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.
The U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are asking firefighters who resigned under government buyout offers earlier this year to return for Summer fire assignments, after losing too many personnel when President Donald Trump and Elon Musk offered deferred resignations to federal workers.
Did the Republicans forget that the cuts were supposed to improve government efficiency? Maybe they've redefined efficiency. They must have because so far, they've made all governance agencies less efficient.
just wonder why these people went with the "no kings" slogan, Trump cant seem to get anything done because of all the resistance. If he were truly a king there would be zero resistance because resistance would not be allowed
"Trump can't seem to get anything done because of all of the resistance"..
You are joking right? Or have you turned a blind eye as well to the woes of our country.
Eliminating DEI from the government and appointing judges who helped strike down Affirmative Action have been the biggest accomplishments in the modern-day civil rights movement. As someone who was victimized by DEI policies during my time as a public servant this has been very important for me.
I'm sure that by making sure that EVERYONE can afford to have a sustainable living by having DEI policies in place was not meant to make you or anyone else feel victimized. Leveling the playing field so that everyone can try to have a fair chance is what Affirmative Action, DEI, non-discrimination is about.
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Kristi Noem says that members of congress interested in web engaging in oversight of ICE facilities must provide 72 hours notice. Isn't that shocking from the self proclaimed "most transparent" administration in the history of the country?
It doesn't sound like this is going to be good for the Florida economy.
Dead citizens don't cost anything. This is cost saving practices at any cost...just usual MAGA mindset, and I gather now, a remarkable number of Republicans.
(I thought he was Filipino) but people are victimized by DEI when less qualified people get promoted or hired over equally or better qualified majority people.
DEI is not the same thing as affirmative action. I actually don't know a single person discriminated against because they were white except for my sister who believed she lost a college teaching job in the UC system because that person had a Hispanic last name. She was lily white but married to a Hispanic surgeon. We all laughed about it. That was about 30 years ago.
Draw a circle around all the assets in America now devoted to Artificial Intelligence.
Draw a second circle around all the assets devoted to the U.S. military.
A third around all assets being devoted to helping the Trump regime collect and compile personal information on millions of Americans.
And a fourth circle around the parts of Silicon Valley dedicated to turning the United States away from a democracy into a libertarian dictatorship led by tech bros.
Where do the four circles intersect?
At a corporation called Palantir Technologies and a man named Peter Thiel
Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity. It sells an AI-based data platform that allows its users — among them, military and law enforcement agencies — to analyze personal data, including social media profiles, personal information, and physical characteristics. These are used to identify and surveil individuals.
In March, Trump signed an executive order requiring all agencies and departments of the federal government to share data on Americans. To get the job done, Trump chose Palantir Technologies.....
Palantir is now busily combining personal data on every American gleaned from the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department, Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, and Internal Revenue Service, including their bank account numbers and medical claims.
.Thirteen former Palantir employees signed a letter this month urging the corporation to stop its endeavors with Trump. Linda Xia, a signee who was a Palantir engineer until last year, said the problem was not with the company's technology but with how the Trump administration intended to use it. "Combining all that data, even with the noblest of intentions, significantly increases the risk of misuse,” she said.
Palantir's work on such a project could be "dangerous,” Representative Warren Davidson, Republican of Ohio, told the Semafor news site. "When you start combining all those data points on an individual into one database, it really essentially creates a digital ID. And it's a power that history says will eventually be abused."...
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https://www.9news.com/article/news/politics/forest-service-usda-resigned-firefighters-Summer-fire-season/73-db3e2b95-c97b-4140-87fe-ff821bec6b32
Did the Republicans forget that the cuts were supposed to improve government efficiency? Maybe they've redefined efficiency. They must have because so far, they've made all governance agencies less efficient.