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The Antiabortion Judge With a Financial Ethics Problem (jacobin.com)
For years, Allyson Ho has received payments from the Alliance Defending Freedom. When the right-wing advocacy group argued a case in her husband’s court, Judge James Ho cast a decisive vote to cut off remote access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)
is this funny? (sh.itjust.works)
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Americans will likely run out of excess pandemic savings this quarter: study (thehill.com)
Americans will likely deplete the rest of the excess savings they accumulated during the pandemic this quarter, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco....
Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached record highs in middle-aged adults, survey finds (www.cnn.com)
Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report. Cannabis use surged among young adults under 30, alongside historic rates of vaping, as well.
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
Target says backlash against LGBTQ+ Pride merchandise hurt sales (www.npr.org)
And that's a wrap: Edmonton restaurant chain wins auction for government donair costume (www.cbc.ca)
According to the provincial government website, there were more than 1,700 bids for the suit
Government's own experts found 'barbaric' and 'negligent' conditions in ICE detention (www.npr.org)
These findings are all part of a trove of more than 1,600 pages of previously secret inspection reports written by experts hired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. In examining more than two dozen facilities across 16 states from 2017 to 2019, these expert inspectors found...
After Years of Spreading Lies, Election Deniers Face Consequences (www.nytimes.com)
Legal repercussions have arrived for the leaders of the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential contest, in what could serve as a warning to those who meddle in future elections.
Arkansas Education Department won’t allow credit for AP African American Studies course (www.nbcnews.com)
The Arkansas Education Department abruptly removed course credit for an Advanced Placement African American Studies course, just months after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed bills limiting what educators can teach in public schools.
Judge Chutkan says Trump’s right to free speech in January 6 case is ‘not absolute’ (www.cnn.com)
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that she plans to put serious limits over how sensitive evidence is handled in the Donald Trump 2020 election interference case, in a dramatic hearing Friday in Washington, DC, that could set the tone for the upcoming trial....
Languages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.
Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace." (gizmodo.com)
Texas separates migrant families, detaining fathers on trespassing charges in latest border move (apnews.com)
Texas state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal officials, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday.
Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed (apnews.com)
Justice Elena Kagan publicly declared her support for an ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court but said there was no consensus among the justices on how to proceed, suggesting the high court is grappling with public concerns over its ethics practices.
Biden’s asylum restrictions for migrants may remain in place, federal appeals court rules (www.washingtonpost.com)
A federal appeals court panel Thursday approved the Biden administration’s emergency request to keep its asylum restrictions in place on the U.S.-Mexico border while the legal battle over the policy makes its way through the courts....
Democrats worry their most loyal voters won’t turn out for Biden in 2024 (www.washingtonpost.com)
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‘It’s Not a Big Deal!’ Jesse Watters Claims Trump ‘Has Every Legal Right’ To Submit Slates of Fake Electors (www.mediaite.com)
Opinion | On Anti-Trumpers and the Modern Meritocracy (www.nytimes.com)
archive link: [ archive.is/…/trump-meritocracy-educated.html ]
Pence Says Trump Pushed Him ‘Essentially to Overturn the Election’ (www.nytimes.com)
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said that former President Donald J. Trump and his advisers had tried to get him “essentially to overturn the election” and that the American people needed to know it....
CNN Poll: Half of Americans think the economy is getting worse, despite months of stronger economic news | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Burkina Faso President: 'Russia Is Family for Africa' (www.youtube.com)
Russia and Africa share a familial bond due to their common history, including sacrifices made during World War II against Nazism. The speaker, representing Burkina Faso, expresses gratitude for Russia’s aid and condemns neocolonialism and terrorism. They urge African leaders to stand up for their people’s rights and not be...
Apollo Stands to Win From Yellow’s Collapse (prospect.org)
Body seen along floating barrier Texas installed in the Rio Grande, Mexico says (abcnews.go.com)
The Mexican government has reported for the first time that a body was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed recently in the Rio Grande river, across from Eagle Pass, Texas