The Battles over Reproductive Healthcare Rights and Abortion Access Continue.

1). “Resisting Trump's Teen Pregnancy Crusade”, Jul 14, 2026, Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/resisting-trumps-teen-pregnancy-crusade >.

2). “Lindsey Graham's Cruel Legacy”, Jul 13, 2026, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/lindsey-graham-dies-idaho-abortion-ballot >.

3). “HHS Changes to Teen Pregnancy Grant Funds Challenged by Grantees”, Jul 14, 2026, Sandhya Raman, Bloomberg Law, at < https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-changes-to-teen-pregnancy-grant-funds-challenged-by-grantees >.

4). “Federal health agency cancels most of its teen pregnancy prevention grants”, Jun 29, 2026, Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Wisconsin Examiner, at < https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/06/29/repub/federal-health-agency-cancels-most-of-its-teen-pregnancy-prevention-grants/ >.

5). “California Lawmakers Look to Make Abortion Shield Laws Less Dependent on Who's Governor: As states with abortion bans target California physicians who prescribe abortion pills across state lines, Democrats want to lock in protections for doctors, no matter who the next governor is.”, Jul 14, 2026,Jackie Fortiér, KFF Health News, KQED (from KFF Health News), at < https://www.kqed.org/news/12090322/california-lawmakers-look-to-make-abortion-shield-laws-less-dependent-on-whos-governor >.

6). “Florida budget includes $29.5 million for the Florida Pregnancy Care Network: The state program that promotes controversial anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers.”, Jul 10, 2026, McKenna Schueler, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay (Originally published at Orlando Weekly), at < https://www.cltampa.com/news/florida-budget-includes-29-5-million-for-the-florida-pregnancy-care-network/ >.

7). “Unregulated Pregnancy Clinic Industry Nearing $2 Billion in Annual Revenue, Memo”, Nov 13, 2025, Anon, Reproductive Health and Freedom Watch, at < https://reproductivehealthfreedom.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2023-UPC-industry-financial-memo.pdf >

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They Go Low, Then Ask for a Reacharound: Why Democrats Need to Stop Losing Beautifully to Republican Scum

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Did These Men Deserve to Die? by William Kristol

 

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Nurses, lawmakers demand end to Trump’s ‘act of war’ against Cuba

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Over 425,000 Kids in U.S. Face Deportation Hearings Without Lawyers

 https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/children-attorneys-immigration-court-deportation/_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2510348&post_id=203534721&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=16n89&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Ongoing Struggles Around Women's Reproductive Rights and Abortion Access.

1). “The Volunteer Pilots Taking Abortion Patients Where They Need to Go: Elevated Access organizes volunteer pilots to fly abortion patients across the country— here's how it works”, Jun 20, 2026, Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-volunteer-pilots-taking-abortion >.

2). “Your Guide to the Last Four Years of Anti-Abortion Attacks: They want us to feel overwhelmed. Here's how we cut through the noise.”, Jun 23, 2026, Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/dobbs-anniversary-attacks-guide >.

3). “Medication abortion is now available in KC. How GOP wants to halt it”, Jun 22, 2026, Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star (Reality Check), at < https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article316219325.html >

4). “Why overturning Roe v. Wade only made America’s abortion rate rise: 'They will never stop abortion': 'After Dobbs' chronicles 'the extraordinary efforts' to help women get healthcare (Interview)” , March 25, 2025, Amanda Marcotte, Salon, at < https://www.salon.com/2025/03/25/why-overturning-roe-v-wade-only-made-americas-abortion-rate-rise/ >

5). “Pregnancy Justice Report Reveals Massive Scope of the Criminalization of Pregnant People, (Press Release)”, Sep 19, 2023, Press Release, Pregnancy Justice, at < https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/press/pregnancy-justic e-new-report-reveals-massive-scope-of-pregnancy-criminalization/ >

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The Republican Plan to Lock Away Millions of Disabled Americans Trump Is One Court Ruling Away From Making the Disabled Disappear. W. A. Lawrence Jun 21

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Trump's Manosphere Is a Dangerous Joke, and You Are the Punchline

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The Trump Administration’s Dubious Case for Work Requirements

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"We Demand Freedom": Immigrants on Strike in New Jersey Prison

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The Theater of Punishment Vijay Prashad

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Pogroms, American Style

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Hunger Strike at the Concentration Camp and What it Means

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More than 500 children die in measles outbreak in Bangladesh

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The ‘warrior ethos’ promises victory — history says it leads to defeat

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Our Very Health is Endangered by the Trump Regime: One Big Issue is Abortion Rights and the Hidden Agenda of the Forced-Pregnancy / Forced-Birth Operatives to Imprison or Execute Health Care Workers and even Women who Seek out any kind of Abortion

1). “Moms.gov, Mifepristone, and an FDA Shakeup: Last Week in Abortion Rights”, May 17, 2026, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-week-in-abortion-3db >.

2). “Are You ‘Underbabied’?”, May 17, 2026, Kathleen Walsh, The Cut, at < https://www.thecut.com/article/dr-oz-under-babied-americans.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us >

3). “Abortion 'abolitionists' in Kansas and other states wanht to charge women with murder”, Jun 23, 2023, Rose Conlon / Kansas News Service, Nebraska Public Media, at < https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/es/news/news-articles/abortion-abolitionists-in-kansas-and-other-states-want-to-charge-women-with-murder/ >. (there is a 7 ½ minute audio file included with this article)

4). “Mayes, GOP lawmakers on opposite sides in abortion lawsuit”, May 13, 2026 (Updated May 17, 2026), Howard Fischer, Tucson.com, at < https://tucson.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_5ce92ecd-695b-47af-9cf9-c0f6596f8cbc.html >.

5). “Governor signs Oklahoma bill criminalizing providing abortion-inducing drugs”, May 07, 2026, Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice, at < https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/governor-signs-oklahoma-bill-criminalizing-providing-abortion-inducing-drugs/ >.

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Dr. John Gartner: “I'm predicting that Donald Trump will kill more people than Hitler"

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The Crisis of the U.S. Empire, both Internal and in the Near East. Is Reaching a Climax

1). “As Qatar Officially Leaves Iran War, Questions Arise if They Will Boot US From Biggest Middle East Base in Possible Historic Contraction of American Global Military Power, 1945-2026: The Era of American Military Hegemony Is Over”, Mar 28, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/qatar-pull-officially-leaves-iran >.

2). “Stalin Fought A War Using Soldiers Whose Families He Was Starving: A two part investigation into regime durability. What keeps dictators in power, what brings them down, and what decades of research tells us about the fight we are in.”, Apr 23, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/stalin-fought-a-war-using-soldiers >.

3). “Coalition Collapse: Four Frameworks on How to End Authoritarian Regimes: A primer for understanding regime durability, how these regimes actually fall, and what we can do about it starting immediately”, Apr 25, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/coalition-collapse-four-frameworks >.

4). “Update on the New Mexico Truth Commission's Investigation into Zorro Ranch: Don't get too excited.”, Apr 18, 2026, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, at < https://alisav.substack.com/p/update-on-the-new-mexico-truth-commissions >.

5). “Confirmation of What I've Been Saying: Top Intelligence Advisor Tells the DOAC Podcast That Epstein and Maxwell Were/Are Israeli Intelligence Assets or Operatives and Everyone in US Leadership Knows It and Is Hiding It From the People.”, Apr 29, 2026, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, at < https://alisav.substack.com/p/confirmation-of-what-ive-been-saying >. There is a 1 hour and 45 minute video embedded in the article.

6). “Fifth Circuit Decision Directs FDA to Restrict Mifepristone Access: If allowed to stand, this decision would be the most sweeping threat to abortion since the overturning of Roe”, May 1, 2026, Anon, Guttmacher Institute, at < https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2026/fifth-circuit-decision-directs-fda-restrict-mifepristone-access >.

7). “ ‘Lines are going to change’: Trump DOJ confirms it will target minority voters nationwide after Supreme Court ruling”, May 1, 2026, Yunior Rivas, Democracy Docket, at < https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-confirms-it-will-target-minority-voters-nationwide-after-supreme-court-ruling/ >

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Monster’s Ball

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