"In Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, and New York, voters elected to enshrine their current abortion-rights laws into their state constitutions — so that future lawmakers with nefarious intentions can’t mess with them. So that’s nice!"
Ummm . . .
Can't SCOTUS simply determine that certain provisions of state constitutions are unConstitutional under the US Constitution and strike them down?
I thought their rationale for overturning Roe v Wade was that abortion policy should be decided by the states. But since when has this court been consistent about anything.
My depresses self is wondering if this is white women voting for abortion because it affects them, and also voting for Trump because, oh, god who knows why anyone votes for Trump - racism, maybe?
Basically if the file in NY and a few other federal courts, they can go to the appellate courts 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th to challenge it as an improper act of congress to outlaw a right of privacy.
We'll see. They howl about state's rights, so... hopefully if they try, it can get tied up in the courts for years (and preferably brought inthe right venues). Remember, marijuana is still Federally illegal, too.
If you thought MAGA was a cult before, this election will elevate his messiah-like status like we’ve never seen before.
In their mind he survived multiple assassination attempts, was spared from multiple politically motivated DOJ investigations, and triumphantly beat all odds to return to the White House.
They will attribute this to God’s favor and will worship him even harder than before. He practically has a license to do whatever he pleases.
RFK Jr. says ‘entire departments’ at FDA ‘have to go’
“In some categories … there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA … that have to go, that are not doing their job, they’re not protecting our kids,” Kennedy said during an interview on MSNBC.
Well I finally got to log off work for the day so I can began the “getting completely wasted” portion of this oh so happy day. I have a nice big glass of wine and watching Good Fellas…alcohol and violence yup!
But anyone thinking "I'll move to Canada!" had better take a long hard look at our politics, because things are going very bad here, too. Polievre is going to suck Trump's cock so hard when he wins the next election. "Please Mr Almighty Leader, don't give us tariffs"
They were saying the British Columbia election was a hopeless loss, too, but the voters didn't go along and we have a mildly left government for another few years, one that doesn't even have to get Green Party support to survive (and the Canadian Green Party is NOT the Moscow nuthouse of the American one).
Trudeau's been written off before, multiple times. Pierre the Pimp is a plastic figure, a guy who has literally had no job other than government for his whole life, and who photoshops his photos and wears fake muscles to impress the rubes.
We can point fingers all we want but whoever controls the media controls what voters think. It’s that simple.
Harris did everything right. She had an amazing ground game. She out-fundraised the other side. She kick his ass in the debate. She spent lots of time in key battleground states.
The one thing she didn’t have was the media on her side.
Wrong. The one thing she didn't have was white skin and a penis. She was trying to break two glass ceilings at once, and even the superlative shittiness of Mango Mussolini wasn't enough to propel her through both.
Yep, and thanks to electing a fascist we will never have the media on our side. They'll transform into state propaganda to tell us how well Trump and Vance are doing
Sorry, don't buy it. Yes, the media do hatchet jobs on all candidate--but Biden had tons of baggage dating back to his 1988 run. Everybody knew he was a loose cannon and everybody knew he was old. Still people looked at the alternative and chose Uncle Joe. It's just when it's a woman or a person of color running that the slander takes hold. Poeple want to believe the worst about women and minorities. It makes the propaganda job easy.
Ya know I hate sounding like a conspiracy theorist but down ballot DEMS with supposed HUGE leads won. How is that possible. Something seems NQR to me. Maybe just my infernal wishful thinking.
Putin has years of experience stealing elections in his own country. Who’s to say he didn’t divulge any secrets to Musk or Trump in their many conversations?
Ta, Robyn. NY did the proper, but I'm too numb to enjoy it. Maybe later.
Any tiny bit of good news in welcome and this issue is top-of-mind...so YAY!
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"In Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, and New York, voters elected to enshrine their current abortion-rights laws into their state constitutions — so that future lawmakers with nefarious intentions can’t mess with them. So that’s nice!"
Ummm . . .
Can't SCOTUS simply determine that certain provisions of state constitutions are unConstitutional under the US Constitution and strike them down?
lf so, what makes you think they won't?
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If you make assumptions like that so freely, then why should you bother to do ANYTHING?
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What assumptions?
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I thought their rationale for overturning Roe v Wade was that abortion policy should be decided by the states. But since when has this court been consistent about anything.
My depresses self is wondering if this is white women voting for abortion because it affects them, and also voting for Trump because, oh, god who knows why anyone votes for Trump - racism, maybe?
Can President Biden legalize all abortion nationwide using an executive order, and if so, can shitler undo it?
Please, don't add insult to injury. We all know a national abortion ban is coming.
"they might need a different governor"
Rhonda Santis is term limited, but he still has three more years to
pull his Opus Dei bullshit.
Don't care what voters vote for - they're getting a national abortion ban.
Gonna protect those wimmins whether they want him to or not.
What women? I see livestock.
Brood stock, in particular.
I think a federal abortion ban would over-ride all of these, but I guess it was a nice try.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwqq7URy5hQ
Basically if the file in NY and a few other federal courts, they can go to the appellate courts 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th to challenge it as an improper act of congress to outlaw a right of privacy.
We'll see. They howl about state's rights, so... hopefully if they try, it can get tied up in the courts for years (and preferably brought inthe right venues). Remember, marijuana is still Federally illegal, too.
Federal abortion ban, then contraceptive ban. All of the babies for everyone, whether they want them (and/or can support them) or not!
yes
Anyone who thinks that AOC will make a great future president might want to pump the brakes on their excitement.
What white man do we support now?
Shapiro LOST PA! He couldn't deliver.
Gavin???? West Coast Lib Elite, but he could demagogue too....
If you thought MAGA was a cult before, this election will elevate his messiah-like status like we’ve never seen before.
In their mind he survived multiple assassination attempts, was spared from multiple politically motivated DOJ investigations, and triumphantly beat all odds to return to the White House.
They will attribute this to God’s favor and will worship him even harder than before. He practically has a license to do whatever he pleases.
We are so fucked.
fuck him...
But at least we can make jokes about his hair bad orange skin.
Well, all presidents get a 100 day Honeymoon. /s
RFK Jr. says ‘entire departments’ at FDA ‘have to go’
“In some categories … there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA … that have to go, that are not doing their job, they’re not protecting our kids,” Kennedy said during an interview on MSNBC.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4976746-robert-kennedy-potential-role-trump-administration/
Hey, we all now can worry that that next bite of ANY food will be tainted and lethal. We all get to play Russian roullette with food everyday!
Save the Rich
https://youtu.be/ej7dfPL7Kho
Aren't we supposed to eat the rich?
I wish we could
Well I finally got to log off work for the day so I can began the “getting completely wasted” portion of this oh so happy day. I have a nice big glass of wine and watching Good Fellas…alcohol and violence yup!
Alcohol and violence, always such a wise combination, but I feel you. I'm only just now slightly getting out of my stupor.
I'm just re-entering it.
I took a sip of alcohol, not even enough to qualify as hair of the dog, to see if I could stomach a drunken stupor.
I'm deciding on fortifying that hit with a gummiez....
A thing I saw elsewhere:
Canada probably feels like they live in the apartment above a meth lab right about now.
Canada has felt that way for a long time now.
But anyone thinking "I'll move to Canada!" had better take a long hard look at our politics, because things are going very bad here, too. Polievre is going to suck Trump's cock so hard when he wins the next election. "Please Mr Almighty Leader, don't give us tariffs"
They were saying the British Columbia election was a hopeless loss, too, but the voters didn't go along and we have a mildly left government for another few years, one that doesn't even have to get Green Party support to survive (and the Canadian Green Party is NOT the Moscow nuthouse of the American one).
Unfortunately Canada ain’t too far behind us in many ways. The next national elections there are going to be ugly.
Trudeau's been written off before, multiple times. Pierre the Pimp is a plastic figure, a guy who has literally had no job other than government for his whole life, and who photoshops his photos and wears fake muscles to impress the rubes.
From what I'm reading the entire globe is going right.
Which is the sort of thing that inspires global war. Time to invest in Halliburton.
A Robin Williams joke, but yes.
We can point fingers all we want but whoever controls the media controls what voters think. It’s that simple.
Harris did everything right. She had an amazing ground game. She out-fundraised the other side. She kick his ass in the debate. She spent lots of time in key battleground states.
The one thing she didn’t have was the media on her side.
Wrong. The one thing she didn't have was white skin and a penis. She was trying to break two glass ceilings at once, and even the superlative shittiness of Mango Mussolini wasn't enough to propel her through both.
That is why our system of government is a mediocracy.
Would that I had more upvotes to give you. Very simply, this completely. Full fucking stop.
Yep, and thanks to electing a fascist we will never have the media on our side. They'll transform into state propaganda to tell us how well Trump and Vance are doing
That's why places like Wonkette are so important and also social media that aren't musk owned.
She even built a bipartisan coalition of republicans and ex-Trump officials in her corner.
I mean, JFC, what was she supposed to do…walk on water?
If fucking god himself had endorsed her, it wouldn't have been enough. Fake news! and/or I'd rather be a Satan-worshiper than a Christian!
Pretty sure Trump could shoot the second coming of Christ on 5th Avenue and he would t lose a single evangelical voter.
That’s how deeply twisted the Republican Party is right now.
Most media is owned by rwnj billionaires and they have made propaganda for the right for years.
Precisely. That’s why I don’t think misogyny and racism against Harris paints the full story.
I think that played a factor but I also think it had a lot to do with the media that Americans consume.
The fucking moron won against two women and lost to a white man. That tells the bigger story.
Sorry, don't buy it. Yes, the media do hatchet jobs on all candidate--but Biden had tons of baggage dating back to his 1988 run. Everybody knew he was a loose cannon and everybody knew he was old. Still people looked at the alternative and chose Uncle Joe. It's just when it's a woman or a person of color running that the slander takes hold. Poeple want to believe the worst about women and minorities. It makes the propaganda job easy.
I wonder if something more sinister has happened and we just don't know it yet.
Ya know I hate sounding like a conspiracy theorist but down ballot DEMS with supposed HUGE leads won. How is that possible. Something seems NQR to me. Maybe just my infernal wishful thinking.
I have no doubt there was some fuckery in this election. My hope is one day it will come to light.
There was for sure some fuckery.
Putin has years of experience stealing elections in his own country. Who’s to say he didn’t divulge any secrets to Musk or Trump in their many conversations?