And another day of ‘resorting to crimes,’ confirming justices, the math that contradicts fear, school-entry vaccinations falling, breast cancer in young women rising, young people not using condoms, and glasses that instantly give personal information for each stranger you look at comes to a close:
“The Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in human history.” — Noam Chomsky
Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’. Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a newly unsealed court filing from prosecutors that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president. The filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s team offers the most comprehensive view to date of what prosecutors intend to prove if the case charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the election reaches trial. Though a months-long congressional investigation and the indictment itself have chronicled in stark detail Trump’s efforts to undo the election, the filing cites previously unknown accounts offered by Trump’s closest aides to paint a portrait of an “increasingly desperate” president who while losing his grip on the White House “used deceit to target every stage of the electoral process.”
Republicans expect to confirm even more Supreme Court justices if Trump wins. During Donald Trump’s White House tenure, Republicans assembled the most conservative Supreme Court in a century. Now, they’re excited about the prospect of building on those efforts by confirming even more conservative justices, as well as lower-court judges, if he wins another four years. — Which is yet another reason to vote for Harris.
Louisiana's new abortion pill law may delay lifesaving care for women, doctors say. Starting Tuesday in Louisiana, the two drugs used in medication abortion — mifepristone and misoprostol — will be reclassified as controlled substances in the state, making it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to possess the drugs without a prescription.
Trump says crime is out of control. The numbers tell a different story. But several years of national data tell the opposite story: Crime is falling in cities and towns across the United States. NBC News recently spent a day with Detroit police, who say Trump’s characterization is false. — Yeah. He’s lying to try and scare you so you’ll vote for his fascism. Don’t fall for his shit.
US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising. The share of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 3.3%, up from 3% the year before. Meanwhile, 92.7% of kindergartners got their required shots, which is a little lower than the previous two years. Before the COVID-19 pandemic the vaccination rate was 95%, the coverage level that makes it unlikely that a single infection will spark a disease cluster or outbreak. The changes may seem slight but are significant, translating to about 80,000 kids not getting vaccinated, health officials say.
Breast cancer rising among younger women and Asian Americans, report finds. The reason why more women younger than 50 are getting breast cancer is not clear, but Reid said it’s likely due to modifiable risk factors such as environmental exposures in food, air or water, rising rates of obesity and sedentary lifestyles — the same risk factors thought to be causing higher rates of colorectal cancer in younger people.
Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought. “Part of what we have to talk about is that there is something enticing about having condomless sex,” Acosta Ardilla said. “And we have to, as people who are working in public health, plan for the fact that people will choose to have condomless sex.”...Not every state mandates sex education. Some states emphasize abstinence. Less than half of states require information on contraception.
This Facial Recognition Experiment With Meta’s Smart Glasses Is a Terrifying Vision of the Future. The tool allows anyone wearing smart glasses to instantly get info on strangers, including their home address and phone number...“To use it, you just put the glasses on, then as you walk by people, the glasses will detect when somebody’s face is in frame. This photo is used to analyze them, and after a few seconds, their personal information pops up on your phone,” Nguyen explains in the Instagram video.
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at 83.
RIP John Amos. He was 84.
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