POLITICS: Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico
Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico
In a stunning breach of Supreme Court confidentiality and secrecy, Politico has obtained what it calls a draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v. Wade.
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HUFFPOST: Why Isn’t Anyone Around Here Doing Anything About Leonard Peltier?
Why Isn’t Anyone Around Here Doing Anything About Leonard Peltier?
There is an ailing 77-year-old Indigenous man who has been in prison for 46 years who never should have been there in the first place. Why is he still there?
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HUFFPOST: Why Isn’t Anyone Around Here Doing Anything About Leonard Peltier?
Why Isn’t Anyone Around Here Doing Anything About Leonard Peltier?
There is an ailing 77-year-old Indigenous man who has been in prison for 46 years who never should have been there in the first place. Why is he still there?
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NBC NEWS: A draft Supreme Court opinion indicates Roe v. Wade will be overturned, Politico reports in extraordinary leak
A draft Supreme Court opinion indicates Roe v. Wade will be overturned, Politico reports in extraordinary leak
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling in the pending case in late June or early July.
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VOX: The Supreme Court hands the Christian right a victory it actually deserved to win
The Supreme Court hands the Christian right a victory it actually deserved to win
Sometimes, the Court doesn’t need to rewrite the law to rule in favor of religious conservatives.
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NPR: A former Philadelphia police officer is charged with murder in a 12-year-old’s death
A former Philadelphia police officer is charged with murder in a 12-year-old’s death
Former officer Edsaul Mendoza is charged with first-degree murder and other charges.
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Should the US Provide Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine?
Annie has some really great ideas that could impact the war and Russia’s actions far more than the sanctions so far. The relief this could give Ukraine for the high debt it is incurring to save itself is something well worth looking at. I find it a very interesting idea.
Experts’ views of the Russians’ horrific war against Ukraine have changed over the weeks of battle–and the once-impossible scenario depicting the Ukrainians actually stopping the Russians has gained favor.
Now, with the Russians claiming they plan to push on to overtake Moldova, the threat of a widening war that the US has tried to avoid seems more likely. The urgency of a Ukrainian win has become even more evident.
But to hold on, the Ukrainians need far more support than they’re currently receiving.
In this video interview and the co-authored essay cited above, Laurence Tribe, a prominent legal scholar and Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, describes a way that President Biden can lawfully release for Ukrainian use frozen Russian government assets that the US holds–assets that may amount to…
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