Earlier I noted that a number of purple and even blueish states will likely end up banning abortion in a post-Roe world. People assume it’s just red states. But many of these states are so effectively gerrymandered that Republicans have a lock on state legislatures. But I just realized I greatly understated the situation. TPM alum Eric Kleefeld mentioned that Wisconsin never repealed its pre-Roe abortion ban. So the moment Roe is overturned, which will likely happen next June or July, abortion will be banned in Wisconsin, except in cases where necessary to protect the life of the mother.
Continue reading “Abortion Could Be Illegal in Wisconsin, Michigan and AZ as Soon As Next Summer”House Progressives Will Demand Boebert To Be Stripped Of Committee Assignments Over Attacks At Omar
House progressives are reportedly preparing a statement urging for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to be stripped of her committee assignments, following her refusal to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after insinuating that the Minnesota Democrat is a terrorist, according to Politico.
Continue reading “House Progressives Will Demand Boebert To Be Stripped Of Committee Assignments Over Attacks At Omar”Where Things Stand: GOPers Signal How They’ll Justify A Gov’t Shutdown
Conservatives are trying to get ahead of the impending bad optics that will come with obstructing their way into a government shutdown. And, it appears, they have a plan: Placing the blame squarely on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: GOPers Signal How They’ll Justify A Gov’t Shutdown”Republican Attacks On Wisconsin Election Officials Alarm Outside Experts
Republican politicians are seeking to shake confidence in Wisconsin’s election system with a partisan review of the 2020 results and wild allegations of criminal wrongdoing, marking a dangerous time for democracy in the state, outside experts said Wednesday.
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Stacey Abrams on Wednesday announced she will run for Georgia governor next year, marking a possible rematch against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) after he narrowly defeated her in the battleground state in 2018.
Continue reading “Stacey Abrams Will Run For Georgia Governor In 2022”Liberal Justices’ Warnings Fall On Deaf Ears As Roberts Dithers
“Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?” Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked. “I don’t see how it is possible.”
Continue reading “Liberal Justices’ Warnings Fall On Deaf Ears As Roberts Dithers”Abortion Will Be Outlawed in Purple States Too
The only mild saving grace to today’s SCOTUS arguments is that the pretenses are removed. These are ideologues and politicians. Their entire political movement has been propelled by the goal of overturning Roe v Wade and outlawing abortion. The conservative legal movement which birthed and swirls around The Federalist Society has many legal fish to fry. But its political potency, the engine that transformed the federal judiciary and made it more than a genteel debating society, was abortion. Of course they’re going to overturn Roe. It’s good to have that be crystal clear to anyone who wasn’t paying attention.
It’s a corrupt Court. It’s good to understand that.
Continue reading “Abortion Will Be Outlawed in Purple States Too”Conservative Supreme Court Justices Do Away With Pretense In Frontal Assault On Roe
Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban wasn’t on trial Wednesday. Roe v. Wade was.
Continue reading “Conservative Supreme Court Justices Do Away With Pretense In Frontal Assault On Roe”Video Shows Alleged Insurrectionist Wondering If Capitol Rioters Were Actually Just Stupid
The first video released of an FBI interrogation of a Capitol riot defendant shows the man crying, wondering if he’s just stupid, and describing his use of a Taser-like weapon on a Capitol Police officer.
Continue reading “Video Shows Alleged Insurrectionist Wondering If Capitol Rioters Were Actually Just Stupid”Omar Plays Recording Of Graphic Death Threat, Calls On GOP To Condemn Anti-Muslim Hatred
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Tuesday evening aired a death threat she received as a voicemail while urging House Republican leaders to take action against “anti-Muslim hatred.”
This all comes after days of outrage over Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) refusal to publicly apologize to Omar for insinuating that the Minnesota Democrat is a terrorist.
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