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Between higher rents and Republican opposition to funding basic government services, FBI agents can't afford to live in the cities where they work.
"Natalie Bara, president of the FBI Agents Association, said she's heard from two or three agents sharing an apartment near New York City, and others who commute four hours each day, back and forth to their field offices. Some circumstances are even more extreme, she added."

Many FBI agents are struggling to make ends meet. Housing costs are to blame
FBI agents in high-cost areas can face long commutes and trouble paying the bills. Their advocates are asking for a housing allowance to lighten the load.

'They May Be Republicans, But They Still Come in for Services' (Kathy Gilsinan/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/05/abortion-ban-florida-women-00156107
http://www.memeorandum.com/240505/p18#a240505p18

Not satisfied with returning #abortion regulation to the states, anti-abortion activists see fetal personhood measures as an incremental back-door strategy to a national abortion ban.
Seeing Fetal ‘People’ Everywhere: What Has 'Dobbs' Wrought? - Ms. Magazine

Seeing Fetal ‘People’ Everywhere: What Has 'Dobbs' Wrought? - Ms. Magazine
The anti-abortion movement moved a step closer to realizing its goal of achieving fetal personhood when the Alabama Supreme Court held that frozen embryos are children for purposes of the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. However, the 8-1 ruling is a victory with a discernable twist. Republican lawmakers and their allies are now scrambling since at least three Alabama IVF providers have suspended their family-building services while they sort out the ruling's implications.

'They May Be Republicans, But They Still Come in for Services' (Kathy Gilsinan/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/05/abortion-ban-florida-women-00156107
http://www.memeorandum.com/240505/p18#a240505p18

After two weeks of thwarted attempts, the Arizona House of Representatives voted Wednesday to ⭐️repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864, ⭐️with three Republican lawmakers breaking from their party to join Democrats in striking it down. 
The bill passed with a vote of 32-28 and has been sent to the state Senate for approval.
Because the legislature is meeting just one day a week while budget negotiations ramp up, the earliest the upper chamber can take action on the bill is Ma…

AZ House has voted to repeal the 1864 abortion ban upheld by the Supreme Court
After three weeks of trying, the Arizona House of Representatives has voted to repeal a near-total abortion ban that was written in 1864 after the state Supreme Court earlier this month ruled that it could be enforced, setting the stage for the end of abortion services in the Grand Canyon State.

How Musk interferes in US foreign policy. Helps Putin.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-13/musk-predicts-putin-can-t-lose-in-ukraine-opposes-senate-bill?embedded-checkout=true

Musk Says Putin Can’t Lose in Ukraine, Opposes Senate Bill
Elon Musk told US Republican senators “there is no way in hell” that Russian President Vladimir Putin could lose the war on Ukraine, weighing in on a conflict that has been affected by Musk’s own Starlink satellite services.

‘Lead, follow or get out the way’: House speaker urged to act on Ukraine aid bill
A group of congressional Democrats including the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and armed services veterans urged the current Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, to “lead, follow or get out of the way” of more military support for Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.

'Nickel and diming': GOP slammed for helping banks 'squeeze customers' with 'junk fees' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/nickel-and-diming-americans-gop-slammed-for-helping-banks-squeeze-cus…

'Nickel and diming': GOP slammed for helping banks 'squeeze customers' with 'junk fees'
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a federal government agency created in 2011 during former President Barack Obama's first term — recently created a cap on credit card late fees.But on Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House Financial Services Committee voted to advance a bill that, if p...

An FBI informant charged with lying to investigators about a fictitious bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company has “had contact with foreign intelligence services, including Russian intelligence agencies,” prosecutors alleged  in court documents on Tuesday. 
Alexander #Smirnov's contacts included a figure prosecutors called "Russian Offici…

Indicted Biden accuser had 'extensive' contacts with Russian intel, prosecutors say
Alexander Smirnov's allegations had been a pillar of Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden before he was indicted for lying to the FBI.