Obama Aides Push Back Against Criticism Of Inaction On Syria

Washington, DC stands out as a refuge for reproductive rights: Unlike the 20-plus states that have moved to restrict abortion since the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs decision, DC has no mandated waiting period for abortion, no parental notification laws, and no limits based on gestational age. But DC is also unique in its status as the nation’s capital, which makes its governance susceptible to federal meddling.

Two days before Donald Trump was re-elected president, he told rallygoers that he wouldn’t mind if somebody shot through a crowd of journalists. Some of his supporters laughed a bit, some cheered. It was typical fare. The same weekend, Trump called journalists “monsters” and “horrible, horrible, dishonest people.” In the past, he has cheered a journalist shot with a rubber bullet as a “beautiful sight;” he heaped adoration on a candidate who body-slammed a reporter.

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the Los Angeles area fires rage on, tens of thousands of people are left displaced. Those who lost homes to the flames are scrambling to find new or temporary housing, but face a massive barrier: Many listing prices on the market have shot up—by a lot.  Last Tuesday, California Gov.

Meta made a number of changes to suck up to Yambo. The company ended its fact-checking program in the United States, stopped scanning new posts for most policy violations, and created carve-outs in its community standards to allow nasty speech about transgender people and immigrants. (Naturally, the company also sacrificed its DEI program on the Altar Of Orange.) Via Platformer.com: Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin is slated to hold their state convention on May 17, 2025, and it's already shaping up to be something to behold, based on this Xitter post by Brett Galaszewski, who happens to be involved with both the Republican Party of Wisconsin and Turning Point Action.

This is the best way to get rid of the UN and all the other pro-totalitarian, anti-American world organizations.