First they came...
Sadly, I realized this morning that Martin Niemöller’s legendary prose is in need of an update.First they came for voting rights, and I didn’t speak up because I’m not a minority.Then they came for...
View ArticleReproductive rights protests erupt nationwide in wake of leaked SCOTUS opinion
Protests began Monday night in the wake of Politico publishing a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion from Justice Samuel Alito that would essentially overturn Roe v. Wade and bodes terribly for...
View ArticleA Woman's Right To Choose Is An Individual Freedom And We Need To Frame It As...
Alito’s draft opinion is attacking a freedom that went unregulated for the first three quarters of a century of this nation’s history...ACLUAbortion was not, in fact, illegal in most states until the...
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phallic anti-abortion stunt; will Ted Cruz want the leaker in Cancun or Gitmo
Sen. Ted Cruz on the leaked SCOTUS opinion: "This is the most egregious breach of trust at the Supreme Court that has ever happened. Presumably, some left-wing law clerk, angry at the direction the...
View ArticleVideo Of A Rightfully Pissed Off Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Hits 4.2...
In case you needed to see this:xA visibly shaken and angry Senator Elizabeth Warren just spoke in-front of #SCOTUS. @TheNationalNewspic.twitter.com/KzQ2Z0Lg3b— Willy Lowry (@willy_lowry) May 3,...
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Strong and eloquent statement from Obama on the draft Supreme Court decision...
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama issued this eloquent and insightful statement on the draft Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.xHere’s my statement with Michelle on the draft...
View ArticleA Female Presidential Candidate in 2024
First, I love Joe Biden. I haven’t changed my opinion of him since day 1. Second, I’m a progressive, but I’m a pragmatist. Biden is not a moderate on the full political spectrum, he’s definitely a Dem....
View ArticleLA-Mayor: Planned Parenthood Calls Out Rick Caruso's (D) Past Donations To...
Talk about bad timing:Billionaire Rick Caruso, who’s seeking to be Los Angeles mayor, is facing criticism from Planned Parenthood on past contributions to Republican lawmakers following a leaked report...
View ArticleTop 5 Border Towns to Build an Abortion Clinic: Part 1
For the past ten years I’ve found myself staring at Google Maps whenever a U.S. state has passed another TRAP law making it harder for pregnant people to receive an abortion within their state of...
View ArticleThis week on The Brief: Gutting Roe v. Wade is just the beginning and why we...
This week on The Brief, hosts Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld talked about the leaked initial draft majority opinion in a case that would overturn Roe v. Wade, written by Justice Samuel Alito and...
View ArticleMcConnell has never been so desperate to change the subject as with his...
Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had an urgent message for his conference Tuesday: Whatever you do, don't talk about the Supreme Court's draft opinion destroying abortion rights.Chastising...
View ArticleCommentary: Aborting Privacy
A critical point is being missed through all the shock, dismay, and fear over what most believe will be the Supreme Court destroying a woman’s right to choose. First, there is no question that the loss...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Deadspin, "Men like Herschel Walker (R) are coming for my rights and...
Yesterday in Georgia, the GOP U.S. Senate frontrunner, Herschel Walker (R. GA), was a no show but the issue of abortion was a big topic of discussion:Five of the six Republican candidates competing to...
View ArticleData collection company sells the information of people who visit abortion...
We all know that our whereabouts can be easily tracked on our cell phones, and that the data can then be sold. But, according to Vice, there’s a company that also tracks visits you make to a health...
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I'm going to tell my story too.
I’ve decided to tell my story. I was raised Catholic (I have since abandoned the church, and pedophilia is my line in the sand. That is another story.), like the RW majority on SCOTUS. I am also a...
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The Deterioration of Democracy
A reflection on the leaked U.S. Supreme Court’s draft opinionFor centuries, Americans have taken pride in calling our country the land of the free. However, over the last few decades, the Republican...
View ArticleCO-Gov: Watch "Pro-Life" GOP Frontrunner Royally Fail When Asked About...
This the GOP:xNEW: GOP gubernatorial candidate @LopezforCO says he would sign an abortion ban in Colorado. I asked him to square his pro-life without exceptions stance with his 1993 arrest for...
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Take it to the Streets?
The Supreme Court is an archaic, unelected institution with immense power. Whether it is a force for progress or reaction is almost entirely arbitrary. And throughout our history it has been both. From...
View ArticleWhat if the Government Started Telling Men What They Can and Can't Do With...
Here’s a short film I made in 2019 when all this noise began in earnest about banning abortion and contraception. I thought how absurd it would be to govern a man’s decisions about his body and his...
View ArticleAbbott threatens to challenge SCOTUS 1982 decision ensuring free public...
It doesn’t take the keenest observer to realize that the U.S. Supreme Court’s inclination to reverse Roe v. Wade was just the tip of the iceberg. If the leaked draft opinion from Justice Samuel Alito...
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