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By turning law enforcement over to ‘abortion vigilantes,’ Texas uses lawlessness to destabilize equal treatment under law
So far, it has the Supreme Court’s blessing.
Why do the people who desire bans on abortion desire bans on vaccine- and mask-mandates? The connection isn’t ‘freedom’
They accuse pro-choice Americans of being evil as means of covering up the barbarous flesh-eating reality of their larger political project.
We can pull the plug on the lab leak theory
An all-out push by the entire US Intelligence Committee failed to uncover one iota of evidence.
Texas puts a bounty on women who have abortions, and much more at the Editorial Board
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Progressives should add sex worker rights to their agenda. It’s a matter of social justice
Sex workers are the only workers ignored on Labor Day.
Whatever happens to Roe, it will be the consequence of six conservative justices choosing to believe authoritarian lies
If the sanctity of an individual embryo’s life were as important as they say it is, a half-century-old anti-abortion movement would not exist.
Matt Robison interviews the EB’s Mia Brett: A Turning Point on Abortion in America
Abortion vigilantism? Yes.
The civilian wing of the Republican Party has finally lost control of its paramilitary wing
Roger Stone and Trump operatives like to think of themselves as being in control. A new Reuters report paints a very different picture.
Will vaccine mandates spark right-wing violence? Maybe, if the authoritarians believe what they say. Most don’t, though
Violent rhetoric is a feature, not a bug.
Before the weekend’s over …
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