And another day of SCOTUS and TX showing us what they really think of women, the TX abortion law becomes the model for other states, missing Covid data, buying stuff online, Jan 6 phone records, Manchin, stalking, and banning effeminate men from TV comes to a close:
"In effect, the Texas Legislature has deputized the State’s citizens as bounty hunters, offering them cash prizes for civilly prosecuting their neighbors’ medical procedures." — US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomeyer
“Maybe women’s rights shouldn’t hinge on the whims of nine people, two of whom have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct.” — Abdalla Fayyad
"As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest." — Nelson Mandela
Deaths
US: 662,853 (+2926)
World: 4,557,084 (+11,925)
Cases
US: 40,513,018 (+182,306)
World: 219,956,335 (+690,684)
High court divides 5-4 to leave Texas abortion law in place. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law that went into effect Wednesday. But the justices also suggested that their order likely isn’t the last word on whether the law can stand because other challenges to it can still be brought.
“A Supreme Court where 5 of 6 conservative justices were appointed by GOP presidents who initially lost popular vote & confirmed by senators representing minority of Americans are taking away voting rights & reproductive rights from millions of Americans. This is not democracy.” — Ari Berman
"I know you have never faced those choices, nor have you ever been pregnant. But for women out there who have faced those choices, this is an incredibly difficult thing." — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
The staggering implications of the Supreme Court’s Texas anti-abortion ruling. The Supreme Court just dealt a crippling blow to Roe v. Wade — and to the rule of law.
With abortion curbed in Texas, medication abortion bill about to become law. As a novel six-week abortion ban has significantly curtailed abortion care in Texas, another bill, aimed at restricting medication abortion, is set to become law in the state. The Legislature this week advanced the bill, called Senate Bill 4, which would limit access to medication abortions for many. For now, patients can obtain the medication up until 10 weeks of pregnancy in the state. The measure would prevent physicians from administering it to people who are more than seven weeks pregnant and prohibit the pills from being mailed in Texas.
GOP-led states see Texas law as model to restrict abortions. On Thursday, Republican lawmakers in at least half a dozen states said they planned to introduce bills using the Texas law as a model, hoping it provides a pathway to enacting the kind of abortion crackdown they have sought for years.
New Texas abortion law pushes women to out-of-state clinics. Even before a strict abortion ban took effect in Texas this week, clinics in neighboring states were fielding growing numbers of calls from women desperate for options.
Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law. “It is going to be a very motivating issue for women who haven’t typically been single-issue pro-choice voters,” said Republican pollster Christine Matthews. That includes suburban women and independents in swing House districts and competitive governor’s races who in past elections didn’t believe Roe v. Wade was truly under threat, Matthews said. -- Be pissed off. Then take that anger and vote all those Republican fuckers out of office.
Millions Of People Are Missing From CDC COVID Data As States Fail To Report Cases. "There's no data coming out of Texas," points out software engineer Josh Zarrabi of Atlanta's Morehouse School of Medicine, which recently rolled out the tracking portal. "A lot of Americans should be unhappy about that. And they should say, like, 'Wow, like, we need the data, right, because we're missing a huge piece of the puzzle here.' " And it's not just a search for jigsaw pieces from Texas…Most states have voluntarily sent up whatever records they have, but a handful have not. Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, West Virginia and Wyoming have each submitted less than one-tenth of their total cases. Another handful of states, including Florida, Michigan and Kentucky, have smaller but still significant gaps in their data, each completely missing over 30% of their known cases. Over 3 million Texans have had COVID-19, but just 81,000 are in the data set. That's not even 3%.
US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID. The problem, health leaders say, is twofold: Nurses are quitting or retiring, exhausted or demoralized by the crisis. And many are leaving for lucrative temporary jobs with traveling-nurse agencies that can pay $5,000 or more a week.
In Florida, funeral home workers struggle to keep up with the dying. COVID-19 has claimed so many lives in Florida that funeral directors said there aren't enough hours in the day to schedule all the services.
Full FDA Approval Triggers More Universities To Require The COVID-19 Vaccine. New research on COVID-19 safety on college campuses published in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that high vaccination rates will be the single most powerful determinant of campus safety this fall.
UK study finds long COVID affects up to 1 in 7 children months after infection. Children rarely become severely ill with COVID-19 but they can suffer lingering symptoms, and the study is one of the largest of its kind on how common so-called long COVID is in the age group.
You can buy stuff online, but getting it is another story. The global supply chain is in hot water. The pandemic has made it notoriously difficult for shoppers to buy certain consumer goods, from home appliances and furniture to laptops and bicycles. And things aren’t getting better anytime soon, at least not this year…Yet, the supply chains that drive the global economy will likely remain vulnerable to delays until 2022 or 2023, according to experts, or until most of the world is vaccinated. Here’s why.
Kevin McCarthy among GOP lawmakers whose phone records January 6 select committee asks to be preserved.
Manchin upends Democrats' push to enact Biden's agenda this month, calling for 'pause' on $3.5 trillion bill. Sen. Joe Manchin, the most pivotal Democratic swing vote in the Senate, threw a major wrench in his party's carefully crafted plans to pass a massive $3.5 trillion bill by month's end, demanding they take a "strategic pause" before considering a sweeping bill to implement much of President Joe Biden's agenda.
As Herschel Walker eyes Georgia US Senate seat, a newly revealed stalking claim brings his troubled history under scrutiny. -- Republicans will love him then.
Paralympian stripped of gold medal for being 3 minutes late to competition. Spence said an excuse given was that the Malaysian and the two others said they "didn't hear the announcement or it was in a language" they did not understand. The F20 class in shot put is for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV. China’s government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday to promote “revolutionary culture,” broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality.
ABBA to drop first studio album in 40 years. “Voyage" is scheduled for release on November 5. The group also announced a set of virtual concerts where avatars of the band will perform at a specially built venue in London's Olympic Park to begin next May.
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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