Because they have no regard for democracy and zero respect for women, Repubs didn’t think through the possible electoral consequences of their decades-long quest to rescind a longstanding constitutional right by overturning Roe. They gave even less thought to the healthcare ramifications — agricultural boards spend more time pondering how grazing land policy affects cattle …
Women's Rights Are Human Rights
Saturday Night Sports Open Thread: Another (Tentative) Win for Spain’s Soccer Women
For those of you struggling to understand why Jenni Hermoso and the innapropriateness of Luis Rubiales has infuriated women everywhere and why the Spanish women’s team are making a stand. I give you Casey Stoney: pic.twitter.com/pOIcgF5mYo — Emma (@WhatTheForkLads) August 25, 2023 Yes, I have been paying attention to this story, but there have been …
Zygotes & Zealots
In the year and change since the Leo Court overturned Roe, Repub politicians redoubled their efforts to deny women agency in life-changing personal decisions and substituted GOP politicians’ half-baked religious fanaticism for medical science, making it impossible for women in many states to get treatment that meets modern medical care standards when experiencing life-threatening medical …
Saturday Morning Open Thread: Enjoy Our Wins
Conservatives are trying to convince Americans that just *being educated* is a bad thing. And the kicker? Most of the pundits saying this have a college degree: pic.twitter.com/nWsm7MtKdb — Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) August 9, 2023 New: Republicans are freaking out and sounding the alarm over Ohio’s landslide election this week for abortion rights: “[This] needs …
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Taking the Pledge (Open Thread)
Remember when Mitt Romney’s genius niece asked Repub presidential aspirants to sign a pledge that they would support the party’s eventual nominee as a condition to appear in the debates? Yeah, it’s not going so well. The leader of the motley pack (by a lot!) won’t sign: (NBC) “I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Trump told …
Early night in Ohio —- good guys win
I've seen enough: in a major victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1 (a measure to raise the threshold to pass a state constitutional amendment to 60%) fails. — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 8, 2023 Good guys win Open thread
Monday Morning Open Thread: The Work Goes On
The fun thing about Dark Brandon is it did come about organically, because despite what has been reported, there are plenty of unapologetic Joe Biden supporters who celebrate the positive things he's done, so it was able to take off in that environment because it was genuine. https://t.co/LfaSbyBV5B — The Biden Accomplishments Guy (on Threads) …
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