If you don’t think R.F.K. Jr. should be publicly debated, says @DouthatNYT, “you need some other theory of how the curious can be persuaded away from his ideas.” https://nyti.ms/3XmFRGA
On this bleak anniversary week, my profile of Dr. Yashica Robinson. Before Dobbs, she was a rare red state provider doing both abortions and births. She’s still fighting for better pregnancies for the people left behind, but Alabama doesn’t make it easy.
"To sum up, The Case for Christian Nationalism is a völkisch nationalism calling for a totalitarian 'Christian' state lead by a charismatic 'Caesar' who will restore a lost national greatness."
Win After Knocking 65,000 Doors
UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, ran the largest field operation SD-13.
50 Union members & their friends & families have spent the past 2 months knocking doors 6 days/wk for Aird
Thaer's 4-year-old son has leukemia. A year ago, UNHCR Jordan told the family they could not cover his treatment.
“His only reason to get on that boat was to pay for our son’s treatment,” said his wife.
Thaer is among the +550 missing in the #pylosshipwreck#Πυλος
RJK Jr. personally traveled to Samoa in 2019, where he and his org exploited a tragic news story of medical negligence to spread fear about MMR vaccines.
His effort against vaccines was his only successful political campaign. 50 Samoan infants died in a measles outbreak.
Fascinating reaction to my argument that #RFKJr would be stronger than Biden in a general election.
I've said Cornel West and Marianne Williamson would both be better than Biden.
But when I said it about Kennedy, volcanic fury from Biden defenders. They're worried.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that will nullify local laws mandating water breaks for construction workers — despite Texas being first in work-related heat exposure deaths. Unions expect the number of deaths to go up if mandated water breaks go away.
Peter Thiel is investing more money in women’s health companies, after backing an anti-birth-control startup https://thedailybeast.com/peter-thiel-funds-recharge-capital-targeting-womens-health-and-fertility…
A eulogy for Daniel Ellsberg: The whistleblower confronted his complicity in the Vietnam-era war machine. His successors within it prefer to show up at Henry Kissinger’s gala.
"The right-wing push to hide inconvenient realities from students could have lasting consequences. Without an education, it may be difficult to discern truth from fiction."
BREAKING: Grand jury indicts U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a New York City subway, law enforcement sources tell ABC News.
The Lord of the Rings reboot is in full swing. Warner Bros. film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy visited New Zealand earlier this year to reconnect with Peter Jackson and discuss future films. https://wp.me/pc8uak-1lCD6q
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