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Arizona could ask voters to allow firing squad executions under GOP proposal Arizona Republicans are advancing a proposal to bring back firing squad executions, including as a mandatory option for those who kill law enforcement officers

“I understand that most people think they can handle killing somebody. But I promise you, once you have, it is a different outlook.”

story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Trump wields abortion clinic law against church demonstrators, providers still fear violence The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related chur...

Never thought I would type this sentence: Don Lemon just pleaded not guilty to violating the FACE Act. I wrote about the history of the law, which was created after a wave of deadly violence against abortion clinics, and the new way Trump's DOJ is using it.

America Is Losing the Facts That Hold It Together The Trump administration is erasing the country’s shared understanding.

The CIA shut down its World Factbook. Graham: "This is different from the [Trump] administration’s assault on truth... It’s a series of steps that by design or in effect block access to data, and in doing so erode the concept of a shared frame for all Americans." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Public outcry over facial recognition technology leads Milwaukee police to ban it, for now • Wisconsin Examiner The Milwaukee Police Department has banned use of facial recognition technology, for now, after a contentious public hearing.

Public outcry over facial recognition technology leads Milwaukee police to ban it, for now. Via @isiahholmes.bsky.social

As federal judge says third immigrant wrongly jailed in WV, jails overcrowded with ICE detainees As federal judges have ruled that three immigrants were wrongly jailed in West Virginia, the state continues to hold hundreds of immigrant detainees in its overcrowded jails.U.S. District Judge…

As federal judges have ruled that three immigrants were wrongly jailed in West Virginia, the state continues to hold hundreds of immigrant detainees in its overcrowded jails.

via @westvirginiawatch.com

Private prison companies, such as CoreCivic, have been a key partner to ICE as the government carried out its immigration agenda.

On the next episode of the Stories From The States podcast, we will take a look at how several states are pushing back.

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cannot possibly convey how actually crazy-making it can feel, after spending 20 years monitoring all these orgs blaming sex workers and the internet for enabling a vast sex trafficking network, to now see Jeffery Epstein’s inbox

The whole Islamophobic thing is horrific, but I am also stuck on how the ICE agents asked him if he spoke Spanish, and when he said no, they spoke to each other in Spanish.

Mike Lindell’s campaign for governor is buying boatloads of Mike Lindell autobiographies Mike Lindell’s memoir, “What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO,” has enjoyed a new surge of sales since he announced a run for governor late last year.Who’s buying the book, which details his add...

Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, spent more than half the money he raised for his campaign last year buying copies of his book, by @michellemgriff.bsky.social: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/mike...

Bills cracking down on abortion pills advance in states that already ban most abortions Even though many legislative sessions only just convened across the country this month, efforts to restrict access to abortion pills are in full swing, particularly in states that already ban abortion...

So far in 2026, nearly 200 anti-abortion bills have been introduced in 29 states, via @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill...

Fairfax case alleging school-assisted abortions now in federal court A legal challenge alleging that a Fairfax County Public Schools employee helped minors get abortions without their parents’ consent is now in federal court in a case that hinges on a First Amendment f...

Lawsuit alleging a Fairfax County Public Schools employee helped minors get abortions without their parents’ consent is now in federal court in a case that hinges on a First Amendment free speech claim, via @charlottewords.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fair...

What is the FACE Act, an obscure law used to prosecute Don Lemon? The Trump administration has reinterpreted the law, historically used to prosecute anti-abortion-rights activists who block reproductive health clinics.

🚨NEW @ms.now: One of the laws the gov't is using to charge Don Lemon & others was initially passed to deter mounting violence from anti-abortion activists.

But the Trump administration is rolling back those prosecutions & pursuing protests focused on houses of worship instead.

Here's what to know:

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via @danielleegaines.bsky.social

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Reproductive Rights Today | News From The States Your comprehensive daily wrap-up of changes to reproductive rights in the states, the front lines in the fight over abortion access in a post-Roe America.

Subscribe to Reproductive Rights Today, your comprehensive daily wrap-up of changes to reproductive rights in a post-Roe America.

via @elishabrown.bsky.social @sofiaresnick.bsky.social @kelciemmorris.bsky.socia

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‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics.

NEW @ms.now: Anti-abortion activists pardoned by Trump for invading clinics are joining a new effort led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry to revive mass clinic protests.

I spent some time with them in DC last week. “We’re going to disrupt this country as much as we can," one said. 🧵

How Tennessee’s House speaker helped keep a payday lender’s struggling sports gambling company alive This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Tennessee Lookout. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week.

As regulators investigated a payday lender’s now-defunct sports gambling company, Action 247, Tennessee’s House speaker pushed to change the officials overseeing sports betting.

via @tennesseelookout.com @propublica.org

As AI-generated fake content mars legal cases, states want guardrails • Stateline As more false quotes, fake court cases and incorrect information appear in legal documents generated by artificial intelligence, state bar associations, state court systems and national law organizati...

My latest with @stateline.org: From divorce cases to discrimination lawsuits, AI-generated fake content can cause evidence to be dismissed and motions to be denied.

Read how state bar associations and court systems are trying to address the issue.

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A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.

“I’ve been telling them I’ve been having cramps and they told me I have to have a referral to see the doctor,” Cecil Elvir-Quinonez told me. “I’ve been telling them every day, and they just say I have to wait.”

She hasn’t seen her kids — a 5 year old and an infant — in weeks.

Vance blames state, local officials for federal immigration chaos in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed Minnesota elected officials for the clashes between federal agents and protesters, arguing that their refusal to facilitate the federal government’s immigrat...

Vance blames state, local officials for federal immigration chaos in Minneapolis.

Blood Borders: State laws, vaccine misinformation, and the threat to the United States blood supply An official website of the United States government

This is happening in other states: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Oklahoma lawmaker proposes blood bank for vaccine-free blood OKLAHOMA CITY — A House lawmaker wants the state to run its own blood bank so it can provide Oklahomans blood “untainted” by the COVID-19 vaccine.But medical professionals said it’s not reasonable to ...

An Oklahoma House lawmaker wants the state to run its own blood bank so it can provide Oklahomans blood “untainted” by the COVID-19 vaccine, despite no evidence this would be possible or beneficial, via @emmamurphyj.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/okla...

Abortion Clinics Sound The Alarm As Extremist Group Prepares For Anti-Abortion Protest Advocates described what comes next as the “perfect storm” of anti-abortion unrest.

NEW: @natabortionfed.bsky.social sent a security alert to clinics in the Washington, D.C. area, warning of possible unrest & violence connected to an extremist group’s plans to protest outside the HHS building tomorrow.

“This is the beginning of a new chapter of violence."

Missouri leans on disputed mental health claims in defense of strict abortion laws KANSAS CITY — The first slate of witnesses from the Missouri Attorney General’s office in the fight to uphold statewide abortion regulations offered testimony that professionals and scientific studies...

Disputed mental health claims featured in Missouri's ongoing trial over strict abortion laws, by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social and @annaspoerre.bsky.social: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/miss...

“A quirky yet hard-hitting inquiry into the overturning of Roe v. Wade. A fan of murder mysteries, the author frames her narrative as a whodunit in search of perpetrators… The result is a dogged pursual of those responsible for women’s deaths.” – Publishers Weekly

"Channeling Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, a journalist explores who killed Roe v. Wade. In a departure from most detective novels, the killers seem ready to talk...This deep investigation reveals the nuances of anti-abortion politics and strategy. It also reveals that the fight for abortion rights isn’t over.” —Kirkus

I just got my first reviews for Killers of Roe and this @publisherswkly.bsky.social one might be the peak of my career.

Please put "quirky yet hard-hitting" on my tombstone.

Lawsuit dismissed after Trump admin quietly restored tens of millions to Planned Parenthood Progressive groups dropped their case against HHS over the withheld family planning funds, but other challenges continue.

The ACLU dropped its lawsuit against the Trump admin today after HHS quietly restored tens of millions in family planning funds to Planned Parenthood and other health clinics at the end of December.

‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months VANDALIA, Mo. — Kathy Briggs slipped her arms through the thick straps of a brand-new baby carrier, tugging it over her beige shirt as two other women stood beside her, tightening buckles and…

Prison nursery programs allow babies to live behind walls with their mothers — a rare and controversial approach.

via @stateline.org

Missouri abortion regulations go on trial Monday. Widespread access is at stake • Missouri Independent Missouri’s numerous abortion regulations will soon be under a microscope as details of the abortion rights amendment are litigated in Kansas City.

A trial litigating the parameters of Missouri’s new reproductive rights amendment begins Monday in Kansas City. The outcome will reach far beyond the state’s borders. #moleg #mogov

As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care.

From @kffhealthnews.org

Trump says US 'will run’ Venezuela during transition after capture of President Maduro WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States will “run the country” of Venezuela until “a proper transition can take place,” following the capture of Venezuelan President N...

Trump says US 'will run’ Venezuela during transition after capture of President Maduro www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Via Sofia Resnick: Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills. https://ow.ly/UmKq50XMQeN