KathyinCary

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Retired psychologist. Former Virginia blogger now living in NC. Happily married to my HS sweetheart for >50 years. Proud mom. Wolfpack and UNCC niner’s grand. Hokie. Democrat. Ally.
The people of the UK and France showing us that there is a path forward is exactly what we needed to see right now.

England stopped the right-wing.

France stopped the right-wing.

In November, it’s time for America to stop the right-wing.

Hey Americans, feeling politically powerless? You have an election tomorrow. Fascists are targeting those boring state and local positions and using them for everything from abortion restrictions to book bans to criminalizing trans healthcare. It's up to you to stop them.
Sunday News: “What the world would look like without fossil fuels”; “The GOP’s arsonists lost on the shutdown, but they’re not going away”; “Youngkin’s White House Dream May Mean a Radical Right Shift”; “Youngkin’s RGGI repeal is a bad deal for Virginians” https://bluevirginia.us/2023/10/sunday-news-what-the-world-would-look-like-without-fossil-fuels-the-gops-arsonists-lost-on-the-shutdown-but-theyre-not-going-away-youngkins-white-house-dream-may-mean
Sunday News: “What the world would look like without fossil fuels”; “The GOP’s arsonists lost on the shutdown, but they’re not going away”; “Youngkin’s White House Dream May Mean a Radical Right Shift”; “Youngkin’s RGGI repeal is a bad deal for Virginians”

by LowellHere are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 1.Climate Fiction Is No Longer Dystopian. Just Reality.What the

Blue Virginia
@uspolitics And no one reports that this did not happen at the Capitol but rather at a nearby office building.
If John Roberts wants criticism of the Court to end, perhaps he should start by refusing fake cases, with lying plaintiffs, sham evidence, and no standing. The Court as constituted and as it behaves demands criticism. To not criticize the blatant malfeasance and corruption is to subvert our contry by negligence. So, no, your dishonor. No free pass for you and your faux court.
If you don’t assume the Republicans’ refusal to pass the debt ceiling and risk crashing the economy is not part of the same effort to keep the criminal loser in office and reject the peaceful transfer of power, then you’re not paying attention.

I do not understand why the MSM continues to provide cover for men who hate women and want them to be second-class citizens https://presswatchers.org/2022/06/massive-media-fail-abortion-coverage-ignores-misogyny-theocracy-and-so-much-more/
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RT @JessicaValenti
The abortion medication decision tonight was misogynist payback: Our ability to end a pregnancy with just a few pills was too much for them to take.

At least when we went …
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1644519518943813634

Massive media fail: Abortion coverage ignores misogyny, theocracy, and so much more - Press Watch

Where are the feminist voices in the news coverage of the overturning of Roe v. Wade? I sought some out.

Press Watch - An intervention for American political journalism

So let me get this straight: Every bill the Republicans introduce now attempts to subvert the democratic process in order to give the party power over American lives.
Is that what you're seeing, too?
And we're just going to let this happen?

#EndTheRepublicanRegime #NoToFascism #Politics
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/texas-republicans-introduce-bill-allowing-secretary-of-state-to-overturn-election-results/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Texas Republicans Introduce Bill Allowing Secretary of State to Overturn Election Results

Republican lawmakers in Texas proposed a bill that would enable the Secretary of State to overturn election results in counties that have 1 million residents or more.

Mediaite

McKinsey & Co. is being sued for its role in the opioid epidemic. Here's some background information if you are wondering how that could be.

via @ProPublica

McKinsey Never Told the FDA It Was Working for Opioid Makers While Also Working for the Agency

https://www.propublica.org/article/mckinsey-never-told-the-fda-it-was-working-for-opioid-makers-while-also-working-for-the-agency

#publichealth #opioid #epidemic #FDA

McKinsey Never Told the FDA It Was Working for Opioid Makers While Also Working for the Agency

The consulting giant was helping Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson fend off FDA regulations even as it helped shape FDA drug policy.

ProPublica