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The Lawless Ruling Against the Abortion Pill Has Already Prompted a Constitutional Crisis

This unprecedented abuse of judicial power with no basis in law or fact will soon force the Supreme Court’s hand.

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#Elon can’t make his mind up. #npr now no longer ‘state affiliated’ media… now ‘government funded.’ This all makes no sense at all. Also @VOANews is suddenly labelled government funded too… and yet is a public diplomacy outlet - so it operates in a very different way to @npr Here #twitter and #ElonMusk revealing they have no idea how these broadcasters are governed and what they do. #media #publicdiplomacy 🧵
“If this ruling were to stand, then there will be virtually no prescription, approved by the FDA, that would be safe from these kinds of political, ideological attacks.” - President Biden in a statement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/07/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-decision-in-alliance-for-hippocratic-medicine-v-fda/
Statement from President Joe Biden on Decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA | The White House

Today a single federal district judge in Texas ruled that a prescription medication that has been available for more than 22 years, approved by the FDA and used safely and effectively by millions of women here and around the world, should no longer be approved in the United States.  The Court in this case has…

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And here’s a conflicting injunction from a judge in #WashingtonState prohibiting the FDA from pulling #mifepristone off the market. (It might apply only to the 17 plaintiff states plus #DC) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.102225/gov.uscourts.waed.102225.80.0.pdf
Transcript Order – #663 in In re: Google Play Store Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal., 3:21-md-02981) – CourtListener.com

Transcript Order

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The conflicting orders appear to create a legal standoff likely to escalate to #SCOTUS, notes the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/health/abortion-pills-ruling-texas.html
Texas Judge Invalidates FDA Approval of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone

The Texas judge’s ruling was quickly contradicted by another federal judge in Washington State who ordered the F.D.A. to keep mifepristone available.

The New York Times
AP: Judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill #mifepristone but delays the order to give time for the federal government to appeal.
Trump-appointed judge strikes down FDA approval of medication abortion https://www.rawstory.com/trump-appointed-judge-strikes-down-fda-approval-of-medication-abortion/
Trump-appointed judge strikes down FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone

A far-right judge in Texas has issued a long-awaited ruling, striking down the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone for abortions.Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of President Donald Trump, has stayed his ruling for seven days to give the federal government time to appeal the...

Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism

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So Musk is not only suppressing speech, he's also suppressing discussion of his tactics

Reporters Without Borders harshly criticizes Elon Musk for equating NPR with propaganda media.
"Twitter is continuing its practice of abusing the media and journalists. The platform is resolutely turning its back on the general interest and is getting ever more deeply ensnared in its new owner’s delirium." https://rsf.org/en/twitter-s-equating-public-media-state-media-dangerous
Twitter’s equating of public media with state media is dangerous

Twitter is now telling its users that National Public Radio, the US public radio broadcaster also known as NPR, is a “state-affiliated media” – in the same way that RT, the former Russia Today, is affiliated to the Russian state. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the withdrawal of this grotesque label, which equates good journalism with propaganda.

I wrote about why Mehdi Hasan's takedown of Matt Taibbi actually destroys the entire foundation of the story Taibbi is trying to tell about the Twitter files. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/07/mehdi-hasan-dismantles-the-entire-foundation-of-the-twitter-files-as-matt-taibbi-stumbles-to-defend-it/
Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It

So here’s the deal. If you think the Twitter Files are still something legit or telling or powerful, watch this 30 minute interview that Mehdi Hasan did with Matt Taibbi (at Taibbi’s own demand): H…

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