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https://www.salon.com/2024/03/12/idaho-is-becoming-an-obgyn-desert-threatening-the-lives-of-mothers-and-infants/

Idaho is far from alone in cratering maternity care and doctors fear it will worsen our maternal mortality crisis

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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1234491074/prageru-schools-videos-growth

Despite the suggestive sound of its name, PragerU is a content creator, not a university. Its short, well-produced videos appeal to college students and young people. And it has big plans to grow.

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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find

In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.

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https://inthesetimes.com/article/minnesotas-labor-week-of-action-bosses-trembling-seiu-janitors-city-council-minneapolis-labor-standards-advisory-board

A coalition of unions and community groups are uniting to build worker power and win community demands in what's being hailed as a model for social movement unionism.

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https://watermarkonline.com/2024/03/05/trans-erasure-bill-passes-florida-house-stalls-in-senate/

HB 1639, the bill dubbed by LGBTQ+ advocates as Florida’s “Trans Erasure Bill,” will not be heard in the Florida Senate.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68440150

Faked images of black voters with Trump are a growing disinformation trend in the US election, the BBC finds.

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https://apnews.com/article/michael-sparks-kentucky-capitol-riot-trial-3d8757fc92f492b2ac181725ff427a48

The first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack has been convicted of charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

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https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-nationalists-are-furious

Conservatives are big mad that the POLITICO reporter connected the dots between their religious faith and their plans for a second Trump term

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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cvs-walgreens-begin-selling-abortion-pill-mifepristone-states/story?id=107720215

Both pharmacies plan to start providing the pill in a select number of states first, and gradually expand to others where it's legal.

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https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-transphobic-influencer-ties

Ryan Walters faces intense scrutiny for his association with controversial figures and policies following the tragic death of the LGBTQ+ student, including connections to an influencer who told his daughters to attack trans students in bathrooms.

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https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-admits-broke-law-telling-church-vote-republican-1873938

A California pastor removed himself from the pulpit to endorse Steve Garvey in the state's Senate race.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna140969

The judge who will oversee Donald Trump's trial on charges he conspired to obstruct Congress and disenfranchise voters sentenced Michael Foy on Wednesday.

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https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-discusses-building-border-wall-around-liberal-austin-1874711

Texas Governor Greg Abbott joked about building a wall around Austin because of the city's "values."

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https://truthout.org/articles/arizona-republicans-advance-bill-allowing-property-owners-to-kill-migrants/

The bill would allow property owners to kill migrants by claiming they believed their life was in danger.

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-block-senate-bill-to-protect-nationwide-access-to-ivf-treatments

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice.

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https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-among-top-5-worst-states-for-women-in-2024-report-finds/3471845/

According to the report, Texas ranks 47th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This means that Texas is one of the worst states for women to live in, based on the metrics analyzed.

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https://www.mediaite.com/politics/nbc-editor-posts-documentation-of-nazis-at-cpac-after-organization-slams-report-as-false/

Goggin also reported on other easily identifiable figures with ties to neo-Nazis he saw at CPAC, including one “with an official badge” from the event.

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https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-in-manhattan-da-asks-for-gag-order-on-trump-to-protect-jurors-and-court-staff-ahead-of-trial/

The filing added that Trump’s public attacks “pose a significant and imminent threat to the orderly administration of this criminal proceeding.”

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazis-mingle-openly-cpac-spreading-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335

The presence of these extremists has been a persistent issue at CPAC, and in previous years conference organizers have ejected well-known Nazis and white supremacists such as Nick Fuentes.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/florida-measles-cases-rise-experts-oppose-state-surgeon-generals-decis-rcna140000

A seventh case, the first in a child under age 5, follows the state’s controversial surgeon general’s decision to let parents decide whether to quarantine children or keep them in school.

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/nra-corruption

"The NRA has lost its leader, its power, and its wealth," said one campaigner. "Today's trial verdict is one more nail in the NRA's political coffin."

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/personhood-bills-ivf-restrictions-alabama-rcna140228

In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court's IVF ruling, reproductive rights groups are sounding the alarm over personhood legislation in 14 states.

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https://truthout.org/articles/more-than-50-obstetricians-have-fled-idaho-since-abortion-ban-was-implemented/

The reduction in available doctors and obstetric programs will likely increase maternal mortality rates in the state.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/woman-suing-texas-abortion-ban-plans-move-embryos-state-rcna140134

Amanda Zurawski told NBC News exclusively that she finds the prospect of Texas restricting in vitro fertilization "absolutely terrifying."

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/22/2225116/-Judge-says-Texas-school-district-can-punish-Black-student-for-his-hairstyle

By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune Feb. 22, 2024 Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Texas judge on Thursday said the Barbers Hill Independent School District...

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https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/maine-to-become-27th-state-to-ban-paramilitary-training-under-bill-passed-by-house/3287214/

Maine would become the 27th state to ban paramilitary training, under a bill the House narrowly passed Wednesday. The proposal, designed to block groups hoping to create civil unrest, passed 66-60. It was sponsored by Democratic Rep. Laurie Osher of Orono. The measure comes in the wake of a rise in public demonstrations by white nationalist groups in the state….

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https://wpln.org/post/we-should-kill-them-all-tn-congressman-andy-ogles-responds-to-questions-on-us-involvement-in-gaza/

U.S. Congressman Andy Ogles of Tennessee is under fire for his comments on the war in Gaza. In a recently released video, Ogles can be seen walking

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-slams-trump-over-navalny-why-does-trump-always-blame-america-2024-02-20/

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday thrashed Republican rival Donald Trump's response to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, asking, "Why does Trump always blame America?"

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https://wvpress.org/breaking-news/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians/

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/18/2224306/-Libs-of-TikTok-targeted-a-district-then-a-non-binary-student-was-killed-on-campus

According to the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law: “stochas­tic terrorism involves ‘the use of mass media to provoke random acts of ideolog­i­cally motivated violence that are statistically predictable but individually...

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