Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-VA) GOP challenger, Yesli Vega, suggested that it was unlikely that a person would become pregnant after being raped when asked about it at a campaign stop last month, according to audio obtained by Axios on Monday.
Continue reading “Spanberger’s GOP Challenger Downplays Possibility Of Pregnancy After Rape”Purple State GOPs Insist Everything’s Fine, Abortions for Everyone
I wanted to walk you through some examples of how Republican candidates, and particularly Republican Senate candidates, are positioning themselves on the Dobbs decision and the demise of Roe. They are not surprising. But they’re powerful illustrations of why Republicans generally don’t want to talk about any of this and see it for the political vulnerability that it is.
Continue reading “Purple State GOPs Insist Everything’s Fine, Abortions for Everyone”Jan. 6 Committee Announces Surprise Tuesday Hearing
The Jan. 6 Committee announced on short notice that it will hold a hearing on Tuesday — tomorrow.
Continue reading “Jan. 6 Committee Announces Surprise Tuesday Hearing”McCarthy Urges Voters To Just Ignore Thomas’ Call To Reconsider Other Landmark Cases
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday insisted that voters really don’t need to worry about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ calls to reconsider landmark cases that granted the right to same-sex marriage and contraception, among other decisions, when they cast their ballots in the midterms.
Continue reading “McCarthy Urges Voters To Just Ignore Thomas’ Call To Reconsider Other Landmark Cases”Big Lie Millionaires Played A Key Role In Colorado Voting Machine Breach
A new report by the New York Times on Sunday confirmed the role of a former pro surfer in compromising the security of election machines in Mesa County, Colorado — and added new details about the role of wealthy Trumpworld influencers in funding the effort to undermine the democratic process.
Continue reading “Big Lie Millionaires Played A Key Role In Colorado Voting Machine Breach”Firm Taking TRUTH Social Public Discloses Federal Grand Jury Subpoena
The blank check company set to acquire former President Trump’s social media venture said on Monday that each of the directors on its board had received subpoenas from a federal grand jury in Manhattan.
Continue reading “Firm Taking TRUTH Social Public Discloses Federal Grand Jury Subpoena”GOP Sure Is Acting Like The Dog That Caught The Car
On Their Heels?
No one really knows how the politics of abortion will play out in the brave new world of Dobbs. Not in the midterms. Certainly not long term. But early signs point to some GOP squeamishness about the impact of the Supreme Court decision on their midterm prospects.
The GOP defensiveness manifests itself in three ways:
1. Downplaying the impact of Dobbs
2. Not making Dobbs the centerpiece of their midterm campaigns
WaPo: Republicans tread carefully
3. Loser vibes
Federalist: How To Win The Debate On Abortion In 12 Clear Counterpoints
Go Deeper
Linda Greenhouse: Requiem for the Supreme Court
Heather Cox Richardson: Dobbs defenders insist it does not outlaw abortion
Some Historical Perspective
About Those Exceptions
Politico: In states that allow abortion for rape and incest, finding a doctor may prove impossible
Protests All Weekend
CNN: Tear gas used to disperse protesters outside Arizona Capitol
The Cut: Truck driver ran into pro-choice protesters in Iowa
The Latest Polling
CBS has the first major poll since Dobbs:
Providence Punch
TPM: GOP Candidate Drops Out After Alleged Assault On Dem Rival At Abortion Rights Rally
Oops
TPM: GOP Rep Draws Backlash After Praising Overturn Of Roe As ‘Victory Of White Life’
Must Reads
Jeff Sharlet for Vanity Fair: January 6 Was Only The Beginning
Ron Brownstein for The Atlantic: America Is Growing Apart, Possibly for Good
Rick Hasen for NYT: No One Is Above the Law, and That Starts With Donald Trump
Paying The Price For Stepping Out Of Line
House GOPers who showed a glimmer of anti-Trump spine face serious blowback in their re-election campaigns. But it’s probably not the defining vote you’re thinking about! The WaPo with a good little story on the GOP members who voted for a Jan. 6 commission and are now paying the price. Remember: The Jan. 6 commission never came to be and instead Nancy Pelosi created the select committee that Kevin McCarthy boycotted.
Welcome To The Party, NYT!
The paper of record discovers the The Strange Tale of Tina Peters
If You’ve Lost Kilmeade …
The Fox and Friends host says Trump was “unhinged” and angry between Election Day and Jan. 6: “So I think how you lose in life defines who you are, and even if there are things that bother you, welcome to the world.”
Rudy Assaulted?
The NYT headline captures the absurdist quality to this weekend’s kerfuffle: Rudy Giuliani Smacked on Back While Campaigning on Staten Island
The NYPost goes all Zapruder with the surveillance video.
McConnell’s Calculation
President Biden signed the most significant gun control in a generation Saturday. How did Mitch McConnell get on board with such a thing? Partially by defining the bill as a solution not for gun violence but for mental health and school safety. But it’s a bit more complicated:
Making The Rounds
From Sarah Huckabee Sanders victory speech last month:
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From TPM Reader MG …
I live in NH, and like RP on the front page, I asked Senator Shaheen the filibuster and codifying Roe question after the leak. I got a vanilla answer about supporting a woman’s right to choose.
Anybody Home?
TPM Reader RP is still at it …
Continue reading “Anybody Home?”Just to keep you up-to-date, I’ve yet to hear from Senator Jeanne Shaheen if, in addition to confirming she’ll vote to enact a federal law making abortion accessible and available to all women, she’ll also answer my other question as to whether she’ll vote to change the filibuster, if not eliminate it entirely, so the Senate can proceed with a bill for such a law.
I’ve called her office in Manchester, NH twice (once last week and once the week before) to remind her office that Senator Shaheen still has to answered this question. Each time, the person with whom I spoke immediately found a record of my question(s) and assured me she would bring to Senator Shaheen’s attention that I’ve asked again for an answer to my question regarding the filibuster issue.
GOP Guvs Brush Off Overturn Of Roe By Refusing To Engage With Its Dire Consequences
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Sunday shrugged off the dire consequences by repeatedly claiming that this will simply mean states get to decide on their residents’ access to abortion.
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