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Public defender, cat mom, ex-ballerina. I fan girl over Scott Sanders, F1, and 🐍🐍 (TSwift and YSL).

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Opinion | A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. - The Washington Post

30.05.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BlackRock is Suing UnitedHealth for Giving β€œToo Much Care” to Patients After the CEO was Murdered You think you’ve seen peak corporate insanity? Hold my beer.

Free Luigi

25.05.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.

23.05.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6439    πŸ” 2653    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 208

Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:

"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."

21.05.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 36853    πŸ” 8573    πŸ’¬ 1251    πŸ“Œ 437
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We’re Just Human Incubators to Them Thirty-year-old Adriana Smith, who is brain-dead, has been kept on a ventilator for months due to Georgia’s abortion ban.

"While the law makes exceptions when the pregnant person’s life is in danger, Smith’s case falls in a legal gray area: She is brain-dead, which means her life is no longer considered at risk, and her doctors claim they are legally required to keep her body on life support."

16.05.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1166    πŸ” 440    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 34
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The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit So much for cutting costs.

The plan to defund Planned Parenthood would cost taxpayers $300 million over the next decade, according to a leaked preliminary estimate compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

14.05.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5822    πŸ” 2488    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 125
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Today marks 31 years without Kurt Cobain πŸ˜’πŸ™

05.04.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 784    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 20
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Disgusting….RFK Jr. fired the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)….cruelty is the point and always has been t.co/DDrag1YQoV

02.04.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1259    πŸ” 434    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 28
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The Trump Administration Nears Open Defiance of the Courts In its conflict with a federal judge, the Justice Department claims to be complying with his orders while provoking a constitutional crisis.

β€œIf we live in a country where judges’ orders can be ignored by an Administration bent on amassing unchecked power, we no longer live in a democracy.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

19.03.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2204    πŸ” 695    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 32

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