Eastern Shore of Maryland. Nurse Practitioner. Wife. Cat and dog mom. Ankle biting liberal boomer.
Telemedicine abortion options are crucial for a lot of reasons—including that, for some patients, enduring a gauntlet of harassment outside physical clinics can be unbearable. open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Judge Rules Abortion Pill Restrictions Unlawful as GOP Targets Free Speech: The Week in Abortion7.20.26 - 7.24.26open.substack.com
A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal (Gift Article)A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.www.nytimes.com
From pages 38-45 of this remarkable book is a section on journalism that is so urgent, so compelling, so precise in identifying some of the major flaws and failures of mainstream journalism as an industry at this moment in time, that I wish I could make all American journalists read it.
"[ICE] is not law enforcement. [It] is a militia with a badge." - David Myers, retired commander, San Diego Sheriff's Office
I'm a former cop. ICE isn't law enforcement, it's a militia.ICE shootings in Houston and in Biddeford, Maine, are the predictable output of a federal agency that lacks training, oversight and a settled mission.www.yahoo.com
Republicans are in hiding from their constituents throughout the country with good reason. They’ve done nothing for Americans while Trump steals with their help and many profit as well. Face the people? Perish the thought. What could they say? Lie some more so they can steal more. Vote them out.
The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the borderWhoops, was that the duress password?www.theverge.com
I’ve got family in Seattle, including small children. Days like this I wish they were still in Canada. American exceptionalism plus lack of reasonable gun control leads to an outrageous number of mass shootings. Deal with the guns. It’s long past time.
2 killed, multiple injured, including child, during shooting at Bite of Seattle eventPolice in Seattle are investigating a shooting at the Seattle Center that left multiple people injured.The Seattle Police Department said, “Police are investigakomonews.com
