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  • Kintsugi
  • December 6, 2021

The Supreme Court seems likely to undermine or overturn Roe v. Wade.

By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick All six Republican appointees on the Supreme Court have long signaled that they have qualms with the Roe v. Wade decision. What’s been less clear is wh

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

This is why the Supreme Court is so important…

Kavanaugh’s Opinion in Wisconsin Voting Case Raises Alarms Among Democrats By Jim Rutenberg and Nick Corasaniti October 27, 2020 The Supreme Court decision on Monday barring t

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https://youtu.be/Xd56ap_aa4k?si=ku6W3EvVJa0IkrqC

NY Times

  • Night of Violence Grips Belfast After Stabbing Attack
  • Why Complete Election Results in Maine Could Take More Than a Week
  • Will Trump’s Repairs to Washington D.C.’s Reflecting Pool Work?
  • They Tried To Catch a Child Predator on a Livestream. They Trapped Themselves Instead.
  • On the Eve of the World Cup, U.S. Immigration Policy Turns Some Away
https://youtu.be/SmHrlKaOBYc?si=ddFrERkCsPwpL4hw

NPR

  • NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
  • Whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay. New ship alerts could help protect them
  • Can birds outsing traffic? Some are trying
  • Look up! Venus and Jupiter are sharing a 'cosmic kiss'
  • It's one of the world's most isolated islands. Here come the bulldozers
https://youtu.be/hI1UcHIxK1Y?si=QdV2nwcTpGhpUsOC

The Progressive

  • Is Gaza Heading Toward a New Kind of Famine?
  • Anti-Transgender Rhetoric Fuels Violence
  • ‘Our Kids Are Not Free’
  • ‘No Internet for You!’
  • U.S. Should Invest in People, Not Wars
https://youtu.be/ryXsRRonhVc?si=61yPXXV3PS9VEBKv

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
  • Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein
  • Trump’s Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
  • Trump Misrepresents Climate Change Scenarios
  • Stopping Fraud Won’t ‘Save’ Social Security, Create ‘Balanced Budget,’ as Trump Suggests
https://youtu.be/d5BWWQAQ-co?si=He4nHqhAZJodLpvT

Snopes.com

  • 10 rumors we've inspected linking Melania Trump to Epstein, Maxwell
  • Were 'crying hotlines' from vintage TV ads real?
  • Why Treasury's proposed $250 Trump bill was met with laughter in China
  • Inspecting rumor California accepts gym cards as ID for voter registration
  • Did Trump offer crypto rewards to FIFA World Cup fans? Don't be fooled

Tradeoffs

  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?
  • Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch

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