In a scene straight out of a dystopian movie about America's collapse into christofascism, here's a video of Arizona State Senator Anthony Kern and his group of anti-abortion zealots on their hand and knees in the the AZ State House Chamber of the state capital, engaging in tongues-praying for the reinstatement of a near-total abortion ban from 1864. — Read the rest
Mike Wankum has a look at the forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.
Coles and Woolworths will be in the firing line as executives from Australia’s two big supermarkets face long interrogations over high grocery prices. Alongside Optus and Qantas, the two supermarket behemoths are among the country’s most criticised companies after raking in billion-dollar profits during a cost-of-living crisis. Their dominance – Coles and Woolworths account for […]
The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Civil War-era ban that blocks nearly all abortions in the state is roiling the Senate race to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). The Tuesday ruling upholding an 1864 abortion law that bars patients from receiving an abortion in nearly all cases also jails physicians who illegally perform
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A state senator filmed in two separate videos getting in the face of Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Friday night says that he was provoked after Ashcroft “barked off” in the face of his fellow Republican’s wife. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) tells the RFT that at Friday night’s Perry County Lincoln Day event, Ashcroft “came up to my wife Michelle who was seated at a table, pointed his finger in her face and barked off to her.” “I was there and confronted Ashcroft in the back...
The Senate reauthorized a controversial FISA spying program on Friday night in the face of days of hardened opposition, casting a flurry of votes in the hours before the law expired. A bipartisan group of privacy hawks had refused to fast-track the legislation, which renews Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but they […]
Days after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total ban on abortion could be enforced in the state, Kamala Harris went after Trump for his position on abortion in a campaign speech Friday in Tucson. Harris said that the ruling, which granted abortion exceptions only when it was “necessary to save” a woman’s life, “demonstrated […]
The Arizona Supreme Court was preparing to rule on the enforcement of an 1864 near-total abortion ban.
A week after the Florida Supreme Court approved an abortion rights ballot measure for November, Arizona's high court followed suit, giving voters a chance to have their say on statewide abortion access this fall. At the same time, both supreme courts allowed highly restrictive bans to take effect in their respective states—supercharging the import of the ballot measures. As Arizona Republic reporters Stacey Barchenger and Ray Stern wrote, "The state Supreme Court's ruling puts a stark choice...
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, said her arrest on burglary charges came as she was sneaking into the home of a relative with Alzheimer's.
In her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat presently held by outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), far-right MAGA Republican Kari Lake has recently been making an effort to soften her image. Lake now claims she was speaking "in jest" when she told "McCain Republicans" to "get the hell out" of a GOP event, and she has come out against an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that makes an anti-abortion law from 1864 enforceable.But Lake's critics, including conservative GOP activist Meghan McCain and likely...