The Week In Pictures

Kansas abortion amendment goes down, Dems finally get 50 votes for their agenda, Orbán's authoritarianism comes to Dallas.
Iman Alsaden, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Great Plains, and Kelsey Rhodes of Kansas City hug as they and Kansans for Constitutional Freedom supporters celebrate the failure of a proposed amendment to... Iman Alsaden, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Great Plains, and Kelsey Rhodes of Kansas City hug as they and Kansans for Constitutional Freedom supporters celebrate the failure of a proposed amendment to the constitution that would open a path to an abortion ban. (Tammy Ljungblad/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) MORE LESS

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  1. So is Kari Lake telling her supporters ‘Vote for me and I’ll take a sledgehammer to democracy!’ I suppose that message would resonate with the lovers of fascism.

  2. The entire slate of Arizona GOP nominees are anti democratic fascists. By that, I mean their senate, governor, AG, and Secretary of State candidates.

    What does this mean? I think it’s more likely than not that if Democrats run strong campaigns these lunatics will lose.

    Similarly, pro insurrection Trumpist and radical anti choice GOP candidates for Michigan, Illinois, and Maryland governor, along with Pennsylvania governor and senate nominees are very likely to lose.

    The GOP is — thank God — its own worst enemy.

  3. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Let me throw out a couple of thoughts on my mixed feelings of hope for America.

    There are people in this country that openly identify themselves as fascist.

    Kansas’ vote on the abortion amendment did not just save reproductive rights in one State. It stopped an onslaught of similar measures all across the country. Way to go, Kansas!

  4. The J6 hearings have been devastating to the average repub voter’s ability to plead ignorance about their cult’s rejection of actual democracy. At least a few of them (voters. not ‘leaders’) seem a bit uncomfortable being associated with that reality.

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