LaceyLou

Agreed. While I disagree with him on many issues, it's good to hear a Republican who sees the importance of maintaining infrastructure, as well as clean air and water.

I just hobbled to city hall, bum foot and all, to do my part. Before I elevate and ice it, I just want to make a request. There may be people who for some reason didn't mail in a vote, and who might have trouble getting to their polling place. If you can, please offer rides to people so that they can vote!

So far about half of the things I warned people would happen, that they told me I was being paranoid about, have actually happened. And yet, they are STILL calling me paranoid. "And then one day, they came for me" is sadly going to be the only thing that gets through to some people, and it'll be too late.

RIP Teri Garr. I once saw her at the Boston Pops as the narrator of Peter and the Wolf. Loved it!

Meanwhile, in Texas: https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban?fbclid=IwY2xjawGPNt5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUXStMldaG5UUyw3eff5wF2_N-zIpivqKlCm4F8RJrTXYC9PYPkcbllHIw_aem_RVS_ABtnGNRO-tCZS1Pl-w And this is from 2021. I imagine there are more now. Words cannot describe how angry I am with certain people in this country right now. And they are the ones who loudly proclaim that "All Lives Matter."

He's also coming about a millimeter short of publicly admitting that he is paying (via his pro-DJT PAC) to be a part of the administration. I wonder how many of our tax dollars are being spent to build his compound for all of his 'mothers and children?'

You know this, and I know this. Unfortunately many MAGAts only watch RW media. Drumpf himself is the biggest snowflake on the planet, who thinks freedom of speech should mean nobody challenges him.

I've never read the book, believe it or not, but from what I've heard I'd most likely immediately be banished to the hopelessly toxic environment caused by years of pollution.

Considering women have historically been considered children and property of men, I'm not particularly surprised by this view. It's one of many reasons I never want to live in a country where there's no separation of church and state.

I listened to Obama's speech again and as wonderful as it is it occurs to me that she left out a few scenarios: -a pregnant woman will not be treated for a lot of illnesses, such as cancer. -in some cases, women of childbearing age might not have access to some treatments because of the possibility of pregnancy (I've heard this is already true in one or two states) -this was true before, and so could happen again: women of childbearing age will be excluded from clinical trials, so that the medical field won't have critical information about how a certain treatment might work differently in women than in men.

It's also similar to the 'he gets to be lawless, she has to be flawless' situation. He and his supporters can say whatever they want (and garbage is tame compared to some of what I've heard), while she has to be 100% a lady 100% of the time, while completely controlling what the people around her say.

Oops-I mixed it up with the whole 'alternative facts' fiasco about inauguration crowd size...

Wow, that was stupid.

And to add insult to injury, the women in these cases also end up with massive medical bills.

Let me guess-Soros or somebody like him is paying for all of them to attend.

I haven't seen this posted anywhere here. https://www.ajmc.com/view/infant-mortality-increases-across-us-following-dobbs-decision

I saw clips of DJT saying all of the things that RKJ would be heading. Very scary indeed.

Perhaps one reason Drumpf and company wanted people to vote early.

Yup, until this I'd only seen footage of (a single) Muslim endorsing and speaking for Drumpf.

Agreed. I feel as though a lot of women don't realize how recently things that they now take for granted (getting a credit card on her own comes to mind) would have been denied them.

It's a little unsettling to me that there are women who believe they should be told who to vote for by their husbands (or fathers, for that matter).

In recent decades, the GOP has been successful in convincing men that Democrats are anti-masculinity, if not outright hostile to men (particularly white men). Perhaps if Democrats start circling back to the mantra of the 90s often attributed to women at the time, "it's the economy, stupid," they can find ways to remind men that a lot of their traditional staples (labor, education, etc) are also beneficial to men.

This makes me think of some of the pro-Taliban women I saw interviewed years ago. I wonder if they realized then what their fate was going to be once they got their wish? It's similar to the story of the trees voting for the axe, which had to be one of them because its handle was made from wood. ETA: second story doesn't appear to fit... maybe Stockholm syndrome instead? I still think there's truth to the quote.

To all Republicans who are condemning the rhetoric from the MSG rally: are you really only noticing that Drumpf is a racist now? Where exactly have you been for the past 40-50 years? This is who he is. This is who he will always be.

That would explain the off-color sex related jokes, too. I personally expect better from people, not just white men, but sigh. We've already found that Drumpf can get away with stuff others have not. Remember when Kerry made that stupid comment about people with less education getting stuck in Iraq? He was roasted for that-rightfully so-but from Drumpf it's said to make him 'tough and telling it like it is.'