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Buried in the mifepristone opinion is a recognition of constitutional fetal personhood, i.e., that the constitution requires providing zygotes with equal protection.
The Supreme Court did not say that in Dobbs. The judge makes it up based on an amicus brief filed in Dobbs.
Rural American province finds Juche principle by pure evolutionary luck.
Depression often follows a serious health event like heart attack, stroke or cancer but it can strike anyone at any time. It is brave of my Senator John Fetterman for getting help when he needed it, as it would be for anyone else who did. He is a role model for people who need help but are afraid of what others think.
I am sure it was difficult for him to go public with his diagnosis. These health issues very much affect their families, too. I wish him success in getting treatment. ❤️
Oh no! Inflation is abating! Quick, call Larry Summers, Jason Furman, CRFB, and AEI—we need new excuses for why fiscal, tax, and monetary policy should be calibrated to make the poor poorer and the rich richer!
https://twitter.com/mtkonczal/status/1606284361690660865?t=PwkToV8lK893LcSH4NhJMg&s=19
“Early gift for the White House: an absolutely perfect PCE inflation print, with core at 2% (!) target. War is over, if you want it. Many, including myself, were worried about divergence with CPI; and PCE is what the Fed actually watches. But that didn't happen. Let's dig in. /1”
Jack Shafer says journalists should shrink Elon news to a little “Shit Musk Said” box.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/21/elon-musk-twitter-press-00074881
I agree.
Shafer also says, "Musk is now the greatest press manipulator since Donald Trump inhabited the White House."
No.
If you're quite rich, and a jerk, and willing to make an ass of yourself in public, then it's EASY to draw press attention. That doesn't make you a master manipulator. Just means you lack the gene for shame, and can withstand a lot of humiliation.