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In light of the draft of a leaked majority Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, I want to call your attention to the people that would be impacted most by the end of legalized abortion across the United States. 🧵:

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New: Columbus designed a Black History Month cop car and put an MLK quote on it, "Be the peace you wish to see in the world." No historian I talked to, including the founding director of the King Papers Project, has ever seen this quote.

Cops Seemingly Put a Fake MLK Quote on a Cruiser to Celebrate Black History Month

The director of The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University said “we have no record of the maxim.”

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cops in ohio put the quote “be the peace you wish to see in the world” on a car and attributed it to Martin Luther King Jr. to 'celebrate' Black history month.

called a bunch of experts who said they couldn't find any record of King saying that.

Cops Seemingly Put a Fake MLK Quote on a Cruiser to Celebrate Black History Month

The director of The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University said “we have no record of the maxim.”

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Another stupid day in Congress.

The GOP Takes Revenge on Ilhan Omar

“Do not insult our intelligence by suggesting this is about antisemitism,” California Democrat Adam Schiff said before the vote.

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broke the news on this two days ago, give it a read: vice.com/en/article/xgy

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The Ohio Department of Education is looking into a homeschooling network that's not shy about its pro-Nazi, white supremacist, and homophobic "lessons." Though it's unclear what the state can do since it doesn't approve or review curriculum for homeschooling. @CNNThisMorning

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State attorneys general say the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-obscenity law, bans mailing abortion-related materials. This is an emerging anti-abortion strategy. I've seen it cited so often recently that I know the Comstock Act's exact statute number.

Republicans Are Now Dragging CVS and Walgreens Into the Abortion Wars

Republican attorneys general are warning the major pharmacies about the potential legal dangers of dispensing prescription abortion pills.

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Adding to the chorus of reporting here about Squid Game: The Challenge; a participant we spoke to believes the show was essentially rigged, and that most players had no chance of winning a challenge performed in dangerously cold conditions.

'Squid Game' Reality Show Participants Say It Was a Rigged, Freezing Cold Disaster

“They made it seem like we all truly had a fair shot to actually win this money. It was already scripted.”

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Before becoming a full-time Nazi homeschooler, Katja Lawrence worked a variety of jobs in her local community...such as designing her local Sheriff's Office website. Most recently she worked at a legal firm that specializes in protecting LGBTQ clients vice.com/en/article/ake

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NEW: Nazi homeschool co-founder Katja Lawrence designed the local sheriff’s website from

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Nazi Homeschool Co-Founder Katja Lawrence Designed Local Sheriff’s Website

Katja Lawrence is one of the founders of a homeschool network of like-minded parents who are indoctrinating their children with Nazi ideology.

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The New York Times

The College Board stripped down some of its AP curriculum for African American Studies after Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida threatened to ban it in his state.

The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies

After criticism from Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the official course looks different: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.

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There's some talk about renewing efforts at police reform in Congress after Tyre Nichols' death. But it's very, very unlikely to go anywhere. Tim Scott is clearly still mad about the last negotiations and there's little interest in the GOP House.

Tyre Nichols’ Killing Likely Won’t Spur Congress To Pass Police Reform

House Republican leaders have barely said a word about potential police reform legislation since news of Tyre Nichols’s death at the hands of police.

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“There are plenty of good people in America, but there are plenty of people who just want to kill us.” read

's interview with Robin Cóir, a trans US citizen who fled the country following political and violent attacks on LGBTQ communities:

I'm Trans, and I Fled the US Because I Feel Unsafe

“There are plenty of good people in America, but there are plenty of people who just want to kill us.”

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, I spoke to residents of Pari Island in Indonesia who are suing the Swiss cement company Holcim for "loss and damages" over its alleged role in causing climate disasters at their home

Four Indonesians take Swiss cement giant to court over climate

The four want damages reflecting Holcim’s contribution to the climate change that has made their life increasingly hard.

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In this Ohio town, it was a tradition: cup of Folgers, bacon and eggs, then drop the kids off at the Nazi homeschool co-op. But now the woke mob is trying to take all that away.

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Michael Learmonth

Freelancers: VICE News is looking for reporters eager to cover themes of race, justice, policing, and guns in America - please send me your resume if this is you or pass along to your talented colleagues. Baseline pay is $.50/word michael.learmonth@vice.com

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On Sunday we reported on the neo Nazi homeschool network run by a couple from upper Sandusky Ohio. Did you wonder how they managed to amass 2,500 followers? Well, meet the neo Nazi podcaster who has helped them gain national prominence 1/5

Meet the Neo-Nazi Podcaster Who Helped Promote Ohio’s Nazi Homeschoolers

Until today, the neo-Nazi’s podcasts were available on Spotify and Audible.

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New: Meet the neo-Nazi podcaster who helped promote Ohio’s Nazi homeschoolers the latest chapter in this wild story from

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Meet the Neo-Nazi Podcaster Who Helped Promote Ohio’s Nazi Homeschoolers

Until today, the neo-Nazi’s podcasts were available on Spotify and Audible.

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Ye is back to celebrity life as usual, shopping at Balenciaga, dining at Nobu. Almost like the last months of '22 didn't happen. But in the far-right world, he's been immortalized as an antisemitic meme & they're using his name to recruit new followers

Kanye Is Now a White Nationalist Meme to Recruit College Kids

White nationalist Nick Fuentes and his army of "groypers" have turned Kanye into a meme—even though the disgraced rapper has gone back to celeb life.

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Anya Zoledziowski

If you thought 2022 was bad, Utah is now the first state in 2023 to pass a gender-affirming care ban—and things are on track to get way worse for trans people across the U.S. in 2023. Don't look away:

This State Just Banned Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Hundreds of proposed anti-trans bills are brewing across the country, and they're becoming more and more restrictive.

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New from me: The Ohio Department of Education has told me it's aware of the neo Nazi homeschooling network being run by a couple in Upper Sandusky and is now investigating it for "compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements."

Nazi Homeschool Network Under Investigation by Ohio’s Department of Education

They are investigating a group that advocates white supremacist ideologies with the aim to make sure the children they teach “become wonderful Nazis.”

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's story from yesterday on the Ohio couple that started a Neo-Nazi homeschool network that now has thousands of members, here it is:

Inside a US Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network With Thousands of Members

An Ohio couple has been unmasked as leaders of the neo-Nazi “Dissident Homeschool” Telegram channel that distributes lesson plans to 2,400 members.

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NEW: A neo-Nazi homeschool network in Ohio that aims to make sure the children they teach “become wonderful Nazis" is now under investigation by Ohio's Department of Education. read

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Nazi Homeschool Network Under Investigation by Ohio’s Department of Education

They are investigating a group that advocates white supremacist ideologies with the aim to make sure the children they teach “become wonderful Nazis.”

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In December, I visited anti-aging CEO Bryan Johnson in his Venice home. Here is my profile of a man who takes 100+ pills a day, hopes to become “biologically identical” to his teenage son and enjoys going to bed hungry. It is a story about male insecurity.

‘The Most Measured Man in Human History’

Tech CEO Bryan Johnson is hell bent on discovering the fountain of youth, no matter how much money it costs, pain he endures, or skepticism you have. “I am,” he says, “what I always longed to become.”

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The telegram channel for the group was launched in October 2021, because one of the founders “was having a rough time finding Nazi-approved school material for [her] homeschool children.”

Inside a US Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network With Thousands of Members

An Ohio couple has been unmasked as leaders of the neo-Nazi “Dissident Homeschool” Telegram channel that distributes lesson plans to 2,400 members.

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New: There's a Nazi homeschooling group in Ohio -- the group has almost 2,500 members and the founders say its aim is "making sure that children become wonderful Nazis." read

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Inside a US Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network With Thousands of Members

An Ohio couple has been unmasked as leaders of the neo-Nazi “Dissident Homeschool” Telegram channel that distributes lesson plans to 2,400 members.

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NEW: Inside a Nazi homeschooling group run by the Lawrences, a couple from Upper Sandusky, OH, and parents of four young children. The group has almost 2,500 member and the founders say its aim is "making sure that children become wonderful Nazis” 1/6

Inside a US Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network With Thousands of Members

An Ohio couple has been unmasked as leaders of the neo-Nazi “Dissident Homeschool” Telegram channel that distributes lesson plans to 2,400 members.

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This week's election for RNC chair will likely feature something we haven't seen in some time: Mike Lindell says he'll admit election defeat. "Of course I would accept it," he told me. "There’s no machines involved."

The MyPillow Guy’s Fake Campaign For RNC Chair Is a Real Disaster

Mike Lindell told VICE News he'll admit defeat if he loses on Friday, making it the first time in a while he's accepted an election result.

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VICE World News

On the 20th of January 2022, smoke filled the night sky of Hasakah, northern Syria, as hundreds of ISIS members broke out of al Sina’a prison. An investigation by

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takes you inside this audacious jailbreak.

This is How ISIS Militants Broke Out of a US-Funded Jail

VICE World News and Airwars take you inside an audacious ISIS jailbreak in Syria that displaced thousands of people and exposed critical weaknesses in the US “war on terror”.

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Over the last year we've seem extreme-right fighting tournaments popping up in the U.S.—MMA tourneys in southern California and Washington, and a grappling event in Virginia. These events aren't just for spectacle.

and I took a look.

Neo-Nazis Are Hosting MMA and Boxing Tournaments to Recruit New Members

White supremacists are using MMA and boxing fight nights not just as promotional tools, but a way to network between different groups.

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listening to wxrt all day for lin, our best friend in the whole world <3

Lin Brehmer, Our Best Friend in the Whole World, 1954-2023

It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you that we all lost our best friend. Lin Brehmer fought cancer as long as he could. He passed early this morning, peacefully, with his wife and son by...

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@carter_sherman

I went to the March for Life and the National Pro-Life Summit this weekend to report on the anti-abortion movement's future. What policies will it focus on? Will it splinter? Turns out, there's nothing that yokes people together like feeling persecuted.

Abortion Pills, Prayer, and *NSYNC: Inside Anti-Abortion Activists’ Weekend of Celebrating and...

Anti-abortion activists spent what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade celebrating—and trying to figure out what their mission is now.

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"Although Roe has fallen, the anti-abortion movement needs to convince its foot soldiers that their mission is far from over. The problem is that no one can quite agree on what, exactly, the next mission should be."

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on what comes next:

Abortion Pills, Prayer, and *NSYNC: Inside Anti-Abortion Activists’ Weekend of Celebrating and...

Anti-abortion activists spent what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade celebrating—and trying to figure out what their mission is now.

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A few things that happened at this fairly wild anti-abortion summit: - staffers made an *NSYNC music video to dance “Bye Bye Bye” to Roe - one staffer, dressed as Brett Kavanaugh, shoved a woman carrying a sign that read “Ruth Sent Us.”

Abortion Pills, Prayer, and *NSYNC: Inside Anti-Abortion Activists’ Weekend of Celebrating and...

Anti-abortion activists spent what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade celebrating—and trying to figure out what their mission is now.

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this weekend, anti-abortion activists streamed into DC for the annual march for life and the first post-Roe national pro-life summit. read

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, and this dispatch on what the anti-abortion movement is up to now that Roe has fallen:

Abortion Pills, Prayer, and *NSYNC: Inside Anti-Abortion Activists’ Weekend of Celebrating and...

Anti-abortion activists spent what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade celebrating—and trying to figure out what their mission is now.

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I’m here in D.C. to cover the March for Life! It’s the first march since the overturning of Roe—it’s both a celebration of victory for abortion foes, and an attempt to hold the movement together after winning its 49-year crusade to end Roe.

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The Burkinabè journalist Mariam Ouedraogo, who won the prestigious Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for a series on Burkina Faso’s conflict against armed jihadist groups, on the need to talk more about PTSD among journalists.

For Reporter, Trauma Comes With Exposing Ugly Truths of a Brutal Conflict

Mariam Ouédraogo is the first female African journalist to win the world’s top prize for war correspondents, but covering the sexual violence in Burkina Faso has given her PTSD.

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As we got out of the car we were approached by Griselda López Pérez, Ovidio’s mother. She was there the night the house was raided, and probably saw her son—maybe for the last time—as he was dragged off into custody. My latest for

Inside El Chapo’s Son’s House After a Deadly Gunfight

An early morning raid by the Mexican military led to the capture of El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzmán before he could make it to his escape tunnel.

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"I will never wear a bulletproof vest to go to work... If they want to kill you, they shoot you in the head. So what's the point?" Meet Franz Theard, who provided abortions in Texas for decades. He now works in New Mexico, helping people fleeing bans.

I Helped an 11-Year-Old Rape Victim and Hundreds of Other People Get Abortions After Roe

“We had two patients from Corpus Christi, a 10-hour drive, today. Drove all this way to get a freaking pill.”

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“You can never tell anyone. It could get us all in trouble. No man would marry you if he knew. This is something you don't ever tell anybody.”

I Got an Illegal Abortion Before Roe v. Wade

She was 15 when she got an illegal abortion in a dirty Detroit warehouse. Now, she’s terrified others will experience something similar.

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"If you were pregnant and didn’t want to be, you called Jane."

I Was In an Underground Abortion Network Before Roe v. Wade

In the 1960s and ’70s, a Chicago group known as “Jane” helped tens of thousands of women get abortions.

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