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Strange that this otherwise good article doesn't mention that the Trump admin wiped out the congressionally-mandated CDC program that monitors the safety & efficacy of every fertility clinic in the country www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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Am I in a feud with the guy who called me a bitch because I ignored his cat calls yday

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During today's HHS budget hearing, Hawley brought up that junk science report & asked RFK if he believes this is reason enough to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. RFK: “The new data... it’s alarming & clearly it indicates that at very least that the label should be changed."

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Gig alert: Reuters is hiring a US Race and Justice Correspondent to help build our coverage of race and justice across the nation. Please share widely! careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JR...

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I talked to women about the Trump administration's plans to convince them to have babies — and why those plans seem "ridiculous." “They want to incentivize people to have children," one said. "I don’t think they have a real stake in helping people raise them." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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ICYMI: @faith-hill.bsky.social and I went on @kqedforum.bsky.social to talk all things pronatalism, child care and the difficulties of parenting in the United States: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

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🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking with @cartersherman.bsky.social and @faith-hill.bsky.social about the rise of the U.S. pronatalist movement and what it means in practice for women and families. ❓ What questions do you have about the pronatalism movement? 📻 Listen:

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I feel like refugees should be in quotes here

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Pope needs to issue a ruling ex cathedra finally putting to rest the "do RTs = endorsements?" controversy

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If he comes out on the balcony and vapes I will convert

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On a private Zoom last week, anti-abortion groups previewed an effort they're calling "Rolling Thunder." Here's how they plan to pressure the FDA, Congress and courts to crack down on abortion pills. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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I’m on vacation (aka my very belated honeymoon!) for the next few weeks, but I popped by Crooked Media’s “What A Day” to discuss the Trump administration’s interest in making Americans have more babies—and why I’m skeptical it will ever come to pass open.spotify.com/episode/71WG...

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Oh look Barnes & Noble is having a 25% off sale on preorders… And it turns out MY book is available for preorder… Which means you can have my book for 25% off… www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-second...

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If I got an interview request from Isaac Chotiner I would simply move to the woods www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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Man my Harry Potter tattoo has not aged well

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RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Activists piled hundreds of fake coffins at the State Dept. today to warn of mass deaths if funds from the global AIDS relief program PEPFAR are not reinstated. One analysis estimates that over 36,000 adults and nearly 4,000 children have died overseas as a result of the funding cuts. Full story TK

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NEW: Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Trump to cut ties with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, org that helps recommend which women's preventive services to cover—including birth control. Letter cites "items that can prevent the implantation of embryos after conception"

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I…https://www.vox.com/culture/408578/trum-tariffs-incels-misogyny-email-jobs

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"Multiple sources close to the tech entrepreneur said they believe the true number of Musk’s children is much higher than publicly known... Musk refers to his offspring as a 'legion.'" www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

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NEW: Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

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Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.” x.com/nayibbukele/...

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"It’s tantamount to financial murder." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

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First JPMorgan, now MetLife keeps its 60% recession call — titling today’s note “Damaged Goods”: “Even if there is a near-term resolution of the tariff and other trade issues, damage has been done to the economy and to consumer expectations.”

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News: Diana Greene Foster, the MacArthur-winning author of the Turnaway Study, learned her NIH grant — funding a multi-year study on Dobbs' impact — has been pulled. She was told its bc the govt won't study "gender identity." Her work has shaped our understanding of abortion bans' consequences.

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NEW from me: When states ban abortion, they make it harder for doctors to even learn how to perform it. Now, a small but growing number of doctors are leaving the US to learn to become abortion providers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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New from me: April 1 was the first day of #SAAM Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It's also the day the Department of Health And Human Services fired the teams that work on sexual violence prevention. www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n...

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“This is an attempt to erase history and make history the way they want it to be interpreted.” mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

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I’m looking for small wins these days, so: My team won trivia at the bar today

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Isn't this guy's job literally dependent on men sitting around watching him on a screen

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A Georgia district attorney has dismissed charges against a woman who was found bleeding and unconscious after a miscarriage. Cases like these, activists worry, turn pregnancies into crime scenes. “This doesn’t undo the trauma she faced,” one advocate told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Despite all of his promises to help people have bigger and healthier families, Trump axed an HHS team that collects critical data about maternal and infant health. One of the people on the team voted for Trump. This is, he said, not what he signed up for. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Publisher's Weekly had some really excellent things to say about my book, which they called a "a clear-eyed snapshot of Gen Z without the usual hand-wringing" !!! www.publishersweekly.com/9781668052457

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Maybe our country is actually better off with this dude not in it

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