Wendy Rogers
@wendyrogersaz
Today is a dark day for Arizona. 12,000+ babies a year have now been condemned to death.
Arizonans back in 1864 got it right. We need to continue to protect life for the voiceless in 2024. We will CONTINUE to FIGHT for LIFE!
May 01, 2024, 2:51 PM
https://truthsocial.com/@wendyrogersaz/posts/112368046110952570
Arizona Senate votes to repeal 160-year-old abortion ban that had no exceptions for rape, incest
May 1, 2024, 5:46 p.m. ET
The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to repeal an 1864 law that outlawed almost all abortions in the state – and made no exception for cases of rape or incest.
The repeal measure passed 16-14, with two Republicans – state Sens. Shawnna Bolick and TJ Shope – joining all 14 state Senate Democrats in voting to quash the pre-statehood law.
Wednesday’s vote came exactly one week after the Arizona House voted 32-28 to nix the long-dormant law, which the state Supreme Court had ordered officials to enforce last month in light of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade.
The bill now heads to the desk of Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it.
“After almost a month of Republicans blocking and prolonging Democrats attempts to pass legislation that would repeal Arizona’s total abortion ban that was upheld by the Arizona Supreme Court in early April, Senate Democrats forced the repeal to the governor’s desk,” Arizona state Senate Democrats said in a statement.
Democratic state Sen. Anna Hernandez, the repeal bill’s sponsor, called Wednesday’s vote “a step towards ensuring our right to choose and protecting our access to abortion in Arizona” but “not the end.”
“We must continue to fight until our rights are guaranteed in the constitution,” she said in a statement.
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), who is running to replace independent Kyrsten Sinema in the US Senate, echoed Hernandez’s sentiments.
“This is an important step, but our work isn’t done. Arizona women deserve better,” the congressman wrote on X.
“That’s why we’re going to pass a constitutional right to abortion and defeat anti-abortion extremists like Kari Lake this November,” Gallego added, referring to his GOP opponent.
Lake signaled her opposition to the Civil War-era law last month.
“This total ban on abortion that the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled on is out of line with where the people of this state are,” Lake said in a video posted on X days after the high court’s ruling.
However, Lake later expressed disappointment that the law was not being enforced by Arizona’s Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes.
“The Arizona Supreme Court said this is the law of Arizona. But unfortunately, the people running our state have said we’re not going to enforce it,” she told the Idaho Dispatch.
Former President Donald Trump also criticized the state Supreme Court’s ruling last month, arguing that the judges went “too far” and predicting that it would get “straightened out … very quickly.”
The centuries-old law was set to go into effect on June 8, and it would have superseded the state’s current 15-week abortion ban.
Abortion rights advocates in Arizona say they have gathered enough signatures to place a ballot measure amending the state constitution on Nov. 5 of this year.
https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/arizona-senate-votes-to-repeal-160-year-old-abortion-ban/
Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline is finally open for business after completion of expansion efforts
May 01, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Energy Minister Brian Jean welcomed the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline after years of construction and considerable delays.
“Alberta is celebrating an important achievement for the energy industry — the start-up of the twinned Trans Mountain pipeline,” reads a joint statement.
The Canada Energy Regulator gave the final stamp of approval for the project to open after green-lighting outstanding “leave to open” applications from Trans Mountain Corp.
The pipeline expansion project took four years to construct and racked up a total cost of more than $34 billion. The original cost, when the project was still in the private sector, was expected to be around $7.4 billion before the Trudeau Liberals purchased the pipeline in 2018.
Despite the costs, the Government of Alberta lauded its completion as “great news” for Albertans and Canadians, ushering in a “new era of prosperity and economic growth.”
With narrowing price differentials, the pipeline is expected to generate millions of dollars in additional revenue, according to the news release.
“TMX will also result in billions of dollars of economic prosperity for Albertans, Indigenous communities and Canadians and create well-paying jobs throughout Canada,” said the Government of Alberta.
It employed more than 30,000 skilled workers.
Following the completion of Trans Mountain, the capacity of the original pipeline now triples to 890,000 barrels per day of crude oil from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s Pacific Coast.
Wednesday marks the commercial commencement date for the expansion, with both pipelines transporting oil.
The added capacity is expected to improve the price Canadian oil companies receive for their product by opening up access to global markets.
“This will allow us to get our energy resources to Pacific markets, including Washington State and California, and Asian markets like Japan, South Korea, China, and India,” reads the statement.
Smith and Jean rejoiced at the prospects of new energy customers.
“For Alberta this is a game-changer,” they said, “the world needs more reliably and sustainably sourced Alberta energy, not less.”
Tankers containing Alberta oil are expected to unload in China and India over the next several months.
Trans Mountain Corp confirmed the first transport ship will load with Alberta crude in the coming weeks, owing to logistics and marine timing.
“World demand for oil and gas resources will continue in the decades ahead and the new pipeline expansion will give us the opportunity to meet global energy demands and increase North American and global energy security and help remove the issues of energy poverty in other parts of the world,” reads the statement.
Despite continued turmoil on the future of energy development in Canada, the province congratulated Ottawa for “seeing this project through.” The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is owned by the federal government.
“This is a great example of an area where the provincial and federal government can cooperate and work together for the benefit of Albertans and all Canadians,” claimed Smith and Jean.
https://www.rebelnews.com/canadas_trans_mountain_pipeline_is_finally_open_for_business_after_completion_of_expansion_efforts
Rep. Matt Gaetz
@RepMattGaetz
BREAKING: I’m formally calling on the Weaponization Subcommittee to immediately launch an investigation into @okeefemediagroup's bombshell report containing video evidence that American intelligence agencies withheld intelligence from President @realDonaldTrump before & during his presidency and used Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities to spy on President Trump.
May 01, 2024, 3:58 PM
https://truthsocial.com/@RepMattGaetz/posts/112368308902707277