Organizers in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia Are Putting Abortion Rights on Ballot
Grassroots canvassers are hitting the streets to urge voters to defend abortion rights in their states this November.
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Shuttering of Clinics That Teach Abortion Care Fuels Medical Workforce Crisis
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The crisis extends far beyond abortion access and threatens the future of reproductive health in communities nationwide.
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Four Years After Dobbs, Trump Administration and its Backers are Still Threatening Abortion Access
Today marks the fourth anniversary of President Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court ending the federal right to abortion with the Dobbsv. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Since then, more people have suffered and died because of restrictive anti-abortion laws, which have banned some or all abortion in 20 states. To mark the anniversary, Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, released the following statement: “Four years after President Trump’s handpicked Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, their decision continues to devastate people across the country. With each passing day, more people are hurt, more families are broken, and more people’s lives are upended. Anti-abortion rights lawmakers continue to weaponize the Court’s decision to make it harder for everyone, everywhere to get the care they need. On this anniversary, it’s clearer than ever that it’s on all of us to fight back against an unpopular political agenda that has blocked people’s health, lives, and freedoms.”President Trump and his backers in Congress have spent their time in office making it harder for everyone, everywhere to get lifesaving reproductive health care, including abortion. Last July, they passed a law that “defunded” Planned Parenthood for one year by attempting to bar patients from using their Medicaid insurance at Planned Parenthood health centers. The harm they’ve caused is clear: Since the start of the Trump-Vance administration more than 50 Planned Parenthood health centers have been forced to close. More than 20 of those closures came after President Trump signed the law “defunding” Planned Parenthood.A Senate report examining the harm of “defunding” Planned Parenthood showed that in the six months since the “defunding” of Planned Parenthood took effect, fewer people have been able to get reproductive care at Planned Parenthood health centers in 2025 compared to the same period in 2024: The number of breast exam visits fell by 25% in Dec., increasing the risk of delayed breast cancer detection and avoidable, more serious illness.Visits for IUDs and other long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) dropped by 41% in Nov. and 36% in Dec.– the steepest decline across all services measured.STI testing declined by 11% in Nov. and 4% in Dec., limiting early diagnosis and treatment and increasing preventable spread and long-term health consequences.And there were 20% fewer visits for birth control pills in November. Now, House Republicans want to permanently “defund” Planned Parenthood because, where legal, Planned Parenthood health centers provide abortion.
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New York Post
DOJ backs nuns caring for dying cancer patients in fight against New York trans ideology mandate
Civil rights division backs Catholic nuns facing loss of nursing home license over gender identity and pronouns.
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Trump insults his own cabinet secretary on live TV mid-Einstein story: 'Nobody cares'
President Donald Trump humiliated his Energy secretary in front of the full cabinet, cutting him off mid-sentence with "nobody cares."Energy Secretary Chris Wright had barely launched into a story about Albert Einstein when Donald Trump interrupted him. The remarks came as Donald Trump signed executive orders directing federal agencies to accelerate the shift to post-quantum cryptography and boost domestic computing investment."A hundred twenty — 141 years ago, Albert Einstein — 121 years ago, Albert Einstein published a paper —" Wright began."Nobody cares," Donald Trump said, cutting him off.The Trump line prompted the other secretaries to laugh at the snub."Good point. Good point," Wright said."And usually, won't catch you, but then go ahead," the president told him.Wright pressed on, using the Einstein story to praise Donald Trump's own family, noting that the scientist had laid the groundwork for modern quantum science. Forty years later, he said, the president's uncle built on those principles."Donald Trump's uncle, John Trump, was a pioneer in applying light radiation and the reflections of it to develop radar at the MIT radiation lab, critical in D-Day, critical in the end in winning World War II," Wright continued.John G. Trump was a pioneering MIT electrical engineer who helped develop microwave radar during World War II and served as director of the Radiation Laboratory's British Branch.Donald Trump, meanwhile, acknowledged he didn't know much about the orders he was signing."Does anybody know what that is?" he asked of quantum cryptography. "You'll hear very soon, so you're going to find it interesting."The executive orders direct federal agencies to accelerate the shift to post-quantum encryption and funnel new investment into the domestic quantum computing industry.
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Washington Examiner
Supreme Court to review if inmate can sue over lack of medical help after prison riot
The Supreme Court will weigh whether an inmate can sue prison officials for allegedly not giving adequate medical treatment following a prison riot, a possibly key case for determining the scope of prisoners’ Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishments. The high court announced that it will hear the case Nielsen v. Watanabe in […]
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Supreme Court to weigh rights of federal prison inmates to sue over lack of medical treatment
WASHINGTON — Taking up a case that could further erode the rights of people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a prison inmate could sue a nurse for failing to provide medical assistance after a riot
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Trump's reflecting pool mess is just the latest self-made crisis he is blaming on others
Referring to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, Minnesota governor Tim Walz commented on X: “Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went. The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.” (Walz could have added: “blamed others for his failure, conjured up a conspiracy, then prosecuted them.”)One remarkable aspect of Trump’s horrendous reign is how many crises and problems he’s brought on himself—created them out of thin air. Then he brags about how well he’s handled them. And when they go wrong—as they inevitably do—he casts blame on others or on his political opponents.Four examples from the last few days:I. The Return of Operation Metro SurgeUS prosecutors in Minnesota on Tuesday announced charges against 15 people they say conspired to “violently oppose immigration law enforcement.”But when repeatedly questioned by the press, US Attorney Daniel Rosen failed to describe a single example of injuries to federal agents.Rosen has a dubious track record with this kind of prosecution. In the months after “Operation Metro Surge,” launched by the Trump regime last December, federal prosecutors charged three dozen Minnesotans in a first wave of cases allegedly involving assaulting or impeding federal immigration agents. Most were dismissed or downgraded.So why is Minnesota’s US attorney announcing new charges? Rosen’s predecessor as US attorney, Joseph Thompson, said he doesn’t understand it. “I think most people, on both of the sides of the political aisle, viewed [Metro Surge] as a disaster for the administration,” Thompson told The Wall Street Journal. “Why you would want to go back and re-litigate this is beyond me.”One clue lies in the timing of the new charges—coming just two weeks after the John F. Kennedy Library awarded its 2026 Profiles in Courage Award to the people of the Twin Cities for their resistance to Operation Metro Surge.A bipartisan committee praised the community for defending constitutional rights and demonstrating civic courage:“Tens of thousands took to the streets to peacefully protest federal overreach and threats to immigrant families and constitutional protections, while others documented enforcement activity and alerted neighbors to federal agents’ presence. Faith leaders organized demonstrations, community groups built rapid-response networks, labor leaders and small business defended workers, and volunteers provided critical support and resources. Across religious, racial, and political lines, a broad coalition of residents of the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs united in peaceful resistance despite violent confrontation and real personal risk, defending their neighbors’ rights and strengthening the national movement to protect American democracy.”Trump is presumed to have a grudge against the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award because last year’s award went to his former vice president, Mike Pence, for explicitly resisting Trump’s demands to overturn the 2020 election results on January 6, 2021.II. Trump’s Unending War in IranOn Sunday, negotiators for Iran and the United States met in Switzerland for a little over an hour. No progress was made. Iranian negotiators insisted on an end to the war between Israel (a US ally) and Hezbollah (an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon) as a condition for further talks, according to Iranian state media.The talks were also strained by Trump’s renewed threats against Iran. Fox News reports that Trump, in an interview, said he had spoken with Iranian officials Saturday night and warned them not to close the Strait of Hormuz. “You close it, and you won’t have a country,” Fox said, quoting Trump. “You won’t even make it back to your f—ing country.”The Iranian delegation in Switzerland decided to suspend the talks due to Trump’s threats, according to Nour News, which is affiliated with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. IRIB, Iran’s state broadcaster, said it was unclear if the talks will resume.Iran’s lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on social media that the United States should be careful about issuing threats, adding that Iranian armed forces were prepared to respond. “No matter how much they talk, it is we who act,” he wrote.Iran says the strait is once again closed. World oil prices are again rising.One Republican senator described the war in Iran and the sputtering peace talks as “the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”Trump continues to look for a way out, at least for himself. “If it works out, I’m going to take the credit,” Trump said of the peace agreement, only half in jest. “If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD.”III. Prices Continue to RiseOn Sunday, Trump celebrated Father’s Day with a social media post touting that the USUS has the “BEST ECONOMY EVER.”“Happy Father’s Day!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Our Country is doing GREAT.
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Democracy Now!
U.K. Political Crisis: PM Keir Starmer Resigns & Palestine Action "Terrorism" Sentencing of "Elbit 4"
Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as the United Kingdom’s prime minister and leader of the Labour Party following growing pressure from within his own party to step down. During his time in office, Starmer faced mounting opposition over his embrace of austerity measures amid a cost-of-living crisis in Britain, as well as his brutal crackdown on Palestine solidarity protesters. Former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the next prime minister. Some leaders of the British left have warned Burnham may do little to shift from Starmer’s policies, including his position on Israel. Starmer “really lost support in the party because he was perceived as too right-wing for it and because he was too boring. He lacked charisma,” explains our guest, the Australian British human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson. Robertson also discusses Britain’s Court of Appeal’s ruling that the government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is lawful, making it a criminal offense to belong to or support the organization. Four Palestine Action activists were recently sentenced as terrorists over their involvement in a 2024 raid on a British factory operated by one of Israel’s largest arms manufacturers, Elbit Systems.
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