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Green Groups- JFK Jr.'s a science denier. Trump critics crawl back. Katie Phang slams AZ on abortion Green Groups Slam RFK Jr. as 'Dangerous Conspiracy Theorist and Science Denier.' Hypocrisy- Trump critics crawl back to endorse him. Journalist Katie Phang & Sen. Eva Burch slams Arizona's 1864 abortion ban. Trump critics crawl back. Podcasts (Video —...
by Egberto Willies
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 01:01 PM PDT
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The Day 3 drama of Trump’s New York trial Soooooooo much drama. Jury selection forces Trump to face people who don't worship him How we love to see that orange, grumpy furrowed brow. A new Democratic recruit could put an unexpected GOP seat in play...
by Daily Kos Staff
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 01:17 PM PDT
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We all knew it was coming. I mentioned it in my last diary about Arizona. 'This changes everything,' the Arizona Republic declared. And (for once?) the headline writer was right. The number of Hope Springs from Field PAC volunteers who showed up to...
by snowbored
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 09:22 AM PDT
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The extended family of third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an explicit effort Thursday to blunt his appeal among Democratic voters by endorsing President Joe Biden en masse. Robert's sister Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 03:15 PM PDT
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A new abortion rights advocacy organization, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, officially launched its ballot initiative , which aims to enshrine abortion rights in Montana’s state ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 02:10 PM PDT
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As we stand on the brink of the 57th session of the Commission on Population and Development, it’s crucial to recognize the pivotal role that addressing population growth and ensuring the full rights of women and girls play in achieving global...
by populationmediacenter
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 09:58 AM PDT
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Another day, another confused, wishy-washy, “pro-life” Republican muttering incoherently about abortion. Florida Sen. Rick Scott—who oversaw one of the largest Medicare frauds in U.S. history … but that’s not important right now—is trying to wriggle...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 09:15 AM PDT
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After House Republicans repeatedly thwarted a bid to repeal the ban, two Senate Republicans backed a push in that chamber to move the repeal forward. By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror A bid to repeal Arizona’s near-total abortion ban that was...
by Arizona Mirror
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 01:28 PM PDT
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Last year, our canvassing statistics were skewed by the the two Issue 1 ballot referendums in Ohio. In 2022, in the course of canvassing in 3 competitive Congressional Districts (and winning all 3), Hope Springs from Field PAC volunteers knocked on...
by snowbored
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 09:05 AM PDT
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The Hill — Johnson turns to Democrats on Ukraine aid amid ouster threat Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lean heavily on Democrats to move a series of bills in the coming days providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and other democratic allies overseas — a...
by jeremybloom
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 08:44 PM PDT
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Arizona Republicans pulled some cockamamie procedural bullshit in the Legislature today and kept a Democratic repeal of the 1864 abortion law from being enacted. Republicans had the opportunity to return the state to something approaching sanity, to...
by Mother Mags
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 03:07 PM PDT
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A new Civiqs poll for Daily Kos shows why the issue of abortion is so perilous for the Republican Party, with voters viewing themselves as significantly more aligned with Democrats on the matter.
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 03:00 PM PDT
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If you’re confused by Arizona MAGA Senate candidate Kari Lake’s position on abortion, don’t feel bad. So is she. Since the Arizona Supreme Court decided that a 160-year-old ban on abortions ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 12:00 PM PDT
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How well a society treats its women is one of the strongest indicators of the success and health of that society. Discrimination against women and girls occurs in many forms — gender-based violence, economic discrimination, reproductive health...
by populationmediacenter
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 08:13 AM PDT
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Science fiction has long dabbled in the idea of time travel, both forward and backward—ask kindly “Doc” Brown about his plutonium-powered DeLorean. In 1978, when Superman flew so fast around the Earth to reverse its rotation and save Lois Lane’s life,...
by ReasonaBill
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 12:23 PM PDT
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Without question, defeating Donald Trump this year is job one—because if we don’t do that, job two will likely involve tossing deep-fried Soylent Green�to�the free-range Trump clones waiting for ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 07:02 AM PDT
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Nebraska Republican U.S. House Representative Don Bacon has long falsely marketed himself as a bi-partisan moderate. He also dishonestly claimed that he is one of the most effective members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Bacon’s lone legislative...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 08:49 AM PDT
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Donald Trump's first criminal trial, Day One Catch up on the first day of Trump’s first of four criminal trials. Donald Trump's Gettysburg Address It’s truly amazing how much wrong Trump can pack into a 50-second speech. Trump’s supposed advantage with...
by Daily Kos Staff
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 11:43 AM PDT
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In 2024, conservative Catholics, Fundamentalist Christians, and Evangelicals have amassed political power if not Defacto control over the Republican Party and Supreme Court in their acknowledged Crusade to Christianize America and eviscerate both the...
by Grandpa Fred
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 03:49 AM PDT
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Oh, sorry. Perhaps I should not have belittled Donnie for having small hands. That would be mean-spirited. Maybe I should have titled him as Donnie Dipshit. Anyway, this past week, Donnie was his usual confused, uninformed, and deliberately...
by Wilburhorse
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on Sun Apr 14, 2024 at 10:40 AM PDT
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