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What the House Speaker’s Deal With Ultraconservatives Means for Climate
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A Woman’s IUD Left Inside for 20 Years Was Covered by Bacteria That Caused Serious Infection
An intrauterine device (IUD) left in a woman for more than 20 years may have contributed to a nasty infection that sent her to the emergency room, doctors in Japan reported this week. The long-expired birth control device was found surrounded by bacteria that caused her months of fever and abdominal pain. Once the woman…
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Equifax Breach Was Just As Infuriating And Dumb As You Thought, New House Report Finds
House Republicans spent 14 months investigating the 2017 Equifax breach only to reach the same conclusions that virtually everyone else with a brain did in the immediate aftermath of the company’s disclosure. The breach was “entirely preventable,” lawmakers found, and the credit reporting agency’s shit management did absolutely nothing to shield consumers from this mess.
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US Congress Rushes To Pass Spending Bill Packed With Disastrous Global Surveillance Measures
Once again, the US government is facing a possible shutdown, and the House is hoping to pass a 2,000-page spending bill on Thursday that’s only been released for a few hours to avoid it. As we warned last week, an ill-considered piece of legislation has been thrown in that makes the NSA’s limitless wiretapping look…