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DENVER — Hundreds gathered on the steps of the Colorado Capitol Monday evening in support of abortion rights. Abortion rights rallies have been held across the country in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Monday's event was organized by Colorado's Reproductive Health Rights and Justice Coalition. Some people shared impassioned speeches, while others handed out information sheets about abortion services offered in the state. In April, Governor Jared Polis signed the Reproductive Health Equity Act, codifying abortion access and other reproductive rights into state law. Nonetheless, many who gathered at the Colorado Capitol said...

Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday on CNN’s “The Lead” that in response to the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration was “looking at” giving vouchers for travel expenses to women who leave their state to receive an abortion. Anchor Dana Bash said, “What about the idea of financial resources? Some form of voucher for travel, child care services, other forms of support for people, for women seeking abortions in states where it’s not legal, but they just don’t have the means to go elsewhere.”

Credit Suisse and a former employee have been found guilty by Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court of failing to prevent money-laundering. The criminal trial is the country's first of one of its major banks. Credit Suisse faces a fine of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.1 million). Credit Suisse and a former employee have been found guilty by Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court of failing to prevent money-laundering in the country's first criminal trial of one of its major banks. The trial — which included testimony on murders and cash stuffed into suitcases — is seen as a test case for prosecutors taking...

Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday on CNN’s “The Lead” the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade was shocking because it took away a “constitutional right that has been recognized for half a century.” Harris said, “The court actually took a constitutional right that has been recognized for half a century and took it from the women of America. That’s shocking. When you think about it in terms of what that means in terms of democratic principles, in terms of the ideals upon which we were founded, about liberty, about freedom. You know, I thought about it as, you...

Trump-linked lawyer John Eastman excoriated the Justice Department for searching him and seizing his cellphone last week, decrying the department's power as being akin to that of a British monarch. Eastman contended the search warrant he received "is invalid on its face" and undermines his ethical obligation to safeguard attorney-client privileges during an appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight. TRUMP-LINKED LAWYER JOHN EASTMAN CLAIMS FEDS 'FRISKED' HIM AND CONFISCATED PHONE "The authority to seize all of my information in modern smartphones — that’s access to all my private financial records. It’s all my privileged communications with nearly a hundred different clients...

“Someone complained, and it was gone.” That’s all Cornell University biology Professor Randy Wayne said he has been able to determine so far about the whereabouts of a longtime display in the Ivy League school’s Kroch Library of a bust of President Abraham Lincoln in front of a bronzed Gettysburg Address plaque. Wayne, a frequent visitor to the library, which houses Cornell’s rare and manuscript collections, said when he stopped in several weeks ago he noticed the display had been disappeared. “It’s been there since I can remember,” he told The College Fix in an interview. He asked the librarians...

(...) FDA-approved COVID shots exist only on paper, Pfizer and CDC openly admit that “approved” version of the shot will “not be manufactured or made available” (...)

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TALLAHASSEE (FLV) – Mainstream news outlet POLITICO reported that a “consultant” has been made aware that Gov. Ron DeSantis views Jan. 6th hearings conducted by Democrats “as a way to eventually get Trump indicted.” POLITICO pits DeSantis as aiming to compete with former President Donald Trump:

Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said Monday on “MSNBC’s Reports” that state legislators who attempt to ban interstate travel for abortion would be harkening back to the days of slavery. Johnson said, “Well, look, I mean, we are greatly appreciative of the White House and the administration doing as much as they can in every agency to be as creative as possible to get people the care they need and get people to care. We have seen such extreme laws being introduced in states like Missouri and Louisiana, criminalizing not just tele-medication abortion but also things like contraception, IUDs,...

The Knickerbockers were an American group that sounded like the early Beatles. This song, "Lies" was recorded in 1965.

Health official urges people to stay indoors and close windows and doors At least 13 people died and 251 were injured after toxic gas leaked from a tanker at the southern port city of Aqaba, Jordan's state television reported on Monday. Specialised teams were dealing with the leak after a tank filled with toxic gas fell during its transportation, leading to a gas leak at the site, state news agency Petra said, citing the spokesperson of the Public Security Directorate. The directorate said authorities sealed off the area after evacuating the injured to hospitals and sent specialists in to deal...

[Episcopal News Service] A group of clergy and lay people from across the church have created a liturgy template that Episcopalians are invited to use in response to the June 24 Supreme Court decision overturning the right to abortion in the United States. The liturgy is titled “A Service of Lament and Healing” and includes suggested prayers and readings, a litany based on the prayer of St. Francis, and a time for people to express their feelings through activities like writing or lighting candles. The template is available as a Google Doc in English and Spanish. An introduction to the...

More than 40 percent of American adults have obesity, a complex condition that can increase the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. One mechanism is by causing low-grade chronic inflammation, the accumulation of immune cells in insulin-sensitive tissues. Scientists hypothesize that reversing—known as resolving—this chronic inflammation could prevent the onset of obesity-related diseases including diabetes and possibly facilitate weight loss. In a new paper, researchers found that exposure to cold temperatures resolved obesity-induced inflammation while improving insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in diet-induced obese mice. "Extensive evidence indicates that obesity and metabolic syndrome are linked with chronic inflammation...

Nancy Pelosi shoved the daughter of newly elected Republican Latina Mayra Flores during the swearing in ceremony. However, the undeterred young lady stood her ground and smiled like a princess. Pelosi, a typical democrat, doesn’t like brown people getting out of place. {Direct Rumble Link} WATCH: [you can watch clearly and up close what Pelosi did to the girl and how classy the little girl is] Representative Mayra Flores responded to the video on Twitter: “I am so proud of my strong, beautiful daughter for not allowing this to faze her. She continued to smile and pose for the picture...

[Episcopal News Service] The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 upheld a Mississippi law that outlaws abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, effectively overruling Roe v. Wade, the almost 50-year-old opinion that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote, in his 79-page majority opinion. In the past, the Supreme Court has held that the “due process” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees “some rights that are not mentioned in the Constitution,” Alito wrote, “but any such right must be...

While conservative evangelical and Catholic churches across America celebrated Friday’s Supreme Court ruling rescinding a federal right to abortion care, sermons and prayers in other congregations ranged from lament to outrage to calls for simply getting along with each other. Sunday, June 26, turned out to be one of those rare occasions when the connection between faith and politics could not be avoided. Tim Schaefer “I am put in a position to address things that concern the people, the congregation, and sometimes those issues are difficult to address. They’re not easy, especially when we may not all agree. But I...

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told a crowd of pro-abortion protesters on Friday that she had been raped a decade earlier — and had been grateful to know that if she had become pregnant as a result of that rape, she would have had the choice to abort. Ocasio-Cortez joined protesters at Union Square just hours after the Supreme Court announced its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned landmark abortion rulings in both Roe v. Wade and Planed Parenthood v. Casey. When some of the women in the crowd began to tell their own “abortion stories,” Ocasio-Cortez...

Although 27% of young adults believe secondhand cannabis smoke (SHCS) exposure is safe, cannabis smoke has several hundred toxic chemicals, carcinogens, and fine particulate matter, many at higher concentrations than tobacco smoke. Despite the known dangers of secondhand tobacco smoke, there has been a lack of research focused on the risk of SHCS from social cannabis smoking. However, a new paper published March 30, 2022, in JAMA Network Open by authors Patton Khuu Nguyen, MPH, and Berkeley Public Health Professor of Environmental Health Sciences S. Katharine Hammond, is the first to quantify SHCS levels from social cannabis smoking using a...

A church in Fairfax County, Va., was vandalized with abortion-related graffiti over the weekend, according to authorities, who said a smoldering fire also was found outside the building. County police and firefighters were called to St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Reston at 6:45 a.m. Sunday and found graffiti on a sign at the church entrance and in “three additional locations on the back of the building,” police said in a statement. They said a smoldering fire, for which “an accelerant was likely used,” was found in mulch outside the church. Police said the spray-painted graffiti related to Friday’s Supreme...