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California sues pro-life organizations for efforts to reverse medication abortions

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday sued an anti-abortion group and a chain of anti-abortion counseling centers, saying the organizations misled women when they offered them unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions. Heartbeat International, a national anti-abortion group, and RealOptions Obria, which has five anti-abortion counseling centers in Northern California, used "fraudulent and misleading claims" to advertise a procedure called abortion pill reversal, according to the lawsuit. Abortion pill reversal...

Robert S. Bennett, Washington’s Go-to Lawyer in a Scandal, Dies at 84

He was a robust defender of a host of high-profile clients, including Bill Clinton over the president’s relationship with an intern.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints Moms for Liberty co-founder to state Commission on Ethics

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a "parental rights" group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, to the Florida Commission on Ethics on Wednesday. Tina Descovich was named to the nine-member, Tallahassee-based commission, which investigates alleged breaches of public trust by elected and appointed officials, as well as state employees. Descovich was previously elected to the School Board of Brevard County in...

Wisconsin Lawmakers Look to Outlaw Child Sex Dolls

(Benjamin Yount, The Center Square) Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard spent 30 years in law enforcement and says he never came across anything as “sick” as a child sex doll. Wanggaard on Tuesday led a Wisconsin Senate committee hearing on a plan to outlaw child sex dolls in the state. “For $30,000, and it talks to you and everything else, I’m just thinking these people are really sick,” Wanggaard said. The legislation would make it a crime...

Body cam shows prolific federal drug prosecutor offering cops business card in DUI crash arrest

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When police arrived at his house to investigate a hit-and-run, Joseph Ruddy, one of the nation's most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors, looked so drunk he could barely stand up straight, leaning on the tailgate of his pickup to keep his balance. But he apparently was under control enough to be waiting with his U.S. Justice Department business card in hand. "What are you trying to hand me?" an officer asked. "You realize...

Fetterman Dares Republicans to Impeach Biden: ‘It Would Be A Big Circle Jerk’

(Headline USA) Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., encouraged Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden this week, claiming “sometimes you just gotta call their bulls***.” “Go ahead, do it. I dare you,” Fetterman told reporters when asked about the GOP push for an impeachment inquiry into Biden over allegations of his family’s influence peddling. “If you can find the votes, go ahead, because you’re going to lose. It’s a loser,” he added, according to the Huffington Post. “It...

McConnell tries to reassure colleagues, vows to serve out term as Senate GOP leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared again Wednesday that he plans to finish his term as leader despite freezing up at two news conferences over the summer, brushing off questions about his health as he sought to reassure colleagues he's still up to the job. At a weekly, closed-door lunch with fellow GOP senators on Wednesday, McConnell pointed to the statement released a day earlier by attending physician Brian P. Monahan about...

Governor Murphy Refuses to Accept NYC Migrants after Vowing to Make New Jersey ‘Sanctuary’ State

NATIONAL REVIEW – After the Biden administration teased the idea of relocating New York City migrants to the Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, the state’s Democratic governor has come out and publicly refused to cooperate. “I don’t see any scenario where we’re gonna be able to take in a program in Atlantic City or, frankly, elsewhere in the state,” Governor Phil Murphy said during his appearance on News 12 New Jersey on Thursday...

PA Gov. Proves ‘Pro Choice’ Is A Lie – Abortion Is The Only Choice Allowed

After nearly 30 years, Pennsylvania will end state funding for anti-abortion counseling centers HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For nearly 30 years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have approved millions of taxpayer dollars for an anti-abortion program. Now the state's new governor plans to end the contract as the organization that distributes those funds and other groups like it gain attention since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Pennsylvania plans to end on Dec. 31 its...

Conservatives seek to cancel sex ed, HIV/AIDS funding

KFF Health News – More than four years ago, then-President Donald Trump declared an ambitious goal that had bipartisan support: ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. Now, that Trump program is one of several health initiatives targeted for substantial cuts by members of his own party as they eye next year's elections. Pushing a slate of conservative political priorities that also takes aim at sex education for teens, health worker vaccine mandates, and more,...

Nikki Haley Says Senate Is A ‘Privileged Nursing Home’ After McConnell Freeze

(Headline USA) GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley mocked the U.S. Senate as “the most privileged nursing home in the country” after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., froze during a press conference. The McConnell episode was the second in the past several weeks in which he has unexpectedly shut down in the midst of a conversation or question. “It’s sad,” Haley told Fox News. “No one should feel good about seeing that any more than we...

Poor Leadership Led To CDC Covid Test Failures

KFF HEALTH NEWS – In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected with the new, rapidly spreading coronavirus. But, like many labs around the country, it quickly found the test gave inaccurate results. So test samples had to be sent back to the CDC for processing, wasting time and leaving...

Fox News’ Jesse Watters calls COVID-19 vaccine booster shots “a huge scam”

JESSE WATTERS (HOST): I'm going to walk around with this study in my pocket and if anybody tries to make me wear a mask, I'm going to say, "There's a study that says masks can give me cancer. Do you want me to get cancer? Obviously not." That's garbage. There's another shot that he's going to recommend all Americans take? Not just Americans with comorbidities, not just Americans that are over 65: Every single American? And the...

Gov. Greg Abbott says ‘no mask mandates in Texas’ amid rising COVID cases

SAN ANTONIO CURRENT – Gov. Greg Abbott declared in a tweet on Thursday that "there will be no mask mandates in Texas," despite a surge of COVID-19 cases across the nation. Despite a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday tweeted “there will be no mask mandates in Texas" — a statement that met with mixed fanfare. Abbott’s post on X, formerly known as Twitter, comes as some institutions nationwide reinstate COVID-era...

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