The vote on the #RightToContraceptionAct was 51-39, falling short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a #filibuster & move forward. Republicans said the bill is unnecessary as the use of #BirthControl is protected under #SCOTUS precedent as if [#SupremeCourt precedent means anything anymore].
The legislation would establish nationwide #rights for individuals to “obtain #contraceptives & to voluntarily engage in #contraception” & protect #healthcare providers who offer it. It defines contraceptives as “any drug, device, or biological product intended for use in the prevention of pregnancy” & prohibits #federal or #state governments from enforcing #laws or standards that impede that right. It empowers the #DOJ & affected private entities to sue to enforce the new protections.
STUDY: “…individuals should be granted a sui generis legal right not to be subjected to AI profiling based on publicly available data without their explicit informed consent.” - #AI#Surveillance#DataPrivacy#legal#Rights
The TX AG is a fascist bigot, he endangers many vulnerable Texans:
TX AG Paxton repeatedly uses laws meant to protect against fraudulent or deceptive practices to target hospitals, pharma cos. & LGBTQ+ groups.
State AGs have increasingly used their powers to also pursue investigations targeting orgs. whose work conflicts with their pol views. Paxton, an R, is among the most aggressive. “He’s laying out kind of like the blueprint about how to do this-."
In an interview with Steve Bannon, Texas AG Ken Paxton, who's been under FBI investigation, called for dismantling the FBI, & described the agency as "the gestapo" & a "criminal organization." He also said what he would do on day one if he is #TFGs AG🚨.
The stakes are high for doctors in TX when it comes to abortion.
With 3 overlapping laws, TX bans nearly all abortions & has some of the strictest penalties for doctors in the US, incl. thousands of$ in fines, the loss of a medical license & even life in prison.
Sometimes people take politics too personally, eventually resorting to violence but the question is whether violence is justified during the time of elections?
Nearly half of voters across a group of swing-states said they expect violence around the upcoming presidential election, according to a new poll.
It's the typical case of using power to exploit the poor and bribing them to get away with anything.
In Pune porsche crash case, the accused's grandfather told the family driver to take the blame for the accident and threatened him against speaking about the matter to anyone and now has been arrested.
Alarm as German climate activists charged with ‘forming a criminal organisation’
“This is the first time in German history that a climate protest group that uses measures of peaceful civil disobedience is charged as a criminal organisation."
“Paragraph 129 of the German criminal code is to combat organised crime. Its application to non-violent protest criminalises civic engagement and thus restricts democratic freedoms."
#ScarlettJohansson is threatening #legal action against #OpenAI for copying her #voice for its latest #AI model, GPT-4o, which will be accessible through #ChatGPT.
In a statement provided to The Washington Post by Johansson’s publicist, she claimed that she received an offer from OpenAI CEO #SamAltman in Sept to be the voice of its AI system. Johansson… declined….
“Mr. #Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word ‘#her’ - a reference to the film in which I voiced a chat system…” #ScarlettJohansson’s statement continued.
The “Sky” voice was one of 5 voices #OpenAI unveiled in September when it added an audio conversation mode. WaPo noted at the time that “#Sky” sounded similar to Johansson.
A helicopter carrying President #EbrahimRaisi of #Iran & his foreign minister crashed on Sunday in the country’s mountainous northwest, acc/to state media, deepening the turmoil that has gripped the nation on both the international & domestic fronts in recent months.
#Raisi, 63, was traveling from Iran’s border w/ Azerbaijan to inaugurate a joint dam project.
…#Raisi oversaw a sweeping & deadly crackdown on domestic #protesters, many of them #women & young people, who took to the streets against the country’s ruling clerics. #Rights groups said hundreds of protesters were killed by Iran’s security forces.
Raisi has been viewed as one of the front-runners to succeed #Khamenei as supreme leader. One of his main rivals for that role is #Khamene’s son.
Despite the crash, some analysts said they did not expect a major change in #Iran’s agenda abroad.
Public Participation
The Aarhus Convention and its Protocol on PRTRs empower people with the rights to access information, participate in decision-making in environmental matters and to seek justice. They are the only legally binding global instruments on environmental democracy.
>> https://unece.org/environmental-policy-1/public-participation
"Top NYT Editor Offers Stunning Defense of Coverage of Trump."
"The failure to clearly describe Trump's plan to cancel prosecutions of himself & other elements of his legal strategy as threats to the system itself, that is, as efforts to put himself above the law."
"Dems have no problem pointing out #TFG's responsible for RvW bc he stacked the ct. But it’s the same unpopular ct. that’s helping him run out the clock on accountability for #J6. Run against the whole corrupt unit."
-B Beutler
"We must spend these next months shouting from the rooftops: Pres Trump & his MAGA allies created & empowered this broken & corrupt SC- you've the power to change it."
‘ The assessment systems that are used to determine people’s ages are unreliable, poorly implemented, & often violate the legal rights of children’, leading to decisions that have life-changing implications for vulnerable young people in Europe #RefugeesWelcome#Rights#minors#Children#refugees https://buff.ly/3vQDEKi
Your mind is your fundamental tool for survival as a human. Your individual right to life includes the right to use your mind for productive work and enjoy its results. That is the foundation of your #PropertyRights and of #capitalism.