This was interesting in the news today...

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https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157480905/spain-menstrual-leave-teen-abortion-trans-laws

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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. 

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NRSKarenRN said:

This is part of Trump's false narrative about the events of January 6th and the role he played.  

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Beerman said:

The swimmer's preferred pronoun wasn't mentioned.  If pronouns can now apply to anyone and the preferred one is unknown, any pronoun should be acceptable. 

BS.  I'm having a hard time believe you even believe this.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

This is part of Trump's false narrative about the events of January 6th and the role he played.  

There may be a case against the police officer.  But that she was just innocently standing there and the police decided to shoot her indiscriminately I don't believe.  The article called her a rioter.

With the mass pardon and the elevation of the protestors as patriots and victims is indeed a false narrative.  

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NRSKarenRN said:

Hopefully the family got $1.00.  It is difficult to find video's of the shooting but the crowd in her particular area of the riot had weapons and were breaking glass to gain entrance into the Senate chambers.  I'm sorry that things had to come to that but Officer Byrd shot for the protection of the people in the room.  

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Babbitt should have complied with the law enforcement orders.  She didn't.  She should have known better, but the participants in that attempt to shut down the government were acting based upon their emotions and beliefs, not reality.  

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Per article, lawsuit for $30 million....all could gave been prevented if she STOPPED when capital police told rioters to stop. 

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NRSKarenRN said:

Per article, lawsuit for $30 million....all could gave been prevented if she STOPPED when capital police told rioters to stop. 

Or, just not entered the Capitol that was closed to the public. 

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nursej22 said:

Or, just not entered the Capitol that was closed to the public. 

But she really believed that she was stopping the steal.  I wonder how she got that idea.  

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MSNBC report that I watched:

How Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt became a MAGA martyr

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Author Jeff Sharlet joins Chris Hayes to discuss America's toxic gun culture, the martyrdom of Ashli Babbitt, and his new book "The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.”

 

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Not today's news, but I just heard about this. The 60 Minutes episode that Trump is so twitterpated about has been nominated for an Emmy. For outstanding edited interview.

https://apnews.com/article/cbs-60-minutes-emmy-lawsuit-trump-kamala-e02620c8df6992c784d417829da6d3cf

 

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It got "60 Minutes" sued by the man who became president of the United States. Now it's up for a major award — for precisely the same aspect of it that so enraged Donald Trump.

Last fall's "60 Minutes" story on Kamala Harris — the subject of Trump's $20 billion lawsuit against CBS — was nominated for an Emmy Award Thursday for "outstanding edited interview.” Trump, in his lawsuit, complained that the interview was deceptively edited to make his Democratic election opponent look good.

 hahahahahahaha, snort, gasp, hahahahaha 

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https://catholicreview.org/chicago-native-cardinal-prevost-elected-pope-takes-name-leo-xiv/

Pope Leo XIV

He's a dual citizen of USA and Peru. Well educated. Speaks multiple languages.  

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New Pope first from the  U.S.  Cardinal Robert Provost, age 69 born Chicago..... B.A in math from Villanova University 1977- Augustinian order runs it, located near me.  Spent 20 yrs in Peru.  Took name Leo XIV.

USA Today:

image.png.86f9d1362d6a99280f1789bd01a1b1d3.pngNewly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

Guglielmo Mangiapane, REUTERS

https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/newly-elected-pope-leo-xiv-addresses-crowd-st-121609790

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