Anti-abortion laws are intended to be cruel & unusual punishment of the innocent.
Roe vs Wade's overturn is a disenfranchisement scheme.
4.6 million former felons can't vote in America.
Women found guilty of abortion or contraception will swell those ranks enormously.
Trauma works similarly.
Deliberate psychological torment, like Jim Crow, is also voter suppression.
Torturing women over miscarriages, rape, or unviable pregnancies is intended to suppress the vote.
Important read from #JenniferRubin on the #Texas #abortion case. Gifted copy.
The Texas abortion case blows up the abortion ban rationale
https://wapo.st/41eOzJ3
@Holberg Beautiful.
Anti-abortion attorneys ascend federal government ranks with Christian right legal training https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121123_anti_abortion_attorneys/anti-abortion-attorneys-ascend-federal-government-ranks-with-christian-right-legal-training/
The Alliance Defending Freedom has employed and trained thousands of conservative Christian attorneys, some of whom have climbed the highest rungs of power, and the legal group is working on nearly a dozen ongoing lawsuits involving abortion and contraceptive access.
#Tucson #Arizona
@Holberg Interesting article.
Angry Trump spox erupts over Jack Smith's request that SCOTUS rule on immunity https://www.rawstory.com/trump-scotus-jack-smith/
How to change iPhone default notification sound https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/11/how-to-change-iphone-default-notification-sound/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
I am trying to find my people on Mastodon. Can you please boost this if you:
-Believe that blueberries could be bigger and that farmers are simply not working hard enough to grow massive blueberries.
-Lie awake at night wondering if squirrels are sad when they forget where they buried their acorns.
-Think restaurants should legally be required to participate in Taco Tuesday.
-Find Tilda Swinton to be terrifying yet oddly attractive.
-Know that you could defeat 50 Smurfs in hand-to-hand combat.
Sheila Jackson Lee files for 2024 reelection to her House seat https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/11/sheila-jackson-lee-reelection-bid-00131097
@PamelaBarroway I second both of those recommendations. @littlemiao
"#WesternValues" is #rightwing code for #ChristianNationalism. Whenever you hear them complain about people not believing in western values, they mean their bastardized version of #Christianity isn't the center of attention. And that makes them sad.
#Christofascists #religionOfHate #UnderHisEye #Gilead
https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/california-parent-children-indoctrinate-may-mailman-trump
@realTuckFrumper Yea, he wants to be a dicktator on all days.
A top Pentagon official is stepping down this month, deepening the gap in confirmed leaders within the Defense Department’s policy shop as Sen. Tommy #Tuberville continues his blockade of senior military and civilian nominations.
The departure means both the No. 1 and 2 positions in DOD’s policy office will be filled with acting officials.—Politico
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