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Tiller Killer Scott Roeder Says More Anti-Abortion Attacks Coming, That He’s Glad Tiller’s Clinic is Closed, and He’s Being Treated Like a Criminal

• June 9, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Abortion, American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Race, Religion
Tags: "The Pitch", Anti-Abortion, Anti-Government, Anti-Immigration, Anti-Tax, Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism, Dr. George Tiller, Justice Department, Leonard Zeskin, Lindsay Roeder, Multi-Ethnic, Multi-racial, Operation Rescue, Pro-Choice, Scott Roeder, The Freemen, The Huffington Post, Wichita KS

Teabagging in Madison, WI

• April 15, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Bailouts, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Don't Tread on Me", ACORN, Americans for Prosperity, Anti-Tax, Capitol Square, Constables on Patrol, Ed Schultz, Faux Noise, Fox News, Governor Jim Doyle, Louis Farrakhan, Madison WI, Republicans, Right Wing, The Right, Wisconsin Capitol Building

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The New York Times

In States Banning Abortion, a Growing Rift Over Enforcement June 29, 2022
A reluctance by some liberal district attorneys to bring criminal charges against abortion providers is already complicating the legal landscape in some states.
Truck Carrying Dead Migrants Passed Through U.S. Checkpoint June 30, 2022
Border Patrol officials say truck traffic is too voluminous to check every vehicle at the dozens of immigration checkpoints on roadways near the border.
For Many Women, Roe Was About More Than Abortion. It Was About Freedom. June 29, 2022
After the reversal of Roe v. Wade, some women are reconsidering their plans, including where they live, and wondering how best to channel their anger.
State Battles Are Defining the Shifting Abortion Landscape June 28, 2022
An absolute abortion ban that Texas wrote before Roe v. Wade is on hold while a long-ago ban in Wisconsin reaches the courts. A previously blocked six-week ban in Tennessee has taken effect.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 16, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

The Guardian, UK

‘It’s a sham’: Egypt accused of restricting protest in run-up to Cop27 June 29, 2022
Climate activists say plight of jailed Alaa Abd El Fattah shows protesters’ voices will be ignored at Sharm el-Sheikh summitFive months before a pivotal UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners remains behind bars. Now on his 89th day of a hunger strike, Alaa Abd El Fattah is subsisting on just a hundred calorie […]
Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought June 28, 2022
Fossils from South African cave are 3.4 to 3.6m years old and walked the Earth at same time as east African relativesThe fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning they walked the Earth around the same time as their east African relatives like the famous “Lucy”, according to new research […]
Cop15: lack of political leadership leaves crucial nature summit ‘in peril’, warn NGOs June 28, 2022
Nairobi biodiversity talks end in stalemate, prompting open letter to world leaders calling for action before Montreal conferenceUN biodiversity negotiations have reached crisis point due to a lack of engagement from governments, leading NGOs have warned, three years after experts revealed that Earth’s life-support systems are collapsing.Last week, countries […]
V&A to display its first African fashion exhibition June 28, 2022
Galleries will showcase designers who are often overlooked, in an effort to acknowledge colonial histories within the museumThe Victoria and Albert Museum will open its first African fashion exhibition this week, more than 170 years after it was founded.Featuring designers who have worked with names including Beyoncé and architect David Adjaye, Africa Fashio […]
Moroccan authorities accused of trying to cover up Melilla deaths June 27, 2022
Concern at apparent plan to bury victims without investigating cause of death or trying to identify themThere are growing calls for an investigation into the deaths of up to 37 people who died trying to scale a fence to enter Melilla, Spain’s enclave in north Africa.About 2,000 people stormed the heavily fortified border between the Moroccan region of Nador […]
Calls for investigation over deaths in Moroccan-Spanish border crossing June 26, 2022
NGOs say toll could be as high as 37 after hundreds of people break into border control area in attempt to reach Melilla enclaveHuman rights campaigners in Spain and Morocco have called for investigations to be launched in both countries after a mass attempt to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 23 people […]
Mystery as Canadian radio station plays Rage Against the Machine song nonstop June 29, 2022
Was it a protest by staff or marketing for a change of programming? Listeners to Kiss Radio 104.9 FM had plenty of time to wonderEarly on Wednesday morning, someone at a pop and soft rock station in Vancouver, Canada, began playing the song Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine.Then they played it again. Continue reading...
Reporter shot to death in Mexico, the 12th journalist killed there this year June 29, 2022
Attacks on the press have increased 85% in the three years since president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took powerYet another Mexican reporter has been shot to death, bringing to 12 the number of journalists killed this year in the country, one of the world’s most dangerous for media workers.Antonio de la Cruz, 47, was shot on Wednesday as he was leaving his […]

The BBC

Russia invasion: Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine - US June 30, 2022
According to US intelligence assessments, Russia's invasion is likely to grind on for some time.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr sworn in as Philippines president, replacing Duterte June 30, 2022
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr succeeds Rodrigo Duterte after a historic election win in May.
Paris trial: Salah Abdeslam guilty as historic trial ends June 29, 2022
Salah Abdeslam and 19 others convicted over the 2015 attacks which killed 130 people across Paris.
Texas migrant deaths: Suspected truck driver is charged June 30, 2022
Some 53 people, including children, died after being shut in a lorry in the blistering Texas heat.
Ukraine war: US to ramp up military presence across Europe June 29, 2022
President Biden announces a strengthening by "land, air and sea" over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse June 29, 2022
The singer was found to have used his celebrity status to sexually abuse children and women.
Russia's attack on Mariupol theatre a clear war crime, Amnesty says June 30, 2022
Russian forces likely targeted the building knowing it was a shelter for civilians, the group says.
Israel set to get new PM and hold fifth election in less than four years June 29, 2022
Naftali Bennett will hand over power to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid once parliament dissolves itself.