Could Florida lawmakers take up abortion in a special session to undermine Amendment 4? Just a day after Florida’s six-week ban took effect, the fight over abortion rights in Florida could be heating up yet again, with talks of a special session in the works. 05/2/2024 - 10:26 am | View Link
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Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care Health care workers are prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy until it actually becomes deadly to the mother. 05/1/2024 - 12:06 am | View Link
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Biden to speak about abortion in Tampa. Everything to know about Florida’s abortion laws President Joe Biden is challenging former President Trump in his home state — he’ll speak about Florida's new abortion bans ahead of the 2024 election ... 04/23/2024 - 12:04 am | View Link
On January 6, Gabriel Garcia—a first-generation Cuban American and former member of the Proud Boys—live-streamed his attempt to breach the Capitol. “How does it feel being a traitor to the country?” he screamed at police officers as he entered the building. Once inside the Rotunda, Garcia yelled “Nancy, come out and play!” as insurrections searched for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The fossil fuel industry spent decades sowing doubt about the dangers of burning oil and gas, experts and Democratic lawmakers testified on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The Senate budget committee held a hearing to review a report published on Tuesday with the House oversight and accountability committee that they said demonstrates the sector’s shift from explicit climate denial to a more sophisticated strategy of “deception, disinformation and doublespeak.”
“Big oil had to evolve from denial to duplicity,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island Democrat, who chairs the Senate committee.
The revelations, based on hundreds of newly subpoenaed documents, illustrate how oil companies worked to greenwash their image while fighting climate policy behind the scenes.
“It’s time to ask the people who caused that problem, who lied about that situation, to pick up the bill,” said Sen.
“A key political operative on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault after allegedly choking and punching a woman in New York early Saturday morning,” Mediaite reports.
“Trent Pool, who serves as a paid consultant on the long-shot independent campaign and has been leading the effort to get Kennedy on the ballot in all 50 states, was charged with assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.”