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No, Nevada's abortion ballot measure (which has to pass again in next month) does not fix this issue

Yes the law is from 1911 and, as we explained in today’s @autonomynews.co roundup, a bill to repeal it did not even get a hearing. www.autonomynews.co/three-states...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 8h

No but now I want a web series on the quirks of people‘s cats

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 8h

Good(?) news: A Nevada county will pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who spent two years in prison for a stillbirth before her conviction was overturned. Her son’s ashes were returned to her as part of the settlement thenevadaindependent.com/article/she-...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h

She was too grouchy for the normal way—that was on gabapentin probably just not enough lmao

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h

Other cat (Birdie) freaked out in the bathroom so I have been alternating the cats every few hours and the big cat (Nala) still has not peed. Please pray for us

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h

As written it’s about mailing across state lines, but I bet we’re going to see more controlled substance laws regarding in-person care like in Louisiana

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

Abortion providers have been prepared for more than three years to switch to misoprostol-only abortions, and these new complaints are designed to block those prescriptions, too. From February 2023:

jezebel.com

If the Main Abortion Pill Is Banned This Week, Providers Are Prepared to Go Off-Label

Eight abortion providers told Jezebel they're planning to offer misoprostol-only abortions if a federal judge blocks mifepristone nationwide.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

Louisiana's lawyer says it right here: The case against the providers would end the "ability of nearly three dozen of the most prominent actors to illegally send ANY abortion drugs" to ban states, and the case against the states would strip providers of protection to prescribe "back-up drugs"

screenshot letter sent to the Fifth Circuit:
Both complaints explain how Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v.
FDA will eliminate the flood of FDA-approved mifepristone into the
State. Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v. Nouhavandi will eliminate the ability of nearly three dozen of the most prominent actors to illegally send any abortion drugs into the State. And Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v. New York will strip all shield-law state residents—regardless of any back-up drugs they may try to use—of the claimed authority to violate Louisiana’s laws with impunity.
Respectfully,
/s/J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
Solicitor General
Counsel for Louisiana

pages 1 and 2 here
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.229553/gov.uscourts.ca5.229553.407.0.pdf

screenshot complaint against providers filed in district court:

A. Abortion Drug Manufacturers Encourage Abortions in Plaintiff States.
70. This story begins with abortion drugs themselves. The abortion drug mifepristone
causes an embryo or fetus to detach from the uterine lining, killing the embryo or fetus.16 Mifepristone
commonly is dispensed in conjunction with the drug misoprostol, which initiates contractions to expel
the dead embryo or fetus. Misoprostol also can be used standing alone to effectuate an abortion—
and some defendants in this case have threatened to switch to a misoprostol-only regimen if they lose the ability to mail mifepristone.17 Accordingly, the terms “abortion drugs” and “abortion-inducing drugs” in this complaint refer to both drugs individually and together, as well as any other drug intended to cause an abortion.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.223571/gov.uscourts.lawd.223571.1.0_2.pdf#page=21

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

An underappreciated part of the two abortion pill cases filed last week: they target not just mifepristone, but also *misoprostol.* That's the second drug in a typical regimen, but it's effective on its own. Louisiana says the cases would prevent mailing "back-up drugs" @autonomynews.co

autonomynews.co

Three States Try Express Lane to Supreme Court Over ‘Shield’ Laws: October 5 News Roundup

Complaints filed last week target access to both mifepristone and misoprostol, a back-up abortion pill method.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11h

When you’re doing a Zoom presentation on #SCOTUS and Stitch (or, at least, my 8YO in a Stitch costume) makes a cameo: 📸: @meeradeo.bsky.social

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h

Holy shit.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16h

Update: I have Switched the Cats

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 17h

Pee Watch, Hour 4: no pee

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 18h

it appears that this particular story is exempt from the new paywall, perhaps because so many other outlets covered it. If this story is essential, is the rest of the site less so?

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 18h

There's a small box in there with said beads but it has occurred to me that the goblin might pee in the tub

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 19h

Even opinion pieces and show blogs are now paywalled on MSNOW.....

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 19h

Both MSNOW and The Washington Sun (fka NOTUS) put up paywalls in recent days and I know journalism needs to be compensated, but it's less than 30 days before the midterms. Do you want voters informed or not?

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 19h

(I can't just put this setup in the normal spot because I have a second cat and she might pee in it)

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 19h

My cat that did not allow the vet to take a urine sample is currently locked in the bathroom in an attempt to make her pee on nonabsorbent beads. She's been in there for 2 hours already, and I'm not confident that she'll relent in fewer than 6

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 19h

In all seriousness, these activists are heroes

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 20h

dipping a toe into Tom Morello discourse to say that voters and candidates alike might make different choices if we had a national popular vote instead of the fuckass Electoral College

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 22h

We look forward to a court hearing tomorrow and a fair vote of the elected district leaders to choose Brooklyn's next Party Chair.

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 22h

Yesterday, former Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, violating a court order, called a meeting to hold a vote for party chair. Now she claims Nikki Lucas was elected chair, with votes from only 13 of the 42 District Leaders. This is illegal and undemocratic.

Screenshot of email from Brooklyn Democrats account purporting to announce "Assemblywoman Nikki Lucas Elected As Party Chair"

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 21h

oh for sure, no one will think about the man who picked three justices who overturned Roe and lead to states like Virginia to seek constitutional amendments on abortion

wvtf.org

Anti-abortion doctors ask Virginians not to think of Trump when voting

There are more than 38,000 abortions performed in the Commonwealth every year.

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Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wrote a whole book about the complexity of the motives behind the overturn of Roe and how misogyny wasn’t the only factor but moments like this make clear IT SURE WAS A BIG ONE

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026

To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 22/09/2026

hey virginians did you know you get to vote to remove a BAN on same-sex marriage from the state constitution and protect people if the 6 robed freaks overturn obergefell? www.vpm.org/news/2026-08...

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VPM News
Voters will decide whether to enshrine marriage equality in Virginia
VPM | By Jahd Khalil and Adrienne Hoar McGibbon
Published August 24, 2026 at 5:00 AM EDT

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 04/10/2026

The Constitution pretty famously frowns upon state sponsorship of religion, but when you have a robed supermajority....

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 04/10/2026

darkly funny that Alliance Defending Freedom says things like this when it's responsible for forcing people to fund religious schools in violation of the First Amendment

adflegal.org

The Hyde Amendment Turns 50: No One Should Be Forced to Fund Abortion

Since 1976, Congress has renewed one simple principle every year: Americans shouldn't be forced to pay for abortions.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 04/10/2026

I'm Susan Rinkunas and I approve this message

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

New and shocking development in the fight for a democratically governed Brooklyn Democratic Party:

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some good news for a change: Overcoming a massive and aggressive tech lobby and a squeamish, Silicon Valley-friendly governor, the labor movement has managed to pass a raft of first-of-their-kind AI laws aimed at protecting workers in California.

bloodinthemachine.com

California just passed the strongest AI labor laws in the US

Finally, some good news

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

robert kraft screaming, crying, throwing up

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:

theguardian.com

Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people

Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When I get down about what has become of journalism, of speaking the truth, I think of Jamal. I lost my Washington Post job. Jamal lost his life. Both of us — all we wanted to do was write and help people.

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