Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

This fight is for everything.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

The willow is too close to the house.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

Second rate reporter says what?

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Let there be snark.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

How stupid are these people?

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

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  3. 3.

    geg6

    I turned on my tv after coming home from work and getting ready to relax for the evening.  MSNBC was on and it was Ari Melber’s show.  He was talking to Killer Mike and that asshole was bad mouthing Jim Clyburn.  I changed the channel right quick.

  4. 4.

    Kropacetic

    TODAY: Nearly 50 Republican leaders endorsed @CaptMarkKelly‘s re-election campaign citing his bipartisan accomplishments and Arizona-first approach.

    “It’s his service to country, which mirrors that of John McCain’s.” #AZSen

    Knives are coming out at the Sinema camp. She’s the mavericky maverick after all.

  9. 9.

    NotMax

    (I try to refrain from linking to moderately lengthier stuff, one hopes of an entertaining bent, until close to or within the weekend.)

    Curator of spacesuits. Is that an ultra cool job title or what?

  14. 14.

    germy shoemangler

    @debbie:

    Watching that clip…  are his ears pointed now?  He looks like Satan, Jr.

    Does that upsweep hairdo cover horns?

  16. 16.

    germy shoemangler

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    Well, cops and the medical examiner.

     

    State Attorney General Tish James agreed to postpone the deposition of former President Donald Trump and two of his children in her investigation, following the death of Trump’s ex-wife Ivana.

    Trump, his son Donald Jr. and daughter Ivanka were set to begin their testimony as early as Friday in a probe of allegedly fraudulent business practices at the Trump Organization. No new dates have been scheduled.

    https://gothamist.com/news/ag-james-delays-trump-deposition-after-ivana-trumps-death

  17. 17.

    Suzanne

    @rikyrah: I have loved watching her for years. Wishing her a great retirement.

    During the Tokyo Olympics last year, I kept getting irritated by the incessant questions about her baby. Like…. this lady can absolutely whoop your ass in her sleep. No question. She is a competitor and that doesn’t change because she had a baby. We compartmentalize!

  21. 21.

    David ☘The Establishment☘ Koch

    Press accounts say the maid threw water on Ivana in an attempt to revive her, but instead she melted

  26. 26.

    germy shoemangler

    I want to be so wealthy that my corpse is eventually discovered by staff.

  32. 32.

    mrmoshpotato

    @germy shoemangler: Oh, I think Putin would sow chaos for chaos’ sake, so most certainly.

    Long time to November 2024 though, and Dump can keep stuffing himself with fried chicken and burnt steak.

  33. 33.

    zhena gogolia

    @mrmoshpotato: Front page of the NYT, continued on full page, what an entrepreneur she was, they were the “power couple,” blahblahblah. So nauseating.

    I’ve tried to get obituaries published there of important scholars who devoted their lives to increasing knowledge. Nothing. I hate them so much.

  35. 35.

    Kropacetic

    @zhena gogolia: I’ve tried to get obituaries published there of important scholars who devoted their lives to increasing knowledge. Nothing. I hate them so much.

    Scholars don’t draw many eyeballs. We’d be a better country if they did.

  37. 37.

    prostratedragon

    @germy shoemangler:  Surely. He had it almost buzzed down at one point, but as attention to his behavior has increased, the hair has gotten higher and higher. (Apologies to Jackie Wilson and anyone else.)

  39. 39.

    Scout211

    I saw this commentary linked in a dkos story. It’s well worth a read.  A  retired CIA agent writing on Just Security warns that US Democracy’s Survival Requires a More Powerful Response to January 6th.

    (There is one sentence that does a “both sides” but otherwise is a worthy read).

    A dictatorship depends on an ecosystem of control over the guns, cops, courts, spies, and cash providing it muscle, legitimacy, foresight, and finance. And that requires the complicity not only of individuals but of entire national institutions. The January 6th stories are all too familiar — ambitious ne’er-do-wells organized around a charismatic leader who serves as the lightening rod and can advance, or threaten, their personal interests. That leader must compromise and gain control over institutions that pose obstacles, and the most effective way is to seize them from within. Ironically, this is a feat accomplished best democratically, as Adolph Hitler did in 1930’s Germany, or by hijacking a popular revolt, as the clerics did in Iran in 1979 and the Muslim Brotherhood sought to do in Egypt during the Arab Spring.

    Manipulating one’s target audience – in this case the public — with falsehoods and fear is a historically potent brew that stokes the resonating chords of victimization, racism, religious extremism, and nationalism. The formula has worked in the likes of Russia, Hungary, India, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan, and Tunisia, to name only a few — countries with recent histories of popular movements that rattled the political equilibrium and challenged despots and autocracies, only to be passed up or stolen by still other autocratic leaders.

    . . .
    The scandalous behavior of Trump’s political appointeesand his campaign to overturn the election results demands action before the cancer metastasizes throughout the government. Absent any consequences for Trump and his circle of minions or any GOP contrition that manifests into consensus and action to prevent future subversion of democracy, what happens the next time? Remove the partisan prism and ask the same question regardless of the party in power if nothing is done: will America’s public institutions and executive agencies remain the bedrock that protects our democracy, or will they be the instruments that unscrupulous politicians leverage to destroy it?

  40. 40.

    debbie

    @zhena gogolia:

    The couple were practically daily features on Liz Smith’s claim to fame, “Page Six” in the Post, which for some reason was always also featured on NBC’s local affiliate hosted by Sue Simmons. I generally welcomed the opportunity to be reminded what nutcases lived in the northeast.

  41. 41.

    Kropacetic

    @Shalimar:  I’m just saying Tiffany should be careful around stairs.

    Was having a conversation with my buddy about Trump’s kids the other day. Forget why.

    It took me a good 45 seconds to a minute to remember Tiffany’s name. Bet I got it faster than daddy.

  42. 42.

    Geminid

    @germy shoemangler: Reports are that former Gaetz wingman Joel Greenberg has filed a motion asking for his sentencing hearing. He’s sitting in the Orange County, Florida jail so he may just want to start serving his sentence in a federal prison.

    Greenberg was a one man crime wave, and convicting Gaetz on Greenberg’s testimony alone would be tough. Prosecutors seem to have developed other witnesses that can incriminate Gaetz, though. I was kind of hoping for indictments in August, but now I expect that prosecutors will hold off until after the election. But as my late friend Chis would say, it’ll be good when I get it.

  43. 43.

    prostratedragon

    @zhena gogolia:
    continued on full page
    Hezzuz! I haven’t bought the thing off the rack in years, but just goes to show how much one can learn from seeing the physical object.

  44. 44.

    germy shoemangler

    News from upstate NY:

    Two Corinth residents are accused of abandoning a dog in the woods, tying it to a tree for at least two days, Saratoga County Sheriff’s officials said.

    Noah N. Center, 24, and Ashleigh L. Allen, 22, both of Corinth, were each charged Thursday with one count each of failure to provide proper sustenance, abandonment of animals and conspiracy, officials said.

    The dog was located last Friday tied to the tree by a concerned neighbor who had heard barking in the woods over the two-day period, officials said.

    https://dailygazette.com/2022/07/15/saratoga-sheriff-corinth-pair-charged-in-dog-forest-abandonment-case/

  45. 45.

    prostratedragon

    @Shalimar:  Supposedly couldn’t get out of her house, but ate her last dinner out at nearby restaurant, and was expecting somehow to get to St. Tropez yesterday.

  48. 48.

    lowtechcyclist

    After today, stop complaining about Manchin

    Manchin had all but dropped off my radar this year. I didn’t miss the fucker.  I’m glad he votes for Biden’s judicial and executive nominees, but fuck the rest of this shit of his. Per TPM:

    In keeping with exasperated Democratic calls to just “let Manchin write the bill,” Schumer appeared to spend much of this year negotiating entirely on Manchin’s terms.

    Fuck even that.  The negotiation should consist of Schumer saying: “you want X, Y, and Z in this bill? GOOD. Let’s talk with your staff, instruct them to write up a reconciliation bill with X, Y, and Z in it, you can sponsor it, and I’ll bring it to the floor.”  Then let him explain later on why he voted against a bill that he was the lead sponsor of.

    There, I’ve gotten Manchin (Lucy-WV) out of my system.  Let’s win some Senate seats so we don’t have to think about him at all in 2023.

  50. 50.

    Geminid

    The Arizona Republican party is fairly radicalized now, so I don’t think the “Republicans for Kelly” effort will sway many Republican voters. But it could help with Independents, who were 31.7% of registered Arizona voters in 2020 (Republicans were 35%, Democrats 32%)

  52. 52.

    Geminid

    @Geminid: Next month Arizona Republicans will choose Mark Kelly’s opponent from a field of five candidates. They range from bad to awful.

  54. 54.

    Kropacetic

    @Geminid: There may still be some wavering Republicans emboldened to make the jump to the cool side. Even if it’s a handful, it matters in a closely divided state

    At a minimum, that’s 50 votes in the bank.

  55. 55.

    Betty Cracker

    There was a piece on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in The Post last week, which I just now read. Like many of us, she thinks about the Dobbs decision in terms of how it will affect her daughters. She started taking action as governor to protect choice for women in Michigan as soon as SCOTUS took up the case.

  56. 56.

    Kropacetic

    @Geminid: Next month Arizona Republicans will choose Mark Kelly’s opponent from a field of five candidates. They range from bad to awful.

    So, moderate Republicans, then?

    @Sure Lurkalot: I’m not sure why Tiffany gets a pass as the good (ok, untainted?) spawn. Her upcoming wedding is to be a huge event at Mar-a-Lago, daddy’s fave spot.

    I hope they gave her a discount…

  63. 63.

    Tony G

    @mrmoshpotato: It would be a smart move for Putin (again).  The U.S. is Putin’s main adversary, and with Trump (or DeSantis or any other Republican) in charge, the U.S. is weaker and more chaotic.

  64. 64.

    Ken

    @germy shoemangler: And he has that “Do you know who my dad is??”  energy

    Odd how often the answer is something like “The second-biggest used-car dealer in the tri-county area!”

  67. 67.

    sdhays

    @germy shoemangler: It’s really not ok to refer to Ivana as just “Trump”. At this point, there’s really only one “Trump”, and it’s just not fair to get people’s hopes up like that.

  68. 68.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @Betty Cracker:

    Great article by Paul Waldman in today’s WaPo entitled The Coming Reign of Reproductive Terror.

    It echoes/reinforces what Kay and others have been saying about the christofascist efforts to intimidate women and medical providers. Below are his opening paragraphs, which are followed by a series of specific examples of intimidation techniques. The entire article is worth reading. [Bolding by me.]

    Having been liberated by the Supreme Court to enact whatever restrictions on abortion they like, Republicans are moving rapidly toward a reign of reproductive terror.

    That may sound like hyperbole. But the conclusion is inescapable once you examine state laws already passed, ones under consideration, and the way antiabortion activists and politicians are mobilizing state power, media allies and even ordinary citizens against women and health-care providers. The clear goal is to force them to live in constant fear of harassment, intimidation, economic ruin and even jail.

    It’s vital to understand that while the precise legal contours of these right-wing efforts are meaningful, just as important is the atmosphere that antiabortion politicians and advocates are attempting to create. That’s how terror works: The immediate victims, even if they’re few, are a tool used to strike fear in everyone else.

  70. 70.

    Kropacetic

    @debbie: NYT just moved theirs behind a paywall. Of course.

    Look up Word Master. As much free wordle play as you could ever want.

  72. 72.

    Baud

    @O. Felix Culpa:

    The immediate victims, even if they’re few, are a tool used to strike fear in everyone else.

     
    Enough fear to vote for Dems? That’s the $10K question.

  74. 74.

    Betty Cracker

    @O. Felix Culpa: Great article, thanks. They’re using the same techniques to target and harass teachers, school administrators, librarians, voters, protesters, etc. It’s effective.

  75. 75.

    Geminid

    @Kropacetic: I guess most of Arizona’s moderate Republicans are now in the Independent column. Although many people don’t change party registration when they change affiliation.

    This year’s Arizona election will tell a lot about political trends in that state. Kelly is a strong candidate and Secretary of State Hobbs is solid candidate for Governor. Arizona’s Democrats have a good chance to build on their success of 2020.

    Like Georgia and North Carolina, Arizona is growing in population even as it trends blue. Losing any two of these states could put an Electoral College victory out of Republican reach.

  77. 77.

    Kropacetic

    @Betty Cracker: Great article, thanks. They’re using the same techniques to target and harass teachers, school administrators, librarians, voters, protesters, etc. It’s effective.

    But Dems don’t denounce rioting forcefully enough while crime happens in the vicinity of peaceful protests.

    So, you know, BOTH SIDES!!!

  78. 78.

    Geminid

    @debbie: @BuffaloMeg usually includes similar games on her daily twitter feed. I think one is “Quordle.”

    For some reason I can’t stand “thinking games.” Gimme a Monopoly board any day though.

  79. 79.

    Josie

    @Geminid: ​I’m so glad to see you say this. I have always hated “thinking games,” but I am reluctant to admit it. Everyone else seems to enjoy them so. I’d much rather read a book, sit outside and watch the birds, or dig in the dirt in my garden.
    ETA: My kids were culturally deprived because of this. The only game I would play with them was Candyland (a kids’ Monopoly). I do enjoy a good game of poker.​

  80. 80.

    PAM Dirac

    @germy shoemangler:

     

    I wonder if this new treatment will be effective in treating other cancers?

    Most likely it will only be useful for tumors that have the specific mismatch repair defect. Generally speaking the highest response rate occurs in trials that have patient selection criteria (molecular markers) that are very carefully matched to the therapy. The classic example is imatinib (Gleevec). In early clinical trials there was 95% complete hematologic response in 95% of 454 patients. There was a lot of optimism at the time that matching drugs to specific molecular defects could be generalized, but like most things in cancer, the reality has turned out to be much more complicated. When it works, it works extremely well, but it just hasn’t been possible yet to find enough drug/molecular defect combinations to cover a wide range of cancers.

  82. 82.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @Baud: 

    Hope so. We’re working on it in NM’s second congressional district. Would be helpful and delicious to evict the vile Herrell.

  87. 87.

    Kay

    @O. Felix Culpa:

    I think we’ll see pregnancy registries- a state recording process – akin to a birth certificate. It follows logically from “life beings at conception” and they aren’t going to be able to track women who travel to another state for an abortion or investigate miscarriages or medication abortions without tracking each pregnancy. Women could stay outside the system but it would mean foregoing medical care because as you know the first question any woman of child bearing age is asked on contact with any medical provider is “are you pregnant?”

  88. 88.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Josie: I used to do (or at least start) the NYT crossword puzzle almost every day, and hated to miss Jeopardy. I can’t remember when I gave up the former, gave up the latter a couple of years before Trebek died and have thus happily missed all the folderol about his replacement/s. I still enjoy on-line trivia quizzes when I stumble across one, but I was never even a little tempted by world. I wonder if those tastes will come back

  89. 89.

    O. Felix Culpa

    @Kay:

    Sigh. The Party of FREEDUMB! is launching the most invasive attack on American citizens’ privacy ever. It’s a titch concerning. On the other hand, it’s just women, right, so not so concerning after all. We’re not sure they’re fully human and therefore not fully accorded citizens’–i.e. human–rights.

    //

  92. 92.

    geg6

    @Betty Cracker:

    She may be even more awesome at this than her hubby.  Speaking of which, he’s been slowly getting back on the campaign trail with smaller events and a recent fundraiser.  And the Snooki Cameo has gone viral.  I’m feeling good about our chances here.  Shapiro is getting a bit more $$ from me now.  We have to stop Mastriano.

  93. 93.

    Kay

    @O. Felix Culpa:

    Well, just in terms of state law if a state like Indiana can and does have elaborate reporting requirements for each abortion (they do) I don’t know what would bar that from being extended to reporting requirements for each pregnancy. I think it’s well within their power under any number of “state interests” and would survive any kind of review. Now obviously there would be a large group of “outlaw” women who would use a home test and avoid contact with a medical provider to stay out of the system but the presumption would be the recording is mandatory so they would be out of compliance, which could itself be a violation.

  94. 94.

    Kropacetic

    @O. Felix Culpa: According to the Exalted Holiest Supreme Court, states can choose to put the rights of a blastocyst over those of the fully formed host; a human, with experiences and relationships. Likely soon, too, dictate whom you can shack up with.

    The state can’t, however, compel initiatives to avoid the spreading of disease.

    Our bodies, Republicans’ choice.

  100. 100.

    Mnemosyne

    I’m in Chicago right now for my brother-in-law’s big gay wedding. We’re resting up today because tonight is going to be a PARTY!

  101. 101.

    brendancalling

    One of my favorite non-politics blogs is the Comics Curmudgeon which makes fun of legacy comics (especially “Mary Worth” and “Funky Winkerbean”). Which is a long way of saying “I read ‘Arlo and Janis’ daily, and it’s one of the only strips I truly enjoy unironically.” Thanks for posting!

  103. 103.

    Baud

    @Kropacetic:

    The state can’t, however, compel initiatives to avoid the spreading of disease.

     

    I don’t think the court has struck down a state covid requirements wholesale.

  105. 105.

    Immanentize

    Well, I have deposited the Immp at Logan Airport (AKA BOS), and he successfully took off for Houston. We had home made miso soup and a bit of yellowtail sashimi for dinner last night as our last meal. Then we watched Orcs attack Helm’s Deep. All told, a fine ending to what began as a truly fraught four months.

    No more excitement, please!

  108. 108.

    Immanentize

    @Kay: I’ve been saying health professionals will be mandatory pregnancy reporters since, oh, November 2016 when Garland was the elf on a shelf.

  110. 110.

    Immanentize

    @Kay: True story: one of my dearest friends in Texas had always had some health issues related to her GI track. She was athletic, but super thin, and was always lacking various nutrients. She had IBS too. Lots of health side effects too….

    Anyway, she was feeling poorly and went to her Doctor who, after examination told her she was pregnant. She passed out. When she woke up, she said, “I can’t be pregnant, I don’t have periods, I use birth control and I can’t remember when I last had sex!

    That was years ago and she has two great kids now. But that is one way a very smart, careful woman will end up in pregnancy custody in Texas today.

  113. 113.

    Jinchi

    @Jackie: Dr Oz and his siblings are in a battle for mult-million inheritance from deceased father.

    Such a relatable guy. Perfect fit for Pennsylvania.

  114. 114.

    Kay

    Don’t let the pundits who are in some kind of delusional elite denial or the liars on the Right kid you- all of this was predictable, and we’re just getting started.

    A woman with a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy sought emergency care at the University of Michigan Hospital after a doctor in her home state worried that the presence of a fetal heartbeat meant treating her might run afoul of new restrictions on abortion.
    At one Kansas City, Mo., hospital, administrators temporarily required “pharmacist approval” before dispensing medications used to stop postpartum hemorrhages, because they can also be also used for abortions.
    And in Wisconsin, a woman bled for more than 10 days from an incomplete miscarriage after emergency room staff would not remove the fetal tissue amid a confusing legal landscape that has roiled obstetric care.

    American women will now get substandard medical care in anything involving a pregnancy. They will be forced to accept a much lower standard of care and much higher risk.
    She bled for ten days. A sacrifice to far Right religious authoritarians.

  116. 116.

    Scout211

    Thursday, July 21 at 8 pm ET.  Must see teevee!  (Just a friendly reminder).

    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/14/next-january-6-committee-hearing-will-focus-on-trump-silence-during-riot.html

     

    The final hearing will highlight the more-than-three-hour gap between Trump’s departure from a rally that preceded the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and his eventual call for the mob to go home, committee members said.

    The lawmakers “plan to go through that 187 minutes,” said Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., in an ABC News interview Wednesday afternoon. She is set to lead the hearing with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.

    Trump made “inflammatory remarks” at the pre-riot rally, Luria said. Trump pressured then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject key electoral results and vowed to march with his supporters to the Capitol. But Trump returned to the White House after the rally and remained there as the riot played out.

    The committee will look at “what happened between that moment, and then around 4:17 in the afternoon, which is 187 minutes later, when he finally made a statement to the nation, to the people at the Capitol to go home,” Luria said.

  118. 118.

    Kay

    @Baud:

    The dumb obtuseness of far Right religious with their refusal to grapple with the real-world consequences of their rigid ideology is enraging. They simply do not care what happens to women. They put no thought or effort into any of this because the woman does not matter.

    New abortion bans oversimplify the reality of obstetric care, physicians say, placing a binary on what is a continuous spectrum of increasing risk. Pregnancy puts huge stress on a patient’s body, sometimes exacerbating existing health problems such as diabetes or hypertension until they become life threatening. “With a patient with heart disease, at what point in her pregnancy is she going to die?” said David Hackney, a specialist in high-risk pregnancies in Ohio. “You don’t want to reach that point, where things are that clear.”

  119. 119.

    zhena gogolia

    @Scout211: Can’t wait. While I’m doing my exercises, I’m listening to the hearings once again from the beginning. It’s very instructive. I now know more of the cast of characters, so when they appear it’s more meaningful than it was the first time through. Thanks to WG for making the videos available easily on this site (top right).

  120. 120.

    Geminid

    @Scout211: I’m glad Elaine Luria (VA 2nd) will get some time on the national stage. Like Jaime Raskin, Luria is another talented member of the Democratic Class of 2018.

  121. 121.

    sab

    @Kay: One of my very Catholic nieces had an ectopic pregnancy a few years back. Doctors dealt with it. She just had another baby last year.

    Her sister is full throttle anti-abortion activist. Yet she has no idea that her political position would have killed her sister.

    They each have five kids, so pregnancy facts shouldn’t be news to them.

    The stubborn ignorance of these people shocks me.

  122. 122.

    The Thin Black Duke

    To reformat an old joke, any woman who votes for Republicans is as idiotic as a chicken voting for Colonel Saunders.

  123. 123.

    sab

    Ohio has a Democrat running for AG against Yost. Jeff Crossman. I am really disheartened that we are this far into election year and apparently he has no campaign going yet. Yost is appalling.

    ETA But being appalling never stopped anyone from being elected in Ohio.

  124. 124.

    Eunicecycle

    @sab: the ones that act like pregnancy is no big deal really piss me off. My daughter in law just had a baby last Monday (yay! Grandbaby #5!) She had morning sickness most of the 9 months; her blood pressure spiked so the docs decided to induce labor; she got stuck at 8 cm so finally decided to do a csection. They got home Thursday and she had to go back in because her blood pressure was up and down again and her heart was beating erratically. She’s back home and doing well now, and of course my granddaughter is beautiful and healthy. But pregnancy is not easy- you know, so easy a 10 yo can do it. BTW my DIL never had blood pressure problems before.

  125. 125.

    sab

    @Eunicecycle: I have a bad heart and have always had blood pressure problems so bad that I couldn’t even take birth control pills. Pregnancy would have killed me. But I always hoped for a medical miracle and kids. These fuckers would have condemned me to an early hysterectomy and no hope if I even wanted to have a sex life.

  126. 126.

    Eunicecycle

    @sab: my daughter just texted me all upset because she just read that Ohio is trying to ban IVF now. She had all 3 of her children that way. We really have to get rid of Rs at all levels of government!

  127. 127.

    Bill Arnold

    @Tony G:

    It would be a smart move for Putin (again).

    It would not be a smart move for Putin, and the siloviki and others in Russia who push for Russian political interference in the USA are dumber than dirt, minds pickling in their own ideological cesspool of an intellectual framework only loosely tethered to reality. The Russian Federation is much; closer to the edge of collapse than the USA, and more vulnerable to well-orchestrated retaliatory interference than they think. (IMO)

  128. 128.

    Gvg

    These forced birthers cherish their ignorance. They haven’t even begun to face all the problems from not leaving in exceptions for rape, incest, and health of the mother. There will be bad case after bad case in the news until these are reversed. We are more likely to get Roe codified quickly imo because they went that far and are still trying to be more extreme. Just a call it regular abortion ban could have been tolerated by more people.

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