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More on Biden’s visit to LaPlace, Louisiana, from the Associated Press:
Giant trees knocked sideways. Homes boarded up with plywood. Off-kilter street signs.
Less than a week after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast, President Joe Biden walked the streets of a hardhit Louisiana neighborhood on Friday and told local residents, “I know you’re hurting, I know you’re hurting.”
Uber and Lyft have said they would cover legal expenses of their drivers if they were sued under Texas’s new extreme anti-abortion law, which allows suits to be brought against people who transport patients to clinics.
Both Uber and Lyft now announcing they will be covering any legal fees of ridershare drivers if they were to be sued under Texas’ new abortion law SB8 https://t.co/gwAEsCnCK4
Drivers are never responsible for monitoring where their riders go or why. Imagine being a driver and not knowing if you are breaking the law by giving someone a ride. Similarly, riders never have to justify, or even share, where they are going and why. Imagine being a pregnant woman trying to get to a healthcare appointment and not knowing if your driver will cancel on you for fear of breaking a law. Both are completely unacceptable.”