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This diary explains why we are where we are in current polling, but also why we are in a better position to win the 2024 presidential election than the defendant. The defendant has NEVER surpassed or even hit 47% in the general election. When I looked...
by Dem
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 11:28 AM PDT
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President Joe Biden is banking on reproductive rights to be a galvanizing issue for voters in the 2024 election as he collects three top-level endorsements, hosts a rally and issues an executive order seeking to bolster access to contraception as the...
by Associated Press
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on Fri Jun 23, 2023 at 06:44 AM PDT
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One of the most striking findings of the Daily Kos/Civiqs polling on abortion was the fact that a 44% plurality of registered voters said they were concerned that a federal law or court decision would restrict abortion access in their state—double that...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue May 09, 2023 at 08:51 AM PDT
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This is the Reverend Kearney Kirkby (b.1914—d.2002). He was a Methodist minister, and he led the Saginaw State Street United Methodist Church in Saginaw, Michigan, from 1967 to 1973. The pre-Roe v. Wade years were marked by hundreds of preventable...
by zcollins
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on Mon May 01, 2023 at 04:56 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Tuesday, Apr 11, 2023 · 3:48:26 PM +00:00 · Dem I just had the privilege of listening to Justin Pearson. He’s incredible. Wow! If you have not yet listened to him, you really owe it to yourself to do so. Starts at ~9:30 Dr. King taught us that...
by Dem
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on Tue Apr 11, 2023 at 08:33 AM PDT
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Pro choicers in Texas NARAL/Pro Choice America is having a teaching session on Tuesday March 21. A decision on mifepristone is expected to be handed down. Panelists will share valuable information about navigating recent court decisions.… You can sign...
by Dem
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on Wed Mar 15, 2023 at 12:14 PM PDT
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I put together a few thoughts on the debate and the media and a "debate" and the format, winning and losing, and the election.�
Nobody who is pro choice is voting for Oz. After Dobbs, it became a ...
by Dem
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on Thu Oct 27, 2022 at 04:00 AM PDT
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A poster raised an issue about trying to get incumbents to support (and have to run on supporting) a certain policy. I believe in intellectual integrity. That means that even if I disagree with somebody, I try to admit when they have a good point in...
by Dem
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on Thu Sep 22, 2022 at 12:46 PM PDT
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From the excellent diary by Dartagnan : What that means is that for any state that has imposed stricter laws, such as banning the procedure after six weeks or even outright; prohibiting people from crossing state lines to obtain an abortion; obtaining...
by Dem
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on Tue Sep 13, 2022 at 01:52 PM PDT
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Kari Lake is a freak. She is an extremist and she doesn’t seem to understand simple arithmetic. Every republican campaign adviser is telling republicans to avoid discussing choice and Trump. Blake Masters tried to scrub his website, but the way back...
by Dem
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on Wed Sep 07, 2022 at 06:45 AM PDT
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We’re excited to have you all join us Saturday, June 4th, from 1:00-4:00pm on the steps of the Supreme Court as we rally for Women’s Rights. You can register for the event here. We have some amazing speakers lined up for the event. Check them out...
by ContinueToServe
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on Thu Jun 02, 2022 at 02:36 PM PDT
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-Written by Linsay Rousseau, media affairs director for Continue To Serve Part two of a two part article. Read part one here. Source: The American ...
by ContinueToServe
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on Thu May 19, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
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It’s now been over a week since the bombshell leak of Justice Alito’s draft opinion killing abortion rights, taking aim at gay rights, and damaging the underpinnings of decisions dealing with ...
by kos
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on Tue May 10, 2022 at 01:25 PM PDT
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Again, let's be crystal clear here. Compared to the content of the opinion, who gave us the information is merely at worst a passing curiosity. This overturned a ruling relied upon and confirmed for nearly fifty years. Furthermore, the radical nature...
by Dem
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on Wed May 04, 2022 at 09:57 AM PDT
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I firmly agree that this is the dog catching the bus. The next step is enforcement which means criminalizing abortion. I suspect it was a right winger who leaked this to keep Alito's opinion and majority as the final copy of the document. I also...
by Dem
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on Tue May 03, 2022 at 04:32 PM PDT
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Senator Elizabeth Warren sent this email out to get ready to boot republican anti-choice Dem R Henry Cuellar from whose home FBI agents marched, carrying numerous boxes of documents. Last time around, immigration lawyer Jessica Cisneros only lost the...
by Dem
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on Wed Feb 16, 2022 at 02:48 PM PST
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To be honest, most of Sinema’s backers (anonymous “Democrats” in a Business Insider article and Henry Olsen of The Washington Post) are full of shit and lies when it comes to the Arizona Democratic Party censuring her. The anonymous “Democrats” in AZ...
by Merlin196357
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on Tue Jan 25, 2022 at 11:50 AM PST
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona tried her damndest to sell the idea that a random Senate rule was far more important than the fundamental right to vote, but Democratic voters and groups don’t seem to be buying that bridge to fascism. Not only does...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Jan 21, 2022 at 07:10 AM PST
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It’s the strangest thing: The same people who bleat incessantly about the “sanctity of the unborn” and the “right to life” seem to be the very ones who couldn’t care less about other Americans’ lives during this pandemic. For decades, pro-choice folks...
by Dartagnan
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on Wed Oct 28, 2020 at 12:23 PM PDT
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This week on The Brief, Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld recapped the whirlwind previous seven days in politics, covering everything from Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis and short�...
by Dorothy He
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on Wed Oct 07, 2020 at 05:00 AM PDT
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