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.
Gov. Sarah Sanders said Arkansas is in "dire need of federal assistance" in an appeal letter last week after the federal government denied help after last month's damaging storms.
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Fourteen tornadoes touched down in Arkansas on March 14 and 15, leaving three dead and dozens injured.
The next week, Sanders asked President Donald Trump for a major disaster declaration, the first step in securing federal funds and other help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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But the Trump administration declined to declare a disaster, meaning no federal assistance would be heading our way.
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Here's what the federal government said in its denial, according to Lacey Kanipe, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management:
"Based on our review of all of the information available, it has been determined that the damage from this event was not of such severity and magnitude as to be beyond the capabilities of the state, affected local governments, and voluntary agencies. Accordingly, we have determined that supplemental federal assistance is not necessary.”
That's how authoritarians roll. They tell you what you need.
Biden signed into law two bi-partisan bills tackling Covid relief fraud. People went to prison for it because of these bill and millions of dollars came back to the fed. That inspector, Larry Turner, was fired by DOGE. Go figure - firing the buy that claws the money back.
Very interesting read. I saw this coming 'people doing interviews and afraid to speak or wanting to remain anon' out of fear of retaliation. What I didn't know was that he was barring lawyers that he didn't like from entering government buildings and representing government contractors.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A woman says her family's fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were not the suspects the agents were looking for.
The agents had a search warrant for the home, but the suspects listed on the warrant do not live in the house.
The woman who actually lives in the house had just moved to Oklahoma City from Maryland with her family about two weeks earlier.
Search warrants aren't something new. Do you have some reason to believe it was purposely served on the wrong people?
It seems to me many times over ICE agents have shown their incompetence. They need to get their act together. Maybe they've always been this way but because of the crackdown it's being highlighted(?)
Search warrants aren't something new. Do you have some reason to believe it was purposely served on the wrong people?
I think it was purposely carried out in a manner to disorient and traumatize whomever was at that address. Perhaps this is SOP; I've never had a search warrant served on me.
I think it was purposely carried out in a manner to disorient and traumatize whomever was at that address. Perhaps this is SOP; I've never had a search warrant served on me.
Yes that's usually what I think search warrants and raids are about, including the search warrant to investigate Mar a Largo. It's designed to give the element of surprise but is signed by a judge (at least here in Florida). Obviously this can be disorienting so the one being served as they have not notice to tamper with, destroy or remove whatever they server is looking for.
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That's how authoritarians roll. They tell you what you need.