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[ad_1] South Dakota can’t stop a website from telling women of that state about abortion pills and where to get them—at least not yet. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its new anti-abortion advertising law against Mayday Health. You are reading Sex & Tech, from Elizabeth Nolan Brown. Get more of Elizabeth’s sex, tech, bodily autonomy, law, and online culture coverage. Mayday Health runs a website with information about where people can obtain abortion pills, including pills prescribed remotely and mailed to women in states—like South Dakota—where abortion is banned. Notably, Mayday doesn’t provide abortion pill…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump has been fond of describing U.S.-Iranian clashes during a ceasefire as “love taps.” But over the past month, those taps have become deadly blows. On July 8 the president declared the peace memorandum between the two countries “over,” and a few days later he restored the U.S. naval blockade of Iran. Since then, there’s been a gradually escalating air war across the Middle East that has killed at least four U.S. troops and at least 50 Iranians. Last weekend saw the most intense violence. Iran bombed U.S. troops in Jordan, killing three. Although most of the…

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[ad_1] NA Today, Donald Trump announced plans to impose 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian imports to the United States: President Trump is imposing 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, from hockey equipment to alcoholic beverages, escalating the trade dispute between the two countries. The new tariffs — laid out in a series of proclamations signed by Mr. Trump on Monday — are set to take effect on Aug. 19. The White House accused Canada of “unreasonable, unequal, and discriminatory actions” by imposing tariffs or import restrictions on certain American goods, some of which began after…

[ad_1] Sure, as long as we are conscious of their true origins. And even if not, sometimes we can trust, other times no. Feelings are odd things. They can come out of nowhere, or they can be highly circumstantial—like the rush of extreme fear when a bear jumps aggressively from behind a tree. They can also be mysterious “gut feelings.” Usually, we have some awareness of their unconscious underpinnings. We sense whether a feeling is a solid “gut” instinct, something “creepy,” or simply “good”—as in, “I just liked that guy; there was something about him that made me feel comfortable…

[ad_1] During his speech about election security last Thursday, President Donald Trump renewed his pitch for the SAVE America Act, focusing on the bill’s requirement that voters present a photo ID when they cast ballots in federal races. “How simple is that?” he said. “Could I have your photo, please? Photo voter ID. All voters must provide proof of citizenship.” The bill, which is currently stalled in the Senate, would do more than that, and there are serious concerns about whether it could be implemented in time for this November’s elections even if it had enough support to pass. Furthermore,…

[ad_1] Over the Summer, the Supreme Court will grant miscellaneous orders as needed for individual cases. And usually, towards the end of July and the end of August, the Court issues a formal orders list. Most of the entries are denials of rehearing or orders in pending cases. But today’s order list had a surprise entry: a cert grant! 25-246 JOUPPI, KENNETH J. V. ALASKA The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The question presented is “whether, in determining whether a fine contravenes the Excessive Fines Clause, courts may consider the gravity of the underlying offense purely in…

[ad_1] This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the escalating war with Iran and whether President Donald Trump has any way to bring the conflict under control. The panel examines the deaths of American service members, rising gas prices, attacks on civilian infrastructure, and the lack of a clear objective for a war that has continued despite repeated attempts at ceasefires. Next, the editors discuss Trump’s new tariffs on Brazil and the increasingly incoherent use of trade policy to pursue unrelated political goals. They then examine Trump’s primetime address on election security and whether his efforts to change election…

[ad_1] Here is an extract from my speech at the Freedom Fest in Las Vegas when lots of Jones Plantation slaves walked out when I asked some simple questions about American Independence and how that’s going for them… For example:  Name one thing that has gone well. Wars? The border? Ah, the border. All right. Remember when he said he was going to put people like “Fraud-see” (Fauci) and “Kill Gates” in jail for the coronavirus pandemic? Yeah, he didn’t do that either. He actually helped implement it anyway with Operation Warp Speed, attempting to give everyone in the US…

[ad_1] NA “Democratic socialists” are a growing movement on the political left. And many of them are also prison abolitionists. But there is a deep contradiction between their socialism and their abolitionism. Socialism requires making numerous economic activities illegal, and those laws have to be enforced by some system of punishment. As the history of actual socialist states shows, serious attempts to implement socialism lead to vastly greater incarceration (and other punishment), not less. There are a number of possible ways to try to escape this contradiction. But none of them work. The tension is relevant not only to full…