A collection of 41 posts
Heatmap News: Is There Really a Working Class Backlash to Bidenâs Climate Law? when voters are asked about the individual provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, including EV subsidies, tax incentives to install solar panels and industry subsidies for wind and solar power generation, they support them by double-digit
Eric Tucker: Trump Allies Cite Clinton Email Probe to Attack Classified Records Case. There Are Big Differences Beyond just the hoarding of documents â in locations including a bathroom, ballroom, shower and his bedroom â the Justice Department says Trump showed highly sensitive material to visitors without security clearances and obstructed the
Jacob Ogles: Bloggers Having to Register With the State if They Want to Criticize the State. The bill then requires reporting with the state âif a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post.â Registration is required within five
Parker Molloy: This Fox News Segment Perfectly Illustrates How Off-the-Rails the Right-Wing Anti-Trans Attacks Have Become TODD PIRO, Co-Host: Joe, I wanna get your thoughts on this. There is a bizarre new Batman storyline that has the Joker becoming pregnant and giving birth. This is a statement you literally could
Nick Heer: Republicans Ignore Door Opened for Them and Sue Google Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee has continued to send out emails promising subscribers the âGOLDEN TRUMPâ award if they donate money within the hour. They really sent that email. And they also sent one with the subject line âREAD
Beth Mole: That Florida âanalysisâ on COVID vaccines is-you guessed it-total garbage Experts roundly dubbed the analysis "utter rubbish," "extremely misleading," and "comically bad." Some called the analysis method "terrible," and one epidemiologist called it "the absolute most batshit study design & analysis plan I have ever seen." Others noted that
Jason DeParle: Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty In 1993, safety net programs cut child poverty by 9 percent from what it would have been absent the aid. By 2019, those programs had cut child poverty by 44 percent, and the number of children they removed from
Li Zhoh: Republicans have a nonsensical argument against the same-sex marriage bill Many Senate Republicans, rather than confront the substance of new legislation that would provide federal protections for same-sex marriage, are instead arguing that a vote on the bill is unnecessary. By their reasoning, lawmakers donât need to
From the press release announcing the proposed act: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) today announced the introduction of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the
A new poll out this week shows 64% of those who plan on voting in the Democratic primary in 2024 would prefer someone other than Joe Biden to be on the ticket. I find these polls utterly fascinating. Here's some data on a theoretical Biden/Trump rematch in 2024: * The
McConnell: Blocking Obama's SCOTUS pick led to overturning Roe v. Wade Antonin Scalia passed away February 13, 2016. Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away September 18, 2020. Mitch deemed one of these vacancies was too close to an election and the people should get to vote for who got to fill
There were too many links, so I've collected a few in one place. Olivia Snow: Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker? Neither the intent nor effect of FOSTA or Dobbs is to eradicate sex work or abortions, which have existed for millennia and will continue to
Ian Millhiser: The case against the Supreme Court of the United States The Dobbs decision is the culmination of a decades-long effort by Republicans to capture the Supreme Court and use it, not just to undercut abortion rights but also to implement an unpopular agenda they cannot implement through the
From Axios: "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the 6-3 ruling. I look forward to all the conservative states who have been
Florida legislature passes âDonât Say Gayâ bill to restrict LGBTQ topics in elementary schools - The Washington Post Florida state senators on Tuesday approved legislation that regulates school lessons about sexual orientation and gender identity, defying demands from some of their youngest constituents and pushing the state deeper into