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Devastating images out of Ukrainian town of Bucha draw global outrage
Zelenskyy calls Russian assault on Ukraine a “genocide” on “Face the Nation”
Let’s talk about gas, insulin, and republican strategy….
Zelensky: “This is genocide”
https://www.axios.com/zelensky-ukraine-genocide-eadb84c6-bd11-4aed-824d-8a54b72c9fa6.html
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced what he called Russia’s attempt to eliminate “the whole nation” during an appearance Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” saying, “this is genocide.”
Driving the news: The International Criminal Court last month launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in Ukraine.
- Zelensky has previously called certain acts of Russian aggression, such as the shelling of a children’s hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol, proof of genocide.
- As Ukrainian forces retook the Kyiv region on Saturday, officials and independent photographers have reported bodies of civilians — some with their hands tied behind their backs — strewn in the streets of the city of Bucha.
What they’re saying: Asked if Russia’s actions amount to genocide, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the U.S. “will look hard and document everything that we see, put it all together, make sure the relevant institutions and organizations looking at this — including the state department — have everything they need to assess what took place in Ukraine, who’s responsible and what it amounts to.”
- U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement Sunday that Russia’s attacks on civilians in Ukraine “must be investigated as war crimes,” adding that the U.K. will support any efforts by the ICC to do so, the Guardian reported.
- “It is a brutality against civilians. We haven’t seen in — in Europe for decades and it’s horrific and it’s absolutely unacceptable that civilians are targeted and killed, and it just — underlines importance that this war must end and that is president Putin’s responsibility to stop the war,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday on “State of the Union.”
GOP Rep. McClain falsely claimed that Trump caught Osama bin Laden. The Al Qaeda leader was killed during the first Obama administration, when Trump was still hosting a game show.
U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) speaks at a rally hosted by former President Donald Trump on April 02, 2022 near Washington, Michigan. Scott Olson/Getty Images
- Rep. Lisa McClain wrongly claimed Osama bin Laden was caught during the Trump administration.
- Bin Laden was killed during a 2011 raid under the Obama administration.
- McClain also falsely claimed unemployment is at a 40 year high, calling the Biden administration “weak.”
Michigan Congresswoman Lisa McClain falsely claimed during a Saturday campaign rally that Osama bin Laden had been caught by the Trump administration.
“Well, President Trump was in office. We didn’t have a war and I think he made three peace treaties,” McClain said during her speech. “Caught Osama – Osama bin Laden and Soleimani, Al Baghdadi. And this President is weak. And I’ll tell you weakness breeds aggression. We need strength.”
Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a leader of ISIS, were both killed during military operations completed during the Trump administration.
The 2011 raid that killed bin Laden, however, was conducted during President Barack Obama’s first term in office. Joe Biden was serving as vice president at the time. Trump was hosting “The Apprentice” – a reality/game show on NBC.
During her remarks, McClain also said unemployment is at a “40-year high” while there is “a labor shortage.”
The current unemployment rate is 3.8%, down from a record of 14.7% during the height of the pandemic and lower than it has been for most of the last 20 years.
McClain’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
I don’t have the words right now
Carlson: The “Trans Thing” Didn’t Exist Four Years Ago
“So, this administration is standing up for you. And those are words that every American is grateful to hear. But in this case, there’s a caveat.
“‘You’ means trans seniors. Now, wait a second, you may wonder, as you sit down with your family to celebrate the joy of transgenderism on transgender appreciation day, how many trans seniors are there in this country?
“No offense, but the trans thing seems pretty new. And if it’s not new, how come no one had ever heard of it before, say, four years ago?
“And is securing trans rights really the biggest problem that old people in America now face?” – Tucker Carlson, responding to Biden’s message of support yesterday for the Transgender Day Of Visibility.
The man below is a transman. The Republicans want him to use the woman’s public bathrooms. I keep hearing how women are not comfortable with men in the bathroom they use. How about him, do you think women are going to feel comfortable with him walking in if that bothers them? See how the bathroom bills going on birth presentation makes no sense?
This handsome gentleman turns 60 this year. He’s been in the public eye for waaaayyyyyyyy more than 4 years.
Alabama medical marijuana bill requiring negative pregnancy test ‘clearly unconstitutional,’ opponents say
Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia
Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia
An Alabama bill that would require all women between the ages of 13 and 50 to show a negative pregnancy test before being able to buy medical marijuana is “unprecedented” and “clearly unconstitutional,” advocates say.
The bill, introduced by practicing OB/GYN and state Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, would require “all women of childbearing age” to either test negative on a doctor-administered pregnancy test or show documentation from a “certified medical lab” that they are not pregnant.
The legislation, which passed the Senate Children, Youth and Human Services Committee on Thursday, would also ban breastfeeding women from obtaining medical marijuana.
The bill would allow breastfeeding women to obtain medical marijuana for someone else if they are doing so as a registered caregiver.
Stutts could not be reached for comment, but he claimed earlier this month that the bill is necessary to protect the health of babies in the womb as Alabama prepares to make medical marijuana available for purchase.
“I’m still not in favor of the marijuana bill, but it is in place. I think it can be improved and one of the ways it can be improved is to limit pregnant people, limit their availability to it,” he said on the Jeff Poor Show.
“There’s a lot of data about marijuana and pregnancy … and recommending not to do it. I counsel patients all the time that are pregnant about not taking drugs and not smoking marijuana during their pregnancy, not smoking cigarettes during their pregnancy.”
While the state legislature passed medical marijuana and Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law last year, licenses have yet to be issued and there are no active marijuana dispensaries in Alabama.
Emma Roth, a staff attorney with the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, said no state has a law mandating women show a negative pregnancy test before obtaining medical marijuana.
“This is completely unprecedented because it is so clearly unconstitutional,” she said.
Roth said Oklahoma considered a similar provision in 2018 through executive order but backed off amid the high possibility of a legal challenge.
“We have serious concerns, just from a constitutional perspective and a public health perspective” about Stutts’ bill, Roth said.
“We are very concerned that this is an invasion of the privacy of Alabama women and their right to equal protection under the law.”
Roth noted that a home pregnancy test would not be sufficient under the bill’s language.
Legal issues aside, the legislation is also “not grounded in science,” she said, pointing to a 2020 study that found evidence does not suggest that prenatal cannabis use leads to cognitive impairments.
There are several conditions where medical marijuana is helpful for pregnant women, such as epilepsy and hyperemesis gravidarum — a severe form of morning sickness that can lead to weight loss, studies show.
Katie Darovitz, an Alabama woman with epilepsy, was told by her doctor to stop her anti-epileptic medication when she became pregnant because of their links to birth defects. She turned to marijuana to prevent her seizures.
She was arrested on chemical endangerment of a child charges a couple weeks after the December 2014 birth of her son because they both tested positive for marijuana, even though her baby was healthy.
Alabama was one of a handful of states where mothers can be prosecuted for exposing an unborn child to illicit drugs under the state’s chemical endangerment of a child law at the time.
In part because of Darovitz’ case and an AL.com and ProPublica investigation into the drug arrests of pregnant women with legal prescriptions, the Alabama Legislature amended the chemical endangerment law to exclude such women from the chemical endangerment
Darovitz’ charges were ultimately dropped, but Roth said her case showed that the decision on whether to obtain medical marijuana should be up to a woman and her doctor, not the Alabama Legislature.
“This legislation would prevent pregnant women from getting medical marijuana even when she and doctor agree it’s in the best interest of her health and the health of her baby,” she said.
