Idaho is becoming an OBGYN desert, threatening the lives of mothers and infants ( www.salon.com )
Idaho is far from alone in cratering maternity care and doctors fear it will worsen our maternal mortality crisis
Minnesota weighs cash aid for families moving for gender-affirming care ( www.axios.com )
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find ( www.npr.org )
In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.
PragerU is a conservative video giant. Here's why it's trying to get into schools ( www.npr.org )
Despite the suggestive sound of its name, PragerU is a content creator, not a university. Its short, well-produced videos appeal to college students and young people. And it has big plans to grow.
Tennessee vaccine law pits parental rights against public health ( www.nbcnews.com )
A law governing childhood vaccinations is among more than a dozen recently passed or pending nationwide that set parental freedom against community and children’s health.
Minnesota’s Labor Week of Action Should Have Bosses Trembling ( inthesetimes.com )
A coalition of unions and community groups are uniting to build worker power and win community demands in what's being hailed as a model for social movement unionism.
'Trans Erasure Bill' passes Florida House, stalls in Senate - Watermark Online ( watermarkonline.com )
HB 1639, the bill dubbed by LGBTQ+ advocates as Florida’s “Trans Erasure Bill,” will not be heard in the Florida Senate.
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images ( www.bbc.com )
Faked images of black voters with Trump are a growing disinformation trend in the US election, the BBC finds.
Jury convicts first rioter to enter Capitol building during Jan. 6 attack ( apnews.com )
The first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack has been convicted of charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Christian Nationalists are furious at reporter Heidi Przybyla for accurately reporting on them ( www.friendlyatheist.com )
Conservatives are big mad that the POLITICO reporter connected the dots between their religious faith and their plans for a second Trump term
CVS and Walgreens to begin selling abortion pill mifepristone in some states ( abcnews.go.com )
Both pharmacies plan to start providing the pill in a select number of states first, and gradually expand to others where it's legal.
Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit ( arstechnica.com )
Judge to X lawyer: “I’m trying to figure out in my mind how that’s possibly true."
Oklahoma superintendent’s ties to anti-trans influencer spark outrage in wake of Nex Benedict’s death ( www.advocate.com )
Ryan Walters faces intense scrutiny for his association with controversial figures and policies following the tragic death of the LGBTQ+ student, including connections to an influencer who told his daughters to attack trans students in bathrooms.
Project 2025 director Paul Dans lays out how conservatives plan to staff the federal bureaucracy with Trump loyalists ( www.mediamatters.org )
Support for Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: Findings From the 2023 American Values Atlas ( www.youtube.com )
Trump fan who assaulted officers with a hockey stick on Jan. 6 is sentenced to prison ( www.nbcnews.com )
The judge who will oversee Donald Trump's trial on charges he conspired to obstruct Congress and disenfranchise voters sentenced Michael Foy on Wednesday.
Megachurch pastor admits he broke the law telling church to vote Republican ( www.newsweek.com )
A California pastor removed himself from the pulpit to endorse Steve Garvey in the state's Senate race.
Greg Abbott discusses building border wall around "liberal" Austin ( www.newsweek.com )
Texas Governor Greg Abbott joked about building a wall around Austin because of the city's "values."
Arizona Republicans Advance Bill Allowing Property Owners to Kill Migrants ( truthout.org )
The bill would allow property owners to kill migrants by claiming they believed their life was in danger.
Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments ( www.pbs.org )
Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice.
Texas among Top 5 ‘worst states' for women to live in, report finds ( www.nbcdfw.com )
According to the report, Texas ranks 47th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This means that Texas is one of the worst states for women to live in, based on the metrics analyzed.
Fox News buries Alabama frozen embryo ruling imperiling IVF, giving it just 6 minutes of coverage ( www.mediamatters.org )
NBC Editor Posts Documentation of Nazis at CPAC after Organization Slams Report as ‘False’ ( www.mediaite.com )
Goggin also reported on other easily identifiable figures with ties to neo-Nazis he saw at CPAC, including one “with an official badge” from the event.
Manhattan DA Asks For Gag Order on Trump to Protect Jurors and Court Staff Ahead of Trial ( www.mediaite.com )
The filing added that Trump’s public attacks “pose a significant and imminent threat to the orderly administration of this criminal proceeding.”
Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies ( www.nbcnews.com )
The presence of these extremists has been a persistent issue at CPAC, and in previous years conference organizers have ejected well-known Nazis and white supremacists such as Nick Fuentes.
