. it s 4:00 in the east. happy friday. it is just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that completely up ended women s health and american politics. of course we re talking about the supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade and eliminating abortion access and abortion rights for millions of american women. looking back it is hard to understate the legacy of that dobbs decision. first there is, of course, the rulings near immediate impact on women and reproductive health care in america. the new york times reports this. in the year since roe fell, 20 states enacted laws banning or restricting abortion, forcing a rapid shift in the country s patchwork of abortion access. at least 61 clinics, planned parenthood facilities, and doctors offices stopped offering abortions in the last year. most were in the 14 states that banned abortion outright, but the uncertainty surrounding laws in several other states also caused providesers there to shutdown. all of it h
our nations greatest rivals, china, now warning it is getting seriously prepared for the house speaker to potentially visit. seriously prepared, they call it. she s going to the island of taiwan later this month. the communist nation which is historically claiming the island as its own territory has had this to say on the speakers possible visit. here s a quote. if the u.s. side insists on making the visit, the chinese side will take firm and strong measures to safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity. the u.s. must assume full responsibility for any serious consequence arising thereof. taiwan s military is now bracing for a potential aggression china. the capital of taipei is staging its annual air raid drills yesterday and mobilizing for routine defensive exercises as the fear of war ramps up. and despite warnings from the pentagon and president joe biden that the trip might not be a good idea, both democrats and republicans have said they have backed the move i
wiping it away because we re somehow afraid. and this is this is difficult, you know. like you, i read the articles about what should be the legal outcome. i m going to say i trust the system, but i do believe that given that we re here, let it play. and if you to play, you don t trust the american people. people have said i don t trust the fbi. where we are right now, this is trust the american people, and i do. another sad day. during the transition, this is one of those moments i remember where i was, i was filling in and had general hayden on at 11:00 p.m. and it was the day that it was the transition, so he was president-elect trump. and it was the day that he compared the intelligence agencies to nazis. and general hayden said
emily says she loves this song, let it play. last but not least, ice cream lovers across america are in mourning today. beloved klondike choco taco is discontinued. in a waffle cone, it was an ice cream truck mainstay for 40 years. wow. klondike cited an unprecedented demand for other products causing them to officially say good-bye to the iconic ice cream delight. tammy, you are salivating. i would marry it if they let me. maybe that would be a problem. it s great, klondike is great, i m partial to a bar called yaso, a greek ice cream yogurt
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