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“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them” ― Aldous Huxley Pastor Joel Webbon thinks half of Americans should be stripped of the right to vote. Not coincidentally, it is the same half whom the Supreme Court has denied the...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Tomorrow’s big race in Cook County is the States Attorney race. If you are outside Cook County, you will likely hear of this race as Burke-is-a-Republican/Harris-is-a-Democrat. Inside Cook County, that’s not how it’s being played. In Chicago, the line...
by ultrageek
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 05:52 AM PDT
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By now, you’ve no doubt heard of the decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are children, deserve the rights of children, and if unused and discarded, can be the basis for a “wrongful death” ruling” “Unborn children are ‘children’...
by Hlinko
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on Thu Feb 22, 2024 at 05:55 AM PST
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“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale Last week in Missouri, State Senator Doug Beck (D) introduced an amendment that would loosen the state’s almost total ban on abortions to allow rape and incest victims to...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 03:53 PM PST
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First of all, let me admit my own prejudice and say that I am or have been almost totally against government funds being taken from the Public School system and routed to private schools and home schooling. My attitude has been fairly entrenched due to...
by jwgarman
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on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 09:26 PM PST
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www.threads.net/… Truly terrific ad. It will make you laugh, cry and most of all think. Abbott is a criminal and a cruel sociopath. We need more powerful ads like this. Let’s get this circulating to our friends who are t engaged in this race yet. It is...
by Chilipalmer
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on Tue Jan 23, 2024 at 06:27 PM PST
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by Nick Anderson
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on Wed Dec 27, 2023 at 12:51 PM PST
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“It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics and chemistry” ― H.L. Mencken Kellyanne Conway tries to thread the choice/contraception needle Kellyanne...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Dec 13, 2023 at 02:15 PM PST
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We have all heard about Kate Cox’s ordeal in trying to get an abortion due to the fetus she is carrying having trisomy 18 which is a terrible disease where, even if the fetus is born alive, it would only live for a few days at the very most and in...
by cohenzee
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on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 07:00 PM PST
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MAGAs complain that they're being "crushed by Cancel Culture" so they're staging a "War on Woke." The problem with that is that people have the right to endorse and associate with those whom they wish. They can vote with their feet or their wallet for,...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 09:00 AM PST
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The roadrunner is back, though I’ll have to make this post quick. It’s not the coyote today, but rather that old guy in the Chrysler LeBaron with the Goldwater ‘64 bumper sticker still affixed to it. He is inexplicably taking shots at me from a wide...
by Roadrunner65
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on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 11:24 AM PST
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The United States has a long and often overlooked history of denying Native women (and other women of color) control over their own bodies. In the 20th century, nearly 70,000 American women (mostly working-class women of color) were involuntarily...
by Roadrunner65
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on Sun Nov 19, 2023 at 05:46 PM PST
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More than four out of five voters in Utah believe that decisions about pregnancy related healthcare should by made by individuals in consultation with their doctors, as opposed to lawmakers being involved. Statewide opinion surveys by Salt Lake...
by Wilson Dizard III
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on Wed Nov 15, 2023 at 03:59 PM PST
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Small-dollar donations from Utah residents, funding from AFL-CIO affiliate unions, and a donation from the middle-of-the-road Blue Dog Democrats in Congress drive Democrat Kathleen Riebe’s campaign for the US House of Representatives. Riebe’s GOP rival...
by Wilson Dizard III
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on Sun Nov 12, 2023 at 04:27 AM PST
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Yesterday, recently elected House Speaker Mike Johnson took aim at Utah’s Second Congressional District in his quest to further far-right, fundamentalist policies. The National Republican Congressional Committee released a fundraising drive based on...
by Wilson Dizard III
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on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 02:20 PM PST
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Voters’ staunch support for reproductive freedom in the face of deadly GOP forced-birth laws is boosting Democrats’ victory chances in two special elections. Upcoming special elections in Utah (Nov. 21) and Florida (Jan. 16) provide the next...
by Wilson Dizard III
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on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 03:21 PM PST
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Low-turnout Nov. 21 special election can flip Utah-2 US House district blue, as Riebe gains momentum This election on Nov. 21, for an open seat, pits a forced-birth extremist Trumper against Democrat Kathleen Riebe, who currently is State Sen. Minority Whip, We can win! Sen. Kathleen Riebe has worked as a schoolteacher for 20 years, and also has been...
by Wilson Dizard III
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on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 04:23 PM PST
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“The Republican Party is tone deaf and weak.” — Marjorie Taylor Greene Back in the day, conservatism had an intellectual veneer. William F. Buckley Jr. would pop up on TV and disdainfully drawl his arcane and recondite sophistry. And the right wing...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Nov 08, 2023 at 03:35 PM PST
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By Mel Leonor Barclay Originally published by The 19th PRINCE GEORGE, Virginia — Door-knocking in this rural neighborhood 30 miles south of Richmond, state House candidate Kim Pope Adams ...
by The19th
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on Sun Oct 29, 2023 at 09:00 AM PDT
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Shefali Luthra Health Reporter Originally published by The 19th More than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade , abortion is almost completely outlawed in 15 states . Yet the ...
by The19th
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on Mon Oct 16, 2023 at 06:37 AM PDT
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