Chipping away at body autonomy rights

Jezebel warns us:

    Every day, a fresh hell awaits as I check to see how a state legislator is trying to one-

up the legislature the next region over. For the worst proposals this week, it’s a four-

way tie between Missouri’s attempt to stop people from leaving the state for

 abortions; Texas trying to investigate parents supporting trans children for child

 abuse; Idaho’s attempt to criminalize providing medically necessary, gender-

affirming care to minors; and Oklahoma pushing six anti-abortion bills one step

 closer to becoming law. This four-way combination managed to unseat Florida’s

 “Don’t Say Gay” bill which seeks to block discussion of sexual orientation and identity

 in state classrooms, and caused student-led protests across the state.

Republican and conservative lawmakers packed the 2022 legislative calendar to the brim with proposals aimed at cutting off access to gender affirming and medically necessary healthcare for trans kids and adults. Oh, and outlawing abortion in any possible fashion until the Supreme Court rules in June. We’re approaching the end of many state legislature sessions, meaning the fight to get every bill passed is running at a high clip.

Conservatives at all power levels are attempting to move the Overton Window—a way of gauging what’s politically possibly, created by a conservative think tank—in front of our eyes. The goal is to remove bodily autonomy from as many people as possible as quickly as possible.

GOP's cancelling culture war on facts

 

Teaching history

 

Detrumping by flushing 10, 15 times

 

Madison Cawthorn reminds me of someone....

Tuesday: Texas, MAGAs, Books, and Cats.

 

President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

 

Black and Red

by Tanna Tucker and Nestor Castillo

The history of Black Socialism in America

Legitimate political discourse always involves hanging

 

Ronna McDaniel tries--and fails--to clarify declaration that Jan. 6 was 'legitimate'

"In other words, Trump knew at some point in November that he had lost—and all of his efforts to stay in office after that date were an effort to further an attempted self-coup, with the attack on the Capitol being the culmination of that self-coup. And yet, the RNC insults our intelligence by insisting that this this was “legitimate political discourse.” What nerve!

Apparently the RNC would also have us believe that when Republican lawmakers maintained their objections even after order was restored, they were engaging in “legitimate political discourse.” Well, Republican strategist Scott Jennings would disagree. Two days after that horror, Jennings asked, “Once the Capitol had been occupied, how can you give quarter to the viewpoint that caused the occupation?” Jennings may have posed that question to Sen. Josh Hawley, but that applies in equal measure to the RNC as well.

We’ve known for some time that McDaniel has sold her soul to Trump. Well, any doubt this was the case was erased when she tried to distance herself and the RNC from the violence of Jan. 6. But in so doing, she only proved that she is the morally bankrupt chairwoman of a morally bankrupt party."

Banning Books

 

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