| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, May 15ALABAMA ABORTION BAN PASSES Alabama is one signature away from enacting a near-total ban on abortions after the state Senate passed the controversial the Human Life Protection Act. The measure subjects doctors who perform an abortion at any stage of pregnancy to a minimum of 10 years in prison. [HuffPost]HOW TRUMP’S TARIFFS WILL HIT YOUR WALLET Last week, the U.S. increased tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion in imported Chinese goods. Trump claims his tariffs are a tax, paid by China. In reality, importers pay and American consumers cover the cost through higher prices. [HuffPost]NRA BOARD MEMBERS: NEW PRESIDENT LIED The National Rifle Association continues to implode amid accusations of financial mismanagement by its highest-ranking officials. Recent statements by newly elected NRA President Carolyn Meadows “are outright lies,” NRA board member Allen West said in a statement. [HuffPost]‘BATHROOM BILL’ SENATOR WINS NORTH CAROLINA PRIMARY A state senator best known as the sponsor of a headline-grabbing “bathroom bill” that voided anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people won Tuesday’s Republican primary in a special election for a congressional seat vacant since last year’s election was deemed tainted by fraud. [AP]HACKERS ACCESSED VOTER DATABASES IN 2 FLORIDA COUNTIES Russian hackers breached voter databases in two Florida counties ahead of the 2016 election, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said. DeSantis, who was briefed by the FBI, said the hackers did not change or manipulate any data. [HuffPost]TENNESSEE SCHOOL STOPS TEACHING NAZI SALUTE A Tennessee elementary school will “no longer feature a student portraying Hitler or the [Nazi] salute” as part of a class project about World War II after an 11-year-old was removed from her classroom last week for telling classmates to stop Nazi saluting one another. [HuffPost]
 ACLU GEARS UP FOR ABORTION FIGHT Almost immediately after the Alabama Senate approved a measure outlawing almost all abortions, the American Civil Liberties Union announced its intention to sue. [HuffPost]DEMS GET SERIOUS ABOUT ‘INHERENT CONTEMPT’ At first, it seemed like a joke. Now, Democrats are starting to sound serious about using an obscure, long-dormant congressional power to fine or jail members of the Trump administration. [HuffPost]ILHAN OMAR: ATTACKS DESIGNED TO ‘SILENCE’ MUSLIM VOICES Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Trump and other right-wing politicians and pundits’ attacks on her and fellow Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) are meant to “silence” Muslims. [HuffPost]SAN FRANCISCO BANS FACIAL RECOGNITION TECH San Francisco has banned the use of facial recognition technology by city agencies, including law enforcement, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so. [HuffPost]TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: LGBTQ COUPLES’ KIDS AREN’T CITIZENS A government policy that de-recognizes parents’ marriage means that some immigrant children can lose automatic rights to American birthright citizenship, despite the fact that their parents are U.S. citizens. That policy poses a unique threat to LGBTQ families, and could change the decades-old legal understanding of what the word “family” even means. [Daily Beast]PUTIN SMILES AS WASHINGTON TIES ITSELF IN KNOTS The Russian leader and former KGB officer Vladimir Putin could not resist some sardonic trolling on a day when the tortured legacy of the 2016 election sowed fresh mistrust and discord in Washington and the U.S. president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., got caught in the fallout. [CNN]
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