And another day of water rights, liabilities, ending abortion in America, Moms for Liberty, clothing becomes a political statement, record high US median age, cage matches, and soon you’ll be able to buy a flame-throwing robodog comes to a close:
“Why would the government have an obligation to search for and save the life of a billionaire who willingly took a submarine to the ocean floor but not a kid with cancer who can’t afford healthcare?” — Jessica (Ka) Burbank
“Yes, if you store classified documents next to a toilet and then refuse to give them back when asked, you, too, can face federal charges.” — Kyle Griffin
“We live in stupid times.” — David Lazarus
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case. States that draw water from the river — Arizona, Nevada and Colorado — and water districts in California that are also involved in the case had urged the court to decide for them, which the justices did in a 5-4 ruling. Colorado had argued that siding with the Navajo Nation would undermine existing agreements and disrupt the management of the river. The Biden administration had said that if the court were to come down in favor of the Navajo Nation, the federal government could face lawsuits from many other tribes. Lawyers for the Navajo Nation had characterized the tribe’s request as modest, saying they simply were seeking an assessment of the tribe’s water needs and a plan to meet them.
Dobbs Turned Abortion Into A Huge Liability For Republicans. Like many other Americans, Theresa’s views on abortion crystallized in the aftermath of last summer’s ruling, becoming sharper and harder to reshape. An issue that was once seen primarily as a mobilizing force for the religious right has risen to the forefront at the state and national level. And as the one-year anniversary of Dobbs approaches, many Americans are more supportive of abortion rights than they’ve been in decades…Now, a FiveThirtyEight analysis finds that after one of the most disruptive Supreme Court decisions in generations, many Americans — including women, young people, and Democrats — are reporting more liberal views on abortion than major pollsters have seen in years. Even conservatives, although the changes are slight, are increasingly supportive of abortion rights. There are other signs that longstanding views are shifting: For instance, Americans are more open to the idea of unrestricted third-trimester abortion than they were even a year ago. And although it’s hard to predict what will shape upcoming elections, there are indications that abortion has the potential to be a major motivator for some Americans when they go to vote in 2024. — Vote for Democrats up and down the ballot. Republicans want to take away many of our rights.
Where abortion laws stand in every state a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe. Lawmakers, governors, courts and voters are all shaping policies — and more changes are in the pipeline. A state-by-state breakdown of where things stand:
She helped kill Roe v Wade - now she wants to end abortion in America. Hawkins, now 38, is bolder and more unyielding than her predecessors, reflective of a new generation of activists moving towards their ultimate goal: a federal abortion ban, beginning at conception...Hawkins' plans are at odds with public opinion - a majority of Americans support access to legal abortion - and even some Republicans say she is going too far, too fast. But Roe's reversal, too, was once considered a longshot. And now, one year after its demise, Hawkins believes she will lead the anti-abortion movement to another improbable win.
Wyoming’s first-in-the-nation abortion pill ban blocked before it was set to take effect. Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming for now, after a judge ruled Thursday that the state’s first-in-the-nation law to ban them won’t take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds. Attorneys for Wyoming failed to show that allowing the ban to take effect on schedule wouldn’t harm the lawsuit’s plaintiffs before their case is resolved, Teton County Judge Melissa Owens ruled after hearing arguments from both sides.
John Durham Just Made False Statements to Congress. John Durham—the special counsel who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI’s investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal and who utterly failed to produce evidence it was a hoax—testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. In doing so, he made false statements to Congress. He might even have lied.
Inside Moms for Liberty’s Close Relationship With the Proud Boys. It’s not just Proud Boys that Moms for Liberty has allegedly gotten involved with, however. A VICE News investigation has uncovered links between numerous Moms for Liberty chapters and extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, sovereign citizen groups, QAnon conspiracist, Christian nationalists, and in one case, with the founder of the AK-47-worshiping Rod of Iron Ministries church in Pennsylvania. Around the country, Moms for Liberty has formed links with extremist groups and militias, which are joining forces with the “parental rights” group at protests and school board meetings, and in turn pushing the already far-right organization toward even more extreme ideology.
Search for Titanic submersible unleashes ‘eat the rich’ sentiment online. Jessica Myrick, a Pennsylvania State University professor who studies the psychology of media use, suggested that the reaction to the missing submersible could be driven by schadenfreude, or pleasure derived from a disliked person’s or group’s pain...With the Titan, Myrick said, "the specifics of rich people taking a dangerous voyage in what looks like a tin can just for fun and just because they could also likely evokes some schadenfreude from people who could never afford to do that and probably wouldn’t do it even if they could afford it."...Myrick said the discourse is not unexpected, given that “our society has even more income inequality than before.”
“My biggest takeaway from the Titan story is that we absolutely could have coordinated, multinational efforts to ensure no migrant dies crossing the sea and we choose not to.” -- Jes Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
Georgia police department under investigation for using photo of a Black man for target practice. The Villa Rica Police Department posted the photos on its Facebook page, showing participants using an image of a Black man as a target during a firearms safety class.
How drag bans have made clothing a political statement, according to a queer style expert. It’s 2023, but Vita said the country is returning to the 1940s. In the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, police reportedly used an informal “three-article rule” to arrest people for cross-dressing if they weren’t wearing three pieces of attire that aligned with their assigned sex at birth. LGBTQ elders have since told researchers they were arrested in bar raids under that rule...“The right is using us as a scapegoat, as a distraction, to really push an agenda that is more about them having control over our bodies,” Vita said. “This is just going to continue if people don’t realize that, if they’re looking at this as kind of like, ‘This is not my problem, why does it matter what people dress like? Why can’t they just conform?’”
DeSantis sues Biden administration over university accrediting system. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Education over accreditation agencies, which control federal aid for students.
US median age reached a record high in 2022, according to the US Census Bureau. The United States population has been aging for decades and is now older than it has ever been. The median age of the US population reached a record high of 38.9 years in 2022, according to new estimates from the US Census Bureau. That’s an increase of about 3.5 years since 2000, and a jump of 0.2 years in the past year alone.
Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada. Meta has said it will begin to restrict news on its platforms to Canadian consumers after parliament passed a controversial online news bill. The bill forces big platforms to compensate news publishers for content posted on their sites.
The dark web is overflowing with stolen ChatGPT accounts. Group-IB researchers say the majority of these stolen ChatGPT credentials have been accessed thanks to the popular Raccoon malware…There are a number of potential security concerns unique to having a ChatGPT account compromised by hackers. For one, OpenAI released a feature a few months ago that saves a user's chat history.
First gene therapy for deadly form of muscular dystrophy gets FDA approval for young kids. The first gene therapy for a deadly form of muscular dystrophy received preliminary U.S. approval on Thursday despite concerns from some government scientists about the treatment’s ability to help boys with the inherited disease. The Food and Drug Administration approval provides a new option for some patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle-wasting disease that causes weakness, loss of mobility and early death. It almost always affects males.
Giant African land snail spotted in Florida, forcing quarantine in parts of county. Under the quarantine, it’s illegal to move the snail or move plants, compost, soil, or building materials through or from a quarantine area without a compliance agreement. The giant African land snail, which is illegal to import or have in the U.S. without a permit, consumes at least 500 different types of plants, according to the FDACS. They can be devastating to Florida agriculture as they “cause extensive damage to tropical and subtropical environments,” the agency said. The creatures also pose “serious health risk to humans” by carrying parasite rat lungwort, or meningitis in humans, the FDACS said.
Soon You Can, but Really Shouldn't, Pre-Order This Flame-Throwing Robodog. The Thermonator is expected to ship in the coming months, which seems like a bad idea…Sitting atop the Thermonator is one of the company’s ARC Flamethrowers, which uses a built-in fuel tank filled with gasoline or a gasoline/diesel mixture to blast a 30-foot long stream of burning fuel for up to 45 minutes when using its largest capacity battery.
Maya civilisation: Archaeologists find ancient city in jungle. Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of an ancient Maya city deep in the jungle of the Yucatán Peninsula. Experts found several pyramid-like structures measuring more than 15m (50ft) in height. Pottery unearthed at the site appears to indicate it was inhabited between 600 and 800 AD, a period known as Late Classic.
Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like sanctuary in the Netherlands. Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands that they believe may have served a similar purpose to Stonehenge. Like the famous stone circle in southern England, the sanctuary - which was as big as at least three soccer fields and built with soil and wood - was built to align with the sun on the solstices.
Tech billionaires’ cage match? Musk throws down the gauntlet and Zuckerberg accepts challenge. Whether or not Musk and Zuckerberg actually make it to the ring has yet to be seen — especially as Musk often tweets about action prematurely or without following through. But, even if their cage match agreement is all a joke, the banter gained attention. An endless chain of memes and posts to “choose your fighter” have sprung up in response.
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