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Karen E. Huber

@reprohistory

Historian and lawyer focused on how societies shape reproductive decision-making through law, and how ordinary people resist. Ph.D & J.D. Loves pets, travel, gardening, the Oxford comma, and French cuisine. Fiona and Moo Deng fan girl.

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Memphis Police Used Excessive Force and Discriminated Against Black Residents, Justice Dept. Finds The Police Department had been under scrutiny since January 2023, when officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, after pulling him over on his way home from work.

Breaking News: The Memphis police used excessive force and treated Black people more harshly than white people, the Justice Department found.

05.12.2024 00:31 πŸ‘ 1011 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 63
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Trump Transition Live Updates: Matt Gaetz Withdraws as Attorney General Pick

Let’s not let the removal of the unthinkable make us less critical of whoever Trump picks as a new nominee. Gaetz would likely have been ineffective because he’s inexperienced; the next one could be competent in pursuing the same troubling agenda.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11...

21.11.2024 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post by Charlotte Clymer:

Every transphobic argument can basically be boiled down to: "I actually don't know the science at all or have a good argument here, but trans people challenge my long held view of the world and it's very uncomfortable and everyone should be expected to move around my discomfort."

Post by Charlotte Clymer: Every transphobic argument can basically be boiled down to: "I actually don't know the science at all or have a good argument here, but trans people challenge my long held view of the world and it's very uncomfortable and everyone should be expected to move around my discomfort."

This…this is it. In a nutshell, yes.

21.11.2024 12:47 πŸ‘ 54587 πŸ” 10926 πŸ’¬ 1078 πŸ“Œ 441
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Kim Deal Is Ready to Go Solo. It Just Took 4 Decades. The Breeders leader has long been one of the most enchanting and elusive figures in rock. At 63, she’s releasing her first full album under her name, filled with musical and emotional twists.

Kim Deal, the Breeders lead singer and former Pixies member, has long been one of the most enchanting and elusive figures in rock. Now she is releasing her first full album under her own name, titled β€œNobody Loves You More.”

15.11.2024 21:04 πŸ‘ 1090 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 52
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Agree with those lamenting lack of dogs on Bluesky. Here's Frieda.

13.11.2024 23:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"learned in the law" now means 2nd year associate? Or do we count his recent entanglement with DOJ as on-the-job learning?

13.11.2024 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Matt Gaetz. Matt Gaetz? MATT GAETZ FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL????

13.11.2024 20:34 πŸ‘ 4900 πŸ” 499 πŸ’¬ 281 πŸ“Œ 118

Ditching Twitter and Musk. Here we go!

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Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.

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