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RSN: FOCUS: Sam Biddle | How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Helped Fund the Campaign to Overturn Roe

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02 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   FOCUS: Sam Biddle | How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Helped Fund the Campaign to Overturn Roe Sam Biddle, The Intercept Biddle writes: ;"When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the country’s top internet companies quickly responded with commitments to help employees in states that moved to ban abortion." The Independent Women’s Forum isn’t explicitly an anti-abortion group, but it worked to create the conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court. W hen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the country’s top internet companies quickly responded with commitments to help employees in states that moved to ban abortion. In an implicit signal of support for abortion rights, the companies said they would help those employees seek abortions in states where the procedure remains legal. In the years leading up to the seismic reproductive rights decision, however, the tech giants sponsored a controversial grou...

Two Weeks to the Day After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Played a Cruel Trick on Desperate Migrants, a Category 4 Hurricane Is Barreling Down on His State

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  Two Weeks to the Day After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Played a Cruel Trick on Desperate Migrants, a Category 4 Hurricane Is Barreling Down on His State “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”  – Matthew 25:40 By  Pam Martens and Russ Martens : September 28, 2022 ~ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Speaks at a Press Conference on Hurricane Ian, Monday, September 26, 2022 This morning, the words “catastrophic” and “dangerous” and “life threatening” are being used to describe Hurricane Ian, a category 4 hurricane that is expected to make landfall this afternoon on Florida’s Gulf Coast, then rip through the central and northern parts of the state. Those words are weighing heavily on the minds of Floridians this morning, as well as the words above from Matthew 25, verse 40. It was exactly two weeks ago to the da...

RSN: Bernie Sanders Leaves Door Open to 2024 White House Run

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    30 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News Now Is the Time that We Need Your Support — Today — This is it, right now. We are pulling out all the stops to finish the September fundraiser now. As in right now. Yes we can do that. Today, right now is critical. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Bernie Sanders Leaves Door Open to 2024 White House Run Julia Mueller, The Hill Mueller writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday said he hadn't yet decided whether he will make another bid for the White House." READ MORE Amy Coney Barrett stands with Jesse Barrett at her investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Supreme Court Justices Are Shielding Their Spouses' Work From Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosures Hailey Fuchs, Josh Gerstein and Peter S. Canellos, POLITICO Excerpt: "Ginni Thomas, Jane Roberts and Jesse Barrett's clients remain a mystery, fanning fears of outs...