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Sign the petition: Drop all charges against Alexia Moore

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  Right now, in America, a woman is facing murder charges for making a decision about her own body. This is what the end of reproductive freedom looks like. Alexia Moore is a 31-year-old US Army veteran from Georgia. Last December, she went to a hospital in pain. When she told medical staff that she had taken a medication abortion pill, police arrested her and charged her with murder. We cannot stay silent while this happens. Moore is one of the first women in Georgia charged with murder for terminating her own pregnancy, and it’s up to one man to decide whether her prosecution moves forward: District Attorney (DA) Keith Higgins . 1 Sign the petition now to demand that DA Keith Higgins drop all charges against Alexia Moore. SIGN NOW Moore was arrested on March 4 after police determined she had taken misoprostol — a medication abortion drug approved by the FDA — to end her pregnancy. 2  Police charged her with murder under Georgia’s 2019 “heartbeat” law, which bans abortion aft...
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Morning Digest: What the heck is the GOP up to in this Nebraska House race?

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  Forwarded this email?  Subscribe here  for more As the publisher of a small independent media outlet still striving to reach the break-even point, it’s always a little distressing whenever our growth levels off. You can see what I’m talking about in this chart reflecting our paid subscriber base this year: For the most part, we’ve been on a solid upward trajectory, but toward the end of last month, things started leveling off. It could always just be a blip—we’ve experienced similar moments over the past three months, as the graph shows. But we can’t just cross our fingers and hope for the best. That’s why I’m asking you to help us continue growing. We’ve made amazing strides since launching The Downballot in August of 2024, but we’re not yet sustainable for the long term. If you’d consider upgrading to a paid subscription, it would mean a ton to us. We ask for just $7 a month or $60 a year—a much cheaper rate than any peer publication (and, truth be told, no one matche...
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News Alert | Trump Uses Iran War Speech to Issue ‘Vile, Horrifying, Evil’ Threat

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  ‘Vile, Horrifying, Evil’: Trump Threatens to Bomb Nation of 90 Million People ‘Back to the Stone Ages’ April 2, 2026 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered an incoherent primetime address in which he threatened to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages” while also claiming negotiations to end the conflict were ongoing, remarks that provided no clear indication of when or how the illegal war of choice would end. READ THE FULL SPEECH Read all the latest news from Common Dreams   Share this email with a friend Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194
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