Trump’s First Surgeon General Tries to Torpedo New Pick

Comment: The nomination of Casey Means, a currently unlicensed medical doctor, for the position of Surgeon General of the United States, is stalled as "even Republican legislators" questioned her qualifications. The article reports on the comments of Dr. Jerome Adams, the Surgeon General in the first Trump administration, concerning Means' qualifications. Among other things, Means has questioned the widespread use of hormonal birth control, stating that it show "disrespect for life."

Birth Control is Essential Healthcare, but It’s Now Under Attack

Comment: The author relates her personal need for hormonal birth control to treat a common fertility and health issue, and comments on the misleading conservative effort, including Project 2025, to frame restrictions on contraception as a concern for women's health.

Do Street Preachers and Protesters Have a Right to Get in Your Face?

A Mississippi street preacher gets another shot at challenging a protest ordinance separating him from his audience. Gabriel Olivier is a Christian evangelical street preacher who thinks you are going to hell, and he isn’t afraid to say so through an amplifier. He will call you a whore and a Jezebel, and tell you that … Continue reading Do Street Preachers and Protesters Have a Right to Get in Your Face?

Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches

Comment: In what looks like deliberate obstruction (right out of the Project 2025 playbook), birth control access for low-income patients is in jeopardy. The Department of Health and Human Services delayed sending guidance and applications for renewal of Title X funding for more than two months after the usual December 31 deadline. Now applicants have … Continue reading Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches

Every Vote Counts, And Every Tyrant Can Be Toppled

No Kings, North Carolina style. With so much going on at the national level, it can be hard to muddle through the noise to pay attention to state politics. But the Republican primary contest between North Carolina State Senate President Phil Berger and his challenger, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, has much to commend it … Continue reading Every Vote Counts, And Every Tyrant Can Be Toppled

The birth control pill and cancer: What are the risks?

Comment: The author comments on a flood of recent social media posts by conservative commentators describing hormonal birth control pills as "cancer causing," pointing out that the cancer risk information has been known for many years. The recent alarmists posts fail to mention that while the risk of some cancers is increased, the risk is decreased for others; a nuanced analysis has always been called for.

How the ‘nocebo’ effect is putting women off the contraceptive pill

Comment: The Independent reports on a study done at Sheffield University in the UK examining the effect of social media misinformation on attitudes toward birth control pills.

Pirro's Pet Prosecutor Gets No-Billed ZIP-23

All 23 members of the D.C. grand jury stood up and said no! Once again, attorneys all over the country are snark-laughing at D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s latest failed attempt to indict a ham sandwich American citizens resisting the authoritarian takeover. This time her target was six “seditious” congresscritters who urged members of the … Continue reading Pirro's Pet Prosecutor Gets No-Billed ZIP-23

DoJ Lawyer Failed to Understand the Assignment

Delay, deny, and dissemble is the job description; destruction of the justice system is the goal. Julie T. Le, Esq., has gotten headlines for her startling comments this week to District Court Judge Jerry Blackwell in the U.S. District Court in Minnesota. Ms. Le, a government attorney normally assigned to handle ICE administrative cases, had … Continue reading DoJ Lawyer Failed to Understand the Assignment