Petty party of 1
Today… Keeping it brief since I’m running behind. We… had a morning.
…is National Cold Cuts Day, which I will only ever for the rest of my life celebrate with an old-school hoagie of soppressata, capicollo, maybe a nice mortadella.
Abortion
AP | Biden health pick taking heat for support of abortion rights | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Thomas Beaumont
The Hill | Pro-Choice Caucus asks Biden to remove abortion fund restrictions from 2022 budget | Zack Budryk
Ms. | Thickening the Thin Blue Line at the Capitol and the Clinic | Carol Mason
Rewire News Group | Anti-Abortion Advocates Are Trying to Keep Black People from Voting | Imani Gandy
Arkansas
AP | Arkansas House panel sends abortion near-ban to a final vote
Arkansas Times | Abortion ban approved by House committee | Max Brantley
KUAR-FM | Arkansas House Committee Advances Abortion Ban, Governor Won't Say If He'll Sign | Sarah Kellogg
Idaho
AP | Idaho House OKs legislation to defund abortion providers | Keith Ridler
Boise State Public Radio | Idaho House Passes Bill To Limit Public Money Funding Abortion Providers | James Dawson
Idaho Press | House passes bill to defund abortion providers, affiliates | Ryan Suppe
KSFC-FM | Idaho House Votes To Halt Abortion Funding | Doug Nadvornick
Kansas
KSNT-TV | Conservatives upset state tried to limit religious gatherings but let abortion clinics remain open | Michael K. Dakota
Louisiana
Refinery29 | The Archdiocese Of New Orleans Is Against The COVID Vaccine Because Of A Questionable Abortion Connection | Elly Belle
More from AP, Forbes, HuffPost, NBC, Washington Post
Louisiana Radio Network | Governor Edwards disagrees with NOLA Archdiocese stance on Johnson and Johnson vaccine | Matt Doyle
Oklahoma
Public Radio Tulsa | House Passes Bill To Restrict Abortions By Limiting Doctors Who Can Perform Procedure | Matt Trotter
More from KOCO-TV
South Carolina
AP | Prosecutors seek validation of South Carolina abortion ban | Meg Kinnard
Texas
The Texas Observer | Planned Parenthood Clinic Returns to Lubbock, Texas | Kaysie Ellingson, Sophie Novack
Texas Tribune | Texas voters' views shifting on abortion, pot, gambling and Confederate monuments, poll finds | Ross Ramsey
Wyoming
Wyoming Tribune Eagle | Born alive abortion bill wins initial approval in Wyoming Senate | Tom Coulter
LGBTQ
Metro Weekly | Co-chairs of Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus introduce bill to stop criminalizing people with HIV | John Riley
The 19th | Anti-LGBTQ+ orgs are drafting anti-trans bills for policymakers with an online form | Kate Sosin
Out | Massive U.S. Evangelical Adoption Agency Ends LGBTQ+ Discrimination | Donald Padgett
More from LGBTQ Nation, Metro Weekly, New York Daily News, Queerty
Washington Post | Why Republicans keep running against trans rights | David Weigel
Alabama
AL.com | Alabama Senate passes bill banning transgender treatments for minors | Mike Cason
Montgomery Advertiser | Alabama Senate approves bill banning transgender youth treatments | Brian Lyman
More from The Advocate, AL.com, AP, WNCF-TV
Georgia
Project Q Atlanta | Gay lawmaker wants to ban conversion therapy for minors | Patrick Saunders
Minnesota
KSTP-TV | Transgender student-athletes could face criminal penalties in new proposed bill | Jessica Miles
The Hill | Transgender athletes could face criminal charges under proposed Minnesota bill | Jordan Williams
LGBTQ Nation | Trans girls could face criminal charges for trying out for school sports if Minnesota bill passes | Alex Bollinger
Mississippi
AP | Mississippi bills alive: Athletes, alcohol, criminal justice | Emily Wagster Pettus
New Hampshire
Concord Monitor | State lawmaker refers to LGBTQ people as having “deviant sexuality” during hearing | Ethan DeWitt
South Carolina
Courthouse News Service | Fourth Circuit Sides With School in Dispute Over Transgender-Affirming Essay | Brad Kutner
The Herald-Journal | U.S. Court of Appeals rules Spartanburg student's essay on LGBTQ equality not 'age appropriate' | Dustin Wyatt
More from Law and Crime
Tennessee
The Advocate | Tennessee Advances Anti-Trans School Sports Bill | Trudy Ring
More from Political Wire, WJHL-TV
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Wisconsin GOP lawmakers propose banning transgender athletes from non-coed sports | Molly Beck
Wisconsin Public Radio | GOP Bills Would Bar Transgender Athletes From Playing On Teams Aligning With Their Gender Identity | Laurel White
More from AP, Capital Times, The Hill, Madison.com, WDJT-TV, Wisconsin Radio Network, WISC-TV, WIXX-FM, WORT-FM
Pregnancy & Parenting
The American Independent | Republicans say parents won't work if they get bigger child tax credits. They're wrong. | Donna Provencher
CBS | The COVID baby boom is looking more like a baby bust | Kate Smith
Minnesota
WCCO-TV | Report: Minn. Lost 4K In-Home Day Care Spots In 2020, Mostly Impacting Rural Communities | Caroline Cummings
North Carolina
Smoky Mountain News | Pandemic exposes fragile childcare system | Jessi Stone
Pennsylvania
WPVI-TV | Single mother says she's been wrongfully denied unemployment benefits due to child care issues | Ashley Johnson
Reproductive Health & Justice
Gizmodo | Clue Receives FDA Authorization For Digital Birth Control Feature | Brianna Provenzano
More from TechCrunch, The Verge
Work & Money
Bloomberg | Women Take Reins of Federal Fiscal Policy in Agencies, Congress | Nancy Ognanovich
Employee Benefit News | Men are in the dark about pay equality | Alyssa Place
Ms. | Recruit and Fund More Women: It’s a Home Run Strategy | Maura Reilly
The New Republic | This Is How Sex Workers Win | Melissa Gira Grant
USA Today | Gov. Cuomo scandal: Women often face fraught path in reporting sexual harassment | Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, Sarah Taddeo
Iowa
Des Moines Register | Diversity training at Iowa schools, colleges couldn't promote 'divisive concepts' under Republican bills | Ian Richardson
The Gazette | Iowa lawmakers advance new bill banning race and sex 'scapegoating' training | Vanessa Miller
Virginia
Richmond Times-Dispatch | Virginia is 10th state to pass domestic worker protections | Hunter Britt
Washington, DC
Washington Post | D.C. expands paid leave: Two weeks to mourn a child, but no parental leave after stillbirths | Julie Zauzmer
More, More, More
Bitch | Reimagining Eve, the First Villainized Woman in the Christian Bible | McKenzie Schwark