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We Can't Afford to Lose the Texas Observer
Staff at Texas’ oldest progressive magazine learned from media reports that they’d be losing their jobs in a matter of days. UPDATE 3/29: The Texas Observer board has agreed not to shutter the magazine! Folks who want to support the Texas Observer staff can contribute to a GoFundMe started Monday by the magazine’s former managing…
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Give Birth or Die Trying (or Go to Jail)
Plus: A woman drove 150 miles to try to burn down an abortion clinic Here’s another edition of Hard to Believe It’s Only Tuesday, a weekly roundup of the top headlines, tweets (for now!), toks, takes, and more in abortion news. You can always email me (andrea.grimes@gmail.com) or DM me on instagram with action items,…
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Whiskey Bearcat, Aggressive Cuddler and Feline Traveler Extraordinaire, Takes His Final Journey At (Nearly) 18
The Bearcat’s low tolerance for canine fuckery became the stuff of legend, while behind the scenes he changed the cuddling game for humans and felines alike. Content note: this post is about pet loss. Whiskey Bearcat (2005-2023), an aggressively friendly gray, black, and brown tabby who once tipped the scales at 20-plus pounds of furry…
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The Last Good Day
The awful uncertainty of trying to know, or trying to know how to know, when to say goodbye. Content note: This post is about pet loss. Whiskey Bearcat isn’t able to keep himself very clean on his own these days, so this morning, he’s getting a bath from his buddy, Stella. She’s licking his paws…
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Trump's Texas Judge Tries, Fails to Keep Abortion Hearing a Secret
Plus: Florida’s six-week abortion ban moves a step closer to becoming law Here’s another edition of Hard to Believe It’s Only Tuesday, a weekly roundup of the top headlines, tweets (for now!), toks, takes, and more in abortion news. You can always email me (andrea.grimes@gmail.com) or DM me on instagram with action items, takes, and…
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Walgreens Bows to Threats From Anti-Abortion Republicans
Plus: Public universities censor faculty and students in Idaho and Indiana for abortion speech Here’s another edition of Hard to Believe It’s Only Tuesday, a weekly roundup of the top headlines, tweets (for now!), toks, takes, and more in abortion news. You can always email me (andrea.grimes@gmail.com) or DM me on instagram with action items,…
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Another Woman Arrested for Allegedly Self-Managing Abortion
Plus: TX Republicans move to criminalize online abortion info, credit card purchases of medication abortion Here’s another edition of Hard to Believe It’s Only Tuesday, a weekly roundup of the top headlines, tweets (for now!), toks, takes, and more in abortion news. You can always email me (andrea.grimes@gmail.com) or DM me on instagram with action…
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A Collective Exhale: No Mife Ban For Now
Plus: Support for legal abortion in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2010. Here’s another edition of Hard to Believe It’s Only Tuesday, a weekly roundup of the top headlines, tweets (for now!), toks, takes, and more in abortion news. You can always email me (andrea.grimes@gmail.com) or DM me on instagram with action items,…
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Kentucky GOP Rep Wants to Prosecute Abortion as Homicide
Plus: Trans justice is abortion justice Here’s another edition of Hard to Believe It’s Only Tuesday, a weekly roundup of the top headlines, tweets (for now!), toks, takes, and more in abortion news. You can always email me (andrea.grimes@gmail.com) or DM me on instagram with action items, takes, and news clips. The big takeaway: Lots…
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