Новости за 27.07.2022

In the days leading up to their weeks-long summer recess, House Democrats have worked to pass as much of their legislation as they can—from marriage equality to contraception access to microchip production. But one of their priorities, a package of public safety bills that would have increased police funding, was punted amid concerns about a lack of provisions on police accountability.

Two paths for the Republican Party were on display in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday—at least according to several media reports. Dueling speeches from former President Donald Trump, appearing at the America First Policy Institute, and his lackey turned (sort of) rival Mike Pence, appearing at Young America’s Foundation, were billed as competing political visions. On the one hand, there were Trump’s apocalyptic ravings about out of control crime and homelessness, paired with his obsessive focus... Читать дальше...

As I reported last week, new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision have led the country’s biggest pharmacy chain, CVS, to release new policies in certain states, which explicitly instruct pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for misoprostol, mifepristone, and methotrexate until they can confirm these drugs will not be used for abortion. They must ensure that the provider has included a diagnosis code—which is rarely required beyond... Читать дальше...

One of the most storied lobbies in Washington, the America Israel Public Affairs Committee has, for more than six decades, built its brand as a cheerleader for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship rooted in values and interests the two countries share. Values like democracy.

Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right extremist who has governed Brazil since 2018, on Sunday officially accepted his party’s nomination for president—and made some of his most menacing comments yet about the potential for chaos and even mass violence if he were to lose reelection later this year. “The army is on our side,” he told his supporters in Rio de Janeiro, where he launched his political career as a city councilman from 1989 to 1991. “It’s an army that doesn’t accept corruption, doesn’t accept fraud. Читать дальше...

Next week, Kansas voters will be the first in the nation to decide whether their state protects the right to abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The ballot measure—which will be decided in the August 2 primary election—has seen considerable funding on both sides of the debate, but abortion rights activists are concerned that low turnout and confusing wording may mean abortion will soon be illegal in Kansas.

The Church of Scientology is no stranger to the American legal system. Its decades-long battle to obtain tax-exempt status is perhaps the most famous in the history of the IRS. The Justice Department indicted some of its top members in the 1970s for a wide-ranging plot to infiltrate the federal government. The church’s reputation for litigiousness is so strong that HBO hired at least 160 lawyers when it agreed to make a documentary on Scientology in 2014.