Today's Liberal News
Help! My Friend Is Keeping a Selfish Secret About Her Divorce.
I’ll never be able to look at her the same way.
Powell walks high wire as Fed plans to ease support for Biden’s economy
Central bank chief seeks to avoid market turmoil as president weighs tapping him for a second term.
U.S. jobless claims near pandemic low as economy strengthens
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot
“We’re not trying to hide this,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s executive director said.
Biden’s economic gains come with newer worries about the future
Some economists have already begun to ease back on forecasts for the rest of this year.
U.S. economy surpasses prepandemic size with 6.5% Q2 growth
The growth is another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession.
Supreme Court Declines To Block Extreme Texas Abortion Law In 5-4 Ruling
The ban on abortions after six weeks is the strictest in the nation. Critics have called a direct assault on Roe v. Wade.
In 5-4 vote, Supreme Court refuses to block Texas’ six-week abortion ban from taking effect
In a 5-4 vote announced at midnight Eastern Time on Wednesday night, the Supreme Court refused to halt a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks, a point at which most women do not yet know they are pregnant. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberal justices in favor of blocking the law while litigation challenging it proceeds in the lower courts, while the conservative majority opposed doing so in a brief unsigned opinion.
The Joe Rogan COVID Experience Is Following Its Deranged, Destined Course
Just asking questions, never learning a single thing.
News Roundup: Roe falls as Supreme Court allows near-total Texas abortion ban to take effect
In the news today: The Supreme Court allowed a Texas law banning abortion after 6 weeks from last menstruation to take effect, effectively gutting protections put in place by Roe v. Wade and blocking nearly all abortions performed within the state. No court explanation was offered.
Biden, Schumer, Pelosi: Enough talk. Act. Expand the courts. Now.
The Supreme Court just made it absolutely clear that they’re ready to toss the one thing Democrats have been running on since 1973, the year Roe v. Wade was decided—protecting women’s right to choose an abortion and have control over their own bodies. By refusing to act to uphold Roe in Texas, the conservative majority played their hand.
The cruelty in the new Texas abortion ban has layers upon layers
The Supreme Court didn’t just silently overturn Roe v. Wade by allowing a Texas law banning abortion at six weeks to go into effect. The Supreme Court, with its three Trump justices—two of them appointed through precedent-shattering Republican maneuvering—allowed Texas to put a bounty on the heads of anyone involved in any way in an abortion performed after six weeks gestation.
Kevin McCarthy is terrified that the truth will come out about his Jan. 6 phone call to Trump
The best solution to investigating the events related to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol would have been a nonpartisan outside commission, which was used several times to examine critical issues and key events. But Republicans shot that effort down in the Senate, using the filibuster to defeat the proposal.
The Texas Abortion Ban Is A Dangerous Blueprint For Other Red State Lawmakers
“This is not a ‘What happens in Texas stays in Texas’ situation,” said NARAL’s Kristin Ford.
GOP Operative Reportedly Caught Pretending To Be A Talk Radio Caller Named ‘Josh’
The caller claimed he didn’t work for Virginia GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin — but it appears he did.
Texas School System Closes After 2 Teachers Die Of COVID-19 In A Week
It was not immediately known if either teacher in the Connally Independent School District was vaccinated.
I Grew Up Dirt Poor. I Can’t Let My Son Ruin His Life by Going to a Fancy College.
I fear he doesn’t understand what debt really means.
Texans Are ‘Scared, Confused, Angry’ As Extreme Abortion Ban Goes Into Effect
One activist recalled waiting rooms full of people needing procedures in the hours leading up the new law being enacted.
The Deviousness of Texas’s New Abortion Law
Last night, the Supreme Court faced an unprecedented emergency application. Unless the Court acted, abortion would be functionally illegal in Texas.In May, the state had adopted a version of a “heartbeat bill” that went into effect today. So-called heartbeat bills prohibit abortions once a physician can detect fetal cardiac activity, usually around the sixth week of pregnancy, before most people know that they are pregnant.
The U.S. Could Soon, Finally, Embrace a Globally Popular Policy for Families
It’s one of the only countries, along with Papua New Guinea, that doesn’t have this universal program.
A Fairy Tale That Hollywood Didn’t Need to Modernize
What would a modern Cinderella look like? The classic fairy tale has been told so many times on film, always following the same basic arc: A charming girl, who is forced into servitude by her mean stepmother and wishes to go to a ball, ultimately gets what she wants with the help of three mice and a magic fairy. Cinderella is the world’s most famous underdog, but she’s also more of a plot vehicle than a deep character.
The Planet Needs Jerome Powell
In recent weeks, the climate movement has become caught in the middle of a fight that seemingly has nothing to do with the environment: Should President Joe Biden renominate Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve?The choice of who should run the country’s central bank has historically not captivated climate advocates—or many Americans, for that matter—yet it has carved the left into two opposing camps, each claiming to fight for a greener economy.
Groups Demand Biden Halt Deportations as Haiti Reels from Earthquake, Storm & Moïse Assassination
As Haitians cope with the devastating aftermath of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, Tropical Storm Grace and the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July, a coalition of over 300 rights groups is denouncing the Biden administration’s ongoing deportations to Haiti and urging it to expand temporary protected status.
“Blanket Unconstitutional” Texas Abortion Ban Takes Effect in Major Setback for Reproductive Rights
In a major setback for reproductive rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a Texas law to go into effect that bans abortions after six weeks — before most people even know they are pregnant. Until now, no other six-week ban has ever gone into effect in the United States. The law is seen as a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade and allows private citizens to file civil suits against abortion providers or anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion after six weeks.
“Disaster for Me and My Children”: Afghan Doctor Describes Escape from Kabul After Taliban Takeover
Afghan doctor Wais Aria describes how he fled Afghanistan with his family after the Taliban takeover, packing up his wife and four children and trying for days to leave from the Kabul airport, where he was beaten by the Taliban. They managed to catch a flight out of the country Thursday and arrived in the U.S. on Saturday. “It was a disaster for me and my children,” says Aria, now in Alexandria, Virginia.
Biden Defends Ending “Forever War” in Afghanistan & Criticizes Using War as Tool for Nation-Building
President Joe Biden has forcefully defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, describing the removal of U.S. forces as an “extraordinary success.” He noted in a speech Tuesday that the U.S. helped more than 120,000 people flee Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power, and called for a new era in foreign policy.
Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future
While watching the scientific community grapple with long COVID, I have thought a lot about a scene in The Lord of the Rings. Faced with impending doom, the hobbits Merry and Pippin ask the powerful treelike ents for help. But despite the urgency of the situation, the ents are slow. They meet for hours, and after a lot of deliberation, they announce that they’ve agreed that the hobbits are not orcs. The hobbits, who already knew that, are shocked. They were hoping for more.
Dear Care and Feeding: I Think My Career-Focused, World-Traveling Sister Would Make a Bad Mother
Parenting advice on “bad” mothers, noise problems, and birth families.
The Investors Trying to Fix the Most Toxic Company in Video Games
Workers at Activision Blizzard are rebelling. California is suing. But the publisher might have a bigger problem, and it holds 3 million shares.