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No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss

Funny that… #OneTermGovernment #nzpol #RejectBigotry #HumanityFirst

This keeps getting worse and worse.

Good for her. Sorry you drew the short straw for dads.

My maternal grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic.

RFK Jr can go fuck himself.

Good morning and Happy Sunday to everyone who agrees that Republicans really don't give a shit about the poor by cutting SNAP benefits.

REMINDER that the Biden Administration proudly cut child hunger in HALF. The trump Admin is probably going to double or triple it.

Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

The most common sentence in all news stories over the past two months:

“(Media outlet) has reached out to the spokesperson for (government agency), who did not respond to our questions and refused to comment.”

Alternative Headline: “After tornados ravage the United States, Trump golfs while states count their dead”

That’s kind of genius

You spelled “THE WORLD” wrong 😑 #FuckTheOligarchy #PeopleOverProfit

When we say Trump is gonna get people killed

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 62. … Trump’s Trade War escalates as Canada, Mexico, and China announced that they will retaliate against the US by imposing tariffs and fees on American products in response to Trump’s new tariffs on the...

🚨Trump’s trade war is spiraling. Canada is hitting back with massive tariffs targeting US goods, from whiskey to Teslas. Prices are about to soar and the US has become a global pariah. Catch up on all the fallout in Ron Filipkowski’s weekend bulletin.

One of the executive orders this week prevents federal agencies from communicating about health or science. This means that NIH researchers can't attend planned conferences. The CDC can't publish a scheduled report on avian flu. The FDA cannot communicate regarding in-process drug approvals.

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

Trump has ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.

“The impact of [Trump’s] collective executive orders appears devastating,” one senior NIH employee says.

If you google :’list of US presidents in order ‘ .. someone is missing. Leave feedback and let google know this is not ok!

DEI doesn’t mean hiring unqualified people—it means tearing down rigged systems that kept qualified talent out. Giving everyone a fair shot, breaking down barriers that have historically excluded talent. Diversity brings fresh perspectives, drives innovation, and reflects the world being served.

Trump rolls back bedrock 1960s-era civil rights measure The move abolishes decades of government practices on diversity and equal opportunity.

Trump just revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity executive order of 1965, rolling back 60 years of progress on civil rights.

The order had prohibited employment discrimination in federal hiring based on race, religion, and gender.

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Don't let Donald Trump extending the TikTok ban distract you from the fact that his Administration is about to conduct mass deportations across America in a matter of days.

Nature can be amazing … even in the cold! #sundog #fargo #itscoldhere

This will mean higher gas prices, higher alcohol prices, higher food prices, higher building prices, higher car prices, higher pharmaceutical prices, etc. Trump is about to teach Americans who *actually* pays for tariffs (the consumers do).

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments. Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.

Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

Get out… breathe.. reconnect.

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