I agree with Cole in the thread downstairs that the initial statement Al Franken issued was weak sauce. This one isn’t. Via Politico: “The first thing I want to do is apologize: to Leeann, to everyone else who was part of that tour, to everyone who has worked for me, to everyone I represent, and …
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Fighting Back
A woman angered by a politician’s sexist joke took his seat. https://t.co/EFXroUOCPr pic.twitter.com/bfmKTOXLKJ — Niraj Chokshi (@NirajC) November 8, 2017 Progress happens where it happens, not necessarily where it’s expected. From the Guardian, “‘It’s a revolution’: polygamist sect loses power over Utah town for first time”: A fundamentalist religious sect that commands its women members …
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Danica and the Dragon
Last night was a great night for Democrats, but let’s take a moment to savor the victory of Danica Roem over Robert Marshall in Virginia. Roem is the first openly transgender person to win a seat in a U.S. statehouse, and she defeated an old-school SoCon dinosaur to make history. Via The Washington Post: The …
As the daughter of a father…
It’s good that women are naming and shaming highly placed sexual harassers / predators in the entertainment and media sector. But I don’t think it will change anything. The reactions make me pessimistic. Several conservative media figures showed how clueless they remain by suggesting the solution is to further constrain the behavior of victims — …
Excellent Read: “Men of the World, You Are Not Weather”
How often do you get to watch a world record being set in the Victim Olympics? https://t.co/topQKJfr26 — Allahpundit (@allahpundit) October 24, 2017 O'Reilly blames God for sexual harassment allegations: "Yeah, I'm mad at him" https://t.co/eJfEUQroYZ pic.twitter.com/UNJzfIwcKy — The Hill (@thehill) October 24, 2017 It is hardly the Christian God’s fault that Bill O’Reilly can’t …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Grab the BIG Prize!
Tens of thousands of people paraded down NYC’s Fifth Avenue #OTD in 1915 in support of women’s suffrage. Women got the vote 5 years later. pic.twitter.com/N65jLT2FBO — Civil Rights (@civilrightsorg) October 23, 2017 At the time, the @nytimes ran an article warning if “granted the suffrage, they would demand all the rights that implies.” They …
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Saturday Morning Open Thread: We Persist
… Because we must. From Politico: Former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, in California as part of her 16-city book tour, said Monday that Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren will need “a high pain threshold” if they run for president in 2020 because of the way female candidates are treated. When asked what she would …
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