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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Our 28th Amendment, If We Can Keep It

by Anne Laurie|  January 18, 20257:51 am| 283 Comments

This post is in: Civil Rights, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Venality, Women's Rights Are Human Rights

This is a nice thing to have for three days. Enjoy your Equality Weekend, ladies!

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— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM

… Which, of course, we almost certainly can’t — not given the incoming maladministration, and America’s long history of general and specific misogyny. But I do appreciate the gesture, even while wishing President Biden had done this even a few weeks sooner.

President Biden: "Today, I affirm the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all the necessary hurdles to be added to the U.S. Constitution, now! The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land, now! It's the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, now!" pic.twitter.com/7MiztbKVRv

— CSPAN (@cspan) January 17, 2025

I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years and have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex.

We must affirm and protect women’s full equality once and for all.

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 17, 2025

Ed Kilgore, at NYMag — “Biden Says ERA Is Ratified, But Supreme Court Gets Final Say”:

In one of those why the hell not? gestures open to a president down to his last weekend in office, Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment ratified and thus the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A host of feminists and Democratic politicians have been urging this step from the moment Biden took office, based on three recent state ratifications (Nevada in 2017, Illinois in 2018, and Virginia in 2020) executed in defiance of a 1982 congressional deadline that ERA proponents failed to meet (35 of the 38 required ratifications had happened by then). Indeed, the House formally repealed the ratification deadline in 2021 and dismissed as legally ineffectual actions by five conservative state legislatures to rescind prior ratifications. But the Senate never acted, leaving the whole question in legal limbo.

From a technical point of view, the national archivist has the power to recognize ratified constitutional amendments by officially publishing them, and Biden urged this obscure official to do that with the ERA. But in December, anticipating this action, the archivist denied she had the power to do so. She cited prior legal precedents suggesting the 1982 deadline was indeed valid, not to mention ongoing litigation over the Virginia ratification…

While there have already been rallies at the National Archives to dramatize the issue, there’s every indication that the whole controversy will wind up at the Supreme Court, whose conservative majority is not terribly likely to redeem the decadeslong push for an ERA. But Biden’s action will revive the topic and all the underlying issues of long-postponed equality until such time as the Supreme Court acts.

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It’s also something of a vindication for the junior U.S. senator from New York, notes CNN:

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, has been making a major push for certification, saying in a memo to interested parties that it would give Biden a way to “codify women’s freedom and equality without needing anything from a bitterly divided and broken Congress” in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade …

The Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th Amendment, and it is the law of the land. pic.twitter.com/jl1Ewg2JAf

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) January 17, 2025

Women's rights are human rights, and human rights are women's rights.

I'm thrilled President Biden has affirmed the Equal Rights Amendment as the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex.…

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 17, 2025

From a brave, however doomed, thread:

I’m seeing a lot of confusion about the Equal Rights Amendment online.
I've been working on the ERA for 13 years & literally wrote a book about it.
So, let me help answer some questions.
1) Yes, it really is a real amendment & fully part of the U.S. Constitution. Full stop.

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— Kate Kelly (@katekelly.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM

The Archivist has no constitutional or legal role in the amending process. She does NOT get to decide what is or is not in the U.S. Constitution.
Her boss (the President of the United States) has spoken for his Administration.
That's it. The ERA is in! This is a victory.

— Kate Kelly (@katekelly.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM

In the words of @tribelaw.bsky.social & Professor Kathleen Sullivan:
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— Kate Kelly (@katekelly.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM

The struggle continues!

Women marched on Washington, met with Congress, and crossed the 38-state threshold to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

A century in the making… it is long overdue. pic.twitter.com/gszAjgPMsf

— Senate Judiciary Democrats ???? (@JudiciaryDems) January 17, 2025

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Relentless Positivity Open Thread: No More Handmaids

by Anne Laurie|  November 4, 20245:22 pm| 194 Comments

This post is in: Elections 2024, Kamala Harris for President, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Women's Rights Are Human Rights

STOCKPILE - No More Handmaidens

(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com)

On Saturday, in a fierce show of support for Kamala Harris, thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C. and across the country. ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/qV3HdxIx1F

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) November 3, 2024

"why do we need an ad telling women that their vote is private"

Meanwhile on Fox: https://t.co/yBXjb2sr8V

— ??Dante Atkins?? (@DanteAtkins) October 31, 2024

When your marriage is rock solid

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— Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) November 1, 2024 at 11:08 AM

As I wrote yesterday, "The word reflects a larger tendency of Trump and his followers to see women not as people, but as property of men, especially powerful white men." https://t.co/DNmtrstQm2 https://t.co/Dlhxc6zcuZ

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) November 2, 2024

This happened to me in NC last week. The man told us his wife was napping and couldn’t come to the door. https://t.co/NfJ03y4Bgl

— Neera Tanden?? (@neeratanden) November 2, 2024

STOCKPILE - No More Handmaidens 2

(John Deering via GoComics.com)

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This actually tracks, and not just for women. It isn’t so much husbands women fear as people generally knowing they’ve violated community norms. The fusion of politics with religion makes the stakes very high. Extremely hard to stand up against Trump when you’ll be accused of… https://t.co/cZzBidN6lr

— Brent Orrell (@OrrellAEI) October 31, 2024

My wife is from rural central PA. The community is quite stable, lots of great support from neighbors. But the price of inclusion is conformity. Being outside that circle is extremely risky from a psychological standpoint.

— Brent Orrell (@OrrellAEI) October 31, 2024

It is a habit formed in the pews where pastors and other leaders are very concerned about policing theological boundaries. It is a religious sociology applied to politics.

— Brent Orrell (@OrrellAEI) October 31, 2024

This post and the ad it is based on is getting the response it is getting is because being a petty tyrant over at least your family, and then moving that circle outward, is the basis of most of conservative politics. https://t.co/yiz2Flrz2m

— A. Bartaway????????? (@Bartaway) October 30, 2024

I agree with this. A personal anecdote: a female relative who has never voted for Democrats told me today that she was voting for Harris. I asked why. Abortion. Horrified by what she's learned about the state-level bans. https://t.co/o8JuCZC3xP

— Alex גדעון בן װעלװל (@JewishWonk) November 4, 2024

if it turns out that we (harris) win, and that it was due to a shift with women voters, remember that "should women vote?" was absolutely not a question serious people were entertaining in 2016 and it's visible as discourse in 2024. who knows if it'll be enough but it is a thing

— cai (@AnneNotation) November 3, 2024

"Women are not without electoral or political power." https://t.co/AFjDTCXRQo

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 4, 2024

Trump’s hatred of women is bolder and clearer than ever. There’s no turning back now, Republican misogyny has long lost the woman vote. See you next Tuesday, Donald. pic.twitter.com/2BE6waAAbK

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) November 4, 2024

STOCKPILE - No More Handmaidens 1

(Matt Davies via GoComics.com)

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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Swift-ly

by Anne Laurie|  September 12, 20248:44 am| 231 Comments

This post is in: Elections 2024, Kamala Harris for President, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Women's Rights Are Human Rights

Taylor Swift officially launched her Kamala Harris era following Tuesday’s debate. But will her endorsement of Harris impact the race? AP’s Kimberlee Kruesi explains. pic.twitter.com/asHO1aJPwF

— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) September 11, 2024

“This weekend, @Swifties4kamala will host its first official phone bank in partnership with @VotersTomorrow. Members of the coalition will spend two hours on Saturday, Sept. 14 calling unregistered student voters in Wisconsin and Georgia, two swing states.”https://t.co/2Qb8VbQBSk

— Jack Lobel (@jackplobel) September 11, 2024

After Taylor Swift endorsed Harris, encouraging her fans to register to vote, Google recorded a surge in people wanting to register to vote. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202…

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— Philip Bump (@pbump.com) September 11, 2024 at 9:13 AM

Miss Americana ?? pic.twitter.com/f0uH1J9MqS

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 12, 2024

Play stupid games, you win stupid prizes, Very Serious Media:

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Yes! Men of Illinois – please save your women from immodest dress, the gays and cussing by giving away your Taylor Swift tickets and paraphernalia to the godless witches of the Illinois Swifty universe! They will be happy to take these instruments of Satan off your hands! Quick! pic.twitter.com/AkK3fj4GLJ

— Anne Caprara (@anacaprana) September 11, 2024

Here we have none other than thee Linda Ronstadt endorsing Kamala! pic.twitter.com/m3lXtUEqZE

— Steph, Bonds Dog Agent ???? ?? (@stephnav) September 12, 2024


 
On the other hand: Not very swift, not at all…

I can't stress this enough: no they don't. In politics there's often a massive gap between what people say they want and what they actually want. There is nobody on the planet less interested in policy details than the "undecided voter." pic.twitter.com/Z7o4CTGgHR

— Christopher Ingraham?? (@_cingraham) September 11, 2024

Another important point: the NYT is recontacting and quoting these people over and over so who knows how much they're simply roleplaying the part of sagacious freethinking truth seekers https://t.co/qCvJ8sQlnH

— Christopher Ingraham?? (@_cingraham) September 11, 2024

Undecided voters who want to be on TV aren’t undecided. https://t.co/zWdePTimOf

— Armando (@ArmandoNDK) September 11, 2024

I have found that most “undecideds” are actually closet republicans who just want attention.

— Dan Przygoda (@dprzygoda) September 11, 2024

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Saturday Night Palate Cleanser: ‘Kamala Harris Yard Signs Trigger Snit… ‘

by Anne Laurie|  August 31, 202410:01 pm| 112 Comments

This post is in: Elections 2024, Kamala Harris for President, Open Threads, Readership Capture, Women's Rights Are Human Rights

Pink ‘Kamala Harris’ yard signs trigger snit in Birmingham, owner orders hundreds more https://t.co/1L6RtIruaZ

— Detroit Free Press (@freep) August 28, 2024

In keeping with the Blogmaster’s latest post… The Detroit Free Press reports:

… When Birmingham resident Nikki Sapiro Vinckier adorned her front yard with campaign signs promoting Kamala Harris for president, an anonymous neighbor said they had to come down. Having a batch of signs violated city ordinances that stipulate just one sign, according to the neighbor, who stuck a list of intimidating rules about signs in Sapiro Vinckier’s mailbox.

The rules looked real. But Birmingham’s mayor and city manager both said, in effect, “Nothing doing — put up all the signs you want until the election,” Sapiro Vinckier said. That unleashed her more-than-equal-and-opposite reaction. The happy Harris fan ordered a whole lot more signs and planted them in her front yard. Pink ones are printed with a symbol representing reproductive rights, a design widely available on Etsy and other Internet sites. Others are white with a Harris quote that Sapiro Vinckier chose and that rings true for her: “We must be a nation that trusts women.”

“In total, I have ordered or helped facilitate the ordering with my design of over 7,000 signs,” she said. Many came to Michigan, but “hundreds have shipped to other swing states,” she said.

On Tuesday afternoon, Sapiro Vinckier set up tables at Birmingham’s Adams Park, peddling the signs to all comers, for donations of any amount. After getting more than 12,000 likes and 220,000 views of videos she posted about her experience with freedom of political speech, she expected demand would outstrip supply, even with Tuesday’s ominous weather forecasts. As it happened, with rain pouring down, she and friends had takers for more than 600 signs, she said via text…

“I’ve got family members on both sides of this. And, really, my goal is to start a conversation, not be deprecatory,” Sapiro Vinckier said. Politics has gotten so confrontational that her goal, on social media and in her videos, has been to “stay lighthearted,” she said.

In keeping with that positive spirit, she left on her front lawn a note to the anonymous neighbor. The note sweetly thanked whomever it was for their “concern,” calling that a “beautiful virtue,” but then she warned the interloper not to put anything else in her mailbox. Although widely abused, a regulation of the U.S. Postal Service says that nothing but U.S. mail belongs in mailboxes…

ETA: H/t commentor VeniceRiley…

I couldn’t be more honored to have my voice elevated by a strong smart black women. White women, it’s time for us to show up. @KamalaHarris @KamalaHQ @VP @Tim_Walz @VanJones68 @DemConvention @MichiganDems @TheDemocrats @PodSaveAmerica @jonlovett https://t.co/EIdsArZ0sk

— Nikki Vinckier (@nikkivinck) August 18, 2024

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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Eyes on the Prize: Repro Rights

by Anne Laurie|  July 2, 20245:34 pm| 141 Comments

This post is in: Excellent Links, Healthcare, Open Threads, Women's Rights Are Human Rights

Tuesday Evening Open Thread:  Eyes on the Prize: Repro Rights

(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com)

Been meaning to share this, when there was a break in the news firehose:

On the 2nd anniversary of the Dobbs decision, I figured I'd share a reminder of how abortion rights has become the most powerful single issue in politics, and is likely more salient now than it was in 2022.

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

When the decision was handed down two years ago today, it was a shock but not a surprise, given the leak several weeks earlier. We were left with an open question of how it might impact the 2022 elections. The first answer would come 39 days later, from Kansas of all places.

This election was chosen to be unfavorable to abortion rights, a GOP state in a traditionally low turnout election. The only public poll showed the constitutional amendment contest very close. I remember seeing this tweet not long after polls closed: https://t.co/GDtOeK49AI

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

I wasn’t shocked by the result, again, polls showed it close. But I was surprised that the margin was seemingly so large for the pro-abortion rights side that Wasserman could call it so quickly. I immediately set out to understand how this transpired.

Looking at new voter registrations in KS between the Dobbs decision and the primary registration deadline, I found a stat that I assumed I had miscalculated. So I ran it again and again. The same thing every time. Almost 70% of Kansans registering to vote were women.

The next day I ran a count of new registrants by gender in a few other states and found that substantial gaps were emerging in some places (WI, MI, CO), but not others (NY). This was the first sign of what we would see happen in November, an uneven effect.pic.twitter.com/Sb3FC3x4yS

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

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Two weeks later, Democrats won a special election to the US House in Alaska. Then another the following week in upstate New York, where the Democratic candidate ran on abortion, and urged Dems to run fearlessly on the issue https://t.co/xtSBOTDjI9

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

In early Sept of '22 I wrote this NYT opinion piece stating my belief that abortion had reshaped the midterm elections, presenting the ample evidence from the August elections. Most of the political establishment seemed sold. https://t.co/gAlgS8lE4r

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

What happened next should have been (and still should be) a cautionary tale when it comes to poll subgroup driven media narratives being treated as reality. This article, and the pictured paragraphs below especially. https://t.co/YRLgFQerhH pic.twitter.com/DYRHZopfuF

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

I encountered this myself, when appearing on a panel on a CNN program opposite a GOP consultant. When I spoke about how I believed abortion rights would change the election, the host asked if that was plausible, given how long ago the Dobbs decision was.

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

So what happened in the '22 elections? In states and races where abortion rights were perceived as at stake, Democrats overperformed massively. MI, PA, WI, AZ, etc.. but elsewhere (NY, CA, etc), the election was as you would have expected in a "normal" midterm.

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

In '23 I wrote a follow-up to my original NYT piece, making the case that abortion rights had only increased in salience. By then we had seen how GOPs had failed to run from their record on the issue in VA, and lost by massive margins in an OH amendment. https://t.co/VpCG6hCmnh

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

Here we are, two years later. There is little to celebrate in this post-Dobbs hellscape where millions of women remain deprived of a fundamental human right, thanks to Donald Trump's extremist judges, and GOP elected officials around the country. But there's also hope.

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

This is why I am confident that abortion rights will be even more salient in the 2024 elections, and those who run on the right side of the issue will stand a far better chance of winning.

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) June 25, 2024

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Open Thread: Yes, Repro Rights Are Human Rights

by Anne Laurie|  July 1, 20245:40 pm| 42 Comments

This post is in: Healthcare, Something Good Open Thread, Women's Rights Are Human Rights

Speaking of Wisconsin, here’s a thread from the Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party:

Tune out the noise. Focus on the stakes. If you want the freedom to make your own decisions about abortion, birth control, IUDs, or IVF in 2025, then you care what happens in Wisconsin in the next 127 days. 🧵

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

It’s a comprehensive plan to end American freedom and democracy. Controlling women’s private medical decisions is one key piece of that.https://t.co/PyOr4f8USm

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

This is likely just the start of their assault. We just saw Republican senators block a Democratic bill protecting access to contraception, and another protecting access to IVF. Many far-right groups are explicit that their goal is to end access to both.

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

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The Wisconsin legislature passed a law in 1849 that said “the willful killing of an unborn quick child” constituted felony manslaughter. That archaic language, from before the invention of modern medicine, put Wisconsin doctors at risk of prosecution.https://t.co/bpxWQS6101

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

It took 15 months, but thanks to the efforts of WI AG Josh Kaul, in July 2023, a Dane County judge ruled that the pre-Civil War law does not prohibit abortions—allowing services to resume in September. A win for reproductive health rights in WI… for now. https://t.co/XnaxeYC222

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

In 2016, Trump won Wisconsin by just 0.77% of the vote. We are a purple state, so razor-thin margins under 1% have decided who gets our 10 electoral votes in 4 of the last 6 elections.https://t.co/zjIs8TmkwS

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

If Trump wins, he’ll intensify his assault on reproductive rights. He said women should face “punishment” for having abortions, supports letting states prosecute doctors and monitor women, and is “looking at” policies to restrict birth control. Believe him.

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

In 2022—mere months after Dobbs—states like California, Vermont, and Michigan voted to protect abortion rights. But—surprise!—deep-red states like Kansas, Kentucky, and Montana voted to keep abortion legal, too.https://t.co/GBiLnho4SD

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

Which brings us to right now.

Some Democrats are pulling out their hair, gnashing their teeth, wringing their hands.

Others are organizing.

Which kind do you want to be?

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2024

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Monday Morning Open Thread: Back to the Normie World

by Anne Laurie|  July 1, 20246:55 am| 332 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Women's Rights Are Human Rights

Good thing it’s a short work week (for most of us); actual hanabi (‘fire flowers’) beat on-line fireworks six days out of five, IMO. (Heard the first burst of a professional show somewhere in the neighborhood last night, and expect more through the next seven to ten days.)

If we want to protect our fundamental freedoms and democracy, then we need to re-elect @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. pic.twitter.com/LTz5wsJOcQ

— Gretchen Whitmer (@gretchenwhitmer) June 30, 2024


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This article and thread is a great reminder that red state Dems don't give a shit about playing politics like fantasy football. They put up with so much GOP governance bullshit and it's our duty to get them a Dem president so that at least one person has their back https://t.co/rJ6lucSEEo

— The okayest poster there is (@ok_post_guy) June 30, 2024

Parties and protests mark the culmination of LGBTQ+ Pride month in NYC, San Francisco and beyond https://t.co/39XAD1zlNc

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 30, 2024

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The reason the polling hasn’t changed since the debate is because it’s the press, not the people, who became addicted to the drama under Trump. Normal people don’t like living with existential dread, they may not like Biden being old, but the choice is still an easy one.

— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) June 30, 2024

this organic video of Biden at Waffle House post-debate is going viral on multiple social platforms

on tiktok it’s hit 1.3M views over 250k likes in under 24hrs

yes theres lots of difficult clips/memes from the debate circulating BUT real content like this can be powerful too pic.twitter.com/iJrxUddr7o

— Annie Wu?? (all socials: @annie_wu_22) (@Annie_Wu_22) June 29, 2024

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.@mollykmurphy on what the Biden campaign tracking numbers are saying: "Voters are capable of taking in a lot." pic.twitter.com/xpw3KcbvET

— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) June 30, 2024

Cleveland native, harassed Zoom dad, BBC consultant & professor of political science in Korea:

This is wrong. If you’re a conservative, you’ll vote for Biden.

Biden is an institutionalist who believes in rules, norms, and patterns. Trump is not; he’s almost a nihilist.

Biden accepts social change; Trump’s cult is deeply reactionary.

Conservatives accept that change… https://t.co/XJ7EKXlds5

— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) June 30, 2024

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