NY should rename 5th Ave "Barack Obama Ave" so that Trump Tower will have to use that as its address forever.- Josh Goodman

Because according to the NY Post, the government might not even be allowed to dip into that $14 million (and counting) collection plate.

According to the Treasury Department, general donations to the feds are directed to a “Gifts to the United States” fund, set aside for “general use” by the federal government or “budget needs.”

Specific federal agencies can’t touch this funding without a congressional appropriation.

Some agencies can accept gifts directly for earmarked purposes, but it was not clear if the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the borders, was among them.

As of Saturday morning, 241,601 assholes had donated an astonishing $14,757,675 in order to fulfill our Commander-in-Tweet’s wildest wet dreams of xenophobia.

Props to Resister Sisters of Ocean Beach. Excellent sign!

Governor John Kasich (R) banned one of the most common abortion procedures in the entire state of Ohio on Friday, when he signed Senate Bill 145 into law. The bill referred to abortions that typically take place in the second trimester (which is often the earliest pregnant people are able to access an abortion, for any number of reasons). Specifically, the bill makes D&E (dilation and evacuation) abortions illegal in the state.

And for physicians, performing this abortion now means committing a fourth-degree felony. That means possible fines and prison time.

There is one—one—exception to this horrendous law. That exception is if the person carrying the fetus is at risk of losing their life by carrying to term. Disturbingly, the law does not make exceptions even in cases of rape or incest, which is a new low, even for conservatives.