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On Monday, Oregon’s pro-abortion Democratic Governor Tina Kotek announced she is expanding the state’s supply of the dangerous abortion pill mifepristone in response to Donald Trump’s November 5 reelection. In April, 2023, Gov. Kotek worked with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to stockpile a three-year supply of “emergency” mifepristone, the governor’s office said in a press release. Now, that cache has been increased and the expiration extended to September, 2028. In the Monday announcement, Kotek argued that “Oregon is not immune from federal attacks on our reproductive rights.” “Kotek’s decision to increase Oregon’s...

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A state senator is demanding that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr file an emergency motion to intervene and demand the death penalty against Laken Riley’s killer, but Carr's office maintains that he does not have the legal authority to do so. "I am officially calling on Attorney General Chris Carr to file an emergency motion to intervene and demand the death penalty for the murderer of Laken Riley," state Sen. Colton Moore, a Republican, wrote on X. "District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez let her radical political agenda stand in the way of justice. By refusing to seek the death penalty, she...

One of the baleful dimensions of our times is the way that the conversation about what constitutes the good society is framed by the rich and their interests. A conception of the common good withers; instead it is replaced by the existential importance of private wealth, private interests and private ownership to societal health. Nowhere is this more exposed than in the debate over taxation, and in particular the taxation of inherited wealth – as the debate over the past fortnight has dramatised. Half a million people die every year. Under the reforms to inheritance tax relief on agricultural land...

Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is paving the way for everyone to become their own software developers. But at the same time, AI may render many extraordinary skills unnecessary.That's the word from Thomas Davenport of Babson College and Ian Barkin, a venture capitalist, in their latest book, All Hands on Tech: The AI-Powered Citizen Revolution. For starters, they point out that with low-code and no-code tools, robotic process automation, and now AI, the gates of software development are open to all. Also: Your dream programming job demands this language, every site agrees"Technology is no longer owned by any one department...

At least 47 killed in Israeli airstrikes on towns and villages... Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused of plotting a coup... Visible damage on an anchor of the Chinese merchant ship "Yi Peng 3"... German politics Chancellor Olaf Scholz will remain leader of the Social Democrats... The Illinois Supreme Court overturning the convictions of actor... Russian President Vladimir Putin tonight confirmed that a ballistic intermediate range missile without a nuclear warhead was used to strike... Here in Pennsylvania Democrat US Senator Bob Casey conceding to Republican challenger... Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi the new choice...for Attorney General... ...Matt Gaetz...

On paper, owning a home is almost always more expensive than renting — about 14% more, on average, after factoring in expenses like insurance, taxes, and upkeep. But the difference has grown much more extreme in recent years as just about all homeownership costs have ballooned.

MOSCOW, November 21. /TASS/. The US missile defense base in Poland has long been considered a priority target for potential neutralization by the Russian Armed Forces, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated during a briefing. "Given the level of threats posed by such Western military facilities, the missile defense base in Poland has long been included among the priority targets for potential neutralization. If necessary, this can be achieved using a wide range of advanced weaponry," the diplomat said. Zakharova stated that the US-NATO construction project, ongoing for nearly a decade with complete disregard to Russian security concerns, has consistently...

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The genetic ancestry testing company 23andMe recently announced that it is filing for bankruptcy, which could result in the company being sold. Over the last 20 years, 15 million people have submitted their DNA to the company for testing, but now the company has fallen on hard times, potentially putting your saliva sample with highly sensitive information about your health and genealogy at risk. The company has lost nearly $6 billion, according to cyber security expert Arun Vishwanath. And because it’s not a health care company, DNA data is not protected by health privacy laws. 23andMe says it has “strong...

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Countries of the world took turns rejecting a new but vague draft text released early Thursday which attempts to form the spine of any deal reached at United Nations climate talks on money for developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to climate change. The draft left out a crucial sticking point: how much wealthy nations will pay poor countries. A key option for the lowest amount donors are willing to pay was just a placeholder “X.” Part of that is because rich nations have yet to make an offer in negotiations. Negotiators at the talks — known...

Dive Brief: A federal jury awarded $12.69 million on Nov. 8 to a former IT employee for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan after finding that it refused her religious accommodation request to be exempted from a 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate and then fired her because of her religion, according to court documents (Domski v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan). In a letter requesting the accommodation, the employee, who is Catholic, explained that she has a “sincere personal religious belief that human life begins at conception,” that the “COVID vaccines were either developed or tested using fetal cells that...

A father who has spent over half a decade and a nearly a million dollars to stop his young son from transitioning to a ‘girl’ against his (and allegedly his son’s) wishes has lost his most recent court case, resigning to the fact that his child will almost certainly be chemically castrated at the insistence of his ex-wife. He shared the sobering news on X: Four years ago, Jeff Younger was dealt a crippling blow by a Texas judge who ruled that his ex-wife, who has been actively trying to transition their child, was to be given sole medical, psychological,...

Dr. Matthew L. Stevenson III is the senior pastor of All Nations Worship Assembly, an urban charismatic church that claims 15,000 people across ten Chicago and New York City locations. According to his church bio he is a “global infuencer, culturalist and visionary, violently raised up by God during this complex moment in history” whose ministry is “ministry is earmarked by powerful preaching, bold delivery and unusual supernatural activity.” It further insists he is “intensely gifted in the prophetic” and that “thousands around the world have been dramatically impacted by his very timely, direct, and specific prophetic words,” all the...

Horrifying bodycam footage shows the moment a Georgia mom was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old son to walk less than a mile into a small town. Brittany Patterson, 41, was captured on police bodycam footage being handcuffed and taken into custody on October 30 after she left her son, Soren, home alone. Patterson was charged with reckless endangerment and taken into custody where she had her fingerprints and mugshot taken. The mother had left her home to take one of her older children to the doctor, while Soren, who is 11 years old but was aged 10 at the time,...

On the surface, it’s hard not to see visions of World War III in Russia’s recent threats and provocations against the West. -snip- But far from being on the brink of global armageddon, experts tell The Post these moves amount to the same old irresponsible nuclear saber-rattling Putin has long been known for. More to the point, they show that the Russian dictator is becoming increasingly desperate in the lead-up to President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. “It’s certainly signaling to the west. I think the Russians are obviously concerned that we’ve allowed Ukraine this permission to strike in Russia with...

An extremist who threatened to murder congresswoman Nancy Mace and J.K. Rowling has been identified as a Portland, Ore. Antifa activist on a Pride Foundation scholarship at Portland State, The Post Millennial can exclusively report. A trans person who threatened to murder congresswoman Nancy Mace and issued calls for author J.K. Rowling to be killed has been identified as a Portland, Ore. Antifa and transgender activist, The Post Millennial can exclusively report. On Nov. 19, a trans person using the screen name “venuspeenis” posted graphic video death threats to Rep. Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, and J.K. Rowling. After...

Of all the promises, from quixotic to horrifying, that Donald Trump has made about the next four years, the one that seems least likely to be fulfilled is his vow to “defeat anti-Semitism.” He has nominated a slew of cranks who have dabbled in the oldest conspiracy theory of them all, a belief that Jews control the world. Over the past decade or so, pernicious lies about Jewish villainy have drifted into the mainstream of American life. That’s a fact Trump acknowledges when he talks about his plans to “defend Jewish citizens in America.” But he tends to focus on...

atie Couric took a swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris for her non-answers in various interviews leading up to the presidential election. On Thursday's installment of her podcast "Next Question with Katie Couric," the veteran broadcaster had a lengthy post-election conversation with MSNBC host and longtime Democratic spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who said she thought one of Harris' "better interviews" was her Fox News sit-down with Bret Baier. "I always find that people do better when they're asked really challenging, pointed questions. I always felt that way about Hillary Clinton," Couric said. "If you are giving them these almost weird, like,...