Whoever had Alvin Bragg on their bingo card to be the first to indict, may be shouting Bingo! next week. News reports the Manhattan DA has asked for a meeting with law enforcement in a pro active attempt to coordinate the arrest of Donald J. Trump formerly the 45th President of the United Sates.
Security around the courthouse is an issue for discussion. It’s also reported that secret service will be determining what will or will not be allowed. This has a lot to do with how and when TFG will be escorted into the courthouse, which will happen. So, we are talking the reality of what will this look like. How to organize what is a perp walk. Will he be handcuffed or not. People’s dreams, waking and otherwise will be coming true, potentially, this week ahead. Will it stack up to expectations? Drama or no drama? A thousand questions will be bashed about all weekend so buckle up and bring on the popcorn or just wait while watching more of the world unravel. So much going on.
Potentially, civil war in Israel brewing.
Riots in France over Macron raising the retirement age by a year.
Waiting for news from Texas about Mifepristone one of two drugs used for abortion. Mifepristone works by stopping a woman’s body from producing progesterone, one of the hormones required for pregnancy, effectively ending the pregnancy quite safely, as it is threatened to being withheld from doctors to prescribe and women to use. There is preliminary info that question strongly the ability of the law to remove approval from a drug that has already been approved by the Federal Drug Association. That is what the law has come up with to block it from women’s hands.
Better known as the FDA, this is the governments association that reviews all kinds of things we all use and if the item meets criteria, it is only then offered for sale to the American people. They are involved in food. It’s because of the FDA we see how many calories is in a serving and all the ingredients. They are involved in things like infant formula, the recalls we see from time to time, they give information about food and food handling. They approve and regulate drugs. The same, approval and regulation on medical devices, radiation-emitting products, vaccines, blood and biologics, animal and veterinary, cosmetics and tobacco products.
A quick mention that selling drugs that are not FDA approved, depending on all the facts, can land a body in prison.
The FDA has our safety and well being first and coordinates with law enforcement certainly in the category of drugs. How drugs are categorized is extremely important with the most dangerous drugs being highly protected by doctors and pharmacists with lengthy paperwork and reviews of the patients by doctors to enable medication prescriptions for the patient to continue using the drug. Those drugs may be drugs that are considered likely to be abused or drugs that are just so dangerous to use without full understanding of how to use them, when and for whom. Drugs for example that treat cancer. Fentanyl is another that unfortunately is in the news too much. Used as it is supposed to by an anesthesiologist, it can be used safely and effectively.
Drug approval can be lengthy and full of studies. It depends on the drug and the purpose. After approval some drugs are offered by prescription. In many cases, a prescription drug can be offered in an over the counter formula. Such is the case with ibuprofen and hundreds, maybe thousands of products that help us daily such as itch creams, tummy pills, eye drops, and fungicides.
As we wait for news, it’s assumed that Judge Kacsmryk in Amarillo is getting advice on how he can withhold a drug from doctors who treat women seeking an FDA approved drug for their health. Mifepristone cleared FDA approval over twenty years ago and has a track record of being extremely safe and reliable. Nicole Wallace of MSNBC likens the safety record of Tylenol or the little blue pill, Viagra. Almost like drinking water. I don't envy Kacsmryk’s task in finding a way around FDA approval. They have lawyers, my guess is they have lots of smart lawyers that are also involved.
Concern in this case is paramount. It’s been said if the drug is pulled from Texas it will affect all states. A statement I am not quite understanding at this time but will acquiesce to being true. In the way that “the abortion pill” works, as a hormone blocker, “the pill”, works in pretty much the same way.
Concern is this case will pave a garden path to ban contraception as the Christian Nationalist to do list get one check mark after another.
Women and children are first. First in the life boat for those who cherish us. First to be raped and separated and kidnapped if you’re a murderous dictator hell bent on genocide.
In topical good news today, Putin has had a warrant issued for his arrest because of his policy and his actions against women and children in Ukraine. The International Criminal Court doesn't have the teeth to be particularly effective in arresting him but they have my undying thanks in standing up, taking a step forward and making the attempt.
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