The abortion law builds on legislation passed in 2010 that represented a major shift for a traditionally Catholic country, transforming Spain into one of the most progressive countries in Europe on reproductive rights. Spain's constitutional court last week rejected a challenge by the right-wing Popular Party against allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
The debate will be heated in Spain, I imagine, as the conservative opposition pushes back. My daughter had horrible menstrual pain during her adolescence and young adulthood. I'm certain that she would have benefitted from that time.
It sounds like Florida fascists are feuding over who can write the meanest immigration laws. Cruel disregard for other people is a feature of right wing extremism.
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chare said:
Broken link.
Yep. Oh well. No big deal. I don't think most people probably care about whether the individual Florida conservatives compete to be the most extreme and cruel to immigrants.
A top Miami-Dade official announced this past week that Florida Highway Patrol troopers will be stationed at the county's nine driver license offices after Gov. Ron DeSantis said troopers were being deputized to enforce federal immigration laws.
"In light of recent reports of minor safety disturbances in at least one of the county's driver license offices, the Miami-Dade County Office of the Tax Collector is taking a proactive measure in collaboration with the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to safeguard the well-being of customers and employees alike,” county Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez said in a statement issued last Thursday by his office, which manages driver license's offices....
“[Troopers] do what they are told, but we keep getting more and more and more assignments with no additional pay,” Smith, president of the Florida Highway Patrol chapter of Florida's Police Benevolent Association, told WTVJ-TV in Miami....
...Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an agreement between federal immigration authorities and the highway patrol this past Wednesday, giving the state agency the authority to enforce immigration laws when making arrests for traffic violations or other offenses.
"It is well-established — through longstanding Supreme Court preceden — that the U.S. Constitution prevents the federal government from commandeering states to enforce federal laws,” they wrote. "While the federal government may use its own resources for federal immigration enforcement, the court ruled in Printz v. United States that the federal government cannot 'impress into its service — and at no cost to itself — the police officers of the 50 states.’”
"As state attorneys general, we have a responsibility to enforce state laws — and we will continue to investigate and prosecute crimes, regardless of immigration status,” they added. "We will not be distracted by the president's mass deportation agenda.”
It's becoming increasingly obvious to the population at large that fascists don't really care about laws or precedent or tradition or any other thing which might limit their behavior.
Yep. Oh well. No big deal. I don't think most people probably care about whether the individual Florida conservatives compete to be the most extreme and cruel to immigrants.
As you wish.
As I've mentioned multiple times, I generally read posted articles in the threads I follow, and doubt I'm alone in doing so.
It's becoming increasingly obvious to the population at large that fascists don't really care about laws or precedent or tradition or any other thing which might limit their behavior.
What is obvious is that the population at large do in fact like the laws being enforced which was not happening under the Biden administration. Nothing fascist about that!
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Daisy4RN said:
What is obvious is that the population at large do in fact like the laws being enforced which was not happening under the Biden administration. Nothing fascist about that!
Sure. That seems a bit delusional to me but it probably makes sense to you. I mean, you believe that if House Republicans say that Biden's economy was bad then that MUST mean that Biden's economy was bad. In spite of the evidence to the contrary, you believe the republican politicians. And you say these things while Trump's people are breaking laws and precedent left and right.
None of Trump's supporters think that there's any evidence that this administration is fascist. There's no point in trying to change your mind or any other mind about that. That does not mean that Trump isn't a fascist or that his presidency isn't a fascist exercise. They are. You're going to be seeing that type of language used regularly. Buckle up.
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Witty's more recent statement that "healthcare costs more in the U.S. because the price of a single procedure, visit, or prescription is higher here than it is in other countries" is accurate -- but it is also incomplete. Time and time again, he fails to publicly address the frustration patients feel when their care is delayed or denied due to prior authorizations, restrictive networks, or unreasonable claims denials -- all hallmark behaviors of the health insurance industry.
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It would be really nice if insurers were partners rather than exploiters. How do we help them to feel ownership with this problem with affordability?
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https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2025-01-31/Florida-Immigration-Bill-DeSantis
It sounds like Florida fascists are feuding over who can write the meanest immigration laws. Cruel disregard for other people is a feature of right wing extremism.