It is so utterly frightening how intent a great number of men in positions of political responsibility, buttressed by men who do not respect women, AND Sadly, great numbers of women so undermined they cannot respect themselves, they all are to destroy every right women have fought and died for to secure. MOST ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO CONTROL HER OWN BODY!!!!!
As a child, I was often disobedient. So I ask you each to consider the question with which my Mother would often confront me when caught causing trouble: "How would you feel if you'd never been born?"
Haha! Like we will still have Medicaid or Medicare.
If SCOTUS backs PP, Trump will just hereby declare another EO.
You know, men running around impregnating anything that moves also subsidizes abortions, whether they help pay or not. How about we get some better male birth control already.
Eventually we will have to have veterinarians doing house calls to get any reproductive care. How much different can a woman be from a cow anyways? Ugh.
The lesson: Never vote for Republicans if you care at all about rights. Republicans are great if you want to deny rights to others you hate, yes...but they will come for your rights too.
And remember, ladies, you are only breeding vessels and masturbatory aids for men, to this movement. Oh yeah and a free housework slave (well at least "free") because you won't get to have employment and then the mantoddler husband can make jokes about "women be shopping" and "gotta go home to the ol' ball and chain hahaha!"
You know, I'm old enough to remember when the Republicans constantly whined and bleated that "you won't be able to choose your own doctor!" if Obamacare passed.
I lost my doctor of 15 years just because my health insurance through work changed to CIGNA. They turned out to be decent as a medical insurance company, but their pay rates must be low or they’re a nightmare to deal with administratively because I and many other patients were turned away from the manger.
After I got laid off during Covid, I COBRAed it as long as I could, but I finally had to turn to Medicaid, and then I lost the doctor I’d moved to after going on CIGNA. And good luck trying to find a specialist, psychological care, or a decent dentist. That’s one reason Americans go to Tijuana.
I think it’s worth noting that most Republicans aren’t against health care per se as long as it’s provided by employers, which means commercial insurance companies get their cut AND employers can reign o’er their employees’ health care.
Not a problem for a good many people in their 20s who are most likely immortal except for accidents, but it’s a huge fucking problem for everyone else with a preexisting condition, aging parents, or a small flock of children. Even if you’re relatively healthy, it’s a good idea to drop by the docs now and then to make sure your spleen isn’t on the fritz.
You know, if you can get away from work to go to an appointment.
Rule that the GOP gets to deny people a choice they don't agree with means ruling that corporations aren't allowed to make money free and clear of any kind of government intervention.
As long as the Supreme Court is arguing about abortion it doesn’t have time to argue about Trump rolling back democracy. That’s the purpose of all these abortion cases.
"In another context you might call this terminal inability to take a punch a “glass jaw.” The term “keyboard warrior” comes to mind. But I can think of another word for something that’s so ostentatious and in-your-face except for when it needs to be—a symbol of decadence and insecurity and deregulation that boasts bulletproof toughness, but which breaks into pieces at the first sign of stress.
"Elon’s not unstoppable, Wisconsin voters showed on Tuesday. When the rubber hits the road, he’s nothing but a Cybertruck."
So is the Target boycott (but I'm not sure why it's only a 30 day boycott; it should be until they restore their DEI policies, whether by that name or another).
It’s 40 days, a boycott for Lent as I understand it. I’m agnostic but I care deeply about other humans (and animals!) so this is the first time I gave something up for Lent. And I was a Target junkie. I’m tempted, and scared, to add up what I used to spend there weekly and ask them if they miss it. It’s not insignificant. I won’t even open their constant stream of deals they are offering and may not ever be won back. Costco is being rewarded.
After 30 days people have formed a new habit. They will keep shopping at the new store. I did see Costco sales have increased, looks like they picked up the old Target customers.
My sister had a baby at 17 in 1962, before safe legal abortion was available. It did not end well. This bullshit has to stop.
My friends paid huge bucks for abortions before it was legal.
Only a few docs serving the very wealthy did them. They did expensive d+cs and gave a different reason. Mine cost $500, which was big money then.
Ta, Robyn.
It is so utterly frightening how intent a great number of men in positions of political responsibility, buttressed by men who do not respect women, AND Sadly, great numbers of women so undermined they cannot respect themselves, they all are to destroy every right women have fought and died for to secure. MOST ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO CONTROL HER OWN BODY!!!!!
As a child, I was often disobedient. So I ask you each to consider the question with which my Mother would often confront me when caught causing trouble: "How would you feel if you'd never been born?"
The winning answer gets nothing.
My dad would tell me how he wished he had married another woman, whom he would describe, and boast that I would not have been born.
So, I get that feeling Hank.
Jaysus in Glory! That sounds even worse. Mom never twigged on to the obvious impossibility of her question. And all I could do was smirk.
We all end up dead so what's the point...
Please consider the Joie de vivre we're all experiencing Right Now and then dare to tell me that Life Isn't Worthwhile!
I’m surprised SC’s health department is allowed to offer IUD’s at all. Aren’t they considered abortion devices or something in MAGAt world?
Haha! Like we will still have Medicaid or Medicare.
If SCOTUS backs PP, Trump will just hereby declare another EO.
You know, men running around impregnating anything that moves also subsidizes abortions, whether they help pay or not. How about we get some better male birth control already.
Eventually we will have to have veterinarians doing house calls to get any reproductive care. How much different can a woman be from a cow anyways? Ugh.
The lesson: Never vote for Republicans if you care at all about rights. Republicans are great if you want to deny rights to others you hate, yes...but they will come for your rights too.
And remember, ladies, you are only breeding vessels and masturbatory aids for men, to this movement. Oh yeah and a free housework slave (well at least "free") because you won't get to have employment and then the mantoddler husband can make jokes about "women be shopping" and "gotta go home to the ol' ball and chain hahaha!"
You know, I'm old enough to remember when the Republicans constantly whined and bleated that "you won't be able to choose your own doctor!" if Obamacare passed.
I lost my doctor of 15 years just because my health insurance through work changed to CIGNA. They turned out to be decent as a medical insurance company, but their pay rates must be low or they’re a nightmare to deal with administratively because I and many other patients were turned away from the manger.
After I got laid off during Covid, I COBRAed it as long as I could, but I finally had to turn to Medicaid, and then I lost the doctor I’d moved to after going on CIGNA. And good luck trying to find a specialist, psychological care, or a decent dentist. That’s one reason Americans go to Tijuana.
I think it’s worth noting that most Republicans aren’t against health care per se as long as it’s provided by employers, which means commercial insurance companies get their cut AND employers can reign o’er their employees’ health care.
Not a problem for a good many people in their 20s who are most likely immortal except for accidents, but it’s a huge fucking problem for everyone else with a preexisting condition, aging parents, or a small flock of children. Even if you’re relatively healthy, it’s a good idea to drop by the docs now and then to make sure your spleen isn’t on the fritz.
You know, if you can get away from work to go to an appointment.
"Cut off their money!" is the new "off with their heads!"
Supremes between a rock and a hard place.
Rule that the GOP gets to deny people a choice they don't agree with means ruling that corporations aren't allowed to make money free and clear of any kind of government intervention.
As long as the Supreme Court is arguing about abortion it doesn’t have time to argue about Trump rolling back democracy. That’s the purpose of all these abortion cases.
Not that it matters. They can just slow walk any case they want like Trump's immunity case.
I wish I could shrink Alliance Defending Freedom to the size it would drown in a bathtub. These assholes are on the wrong side of everything.
Too bad it's not Gruupenführer Miller's legal thing ... they lose every case they brought before the court.
They are just another tentacle of The Heritage Foundation.
I joked about buying a Cybertruck yesterday, but it was an April Fool's Day joke.
today Mother Jones publishes this:
Elon Musk Can’t Take the Heat
The numbers say anti-Tesla protests are working. So do Musk’s increasingly unhinged actions.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/elon-musk-cant-take-the-heat-wisconsin-supreme-court-empathy-doge/
Best line in that article comes at the end:
"In another context you might call this terminal inability to take a punch a “glass jaw.” The term “keyboard warrior” comes to mind. But I can think of another word for something that’s so ostentatious and in-your-face except for when it needs to be—a symbol of decadence and insecurity and deregulation that boasts bulletproof toughness, but which breaks into pieces at the first sign of stress.
"Elon’s not unstoppable, Wisconsin voters showed on Tuesday. When the rubber hits the road, he’s nothing but a Cybertruck."
Temu Blofeld's jaw doesn't even rise to the strength of glass. His jaw is basically wet toilet paper.
It is working.
So is the Target boycott (but I'm not sure why it's only a 30 day boycott; it should be until they restore their DEI policies, whether by that name or another).
It’s 40 days, a boycott for Lent as I understand it. I’m agnostic but I care deeply about other humans (and animals!) so this is the first time I gave something up for Lent. And I was a Target junkie. I’m tempted, and scared, to add up what I used to spend there weekly and ask them if they miss it. It’s not insignificant. I won’t even open their constant stream of deals they are offering and may not ever be won back. Costco is being rewarded.
Target doesn't value me, not the money I have, so why should I shop there?
They have made that perfectly clear over the years.
After 30 days people have formed a new habit. They will keep shopping at the new store. I did see Costco sales have increased, looks like they picked up the old Target customers.
My local Costcos have been shitshow-level swamped lately.
I agree. Why stop?
OT: one of DOGE's techbros has a history as a hacker and distributor of pirated software: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/doge-official-doj-bragged-about-hacking-distributing-pirated-software-2025-04-02/. Despite this, he holds a security clearance, obtained before his DOGE work.