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Nonilex

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… paring down time on social media … ?? Fully migrated to mastodon now that the bird self destructed. Though if you want to view my old posts, same username.

#BabySquirrel

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Nonilex, to revenge
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allies of are calling for prosecutions & other retaliatory measures against in response to his in .

Prominent leaders in & out of have demanded that elected use every available instrument of against Democrats.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/us/politics/trump-conviction-gop-revenge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=5B0484D3-A322-4646-BCF3-51AB15FEED75&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex, to world
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A streak of record-setting that began last summer has now persisted for an entire year across the globe, researchers announced Wed, pushing closer to a dangerous threshold that the ’s nations had pledged not to cross.
Temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C threshold over the past year, & scientists warn they will again soon.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/06/05/global-temperatures-1-5-celsius-record-year/

Nonilex, to Health
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Conservative attacks on #BirthControl could threaten #access
#FarRight #conservatives are sowing #disinformation that falsely characterizes IUDs, #emergency #contraception, even #BirthControlPills as “#abortifacients” — something used to cause #abortions.
#Republicans in ≥17 states have blocked largely Democratic-led attempts to pass #laws assuring the right to birth control since 2022.

#ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health #privacy #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/05/birth-control-access-abortion-ban/

Nonilex,
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#Republican lawmakers in #Missouri blocked a bill to widen #access to #BirthControlPills by falsely claiming they induce #abortions. An antiabortion group in #Louisiana killed #legislation to enshrine a right to #BirthControl by inaccurately equating #emergency #contraception w/ #abortion drugs. An #Idaho think tank focused on “#BiblicalActivism” is pushing state legislators to #ban access to emergency contraception & intrauterine devices (IUDs) by mislabeling them as “#abortifacients.”

#law

Nonilex,
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Since overturned the right to 2 years ago, have been trying to curtail by sowing about how various methods work to prevent pregnancy, as scramble to reassure [lie to] they have no intention of restricting the right to , which polls show the vast majority of Americans favor.

Nonilex,
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The divide illustrates growing #Republican tensions over the political cost of the “#personhood” movement to endow an [potentially nonviable] #embryo w/ #HumanRights, which has animated the debate around #IVF. #Medical societies define PREGNANCY [not a person] as starting once an embryo has implanted in the wall of the uterus. But #conservative #legislators say they believe life begins when eggs are fertilized — before pregnancy — & are conflating #BirthControl w/ #abortion.
#law #BirthControl

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“Folks are trying to redefine when life begins, but it’s just not scientifically supported,” said Courtney Joslin, who leads #PublicPolicy research on issues pertaining to #women & #families for the R Street Institute, a center-right think tank. “There’s just been a crowding-out effect where some #FarRight legislators have undermined #Republicans’ ability to talk about #BirthControl in a sensible & rational way.”

#law #science #privacy #ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health

Nonilex,
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#Republicans in ≥17 states have blocked #laws assuring the right to #BirthControl since 2022. Most recently, #Virginia Gov Glenn #Youngkin (R) vetoed a bill meant to ensure #access to #contraceptives, saying while he personally supports access, he was loath to “trample on the #religious freedoms of Virginians,” incl’g #medical providers [what about everyone else’s freedoms?]
#Trump suggested that he was open to restricting access to #contraception.

#law #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health

Nonilex,
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Many #Americans do not understand the difference between #abortion pills, which end a pregnancy, & emergency #contraception, which prevents it. Nearly ¾ of Americans incorrectly think that emergency contraceptive pills can end a pregnancy in its early stages, according to a 2023 poll by KFF, a nonprofit focused on national #health issues.
Antiabortion groups are stepping in to fill that knowledge gap w/ #disinformation.

#UninformedElectorate #education #law #ReproductiveRights #BirthControl

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The #conservative #Christian #Idaho Family Pol Ctr is recommending states #ban #access to emergency #contraception & #IUD, which they mislabel as “#abortifacients” in a paper outlining next steps “now that we’ve successfully eliminated elective abortion.”

#Medical societies say it’s wrong to characterize emergency #contraceptive pills, a #BirthControl method used w/in days of unprotected sex, & IUDs, which are long-acting & reversible, as causing #abortions bc NEITHER END AN EXISTING PREGNANCY.

Nonilex,
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Emergency pills such as PlanB & Ella work by inhibiting or delaying ovulation, thus preventing sperm from fertilizing an egg.

A copper interferes w/sperm movement, making it harder to reach an egg. Hormonal IUDs thicken cervical mucus to prevent sperm from fertilizing an egg & can prevent ovulation.


https://www.fda.gov/drugs/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers/plan-b-one-step-15-mg-levonorgestrel-information

Nonilex,
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30—70% of fertilized eggs NEVER IMPLANT SUCCESSFULLY, EVEN WITHOUT , acc/to Michael Belmonte, an in DC & a expert w/the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG).
restricting in some states, including Idaho, have defined life as beginning at fertilization.

Nonilex,
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Side note: need to stop misusing the word “misinformation”

I corrected its use in the article quotes.

is unintentional

is intentional

groups telling people is the same as is OBVIOUSLY intentional disinformation.

Get it right.

Nonilex, to Law
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#Trump Tues night on the conservative network #Newsmax:
“I said, ‘Wouldn’t it really be bad? … wouldn’t it be terrible to throw the president’s wife & the fmr secretary of state — think of it, the fmr secretary of state — but the president’s wife into #jail? … But they want to do it … So, you know, it’s a terrible, terrible path that they’re leading us to, & it’s very possible that it’s going to HAVE TO HAPPEN to them.”

#criminal #law #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/trump-newsmax-opponents-jail-clinton/

Nonilex,
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#Trump has made #payback for opponents central to his campaign, at one point declaring to a crowd: “I am your #retribution.” In private, has told advisers & friends that he wants his #DOJ to investigate specific fmr aides & allies who are now critical of him. And he has promised to appoint a special prosecutor to scrutinize #Biden & his family.

#criminal #law #justice #StochasticTerrorism
#BidenHarris2024

Nonilex, to DaftPunk
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plans aggressive weaponization [ ] investigations [ ] in wake of
Spkr vowed to use oversight powers & other measures to target jurisdictions pursuing prosecutions of Trump. in doubled down on their defense of Trump after his conviction on 34 counts related to falsifying business records.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/gop-trump-house-weaponization-investigations/

Nonilex,
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After a NY jury deemed a last week, his staunchest supporters are focusing on what they allege is a weaponized sys by ramping up investigations & stalling [ ] regular business in the -led .
Spkr broadly outlined a “3-pronged approach” Tues during a weekly conference on how the majority can the , & other jurisdictions for investigating Trump.

Nonilex,
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vowed to use House oversight powers while cutting funds in the appropriations process & taking other unspecified measures.
“We’re going to do everything we can, everything within our scope of our responsibility in the Congress, to address it appropriately,” Johnson said at his weekly news conference afterward.

Nonilex,
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One of ’s staunchest allies is readying a more aggressive approach. Rep (R-Ga.) has threatened to file a resolution before the week’s end to President . Greene left a Tues meeting w/ demanding “in the loudest most possible way” that he allow the a vote on removing Biden or she will force such a vote.

Nonilex,
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Across the Capitol, a faction of 11 conservative senators led by Sen (R-Utah) pledged to slow down business by voting against all of ’s & nominees & refusing to speed up consideration of ANY “ .”
Minority Leader (D-NY) condemned the plans to start investigations of the prosecutions of ….

Nonilex,
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“You had 12 #jurors come to a #unanimous conclusion, & the former president was #guilty of 34 #felonies, & that, that somehow is indication of weaponization when that was a #state prosecution that had nothing to do w/President #Biden or the Dept of #Justice,” Jeffries said. “The American people understand that we need more common sense & less chaos in Washington, DC.”

#ChaosCaucus #law #justice #obstruction #Congress #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #MAGA #Trump #CultOfPersonality

Nonilex,
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…Several …said their backing of is based on how their constituents reacted. Some, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that they issued stmnts in of how his base would react if they stayed quiet. Trump has animated his followers by painting himself as a martyr & repeatedly suggesting that if the admin & judicial sys were not coming after him, they would go after them. say that message has been effective.

Nonilex,
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It was unclear how the #House could seek to cut spending for states through the appropriations process, which funds the federal govt. But it has become a talking point for #FarRight lawmakers that was on display during a House #Judiciary Cmte hearing Tues.

Rep #MattGaetz accused the #DOJ of colluding w/ the NY DA’s office, & blaming AG #MerrickGarland, w/o #evidence, of fueling #ConspiracyTheories [projection] by withholding info about alleged communications.

#law #HouseRepublicans #Trump

Nonilex, to Law
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On the 1st day of #testimony in #HunterBiden’s federal #gun trial, #jurors heard his audio of his memoir, where he recounted his #drug use in graphic detail. A federal prosecutor told jurors “no one is above the #law,” & defense said the he did not “knowingly” lie when filling out forms to purchase a weapon.

Prosecutors showed the jury the laptop belonging to Hunter that has long been a target of #RightWing activists & politicians, spurred by #Trump & #RudyGiuliani’s #ConspiracyTheories.

#law

Nonilex,
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The #HunterBiden trial has ended for the day.

#law #pillory #RepublicanRevenge #PublicHumiliation #addiction #AddictionIsADisease #grief

Nonilex, to DaftPunk
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#US Lawmakers #expensed millions in 2023

>300 #House lawmakers were reimbursed ≥$5.2M for #food & #lodging while on official business in Washington last year under a new, #TaxpayerFunded prgm that doesn’t require receipts.
The prgm, which kicked off last yr after a #Republican-led House panel passed it, was intended to make it easier for lawmakers to maintain separate homes in DC & their home districts.

#HonorSystem #HouseRepublicans #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/house-representatives-expenses-receipts-lodging/

Nonilex,
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:

An earlier version of this article said that Rep (R-Fla.) was the reimbursement program's top spender for 2023. That analysis was based on data released by the as of last week. But additional data The Post reviewed Tuesday showed that Rep (R-Michigan) was reimbursed for more than Gaetz was.

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