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Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill The speaker is working behind closed doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.

"The measures that passed overwhelmingly in both chambers are being taken out seemingly in the dead of night by one extremist leader imposing his views on our dedicated soldiers, sailors and space force people," said ASRM Chief Advocacy and Policy Officer Sean Tipton. www.ms.now/news/mike-jo...

When “Stranger Things” actress Maya Hawke spoke on The Tonight Show in 2022 she shared how her mother’s abortion made her own life possible—and how without access to safe, legal care, her parents’ lives would have been “totally derailed.”

That’s the reality anti-abortion extremists want to erase.

Like so many Americans, I am grateful for Speaker Pelosi’s decades of service and leadership.

Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton hugging

There will be so many things to say about the legendary Nancy Pelosi's transformational tenure in Congress—but for now, let's start with "Thank you, Madam Speaker."

Democratic women have made history tonight:

Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.

Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.

I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉

Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger taking a selfie together

Good morning to these future governors!

Just finished 107 Days. Sec. Rodham Clinton has always been THAT girl, but reading VP Harris share how fully she supported her run for president… that’s girlhood. I’ll always wonder what our nation could’ve been under a Hillary presidency. @hillaryclinton.bsky.social

#TransphobiaIsntFeminist

We miss you Sec. Clinton. Wish we could go back to the time when we almost had it all, when we thought we would call you Madam President.

Trump administration to shut down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will no longer utilize its LGBTQ youth service line starting July 17. The Trump administration says the move will "focus on serving all help seekers."

In 30 days, LGBTQ+ youth will lose the life-saving suicide hotline—a program that’s supported over 1.3 million young people.

When folks are in crisis, this admin chooses cruelty over care—every time.

But this is the party of “family values,” right?

She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane.

Reminder: Six women in four months had to be airlifted out of Idaho WHILE HEMORRHAGING because the emergency room couldn’t treat them under the state’s extreme abortion ban. Pregnancy complications can happen to anyone at any time. We need abortion access.

There is a theory out there that we all died during COVID and that we are now in hell… starting to believe it.

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They want me arrested.

They want me silenced.

I'm not going anywhere.

Republicans want me prosecuted—I’ll never back down.

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Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

Nothing like Republican Christian Love 🥰

Democrats Hold Record Breaking Rally In Arizona As Trump Administration Trusts Putin Democrats held a record breaking rally in Arizona, drawing more than 23,000 people, the Trump Administration trusts Putin and takes him at his word, and horrifying conditions at detention centers.

BREAKING: Democrats held a record breaking rally in Arizona, drawing more than 23,000 people, the Trump Administration trusts Putin and takes him at his word, and horrifying conditions at detention centers have been exposed. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s ban on transgender service members, saying it’s ‘soaked in animus’ | CNN Politics A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members, dealing a major defeat to a controversial policy the president resurrected from his first term.

The judge said it best, “the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender service members risk &!sacrifice their lives to ensure the very equal protection rights the military ban seeks to deny them.” We must fight for ALL our military & I mean ALL 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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