SarahOkeson

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Grieving mom, transplant to Minnesota.
SarahOkesonSep 15, 2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/health/cesarean-sections-black-women.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE4.jwEE.iBT9IOK1aqvJ&smid=url-share
Doctors Give Black Women Unneeded C-Sections to Fill Operating Rooms, Study Suggests

Healthy Black women with low risk factors were far more likely to get C-sections than white women with similar medical histories, a large new study found.

The New York Times
SarahOkesonAug 8, 2024
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/06/aipac-cori-bush-election-results-wesley-bell/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
AIPAC Millions Take Down Second Squad Member Cori Bush

Election results show AIPAC}s millions helped Wesley Bell beat Rep. Cori Bush in the Democratic primary for a Missouri House seat.

The Intercept
SarahOkesonJul 24, 2024
The Most Ruthless Political Operator in the Country Is a Woman https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/opinion/nancy-pelosi-joe-biden.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Opinion | Nancy Pelosi and the Art of Nudging Out Presidents

The supreme gratification of watching Nancy Pelosi go to work.

The New York Times
SarahOkesonJul 4, 2024
Breakfast
SarahOkesonJul 4, 2024
https://www.dcreport.org/2024/07/04/if-you-dont-vote-were-doomed/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1yRdQ5B8omlOezQxF3aPPmei7N58Z69WcJj7yKZwLxVjYntnnkqZwiARQ_aem_ub-_Ve8ej8VtpQYWYbvIBA
If You Don’t Vote, We’re Doomed | DCReport.org

Our liberties will be taken away unless we vote to preserve them, DCReport co-founder David Crook writes in a powerful and brief column.

DCReport.org
SarahOkesonJul 3, 2024
My morning
SarahOkesonJun 28, 2024
Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine, Imperiling an Array of Federal Rules https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/supreme-court-chevron-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Supreme Court Imperils an Array of Federal Rules

A foundational 1984 decision required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.

The New York Times
SarahOkesonJun 16, 2024
https://m.startribune.com/the-precious-gift-of-being-a-father-even-if-it-ends-in-heartache/600373826/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1vf9QLa4EDcp_Zod-WcWY1DMXv-zihlj87ne3ns_w66fUZQkVE4WvFuDk_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
The precious gift of being a father, even if it ends in heartache

My father made me and my sister the center of his universe. I tried to do the same for my own two sons.

Star Tribune
SarahOkesonJun 11, 2024
Aaron RuparJun 11, 2024
"A majority of Minnesota voters think Trump's NY trial, which led to a conviction for falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment, was a fair proceeding and that a person convicted of a felony should not be eligible for the presidency."

https://strib.gift/ff6gi3in4
Minnesota Poll: Majority of voters think Trump got a fair trial, felony conviction is disqualifying

Republicans and Democrats are starkly divided on the trial and conviction.

Star Tribune
SarahOkesonJun 11, 2024
Stopped at the 4-H malt wagon for a chocolate malt