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What A Day: Arizo-nah

Arizona State Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamliton, D, speaks on floor at the Capitol, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Phoenix. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother's life is at stake. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Arizona State Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamliton, D, speaks on floor at the Capitol, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Phoenix. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother's life is at stake. (AP Photo/Matt York)

ARIZONA GRIEVANCES

Republican officials know by now that supporting strict abortion bans is politically toxic. That knowledge is at times altering what they say, but not how they vote.

  • Elected Republicans in Arizona rushed to do damage control after the state Supreme Court upheld a ban on almost all abortions from 1864, and some assured voters that they knew the 160-year-old ban was not appropriate for today. Democratic lawmakers in the state immediately tried to push through bills that would repeal the draconian ban, but that’s where the Republican resistance to the law ended.

 
 

Progressive groups including the ACLU of Arizona and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona reported that they have acquired enough signatures for a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution, according to the Arizona Republic. Abortion has become the GOP’s primary political liability in post-Roe America, and Arizona is a crucial battleground state. The stakes couldn’t be higher, and it’s up to Democrats to seize the momentum as we enter the run-up to Election Day.


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Ocean temperatures have broken new records every day for over a year, warming far beyond scientist predictions.

Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday, according to the group and Haniyeh’s family. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed carrying out the attack.

Republican lawmakers in Iowa have cleared the way for the state to enforce an ultra-strict, 6-week abortion ban if the state Supreme Court allows it to go into effect later this year.

Republicans in the Tennessee State Legislature advanced a bill on Tuesday that would allow K-12 public school teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds, despite vocal protests from families and victims of the Covenant School shooting last spring. Around 200 gun control advocates filled the state Senate gallery in protest. Next up: A House vote.

President Biden held a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday announcing a joint air defense network the two countries will enter with Australia.

A shooting during a Ramadan event in Philadelphia on Wednesday left three people wounded. Five suspects have been arrested, according to local police.

Lawyers for disgraced former president Donald Trump tried unsuccessfully to delay his Manhattan hush money trial…for the third time this week. 

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