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Jezebel - Politics

If Nikki Haley Was Really 'Honest With the American People,' She'd Say Abortion Wins -- Haley evoked her now-signature promise to be truthful during the third GOP presidential debate, but it hit differently after this week's elections.

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22 House Democrats Join GOP to Censure Rashida Tlaib Over Israel Criticism -- "No government is beyond criticism. The idea that criticizing the government of Israel is antisemitic [is] very dangerous," Tlaib said before the vote.

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Democrats Flip the Virginia House, Blocking Governor's Proposed Abortion Ban -- It's an embarrassing loss for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who thought he could market a 15-week abortion ban as a "reasonable limit."

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Ohio Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Protect Abortion Rights -- Despite a massive disinformation campaign, a ballot measure to codify abortion in the constitution passed in a state that voted for Donald Trump twice.

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Virginia Governor Tells Voters to Just Trust Him That GOP Won't Pass a Total Abortion Ban -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been working overtime to try and lull people into a false sense of security and get them to vote GOP ahead of Tuesday's elections.

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Idaho's Republican AG Says Professors Can't Be Criminalized for Mentioning Abortion—in Some Contexts -- A legal expert worries AG Raúl Labrador's recent opinion is just a means to throw out an important ACLU lawsuit challenging a 2021 statute's constitutionality.

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Kamala Harris Reams Out Florida's Plan to Teach Kids That Slavery Benefited Black People -- "They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us and we will not stand for it," Harris said at a convention Thursday night.

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We Don't Need the 'Ted Lasso' Cast to Raise Our Awareness of Mental Health -- When will we finally take the leap from celebs telling us to go to therapy, to actual policy change that addresses why so many people are struggling?

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After Nearly 2 Years, Biden Has Reversed (Most of) Trump's Terrible Title IX Policies -- President Biden pledged to reverse Betsy DeVos's campus sexual assault policies immediately. Student survivors have been demanding action for years.

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Biden's Executive Order Addressing the Anti-LGBTQ Crisis Is a Step in the Right Direction -- The rise in attacks on LGBTQ people across the country are a national emergency. It's past time for this administration to treat it like one.

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Laphonza Butler to Replace Dianne Feinstein, Will Be First Black Lesbian in the Senate -- The EMILY's List president will only be the third Black woman to serve in the Senate; she will be the first openly queer Black woman Senator

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Dianne Feinstein Has Died at Age 90 -- The longest-serving woman senator recently suffered from shingles and memory issues. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint a replacement to take her seat.

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Kentucky's Democratic Governor Wouldn't Say If He'd Replace Mitch McConnell With a Republican -- The senator just froze in public for the second time in five weeks, but it's clear why his party might prop him up in leadership for as long as possible.

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Over 500 Survivors of Forced Sterilization Applied for Reparations. Fewer Than a Quarter Have Been Accepted. -- A new report from Rewire found that of the 510 survivors who applied to California's reparations program, only 108 have been accepted.

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Ohio Might Finally Make It Illegal to Rape Your Spouse -- One woman testified about being turned away by police when she reported her husband raped her: "Why should him being my husband have any difference?"

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Alabama Woman Gave Birth in Jail Shower After Begging to Go to a Hospital -- Ashley Caswell had been jailed for substance use to "protect her unborn child." When her water broke jail staff told her to "sleep it off," her lawsuit says.

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A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of 'Childbearing Age.' She Just Sued the Hospital -- Tara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was "determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping her treat debilitating pain.

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Largest School District in Texas Eliminates Libraries, Converts Them to Disciplinary Centers -- The sweeping change will affect 28 of the 85 schools in the Houston Independent School District, with more closures to be considered on a "case-by-case basis."

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Fascist Moms for Liberty Convention in Philadelphia Leads to the Arrests of 6 Protesters -- The pro-book banning group, which quoted Hitler in its June newsletter, featured speeches from Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis at its annual convention.

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Jonathan Majors Files Domestic Violence Complaint Against Accuser, Calls Her 'Drunk & Hysterical' -- The actor is still facing criminal charges for having allegedly assaulted his girlfriend—who has an active restraining order against him—in a taxi in March.

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O.J. Simpson Tells Donald Trump to Shut Up About His Indictment: 'That Cannot Help Him' -- As the former president faces federal indictment in Florida, Simpson offered him some unsolicited legal advice on how to appear less guilty.

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Texas Border Agents Allegedly Laid Traps That Ensnared Miscarrying Pregnant Teen - The wire traps, from which a 19-year-old pregnant woman had to be cut free, are part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) ghoulish border plan to keep migrants out.

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