Mary
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NEW (but deja vu): Texas and Florida are suing the FDA over its approval and regulation of the abortion drug mifepristone. The states are asking Judge Reed O'Connor to declare the 25yo approval unlawful and yank mife from the market—but judges can't do that
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![screenshot of complaint in a lawsuit
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
WICHITA FALLS DIVISION
THE STATE OF FLORIDA and THE STATE OF TEXAS, by and
through their Attorneys General,
Plaintiffs,
v.
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; MARTIN A. MAKARY, M.D., M.P.H., in
his official capacity as Commissioner of Food and Drugs, U.S. Food and
Drug Administration; RICHARD PAZDUR, M.D., in his official capacity as Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food
and Drug Administration; and ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., in his official capacity as Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Defendants.
Case No. ______________
COMPLAINT
1. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible
for “protect[ing] the public health by ensuring that . . . drugs are safe and effective.”21 U.S.C. § 393(b)(2)(B).
2. Yet the FDA’s approval and deregulation of abortion drugs have placed women and girls in harm’s way](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreiad4xu6gssl7uhp2x6zz2vomvxl6rkftyopu46yzghz7wcbtxu73i@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NEW (but deja vu): Texas and Florida are suing the FDA over its approval and regulation of the abortion drug mifepristone. The states are asking Judge Reed O'Connor to declare the 25yo approval unlawful and yank mife from the market—but judges can't do that
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Breaking: Donald Trump ends Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, raising costs on millions of Americans.
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Breaking: Donald Trump ends Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, raising costs on millions of Americans.
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Senator Ruben Gallego has introduced Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing.
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Senator Ruben Gallego has introduced Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing.
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
Surveillance pricing is yet another way for corporations to pull one over on you.
Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain the dangers of this shady practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
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Sen. Jacky Rosen on the health care votes tomorrow: "We didn't put any wish lists in. We could have. Clean and simple," she says of Dem proposal. "What do they put up? The most partisan shit you've ever seen"
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Sen. Jacky Rosen on the health care votes tomorrow: "We didn't put any wish lists in. We could have. Clean and simple," she says of Dem proposal. "What do they put up? The most partisan shit you've ever seen"
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People over 50 are the fastest growing demographic of homeless people as a result of high housing costs, fixed incomes and healthcare issues and costs. Per reports from HUD, NPR and the National Institutes of Health (.gov).
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/1...
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/1...
Seniors Are The Fastest-Growing Group Experiencing Homelessness. Why? : 1A
People aged 50 and older have grown from about 10 percent of the homeless population to half. That's according to the most recent federal data.The increase is being driven by a number of factors inclu...
www.npr.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
People over 50 are the fastest growing demographic of homeless people as a result of high housing costs, fixed incomes and healthcare issues and costs. Per reports from HUD, NPR and the National Institutes of Health (.gov).
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/1...
www.npr.org/2025/06/11/1...
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Co-signed. Also, it's often possible to use your mobile as a remote to change the channel. And no one else has to know that it's you who did it!
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Co-signed. Also, it's often possible to use your mobile as a remote to change the channel. And no one else has to know that it's you who did it!
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The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
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Chief US District Judge James Boasberg set testimony for Monday and Tuesday of next week to determine whether to refer DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for criminal contempt.
Criminal contempt can mean fines, jail time, and a permanent record. Courts do not bluff.
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Criminal contempt can mean fines, jail time, and a permanent record. Courts do not bluff.
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Possible Kristi Noem prosecution referral hangs in balance after 'cursory' deportations defense
A federal judge set major testimony to help him decide whether a criminal contempt prosecution referral is warranted against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
lawandcrime.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Chief US District Judge James Boasberg set testimony for Monday and Tuesday of next week to determine whether to refer DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for criminal contempt.
Criminal contempt can mean fines, jail time, and a permanent record. Courts do not bluff.
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Criminal contempt can mean fines, jail time, and a permanent record. Courts do not bluff.
lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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#Affordability #Inflation
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
Everything’s affordable — if you stop needing food, housing, healthcare, and dignity
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
Everything’s affordable — if you stop needing food, housing, healthcare, and dignity
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#Affordability #Inflation
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
Everything’s affordable — if you stop needing food, housing, healthcare, and dignity
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue
Everything’s affordable — if you stop needing food, housing, healthcare, and dignity
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Missouri Republican lawmakers do not respect Missouri voters. The only way to undo the damage is to kick them out of office.
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Microdosing Democracy
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Missouri Republican lawmakers do not respect Missouri voters. The only way to undo the damage is to kick them out of office.
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
The only way to get them out is to win races across the state.
The only way to win races is to contest every race on every ballot. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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the gap in moral character between MacKenzie Scott (who donated $7B) and her ex (who destroyed a great newspaper, has sucked up to Trump, and waged war against unions) is almost as vast as the gap in IQ between Tommy Tuberville and Doug Jones
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
the gap in moral character between MacKenzie Scott (who donated $7B) and her ex (who destroyed a great newspaper, has sucked up to Trump, and waged war against unions) is almost as vast as the gap in IQ between Tommy Tuberville and Doug Jones
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December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
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Tackling THE most important issue facing America today, #Florida man turned Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful” & casts his order to return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
two men in suits and ties are talking to each other
ALT: two men in suits and ties are talking to each other
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tackling THE most important issue facing America today, #Florida man turned Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful” & casts his order to return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Status update on House Republicans and a health care plan, after this morning’s conference meeting:
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Status update on House Republicans and a health care plan, after this morning’s conference meeting:
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
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1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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As a climate scientist, the most charitable thing I can say is that this guy's a fucking moron.
Trump: "Remember -- global warming! And then the temperature started going down like a rock. Remember? Remember?"
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
As a climate scientist, the most charitable thing I can say is that this guy's a fucking moron.
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It's really time to hold Murdoch accountable for this. Not that any of the Murdochs are squeamish about this. But they like being accepted in polite company and this stench should stick on them.
Fox’s Jesse Watters says people who are against bombing shipwrecked people in international waters without due process or any evidence whatsoever that they have drugs or are even heading to 🇺🇸 “sound like lawyerly, whiny, effeminate weasels”
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's really time to hold Murdoch accountable for this. Not that any of the Murdochs are squeamish about this. But they like being accepted in polite company and this stench should stick on them.
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I could pluck any of a hundred different stories off the news wires on this, and you'd be hard pressed to find a single one that clearly hints at the fact this is about corruption and unchecked corporate power, much less that it's going to kill people
The Supreme Court case that could hand Trump unchecked power to fire agency heads
The court will decide if presidents can fire agency heads at will.
www.axios.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I could pluck any of a hundred different stories off the news wires on this, and you'd be hard pressed to find a single one that clearly hints at the fact this is about corruption and unchecked corporate power, much less that it's going to kill people
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Agree 💯, With Jennifer Welch.....
December 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Agree 💯, With Jennifer Welch.....
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Fun fact: Omar has been a US citizen for much longer than Melania.
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Fun fact: Omar has been a US citizen for much longer than Melania.
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in other news, our grotesquely corrupt Congress just killed "right to repair" military reforms that saw massive bipartisan support and would have saved taxpayers billions of dollars
Congress quietly strips right-to-repair provisions from 2026 NDAA despite wide support
"I don't know how to interpret this, other than to say that industry prevailed in their influence over Congress," Greg Williams said.
federalnewsnetwork.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
in other news, our grotesquely corrupt Congress just killed "right to repair" military reforms that saw massive bipartisan support and would have saved taxpayers billions of dollars
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People are going to learn the hard way why anyone who knows any history of regulation says that these things were written in blood
Between this and previous rulings, U.S. corporations have effectively put a bullet in the head of labor protections, consumer protection, public safety, environmental law, and corporate oversight
I wish journalists would go a bit lighter on the legalese and a bit heavier on the real-world impact
I wish journalists would go a bit lighter on the legalese and a bit heavier on the real-world impact
Supreme Court appears likely to approve Trump’s firing of FTC Democrat
Conservative justices seem ready to back Trump control of independent agencies.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
People are going to learn the hard way why anyone who knows any history of regulation says that these things were written in blood
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American citizen assaulted and phone broken while recording ICE agents.
The costs to the American people alone, just in paying physical and property damages will be astronomical.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE
The costs to the American people alone, just in paying physical and property damages will be astronomical.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
American citizen assaulted and phone broken while recording ICE agents.
The costs to the American people alone, just in paying physical and property damages will be astronomical.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE
The costs to the American people alone, just in paying physical and property damages will be astronomical.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #FuckICE