It used to be Democrats versus Republicans, liberals versus conservatives, left versus right.
That is over.
It is now democracy versus authoritarianism.
The 2024 election is fast approaching. Know the stakes.
The story was red meat for right-wing politicians, who have spent years telling meritless and fact-free stories about imaginary veterans being passed over for help in favor of offering money to equally imaginary asylum-seekers; however, the narrative fell apart in record time thanks to critical reporting:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/homeless-veterans-brian-maher-immigrants/
RT @CenterOnBudget
Everything you need to know about why the House Republican #DebtLimit bill being debated right now is so harmful in one place.
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/roundup-analyzing-speaker-mccarthys-harmful-debt-ceiling-and-cuts-bill
Last week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released a debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill that would use the need to raise the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip to force a set of unpopular, harmful policies. We’ve collected our analyses of the bill here.
Zooey Zephyr deserves every bit as much attention as The Tennessee Three. Raise your voices! This is fascism.
#TransLivesMatter
Thank you for the gentle reminder @donmelton. I'm ashamed of myself for not posting beforehand.
RT @CoriBush
In 2023, over 400 anti-trans bills have been introduced across our country.
We need to call it what it is: a deliberate campaign by the GOP to erase trans people.
It’s an attack on human rights.
If SCOTUS allows the 5th Circuit's mifepristone ruling to stand, it will be a public announcement that the rule of law is fully dead in this country.
There is absolutely no coherent legal theory of why these people have standing or on the merits undoing an FDA approval. None.
Minnesota passes bills protecting reproductive, gender-affirming care, banning conversion therapy https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3963439-minnesota-passes-bills-protecting-reproductive-gender-affirming-care-baning-conversion-therapy/
The Minnesota legislature on Friday passed a set of bills to bolster protections for gender-affirming health care and abortion and make conversion therapy practices for LGBTQ minors and vulnerable adults illegal. The measures now head to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who is expected to sign them into law. Minnesota Democrats have pushed an ambitious slate…
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