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Open Thread July 8, 2022

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 6:56 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 082022

Yesterday, I finished the last cartoon for July, and set up the template to work on August. I also learned from Heather Cox Richardson that a trailer for the Trump** documentary which was being filmed right around the 2020 election (to include the period of the insurrection) has been released. I scouted around for it and eventually found it – but it’s not embeddable, so it won’t be in the video thread, but here’s a link if anyone’s curious.

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The 19th – When abortion clinics close, low-income people will also lose access to other reproductive care
Quote – Robin Marty has three months. That’s how long the money will last. The abortion clinic she runs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, halted abortions following the reversal of Roe v. Wade last month, but it has enough cash reserves to provide other reproductive health services, including birth control, HIV treatment, prenatal care and gender-affirming care through about September. In that time frame, her staff is working to implement a new model that would keep West Alabama Women’s Center in operation, serving as a key access point for thousands of low-income people in the region who rely on abortion clinics for other services — the kind that are unavailable to them through insurance or that they otherwise would have to get on months-long waitlists to receive.
Click through for story. I probably don’t need to remind anyone that this is a feature – not a bug. Robin saw this coming (and wrote a book about it) – if she isn’t prepared, no one is.

HuffPost – Washington Post Editorial Board Offers Grim Warning About Supreme Court’s ‘Next Move’
Quote – “Our democracy’s path rests mostly with the Supreme Court. If five justices overturn the North Carolina decision, they will know what they are doing, which is writing a recipe for election tampering,” the Post editorial board wrote. “They will also know why they are doing it: not because the Constitution demands it, but because they can.”
Click through for details. Should the Court decide wrongly on this, it will not affect the 2022 midterms – which means the 2022 midterms could just be the last free and fair national election in the United States for the foreseeable future -certainly the last in our lifetimes. How do we convince Democrats that it’s not illegitimate or immoral to campaign on fear when the threat is real?

Food For Thought

Video Thread 6/29/22

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:12 pm Open Thread, Politics

Jun 292022

Glenn Kirschner – Surprise J6 public hearing; former US Atty General lays out evidence of Trump’s criminal intent

Meidas Touch – Furious Texas Paul REACTS to Horrific Roe v. Wade Decision

MSNBC – Footage Of Rudy Giuliani Encounter Reveals What Actually Went Down

Ojeda Live – Calling All Patriots, Working Class Americans & Defenders of Choice

Shirley Serban – Sound of Science (so realistic it’s spooky)

Beau – Let’s talk about the objection to unpacking the court….

Video Thread 6/28/22

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:22 pm Open Thread, Politics

Jun 282022

Glenn Kirschner – Two topics: how to combat the Supreme Court revoking women’s rights; how to hold Trump accountable

Meidas Touch – AOC brings the HOUSE DOWN with Scathing Speech After Roe v Wade Decision

The Lincoln Project – Wandrea “Shaye” Moss

Farron Balanced – Fox News Host Hilariously Smacks Down Dr Oz For Lying About Poll Numbers

OwlKitty in Lord of the Rings

Beau – Let’s talk about unpacking the Supreme Court decision…. (I am in favor of a two-pronged strategy – expand AND impeach. But then I’ve always been a belt-and-suspenders type)

Video Thread 6/27/22

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:14 pm Open Thread, Politics

Jun 272022

Glenn Kirschner – Supreme Court revokes women’s constitutional rights. Congress MUST open impeachment hearings – NOW (the sound is odd, but there is CC)

Meidas Touch – Adam Kinzinger Stuns with Speech of the Year during Jan 6 Hearings

The Lincoln Project – Lady Ruby

MSNBC – Lawrence: Samuel Alito’s Lies Did Not Stop In His Confirmation Hearing

VoteVets – Pride

Beau – Let’s talk about what happens if Trump is acquitted….

Video Thread 6/20/22

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:59 am Open Thread, Politics

Jun 202022

Glenn Kirschner – Trump pressuring Mike Pence to overturn election results is additional evidence of Trump’s treason

Meidas Touch – Texas Paul REACTS to Lauren Boebert saying Jesus needed an AR-15

The Lincoln Project – Scam

MSNBC – Fascist, Paramilitary Groups Seen Aligning With Republican Political Targeting

Woman brings home a rescue dog. And then discovers she barks like a duck.

Beau – Let’s talk about pardons, votes, and Trump….

Open Thread May 3, 2022

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 6:43 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

May 032022

Yesterday, I pretty much rested, or tried to. I kind of wore myself out Sunday and was having trouble staying awake. Some days are like that.

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Letters from an American April 30, 2022
Quote – This letter is for the musician I met this week whose work takes her all over the country. She said that in her travels lately she feels something powerful building under the radar, and asked me if such a thing had ever happened before.
Click through for details.What we have here is history, and hope.

The 19th – She’s a White suburban mom. Can this lawmaker — and her viral speech — rally people like her for Democrats?
Quote – McMorrow said she is mindful of what it means to get media attention because she is a White woman. She highlighted Erika Geiss, a Black state senator, and Jeremy Moss, a gay state senator, who both gave impassioned speeches recently about inequities that have received far less attention. McMorrow said it shouldn’t be on marginalized people to do all the work. “If those of us who are not the ones negatively impacted by these attacks are comfortable and stand by and just let it happen, then it’s going to keep happening,” she said. “So now I’m looking at how I can make sure we’re elevating those voices.”
Click through – I posted the clip when it came out I”ve palyed a response or two. Now I want to feature her advice to Democrats.

Daily Beast – These States Are About to Put New Voting Laws to the Test
Quote – A number of states that have passed new voting restrictions in the past year—including Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, and Indiana—have primaries this month. Their outcomes will serve as the first big test of the impact of new voting restrictions enacted following the 2020 election and former President Trump’s election hysteria. Pulaski County Clerk Terri Hollingsworth, who serves as the county’s elections administrator in Arkansas, says executing the changes in her state has been “somewhat of a nightmare.” She’s worried about a new rule requiring voters’ signatures on their absentee ballots to match what the state has on file—fearing that signatures might have naturally changed over the years. “We’re not handwriting experts,” she told The Daily Beast.
Click throiugh for more analysis. These are some of the worst voting restrictions we have seen since Jim Crow. If you want to follow election law, this might be a good time to subscribe to the Daily Beast newsletter.

Food For Thought

Open Thread April 23, 2022

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 7:25 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Apr 232022

Yesterday, Besides getting this and the Videos up for today, I also worked on getting them ready for tomorrow, so that I can spend more of today on geting ready, and getting enough sleep to go see Virgil.

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Talking Points Memo – DOJ Signals Another Step Toward Broadening Jan. 6 Probe To Focus On Bigger MAGA Fish
Quote – Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe, who spoke to TPM last month about Garland’s slow pace in the Jan. 6 probe, tweeted on Wednesday that [Thomas] Windom’s appointment shows that the attorney general is “NOT asleep at the switch.”
Click through for more. TPM seems to be the only otlet talking about this. But we can hope everyone else is distracted by the shiny objects of Kevin and Marj and Ron and Disney.

Robert Reich – Zelensky patriotism, Putin patriotism, Trump patriotism
Quote – We recoil in horror as Putin and his forces wreak havoc and death on Ukraine — before our eyes and in real time. Both Putin and Ukraine President Zelensky repeatedly invoke “nationalism” and “patriotism,” but Putin’s nationalism and patriotism are manufactured to justify this brutal and unprovoked aggression while Zelensky’s words explain astonishing sacrifices now being made by ordinary Ukrainians to protect their freedom, democracy, and homeland. Donald Trump uses the same words, too — as do his acolytes in the Republican Party. His version of national patriotism is closer to Putin’s than to Zeleneky’s.
Click through for explanations. I’m glad he isn’t ready to give u on the word, but sadly, I am. I’ve seen too many words destroyed.

Crooks and Liars – Disabled Voters Don’t Exist
Quote – The Wisconsin Supreme Court finally got to hearing the case last week, after people had their rights denied. It was during this hearing that things went from bad to the stupefying ridiculous. Rick Esenberg, the head of WILL tried to deny that people like [Martha] Chambers [who has been paralyzed from the neck down following a horseback riding accident 27 years ago] even existed
Click through for the full story if you can bear to. This literally beought me to tears.

Food For Thought

Video Thread 4/21/22

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:01 pm Open Thread, Politics

Apr 212022

Glenn Kirschner – Reporting Asks: “Why Hasn’t Trump Been Indicted Yet? We Have Five Theories.”

The Lincoln Project – Skin in the Game

Robert Reich – How Trump could actually steal the 2024 Election

MSNBC – Eliminationist Rhetoric,’ A Fascist Tool, Gains Alarming Foothold In Trump-Era Politics

Twitter – A strong speech. Mallory McMorrow is a Michigan State Senator for Dostrict 13 (roughly Oakland County.) Elected in 2019, she is in her first term.

Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community…in a fundraising email, for herself.

Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won’t. pic.twitter.com/jL5GU42bTv

— Mallory McMorrow (@MalloryMcMorrow) April 19, 2022

Brent Terhune – A Madison Caethorne Party

Beau – Let’s talk about Texas, Abbott, and produce….

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