The Welfare State's Death Spiral

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to Bloomberg News, which said a copy of the opinion was briefly posted Wednesday on the court’s website. The document suggests the court will conclude that it should not have gotten involved in the case so quickly and will reinstate a lower court order that had allowed hospitals in the state to perform emergency abortions to protect a pregnant patient’s health, Bloomberg said.

Newsmax guest host Corey Lewandowski held a phone-in interview with the felonious ex-president, and it was -- I know you're going to be shocked -- packed full of lies, including the usual rant claiming that Joe Biden will be be jacked up on drugs for the debate on Thursday. The right-wing media bubble and Republicans can't decide if the President is Sleepy Joe or Jacked Up Joe. Lewandowski was visibly caught off guard when Trump appeared to have fallen asleep during his interview.

Soon to be jailed Steve Bannon discussed tonight's Colorado 5th district primary with controversial Rep. Lauren Boebert and asked if she was going to get lucky tonight, oblivious about the sexual connotations his words had relating to her infamous hand job at the Bettlejuice event. You can't make this stuff up, folks. BANNON: You may get lucky.

Rep. Eric Burlison, from the House Oversight Committee intimated that President Biden has dementia and needs drugs to be able to stand for ninety minutes during Thursday's CNN presidential debate. Secretary Pete Buttigieg destroyed him back in 2023, so he's looking to get payback by smearing the president with despicable attacks. Speaking with Maria Bartiromo about the upcoming debate, this was his take.

The significant increase in infant death rates in Texas occurred after the state passed its extreme law banning abortions after six weeks and while the national infant death rate dropped. The fact that Texas’ law was enacted about nine months before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade makes the state both a good petri dish for comparing Texas death rates with national statistics and as an omen for what’s to come in other states that have since enacted draconian anti-abortion laws. The Washington Post has more of the heartbreaking details in the Johns Hopkins University research findings: Between 2021 and 2022, the infant mortality rate increased by 8.3 percent in Texas compared to a 2.2 percent increase nationally.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. The justices threw out lower-court rulings that favored Louisiana, Missouri and other parties in their claims that officials in the Democratic administration leaned on the social media platforms to unconstitutionally squelch conservative points of view. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The case is among several before the court this term that affect social media companies in the context of free speech.