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Morning Joe reacted with predictable horror to the news of the leak of a reported draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade. On this morning's show, Joe Scarborough said the opinion is illegitimate: "Obviously, the perception for 70 percent of Americans waking up this morning, is, is going to be, most likely, that this is an illegitimate decision by an illegitimate court." Former Newsweek editor Jon Meacham portentously proclaimed that the decision is a "nightmare scenario . . . . we're entering the darkest period."Obama's former Acting Solicitor General, Neal Katyal, said "Honestly, I wanna cry. You know, I...

Race dominates early days of Biden presidency: 'It's like the Great Society for identity politics'President Biden on Wednesday said “environmental justice” for people of color will be a central feature of his efforts to combat climate change, again putting skin color and racial justice front and center in his early policy and personnel decisions.Mr. Biden’s early focus on what he calls “systemic racism and white supremacy” in America generated pushback from critics and scholars who say they don’t need a lecture from the commander-in-chief about the country’s racial history.“It’s like the Great Society for identity politics,” said Mike Gonzalez, a...