Democrats must deliver

 

How?

 

Your drinking water??   

I assume they mean your flushed water, but in order to test any water, there has to be a random sampling.  They surely can't put a device on all houses.  

I think there needs to be a little more investigation into this claim, but I'm not willing to do it.

A little good news out of the north

 

Still going after women

 

Musk needs help

 

Who created this picture?  A cat lady on the sofa and a man approaching her with a baby.  Handmaid's tale.

Apparently, Musk's one-man attempt at repopulating the fascist regime is not working.  And one proposal here is a $5,000 bonus upon giving birth.  Are you kidding?  That's not even enough to pay the hospital bill.  You'd think even men would know that.

UPDATE 04/24/2025:

Missouri gets worse

 And it's already very bad.

#1) This is outrageous; 

#2) Just who decides/how do they determine which expectant mothers are "at risk for seeking an abortion."

Making a point

I thought this was a joke.  Apparently not.

A Mississippi state senator has filed a bill called the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act."

Democrat Bradford Blackmon's bill would make it "unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo."

  

Then, we get the explanation.

Abortion is illegal in Mississippi as of July 2022, after State Attorney General Lynn Fitch certified the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision and made Mississippi's 2007 "trigger law" go into effect.

[...]

"You have male-dominated legislatures in Mississippi and all over the country that pass laws that dictate what a woman can and cannot do with her body," Blackmon told Newsweek. "One of the reasons why this legislation is so important is that with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it has not only impacted women's ability to get abortion care but it has also affected women's ability to access basic gynecological care that includes contraceptive care."

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Trump 2.0 - Abortion

Semi-safe in Illinonis

Childless cat ladies and post-menopausal grandmothers

While the right to an abortion is paramount in this election after the Dobbs decision, it's not just about abortion and child-bearing women.  It's about respecting all women's choices and women's health.

Michelle Obama gave a speech recently.  Joyce Vance wrote about it.

A lot of [...] misogyny has related to menstruation and menopause — health care topics that are still viewed as unserious or, worse, gross and unseemly. Ohio Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno remarked that it’s “a little crazy” that women past 50 would vote on the issue of reproductive rights. And puerile jokes denigrating Tim Walz’s push to provide free menstrual products in Minnesota public school restrooms resulted in chants of “Tampon Tim” filling Madison Square Garden at the Donald Trump rally on Sunday night.

[...]

While some in the media have (correctly) characterized Obama’s remarks as a “searing appeal to men” — a plea for awareness of what the women in their lives regularly endure and take pains to keep private — we saw something even more strategic. Yes, she was directly addressing husbands, fathers and sons. But for the women in the crowd, there was cathartic value as well. Obama wasn’t just recognizing these women; she was also connecting the dots from periods to pregnancy to post-menopause.

Here, finally, is the ultimate rejection of everything the GOP’s “Tampon Tim” insult represents. Our periods are not fodder for Republican punchlines, nor is anything else about the complexity of our reproductive lives. We know that if men endured what women go through when it comes to health care, choices would likely be wide open — and care much more freely available.

  MSNBC

This reminds me of the time I said to an ob/gyn that there would be more single child families if men were the ones to get pregnant. And he answered, "Or none if word got around."

[N]ow, a week until Election Day, we hope Michelle Obama has sparked a movement where the Harris campaign — and all of us — will be bolder and more forthright.

[...]

[W]e should all commit to speaking truth to power and not sanitizing our everyday existence. Let’s use words like “cramps” and “hot flashes” and “menopause.” Let’s find ways to show women, especially older women, that they are respected and valued in a culture that has spent too many decades trying to brush them aside. Rejecting the polite euphemisms used to gloss over real medical issues is a start.

[...]

Kamala Harris has committed to shining a spotlight on the voices of women and stories of families affected by abortion bans. While we appreciate the proactive approach and understand the need in a closely fought election to focus on persuadable voters, we hope Harris will not sidestep these other health care topics if she is the next president of the United States.

[...]

By threading the needle between the bloody mechanics of our bodies and bloodier attacks on our bodily autonomy, we can expose the seam that connects those issues. For all women, no matter our age or life stage — and for “the men who love us” — abortion rights are already a national five-alarm fire. If women are forced to go backward, everyone suffers. That’s the real issue here.

Abortion is on the line, but the massive iceberg beneath it includes women’s individual and collective health and dignity. That’s something worth fighting for.

We're not going back.

Ohio abortion rights restored

This is where the authoritarians and dictators go

And it's only the beginning for them.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker of the Northern District of Florida granted a temporary restraining order against Florida’s surgeon general after the state health department threatened to bring criminal charges against broadcasters airing [a pro-abortion rights television] ad.

The controversy stems from a campaign ad by the group Floridians Protecting Freedom, which is behind the “Yes on 4 Campaign,” promoting a ballot measure that seeks to overturn Florida’s six-week abortion ban by enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution.

In the 30-second ad, a brain cancer survivor named Caroline says the state law would have prevented her from receiving a life-saving abortion.

“The doctors knew that if I did not end my pregnancy, I would lose my baby, I would lose my life, and my daughter would lose her mom,” she says on camera. “Florida has now banned abortions, even in cases like mine.”

[...]

The judge’s order, which is valid through October 29, effectively bars Ladapo from intimidating local stations for airing the Amendment 4 ad.

Walker’s granting of the restraining order comes less than a week after [John Wilson, the health department’s general counsel,] resigned from his post. In a letter obtained by the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald, Wilson wrote that “a man is nothing without his conscience,” adding that “it has become clear in recent days that I cannot join you on the road that lies before the agency.”

   CNN

Good on John Wilson.

UPDATE 10/21/2024:

SCOTUS: when they're needed, they stay silent

The Supreme Court decided not to hear arguments in a case involving Texas that could have provided an answer about whether a state abortion ban conflicts with a federal emergency care law.

The decision is a significant victory for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and comes just three months after the court dismissed a similar case involving Idaho, a move that was criticized as a preelection punt that offered no clarity on the issue.

Dismissing the Idaho case did not resolve the underlying legal questions, so the decision not to hear arguments in the Texas case was unexpected.

  The Hill

I don't know. I expect them to do the worst possible thing these days.

The Texas case centers on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires federally funded hospitals to provide stabilizing care to emergency room patients no matter their ability to pay.

The Biden administration invoked EMTALA in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. The administration said state laws or mandates that employ a more restrictive definition of an emergency medical condition are preempted by the federal statute.

Texas sued the administration shortly after the guidance was issued, arguing the law was improperly applied, and the administration did not follow the appropriate rulemaking process.

A lower court ruled in favor of Texas, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed.

Oh, well, my guess is they would have upheld those decisions anyway.

This way, they don't have to have the negative headlines.

And in related news...

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

"Softening"

It's cynical.  It's a way for him to hew to the Federalist anti-abortion line in public but have women think he won't really enact their agenda if his own wife is a staunch supporter of women's rights.  Which she is not.  She's Trump's mate.  All her interests are self interests.  Why else is this the first time she's come out with this?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Uh-oh

Trump can't even control his own wife?  The Christofascists aren't gonna like that.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Credit where credit is due

"The women thing."  They'll understand "in the long term."  Once he mansplains it to them. Or, somebody mansplains.  He can't.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 07:28 am:

Ninety-five percent of which will no doubt go into Trump pockets.

Good news

May be temporary.

Good God

What the hell is wrong with the GOP?

Ohio’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate questioned why a certain group of women would be concerned about abortion during an event in the state.

[...]

“You know, the left has a lot of single issue voters,” [Bernie] Moreno said. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.'”

  NBC4

And the audience was chuckling. WTF?

Moreno is set to go head-to-head with [Senator Sherrod] Brown on Nov. 5. Polling at the beginning of September painted a picture of a close election between the pair that could be determined by undecided voters.

I hope Ohio's women clean Berrnie's clock.

UPDATE 09/26/2024:  He's not just misogynist...he's nuts.

Inch by inch, state by state

Missouri abortion measure update

Hallelujah.