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Year: 2022

Michigan’s constitutional amendment seeking to enshrine abortion rights blocked from November ballot

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A citizen-initiative ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan state constitution was blocked Wednesday from being certified for the November ballot. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Wednesday deadlocked on a party line 2-2 vote whether to certify the Reproductive Freedom for All ballot initiative to the

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Texas’ family services are ‘on the brink of collapse’ after requiring child abuse investigations of gender-affirming care for minors, employees say in court filing

By Andy Rose, CNN A court filing from 16 current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, along with the Texas State Employees Union, says the agency is “on the brink of collapse” following the state’s decision to investigate the gender-affirming care of minors as potential child abuse. The brief

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Wisconsin conservative activist charged with election fraud after improperly requesting other voters’ absentee ballots

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A Wisconsin man who has admitted he improperly requested other voters’ absentee ballots in an effort to prove election fraud has been charged with election fraud, the state’s Department of Justice announced Thursday. Harry Wait — of Union Grove, Wisconsin and the president of a group called Honest, Open and Transparent

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Biden to issue a warning over American democracy in rare prime-time speech: ‘We have to defend it’

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, CNN A pair of fiery speeches inside packed gymnasiums over the past week left even some White House aides surprised at President Joe Biden’s new-found sense of electricity. Yet when he delivers a rare prime-time address Thursday evening in Philadelphia, Biden’s somber assessment of American democracy

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Ginni Thomas emailed Wisconsin lawmakers, asking them to help overturn 2020 election and ‘fight back against fraud’

By Zachary Cohen, CNN Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pushed state lawmakers not only in Arizona but also Wisconsin to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win, according to emails obtained via a public records request and shared with CNN. At least two state lawmakers from Wisconsin received what appear

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