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Captured by Margaret Albaugh talking with Tony Stewart, who helped organize the effort to push the Aryan Nations out of Idaho. Read my series on the history and present of extremism in Idaho, and how it created a reproductive health crisis, here: rewirenewsgroup.com/idaho/
January 8, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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It's the birthday of the King. Celebrate Elvis Presley, born on this day in 1935, with an all-day marathon on Pluto TV Classic Movies Channel: pluto.tv/en/live-tv/5...
January 8, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Emily Russell was a store manager at an Ohio Chipotle when an irate customer hurled a chicken burrito bowl at her face. Now a judge has sentenced the customer to work at a fast-food job to avoid further jail time.
Woman sentenced to fast-food job after hurling Chipotle bowl at worker
Rosemary Hayne told police she threw a burrito bowl at Emily Russell. A judge offered reduced jail time if Hayne agreed to spend 20 hours a week in an employee’s shoes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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Right-wing media figures are increasingly using homophobic and sexist rhetoric to shame LGBTQ couples, including some who work in right-wing media, and single women for using surrogacy and in vitro fertilization to have babies www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...
Conservative media figures are using homophobia and misogyny to attack surrogacy and IVF
Right-wing media figures are increasingly using homophobic and sexist rhetoric to shame LGBTQ couples, including some who work in right-wing media, and single women for using surrogacy and in vitro fe...
www.mediamatters.org
December 6, 2023 at 6:39 PM
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Absolutely insane…Ellen Barkin has been a dues paying member of SAG-AFTRA for over 40 years.

She’s worked consistently during that entire time.

She’s not the only working actor that’s had this issue.
December 6, 2023 at 12:24 AM
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NEW SMITH PROSECUTION PLAN:
-Trump’s Jan.6 insurrection dates to 2012 with demands for DC march and "revolution;" 2021 was his 3rd 'rigged election' claim
-Trump staffer started Detroit “riot”

-TRUMP FLUNKIES promise to arrest journalists, Democrats

GRAB THE COUNTDOWN PODCAST: tinyurl.com/3vbnpymv
December 6, 2023 at 1:32 PM
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As we step into the new year, Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson reveal their resolutions—Trump fixated on repealing Obamacare, Johnson pushing for an impeachment inquiry. The common thread? Delusion. Join us this week on The Big Picture as we navigate the twists of the political rollercoaster.
This Week In The Big Picture
In tomorrow’s piece by writer Jay Kuo, we take a hard look at the “Impeachment Inquiry” of President Biden that Speaker Johnson now insists should move forward in the House. Just weeks ago, John...
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 6, 2023 at 6:06 PM
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Mike Johnson, the new House speaker, has spent his career in what he sees as a divine battle to put his religious beliefs at the center of U.S. law and policy.
For Mike Johnson, Religion Is at the Forefront of Politics and Policy
The new House speaker has put his faith at the center of his political career, and aligned himself with a newer cohort of conservative Christianity that some describe as Christian nationalism.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2023 at 10:48 PM
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After Elon Musk and other far-right influencers falsely suggested a South Carolina hospital was giving hormone treatments to four-year-olds, political pressure by state officials forced the hospital to shutter their entire trans youth program despite trans care remaining legal in the state.
Emails Reveal How a Hospital Bowed to Political Pressure to Stop Treating Trans Teens
The Medical University of South Carolina initially said it wouldn’t be affected by a law banning use of state funds for treatment “furthering the gender transition” of children under 16. Months ...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2023 at 4:29 PM
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As OBGYNs file brief debunking Florida attorney general’s anti-abortion rhetoric, Florida is poised to be the next battleground to return abortion rights to the will of citizens. Alexandra Martinez reports on the citizen-led campaign Floridians Protecting Freedom.
prismreports.org/2023/12/06/o...
OB-GYNs file brief debunking Florida attorney general
Florida is poised to be the next battleground to return abortion rights to the will of the citizens
prismreports.org
December 6, 2023 at 6:14 PM
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Now that they’ve outlawed abortion, the right wing has found an exciting new frontier in fucking with people’s medical care.
After Elon Musk and other far-right influencers falsely suggested a South Carolina hospital was giving hormone treatments to four-year-olds, political pressure by state officials forced the hospital to shutter their entire trans youth program despite trans care remaining legal in the state.
Emails Reveal How a Hospital Bowed to Political Pressure to Stop Treating Trans Teens
The Medical University of South Carolina initially said it wouldn’t be affected by a law banning use of state funds for treatment “furthering the gender transition” of children under 16. Months ...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2023 at 5:44 PM