Republican judge may ban abortion pill

Walgreen’s has already caved in to GOP pressure. Cowards.

Within days, Trump Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk could issue a nationwide ban on mifepristone, a key drug in medication abortion.

A lead lawyer on the lawsuit is Erin Hawley, wife of Sen. Josh Hawley.

Kacsmaryk gave $500 to Josh Hawley in 2018.

Interesting little connection there. pic.twitter.com/sezYOLWU1G
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) March 3, 2023

Walgreens said it would not distribute the abortion pill mifepristone in the 21 states in which Republican attorneys general sent letters threatening legal action against retail pharmacy chains if they dispensed it. https://t.co/8LeOusXA0v
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 3, 2023

One man, TX federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a devout Christian with deep antiabortion beliefs, could impose a far-reaching limit on abortion pills, halting more than half of safe and legal abortions in the nation. But hey, “they’ll never actually do it.” https://t.co/VxPnAjkm28
— Soraya Chemaly (@schemaly) February 27, 2023

More tweets on Republicans treating abortion as a crime

Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers https://t.co/DpWZwLgWFP
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 5, 2023

“The bill aims to amend the South Carolina code by adding sections that would define a person to include an unborn child at any stage & to “ensure that an unborn child who is a victim of homicide is afforded equal protection under the homicide laws” https://t.co/kNPmGKe3ua
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 4, 2023

The strange cast of The Running Man

The Running Man (1987) has a really eclectic group of actors in it. Here’s a list from Wikipedia:

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Captain Benjamin Stuart “Ben” Richards
Richard Dawson as Damon Killian
María Conchita Alonso as Amber Mendez
Jesse Ventura as “Captain Freedom”
Yaphet Kotto as William Laughlin
Jim Brown as “Fireball”
Erland Van Lidth as “Dynamo”
Marvin J. McIntyre as Harold Weiss
Gus Rethwisch as Eddie “Buzzsaw” Vatowski
Professor Toru Tanaka as “Professor Subzero”
Mick Fleetwood as Mic
Dweezil Zappa as Stevie

And the award for world's most random casting in an action movie goes to The Running Man for Mick Fleetwood as a revolutionary leader #action #scifi #StephenKing @80sscifidoc pic.twitter.com/Ioui0y6Izg
— RamonWrites (@RamonWrites) March 5, 2023

More polls showing Trump leading the GOP – his cult doesn’t care what he says or does

DeSantis back to his pre-boomlet level of support in the CPAC straw poll, Trump not as popular as he has been but still higher than immediately post-presidency. https://t.co/KtN9pgcxP8 pic.twitter.com/85an02trdC
— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) March 4, 2023

Why Trump is a clear favorite for the 2024 GOP nomination. (@ForecasterEnten) https://t.co/zQCda0fshF
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) March 4, 2023

2024 National Republican Primary:

Trump 42%
DeSantis 26%
Haley 6%
Pence 5%
Romney 3%
Cheney 2%
Pompeo 2%
Abbott 1%
T. Scott 1%
Hogan 1%
Bolton 1%
Youngkin 1%
Sununu 1%
Ramaswamy 1%
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Head-2-Head:
Trump 56% (+18)
DeSantis 38%

McLaughlin & Associates, 441 LV, 2/17-23
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) February 27, 2023

Covers: I Can Hear Music

“I Can Hear Music” was a 1966 Ronettes record covered by the Beach Boys in 1969.

Today in 1969, The Beach Boys single I Can Hear Music bw All I Want To Do was released on @CapitolRecords pic.twitter.com/2lqYUu7S50
— beachboyslegacy.com (@beachboyslegacy) March 3, 2023

Mexican horror films coming to Blu-ray

This is great news. I especially like The Brainiac. These films were on DVDs from Casa Negra.

Oh, I love Mexican horror films. (This can be attested to by the lengthy article I wrote about the golden age of Mexican horror for @thefilmagazine a couple of years ago: https://t.co/QMNPAw9Jjy.) 29th of May is my birthday too, so I know what I'll be buying myself as a pressie😁
— Paul A J Lewis (@Krycek_Facility) February 23, 2023

New Mondo Review: Four creepy classics make their global #Bluray debuts in MEXICO MACABRE: FOUR SINISTER TALES FROM THE ALAMEDA FILMS VAULTS, 1959-1963 featuring BLACK PIT OF DR. M, THE WITCH'S MIRROR, THE BRAINIAC, and THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN. 🇲🇽 https://t.co/oq3QGNnzaF pic.twitter.com/141uTdyWOD
— Mondo Digital (@mondodigital) May 13, 2023

More Mexican horror. I am watching this set now.

Right-wing extremists committed every US mass killing based on ideology in 2022

Right-wing extremists committed every ideologically driven mass killing identified in the U.S. in 2022, with an "unusually high" proportion perpetrated by white supremacists. https://t.co/nMQ832ITcs
— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) February 24, 2023

Domestic extremists killed at least 25 people in the United States last year and all of them had ties to forms of right-wing extremism, including white supremacy, anti-government extremism and right-wing conspiracy theorists, according to a new report.https://t.co/YvFLSFFYD2
— Ⓜ️Ⓜ️ Lauren Ash Davis – OG Meidas Mighty 🇺🇦🌻☮️ (@Meidas_LaurenA) March 4, 2023

In the past decade, 75% of extremist-related murders have been carried out by right-wing extremists, and the number of extremist-related mass killings is on the rise. ADL’s @orensegal spoke with @DeadlineWH about these alarming findings. https://t.co/kQBGwLe5UJ
— ADL (@ADL) March 1, 2023

White supremacists behind over 80% of extremism-related U.S. murders in 2022 https://t.co/KowWKjh9Z2 pic.twitter.com/GxJLyTZsaV
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 24, 2023

"Except for one brief period, the lethality of domestically motivated extremist violence… not Islamic Extremism, primarily far-right extremism, the lethality has been greater in the U.S. for decades" – Mary McCord w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/df2t1nZmjL
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) March 2, 2023

Fake gefilte fish dogs

It’s not real but it’s a great idea

Need a treat to beat heat? How about Manischewitz frozen gefilte dogs?

You asked, we listened.🌭The R&D team hasn't slept all week and now the factory will be cranking out these babies 24/6. Just in time for July 4th!
An American tradition your Bubbie will love.#GefilteDogs #GefilteBeef pic.twitter.com/Wtg1mZCAYL
— Manischewitz (@ManischewitzCo) June 22, 2022

New York Times oral history of Bad Santa

I love Bad Santa. It’s so tasteless.

Bad Santa isn’t nearly as good.

Covers: Memory Pain

“Memory Pain” was written and recorded by Percy Mayfield. It’s a great record that wasn’t released until 1964, more than a decade after it was recorded.

I first heard it from the Johnny Winter cover from 1969. Some versions call it “Serves Me Right to Suffer” with some lyrics by John Lee Hooker.