Ron DeSantis and the Florida GOP Are Targeting Trans Youth for Political Gain
“I’d never consider myself an activist in that sense,” says Dr. Michael Haller, a medical school professor and head of paediatric endocrinology at the University of Florida. “But I’m sure as hell going to stand up for my patients.” Although Haller’s primary focus is type 1 diabetes management, he has also treated transgender children and […]
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17 States and DC Have Stopped Reporting Active COVID Cases Behind Bars
Rita Deanda was incarcerated at California Institution for Women on July 5th when she tested positive for COVID. She was immediately ordered to pack her belongings and moved to a quarantine unit, which she referred to as “COVID jail.” That was where she spent the next 11 days. The 57-year-old doesn’t know how she got […]
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Hunting whales should be illegal
All reasonable people agree that hunting whales should not be allowed. While many countries have stopped commercial whaling over 40 years ago, Iceland and Japan continue to hunt whales. still allow the trade to continue, killing more than a thousand of these magnificent animals every year. It’s an appallingly cruel, pointless, and disgusting practice that has to […]
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Bank of England Governor warns of inflation matching pay rises
Following the decision by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee to raise interest rates yesterday, the Bank’s governor has warned people of the consequences of pushing for inflation busting pay rises. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme this morning, Andrew Bailey said, “My key point is that if inflation becomes embedded and […]
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Documents Reveal Collusion Between CDC, Big Tech
America First Legal Foundation has obtained documents that reveal deep collusion between public officials, Big Tech allies, and the suppression of dissenting voices. The documents reveal the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials to push social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, to censor so called medical misinformation. John Zadrozny […]
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FBI ‘Aggressively’ Pursuing Hunter Biden Investigation, Director Wray Says
FBI Director Christopher Wray referred to “malign foreign influence with, potentially, public corruption” during a Senate committee hearing Thursday where participants described Hunter Biden’s alleged misconduct in overseas business dealings in a hypothetical manner. When asked specifically about the case of President Joe Biden’s son, Wray described it as an “ongoing investigation that I expect […]
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Today’s FBI Partisans Are Tarnishing Its Already Damaged Image
The FBI is tarnishing its credibility among the American people. The latest revelations by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) about the political partisans in the top ranks of the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency are, if true and disturbing. Over the past few years, the FBI’s trust, which it once enjoyed and which it requires […]
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Judge Rules West Virginia’s Medicaid Program Must Provide Gender-Affirming Care
Federal Judge ruled this week that West Virginia must provide transgender care through the state Medicaid program. U.S. District Judge Chuck Chambers determined that Tuesday the state was discriminating against transgender residents with low incomes by excluding gender-affirming care — which can consist of therapy, medication or surgery — from its Medicaid program. Shauntae Anderson […]
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Defeat of Anti-Abortion Amendment in Kansas Shows Voters Favor Bodily Autonomy
Reproductive rights advocates are moving forward energized by the abortion rights movement’s heartening victory this week in Kansas, which signaled that – despite what right-wing forces have claimed – masses of Americans are solidly in favor of bodily autonomy. Kansas was the first state that voted on abortion rights following the birth of Roe v. […]
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Warnings Grow over Nuclear War as Tensions Escalate Between US, Russia and China
The U.N. warned this week that humanity is “one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation” as tensions escalate globally. We speak with Ira Helfand, former president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, who says the U.N. Security Council permanent members, comprising Russia, China, the U.S., the U.K. and France, are pursuing nuclear […]
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