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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
by Mike Luckovich
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 04:55 AM PDT
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After a conservative majority of the Arizona Supreme Court ruled April 9 to uphold an antiquated near-total abortion ban from 1864, the shockwaves on both sides of the political aisle were immediate and obvious. Democrats decried the court’s decision,...
by Dartagnan
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on Sun Apr 21, 2024 at 01:00 PM PDT
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On Wednesday night’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the comedian focused his always worthwhile Closer Look segment on Donald Trump's damage control video on abortion. "Donald Trump is desperately trying to convince people that he's not an extremist on...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 04:15 PM PDT
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The political earthquake unleashed Tuesday by Arizona’s Supreme Court—ruling that the state’s anachronistic, draconian 1864 abortion ban could now go into effect—didn’t arise in a vacuum. It was the product of a multi-year effort by the anti-abortion...
by Dartagnan
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 02:53 PM PDT
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I rarely read Ross Douthat, but every once in a while I check in just to see what new nonsense he’s peddling. So when this morning’s posting — How the Pro-Life Movement’s Deal With Trump Made America More Pro-Choice — caught my eye, I thought I would...
by Dan K
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 10:05 AM PDT
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This was the week when the corporate media decided to mansplain �Donald Trump to women and anyone else who might care about their reproductive rights.
“Don’t worry your pretty little heads ...
by Dartagnan
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on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 06:15 AM PDT
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Donald Trump released a video Monday proclaiming a hodgepodge of undercooked positions on abortion. Rachel Maddow broke down the traditional media’s failure to convey Trump’s cowardice, incoherence, and dishonesty. She recited a number of muted...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 12:43 PM PDT
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Maybe he thought this would be clever. Maybe he thought it would somehow “defuse” the issue for him. Or maybe he thought...well, maybe he didn’t think much at all. As reported by Hannah Knowles and Marianne LeVine, writing for the Washington Post:...
by Dartagnan
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on Mon Apr 08, 2024 at 06:08 AM PDT
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Pro-Life people like to pretend the fetus is a genuine human being, i.e., a baby. That they pretend should be no surprise because their chosen label of “Pro-Life” contains its own pretense in that most of them are merely anti-abortion but pretend they...
by ArtD48
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 02:47 PM PDT
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What an incredible, absolutely incredible job Nicolle Wallace did today. She was a warrior for truth, justice, and democracy today!! . . The chyron read, "Donald Trump continues his attacks on daughter of hush money trial judge [Judge Juan Marchan]." ....
by Dem
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on Tue Apr 02, 2024 at 10:16 AM PDT
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The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments tomorrow about mifepristone, the abortion-inducing drug used in medication abortions, potentially limiting or ending the distribution of the drug by mail. That’s a scary prospect for women whose...
by liberaldad2
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on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 06:18 PM PDT
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During a ludicrous forced-birther symposium on Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breathlessly said, “We will repeal the FACE Act if we can get our opportunity,” referring to the 1994 law that ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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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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There are some facts and factors that are not well appreciated: The defendant has never won 47% of the vote. It is clear that when people think of the Republican Party, they think of the defendant. The Republican Party has fared very poorly with few...
by Dem
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 06:55 PM PDT
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Republican lawmakers have been trying to dig themselves out of the ditch created when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last month that frozen embryos�created through in vitro fertilization should be ...
by Charles Jay
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 07:40 AM PDT
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Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton did not anticipate the erection-related amendment that she introduced to an anti-abortion bill to cause such a stir or rankle so many of her colleagues, but she doesn’t seem particularly distraught about it....
by Blue Tuesday
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on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 12:21 PM PDT
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The following is a factual, semi-satyrical Op-Ed piece on political insanity and anti-Constitutional, anti-Christian fraud, abuse of power, and fraud upon the Court: Copyright © 2024 Michael Lucas Monterey (Creative Commons Licensing protocols) Who...
by mlmonterey
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 04:22 PM PDT
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From Axios: Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), running for Senate in the state, would not commit Thursday to voting for federal IVF protections. Why it matters: Republicans have largely argued IVF protections must happen at the state level after the...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 07:35 PM PST
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The invitation of guests by both the president and members of Congress to the State of the Union address is a time-honored tradition. As NPR explains: It's part of the annual tradition for the White House to invite guests who bring to life the themes...
by Dartagnan
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 01:15 PM PST
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UPDATE: Monday, Mar 4, 2024 · 4:59:53 PM +00:00 · Dem A statement " diagnosis at a distance is always fraught" is a claim that the authors of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" dispute because the least reliable source of information is the in person...
by Dem
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 08:06 AM PST
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