Stuff you already know: Abortion laws SPECIFICALLY target low income women. I am UMC so my daughter or granddaughter will always have access even if it mean getting them to an women friendly state or country. Those without the means to do so will be forced to take their chances in a health system that has been designed (not accidently) to give them less options except for an early death.
"More, even, because if I needed a kidney, it would not be legal for doctors to commandeer the body of any random person who would be a match and force them to give up a kidney to save my life."
More to the point, they can't even commandeer the organ of a dead body unless they opted in to organ donation. if they didn't check that box then both you and the kidney that could have saved your life go into the ground, but it's okay if it's temporary right?
Those of us on the right side of things in MO are glad about the availability of abortion in MO, but don't forget about us. An amendment proposal to our constitutuon to put us right back to October 2024 is on the ballot in November. This time, the legislature put a little extra transphobic ballot candy in the measure that will deny all kinds of gender-affirming care to minors, most of which doesn't occur in reality but is magically delicious to bigots, of which we have a few. If anyone was so inclined, dropping a few coins to Abortion Action Missouri to help them and allies maintain the status quo will be appreciated! https://abortionactionmissouri.org/
The next Democratic president really needs to tackle this once and for all by making abortion medicine over-the-counter (and also estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, birth control, ADHD medicine, antidepressants, and whichever other medicines Republicans want to ban.)
CVS sells stake knives and rat poisoning over-the-counter with no minimum age or ID checks, and they are a whole hell of a lot more deadly than any of the medicines Republicans want to ban. Doctors wouldn't be worried about whether they will be arrested for prescribing something if you don't need a prescription at all.
As far as I know, only the 13 original colonies, and possibly not even the revolting Southerners, had the option. Every one of the other 50 (and possibly the Southern ones) had to plead for admission (or re-admssion) to the union *as a state*.
Ta, Robyn. I am SO glad I lived my life through menopause without ever getting pregnant, and so glad neither my husband nor I had children. We have four fur babies, and that's plenty. Codify Roe v. Wade! Everyone, talk to your family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and associates. Ask them to make sure their voter registrations are current, and let the blue tsunami happen this November.
Tomato pie is in the oven. I only messed up on a couple of things, just how to layer. Should be fine. I picked the last of the harvest of our tomatoes on the patio.
I got my hair cut. It was below my shoulder blades. Now it is a layered pixie cut. I like it.
Politics also affects your lifespan amd mortality rate"
"...Key findings from mapping and mortality studies
A 2023 analysis of U.S. counties found that areas with higher Republican voting shares saw smaller increases in life expectancy since 1940 compared to Democratic-leaning areas University of Richmond Blogs.
A 2026 study of over 3,000 counties (2001–2019) found that mortality rates declined by 22% in Democratic counties but only 11% in Republican counties for most leading causes of death, including cardiovascular disease TCTMD.
The gap in mortality rates between Democratic and Republican counties widened over time, from 16.7 deaths per 100,000 in 1999–2017 to 107.1 per 100,000 in 2001–2019 TCTMD.
The effect was seen across urban, suburban, and rural areas, and for both men and women TCTMD.
For White Americans, living in Republican-leaning counties was associated with worse mortality outcomes, while Black Americans did not show the same pattern..."
So, take solace in the idea that MAGA is going to die out from lower life expectancies and higher deaths from illness sooner than the rest of us.
I know we want to shit on Senator Collins but I am SO DONE laying the blame of AAAAALLLLL the other senators who voted to confirm these dangerous judges at the feet of only one or two people.
There is no reason to blame only Collins. The article kinda says this but then brushes it aside.
All those fuckers know better. The blood is on all of their hands.
Men are expected to do their jobs just as well as women, period, the end.
I'm a Mainer and am comfortable saying this is all her fault. Of course there were other Senators voting to confirm that fucking drunkard rapist, but Collins also memorably said she wouldn't vote to impeach Trump because that (non-drinker) rapist had "learned his lesson." If she had voted to impeach, we wouldn't be in this situation today.
Or Mitch McConnel saying the courts would handle it.
Or Lamar Alexander who said to “let the people decide.”
Or Coryn because bros before hoes or whatever dumb shit.
I can’t stand Collins, don’t get me wrong. But there are a couple of lists of over fifty people each who decided not to convict him. Not just a woman senator from Maine.
I get why you in particular lay blame at her feet, you are her constituent. But all her fault? Seriously? That’s some magic right there! Wake up and smell the institutional sexism that ignores ALL THOSE DUDES TOO.
I think the reason she is singled out is that she publicly stated that she voted to confirm because she believed what everyone already knew were lies. If she hadn’t done that, she probably wouldn’t have taken so much heat when they reversed ROE.
Yes, and since they knew they were lies, aaaallllll of them should not have voted to confirm. I do not care that they choose to pin this on a woman, they are all at fault. It is a sexist double standard that is only in the news now due to her sex and her campaign. The news coverage is also sexist. I am, in fact, trying to point out the sexism in the institutions. It is complex and it is bad for everyone.
Goodfuckinggawd this shit pisses me way off. Susan Collins can fuck off til she dies and then fuck off when she gets to hell and then fuck on up satan's ass.
To all those states trying to regain your abortion rights I stand with you and I hope we regain our country before these fucking monsters destroy it fubar.
The New Christian Right is Planning for America After Trump and It's Worse Than MAGA
Last year, I predicted that homophobic, misogynist, white supremacist pastor Joel Webbon would be a rising Christian Nationalist star in 2026, and I really wish I had been wrong. But it’s happening. Shortly after I made that prediction, Webbon teamed up with Nick Fuentes and now, he appears to be getting Tucker Carlson’s endorsement:
I’ve written about Webbon many, many times before. He’s a white supremacist who has said that slavery was a “blessing” for Black people and their “fault,” and believes that women shouldn’t have the right to vote.
And now, he’s hosting a conference called Christ Is King: America After Trump this upcoming November in Dallas, Texas. Here’s what Webbon has to say about the conference and the views behind it:
Sound extreme? That’s what many of us said about Christian Nationalism before Trump and look where we are now. Here’s a snapshot of some of the speakers scheduled for the conference:
Self-proclaimed Christian Nationalist podcaster Joshua Haymes has said urged his fellow Christian Nationalists to defend the institution of slavery because, according to him, the Bible makes it clear that “it is not inherently evil to own another human being.” He has also said that liberalism is a greater threat to the U.S. than neo-Nazism. More here:
Here’s what The Nation has to say about Florida gubernatorial candidate, James Fishback: “Fishback and Fuentes are prominent figures in an ascendant, Gen-Z America First wing of MAGA openly suspicious of Israel, economically populist and steeped in a white Christian nationalist worldview that scorns Jews, women, and nonwhite immigrants.”
A lot of people didn’t take the threat of Christian Nationalism seriously until it was too late, and this version is far more extreme.
Add Josh McPherson of Grace City Church to your list of Christian Nationalists pastors. He has been to the WH numerous times. His FreedomCon over Father's Day weekend was thankfully poorly attended but one of the church pastors is running for legislative office.
Trump was a uniting force, but once he's gone all those dumb motherfuckers will be fighting each other to be that uniting force. Not saying they aren't a threat, but saying that they're going to miss what Trump did for them and it'll be a figurative civil war among the various denominations.
Stuff you already know: Abortion laws SPECIFICALLY target low income women. I am UMC so my daughter or granddaughter will always have access even if it mean getting them to an women friendly state or country. Those without the means to do so will be forced to take their chances in a health system that has been designed (not accidently) to give them less options except for an early death.
"More, even, because if I needed a kidney, it would not be legal for doctors to commandeer the body of any random person who would be a match and force them to give up a kidney to save my life."
More to the point, they can't even commandeer the organ of a dead body unless they opted in to organ donation. if they didn't check that box then both you and the kidney that could have saved your life go into the ground, but it's okay if it's temporary right?
Those of us on the right side of things in MO are glad about the availability of abortion in MO, but don't forget about us. An amendment proposal to our constitutuon to put us right back to October 2024 is on the ballot in November. This time, the legislature put a little extra transphobic ballot candy in the measure that will deny all kinds of gender-affirming care to minors, most of which doesn't occur in reality but is magically delicious to bigots, of which we have a few. If anyone was so inclined, dropping a few coins to Abortion Action Missouri to help them and allies maintain the status quo will be appreciated! https://abortionactionmissouri.org/
Susan Collins is...
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/imagecomics/images/0/09/Lying_Cat_Saga_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150328025426
…a fucking lying loser.
a whole bunch of people seeing women as a commodity has led to this shit going down
Also, it was a 5-4 decision. She’s been pretty consistently lying about that (or she can’t remember). Either way.
The next Democratic president really needs to tackle this once and for all by making abortion medicine over-the-counter (and also estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, birth control, ADHD medicine, antidepressants, and whichever other medicines Republicans want to ban.)
CVS sells stake knives and rat poisoning over-the-counter with no minimum age or ID checks, and they are a whole hell of a lot more deadly than any of the medicines Republicans want to ban. Doctors wouldn't be worried about whether they will be arrested for prescribing something if you don't need a prescription at all.
In this trumps rambling speech he said I call it it a state not a commonwealth but no one cares.
As a person born raised and lived in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania we actually do. Its a kind of a bone of contention. NY and NJ are states.
VA and PA are Commonwealths. And yeah...there is a philosophical difference
As far as I know, only the 13 original colonies, and possibly not even the revolting Southerners, had the option. Every one of the other 50 (and possibly the Southern ones) had to plead for admission (or re-admssion) to the union *as a state*.
What's Massachusetts?
A Commonwealth, as is Kentucky.
Ta, Robyn. I am SO glad I lived my life through menopause without ever getting pregnant, and so glad neither my husband nor I had children. We have four fur babies, and that's plenty. Codify Roe v. Wade! Everyone, talk to your family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and associates. Ask them to make sure their voter registrations are current, and let the blue tsunami happen this November.
Tomato pie is in the oven. I only messed up on a couple of things, just how to layer. Should be fine. I picked the last of the harvest of our tomatoes on the patio.
I got my hair cut. It was below my shoulder blades. Now it is a layered pixie cut. I like it.
Politics also affects your lifespan amd mortality rate"
"...Key findings from mapping and mortality studies
A 2023 analysis of U.S. counties found that areas with higher Republican voting shares saw smaller increases in life expectancy since 1940 compared to Democratic-leaning areas University of Richmond Blogs.
A 2026 study of over 3,000 counties (2001–2019) found that mortality rates declined by 22% in Democratic counties but only 11% in Republican counties for most leading causes of death, including cardiovascular disease TCTMD.
The gap in mortality rates between Democratic and Republican counties widened over time, from 16.7 deaths per 100,000 in 1999–2017 to 107.1 per 100,000 in 2001–2019 TCTMD.
The effect was seen across urban, suburban, and rural areas, and for both men and women TCTMD.
For White Americans, living in Republican-leaning counties was associated with worse mortality outcomes, while Black Americans did not show the same pattern..."
So, take solace in the idea that MAGA is going to die out from lower life expectancies and higher deaths from illness sooner than the rest of us.
The Party of Death
BOOOOOOOTSSSSSSTRRRAPPPPPPSSSSSSSS!!!!!
I know we want to shit on Senator Collins but I am SO DONE laying the blame of AAAAALLLLL the other senators who voted to confirm these dangerous judges at the feet of only one or two people.
There is no reason to blame only Collins. The article kinda says this but then brushes it aside.
All those fuckers know better. The blood is on all of their hands.
Men are expected to do their jobs just as well as women, period, the end.
I'm a Mainer and am comfortable saying this is all her fault. Of course there were other Senators voting to confirm that fucking drunkard rapist, but Collins also memorably said she wouldn't vote to impeach Trump because that (non-drinker) rapist had "learned his lesson." If she had voted to impeach, we wouldn't be in this situation today.
Or Mitch McConnel saying the courts would handle it.
Or Lamar Alexander who said to “let the people decide.”
Or Coryn because bros before hoes or whatever dumb shit.
I can’t stand Collins, don’t get me wrong. But there are a couple of lists of over fifty people each who decided not to convict him. Not just a woman senator from Maine.
I get why you in particular lay blame at her feet, you are her constituent. But all her fault? Seriously? That’s some magic right there! Wake up and smell the institutional sexism that ignores ALL THOSE DUDES TOO.
Oh totally. It's also McConnell's fault, no doubt. And Tillis's, and Graham's. And the others.
Collins takes a lot of heat nationwide because she pretends to be moderate, but is a right wing Republican. I wouldn't discount misogyny also.
Sing it with me! “Some people say there’s a woooo-maaan to blame…!”
But I know….
I think the reason she is singled out is that she publicly stated that she voted to confirm because she believed what everyone already knew were lies. If she hadn’t done that, she probably wouldn’t have taken so much heat when they reversed ROE.
Yes, and since they knew they were lies, aaaallllll of them should not have voted to confirm. I do not care that they choose to pin this on a woman, they are all at fault. It is a sexist double standard that is only in the news now due to her sex and her campaign. The news coverage is also sexist. I am, in fact, trying to point out the sexism in the institutions. It is complex and it is bad for everyone.
They all knew he lied.
They are all at fault.
She was not the only one to say that.
Seconded.
Thank You
THANK YOU.
(curtsey)
He comes in at around 1 hour and 35 minutes. I need some advice. Is this our President or am I having an acid flashback?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-L5b2RNIH9I&pp=0gcJCUECo7VqN5tD
Within 2 minutes of him speaking a protesters is assaulted and forced out.
Not to mention his insane speech.
Kinda glad I can't hear it. 😅
Goodfuckinggawd this shit pisses me way off. Susan Collins can fuck off til she dies and then fuck off when she gets to hell and then fuck on up satan's ass.
To all those states trying to regain your abortion rights I stand with you and I hope we regain our country before these fucking monsters destroy it fubar.
thank all the fucks yrrrrr
smoking lamp is lit
hooraaaay phew tacos!
Today's offering is Blue Diesel. Puff puff pass.
The New Christian Right is Planning for America After Trump and It's Worse Than MAGA
Last year, I predicted that homophobic, misogynist, white supremacist pastor Joel Webbon would be a rising Christian Nationalist star in 2026, and I really wish I had been wrong. But it’s happening. Shortly after I made that prediction, Webbon teamed up with Nick Fuentes and now, he appears to be getting Tucker Carlson’s endorsement:
I’ve written about Webbon many, many times before. He’s a white supremacist who has said that slavery was a “blessing” for Black people and their “fault,” and believes that women shouldn’t have the right to vote.
And now, he’s hosting a conference called Christ Is King: America After Trump this upcoming November in Dallas, Texas. Here’s what Webbon has to say about the conference and the views behind it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WGBmhKm-t8
Sound extreme? That’s what many of us said about Christian Nationalism before Trump and look where we are now. Here’s a snapshot of some of the speakers scheduled for the conference:
Self-proclaimed Christian Nationalist podcaster Joshua Haymes has said urged his fellow Christian Nationalists to defend the institution of slavery because, according to him, the Bible makes it clear that “it is not inherently evil to own another human being.” He has also said that liberalism is a greater threat to the U.S. than neo-Nazism. More here:
Here’s what The Nation has to say about Florida gubernatorial candidate, James Fishback: “Fishback and Fuentes are prominent figures in an ascendant, Gen-Z America First wing of MAGA openly suspicious of Israel, economically populist and steeped in a white Christian nationalist worldview that scorns Jews, women, and nonwhite immigrants.”
A lot of people didn’t take the threat of Christian Nationalism seriously until it was too late, and this version is far more extreme.
https://christiannightmares.substack.com/p/the-new-christian-right-is-planning
Add Josh McPherson of Grace City Church to your list of Christian Nationalists pastors. He has been to the WH numerous times. His FreedomCon over Father's Day weekend was thankfully poorly attended but one of the church pastors is running for legislative office.
I’m not sure what can be done? Most people won’t take a threat seriously until it’s too late.
There’s lots of pro & college sports to pay attention, too, also.
Trump was a uniting force, but once he's gone all those dumb motherfuckers will be fighting each other to be that uniting force. Not saying they aren't a threat, but saying that they're going to miss what Trump did for them and it'll be a figurative civil war among the various denominations.
𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦†𝘉𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 1879, 𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 1912?" 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, "𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 1912." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, "𝘋𝘪𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤!" 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.
-- Emo Philips
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/sep/29/comedy.religion