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Birth control pills could soon be over the counter. What’s next?
The FDA on Thursday approved Opill, the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill.
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
Opill is a daily pill made by the company Perrigo.
A red state boosted public health funding by 1,500 percent. This is how they did it.
How careful messaging, a healthy budget and smart leadership boosted local public health funding in Indiana by 1,500 percent.
Iowa lawmakers approve ban on most abortions after about 6 weeks
Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said she will sign the legislation.
Study shows methane leaks at drill sites can make natural gas operations ‘as bad as coal’
A new peer-reviewed paper to be published in Environmental Research Letters next week adds to the accumulation of studies demonstrating why our love affair with natural gas needs to be ended posthaste. (The study’s abstract can be read below.
GOP senator’s tantrum endangers military readiness and risks U.S. national security
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and abortions became less accessible for millions of Americans in several states, the Pentagon enacted new policies to allow troops to access reproductive health care—including covering travel expenses for servicemembers who have to go out of state to obtain an abortion.
In response, Republican Sen.
Biden puts all his chips on the table with a push on ‘Bidenomics’
The push to own the economy, by literally branding it with the president’s name, is not without risk.
U.N. Warns Pandemic, Climate & Ukraine War Have Dramatically Increased World Hunger
The United Nations this week released its annual report on nutrition, finding that the pandemic, extreme weather shocks and the war in Ukraine have all contributed to food insecurity around the world — now higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials estimate that the world saw an increase of more than 100 million people facing hunger in 2022 compared to 2019.
What Is the Point of NATO? Historian Grey Anderson on How U.S. Has Used Alliance to Strengthen Power
This week’s NATO summit in Lithuania ended with the military alliance agreeing to extend membership to Ukraine at some point in the future but declining to give a firm timeline. Meanwhile, Sweden is set to become the newest member, bringing the alliance to 32 countries, after it started in 1949 with just 12 founding members.
“We Demand Respect”: Actors Join Writers on Strike, Grinding Film & TV Production to a Halt
Television and film actors are going on strike after a breakdown in negotiations between the SAG-AFTRA union and Hollywood studios. More than 160,000 members of the union are taking part in the first major actors’ strike since 1980. This also marks the first time since 1960 that actors and screenwriters have been on strike at the same time, with members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines since early May.
“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children
The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.
Trump Cooks Up Defense For Hiring People He Later Deemed ‘Weak’ And ‘Incompetent’
Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo declared that Trump “didn’t drain the swamp” after he offered his reasoning for hiring people he “didn’t like” in his administration.
GOP Candidate Asa Hutchinson’s Call For ‘Respect’ At Pro-Trump Event Is Drowned In Boos
The audience chanted Trump’s name as the former Arkansas governor, who has been critical of the former president, made his case for 2024.
MSNBC’s Jen Psaki Torches Sen. Ted Cruz’s ‘Barbie’ Problem
The former Biden White House press secretary called out the Texas Republican’s priorities.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
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Lauren Boebert filed articles of impeachment against Biden. That doesn’t mean he was impeached
CLAIM: President Joe Biden was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in June 2023.
THE FACTS: Biden has not been impeached.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Steps Down As Leader Of Civil Rights Group
The activist and political leader said he’s resigning as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded in 1971.
US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.
From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns.
Ron DeSantis Cuts Staff, Shifts Media Strategy Amid Struggling Campaign
DeSantis will appear on CNN following reports of slow campaign contributions, bloated staff and lagging poll numbers.
Ukraine Update: Long range missiles, cluster bomb hysteria, and Kerch Bridge hit
UPDATE: Monday, Jul 17, 2023 · 4:13:30 AM +00:00
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My last update for tonight:
xThe Russian Ministry of Transport is now reporting that despite what other Officials have said, the 145th Pillar on the Kerch Strait Bridge has not Collapsed and it’s only the Roadway on the Bridge which suffered any kind of Damage from the Attack.
Cleanup
They won’t stop. Leaves, slick, wet—
Curled around shrubs, blanketing
the funeral garden where ravens rest.
Why am I married to longing & lament?
I’d like to slap the face of my unseemly
devotion. Wake up. Don’t be afraid. Wag
your beauty like a dirty dog. Trees shed their pious
costumes. Wind unfurls & as if in ecstasy
more scatter to mock my loyalty. Yes,
cleanup’s messy, imperfect, a disaster.
My limbs hurt. My back aches.
Even North America’s Elk Have Regional Dialects
This article was originally published by High Country News.It’s a crisp fall evening in Grand Teton National Park. A mournful, groaning call cuts through the dusky-blue light: a male elk, bugling. The sound ricochets across the grassy meadow. A minute later, another bull answers from somewhere in the shadows.Bugles are the telltale sound of elk during mating season. Now new research has found that male elks’ bugles sound slightly different depending on where they live.
Goodbye to the Prophets of Doom
During the Great Recession, public discourse about the economy underwent something of a Great Disappointment.For much of the country’s history, most Americans assumed that the future would bring them or their descendants greater affluence. Despite periodic economic crises, the overall story seemed to be one of progress for every stratum of the population.
Birth control pills could soon be over the counter. What’s next?
The FDA on Thursday approved Opill, the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill.
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
Opill is a daily pill made by the company Perrigo.
A red state boosted public health funding by 1,500 percent. This is how they did it.
How careful messaging, a healthy budget and smart leadership boosted local public health funding in Indiana by 1,500 percent.
Iowa lawmakers approve ban on most abortions after about 6 weeks
Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said she will sign the legislation.
Biden puts all his chips on the table with a push on ‘Bidenomics’
The push to own the economy, by literally branding it with the president’s name, is not without risk.
U.N. Warns Pandemic, Climate & Ukraine War Have Dramatically Increased World Hunger
The United Nations this week released its annual report on nutrition, finding that the pandemic, extreme weather shocks and the war in Ukraine have all contributed to food insecurity around the world — now higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials estimate that the world saw an increase of more than 100 million people facing hunger in 2022 compared to 2019.
What Is the Point of NATO? Historian Grey Anderson on How U.S. Has Used Alliance to Strengthen Power
This week’s NATO summit in Lithuania ended with the military alliance agreeing to extend membership to Ukraine at some point in the future but declining to give a firm timeline. Meanwhile, Sweden is set to become the newest member, bringing the alliance to 32 countries, after it started in 1949 with just 12 founding members.