So we're here, ok.
US regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill
Millions of American women will now be able to get a prescription via an online consultation and receive the pills through the mail.
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-abortion-health-medication-a6634601a37fb048aecdd9f030e0863a
Next up are my favorite movies of the year. Each of these films tells a powerful story, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1471549865247260677
Hassan backs nixing filibuster on voting rights
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), who is up for reelection in 2022, announced on Thursday that she supports getting rid of the 60-vote legislative filibuster for voting rights legislation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/586265-hassan-backs-nixing-filibuster-on-voting-rights
Hispanic Caucus Chair Ruiz is disappointed.
https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1471657656993656834
Report: Average Planned Parenthood CEO Salaries Have Surged 89% Since 2011
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/16/exclusive-report-average-planned-parenthood-ceo-salaries-have-surged-89-since-2011/
Harvey Weinstein Could Go Free, as Appeals Court Casts Doubt on His Conviction
A New York appeals court blasted Manhattan prosecutors Wednesday for filling out Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial last year with what one judge deemed “incredibly prejudicial testimony” from women whose allegations weren’t part of the criminal charges against him — a strategy that now has the potential to jeopardize the disgraced movie mogul’s conviction.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/12/16/harvey-weinstein-could-go-free-as-appeals-court-casts-doubt-on-his-conviction/
Jeffrey Epstein 'cheated' on Ghislaine Maxwell with Norwegian heiress who also dated Donald Trump, buying her flowers behind the socialite's back, former assistant testifies in sex trafficking trial
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10317427/Lawyer-Ghislaine-Maxwell-accuser-testify-sex-abuse-trial-judge-rules.html
Quick sniff; Smells like she was a honeypot Trump didn't fall for.
"She met Trump in 1998 at the Kit Kat Club in New York, at a party thrown by Paolo Zampolli, the owner of a modelling agency. Their courtship story is as chaste as its backdrop is louche: Donald saw Melania, Donald asked Melania for her number, but Donald had arrived with another woman — the Norwegian cosmetics heiress Celina Midelfart — so Melania refused. Donald persisted."
Sauce.
https://www.thecut.com/2016/05/meet-celina-midelfart-donald-trumps-alleged-ex.html
>>Eggy was giving a royal the old chode.
You're not wrong.
Midelfart granddaughter to the founder of the Midelfart cosmetics company. She became the company’s chairman in 2000, five years after her father’s death.
https://www.thecut.com/2016/05/meet-celina-midelfart-donald-trumps-alleged-ex.html
And there's a bank involved, somehow.
Epstein was after funding, no doubt.
Celina Midelfart, a very wealthy Norwegian heiress and businesswoman, who solely owns Midelfart Holdings and part-owns Avida consumer loan bank. Married to Tor Olav Troim who is the second-largest shareholder in the bank. Homes in Norway, Miami and London.
https://www.dn.no/marked/tor-olav-troim-og-celina-midelfart-uenige-om-salg-av-forbrukslansbank/2-1-759532
20 Democrats Will Not Seek Reelection in House — 4X Number GOP Needs to Win Back Majority
Lowenthal joined the 11 Democrats who already announced they are retiring from public office after the current term, which expires in January 2023:
Reps. Filemon Vela (D-TX) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) announced their retirements in March.
Former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairwoman Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) announced she would not seek reelection in April.
Scandal-ridden Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) announced he would be retiring after his current term in August.
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) announced, along with longtime Reps. David Price (D-NC) and Mike Doyle (D-PA), that they would not be seeking reelection in October.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) announced, along with longtime Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) and House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), they would not seek reelection in November.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chair Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced that he would not seek reelection at the beginning of December.
Additionally, eight Democrats have announced they are running for a different office:
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) announced in April he would be running for the U.S. Senate seat in his home state being vacated by retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH).
Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) announced in May said he is running for governor of Florida after previously being governor in the state as a Republican from 2007 to 2011.
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) announced in June she would run for a U.S. Senate seat in the Sunshine State against incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) announced in August he would be running for the U.S. Senate seat in his home state being vacated by retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA).
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) announced in September her candidacy for the Los Angeles mayoral race to replace outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti (D).
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) announced in October he would run for Maryland Attorney General.
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) announced in November he would be running for the U.S. Senate seat in his home state being vacated by retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT).
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) announced in November he would join the crowded race for New York governor.
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2021/12/16/20-democrats-will-not-seek-reelection-in-house-4x-number-gop-needs-to-win-back-majority/