Have to keep you updated on what’s going on in Red State America that I know they want to export elsewhere around the country.
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) posted at 0:12 PM on Thu, May 02, 2024:
Louisiana Republicans are moving to pass a law that will charge women with criminal felonies and throw them in prison if they are caught in possession of abortion pills.
https://t.co/f3bWasgwXn https://t.co/rrjzMnFSBi
(https://x.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1786081419061522805?s=02)
From Jessica Valenti:
In the States
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation today that will repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban. It was just yesterday that the state Senate voted to reverse the 160-year-old law, crafted in a time before women had the right to vote. At a ceremony today, Gov. Hobbs said she would “do everything in my power to protect our reproductive freedoms, because I trust women to make the decisions that are best for them.”
This means that Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban will go back into effect—at least until November, when voters could restore abortion rights by supporting a pro-choice ballot measure.
As Florida’s 6 week abortion ban goes into effect:
Florida Agency Releases Dangerous Abortion ‘Rules’
Guidelines mandate abortion reports, tell doctors how to end pregnancies
JESSICA VALENTI
MAY 02, 2024
With Florida’s 6-week abortion ban now in effect, a state agency has issued guidelines for doctors that they say will ensure women get the care they need. In truth, the rules are a political move that will further endanger women’s health and lives.Guidelines from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) not only require doctors to send the state detailed abortion reports, a tactic Abortion, Every Day has been raising the alarm about, but also dictate how doctors should end pregnancies. The guideline’s language could even force physicians to give women c-sections rather than abortions—another nightmare tactic that AED has been tracking.
Consider one of the most common post-Roe horror stories we’ve seen: women who were denied treatment after their water broke too early for the fetus to survive. (Also called preterm premature rupture of membranes, or PPROM.) In a section about how doctors should treat patients with PPROM, the agency does not tell doctors that they can give women abortions. Instead, they say the patient should “be admitted for observation.”
Florida’s new ban is important because Florida was a state where women in the South could go . Now, those women have to travel to North Carolina or Virginia.
The increased numbers for those states:
Abortion providers in states like North Carolina are bracing for an onslaught of patients who otherwise would have traveled to Florida for care. The same is true for clinics in Virginia; HuffPost reports that Virginia League for Planned Parenthood has increased staff and hours, and ramped up tele-health services. In 2022, only 3% of the group’s patients were from out of state. As of April, that number jumped to 20%, and as of this week, more than 30% of patients making abortion appointments were from other states.
In case you missed it, Donald Trump did an interview with Time where he had no problems with the states criminally charging women or MONITORING THEIR PREGNANCIES.
Resolute Square (@ResoluteSquare) posted at 1:07 PM on Fri, May 03, 2024:
ABC News: Trump told TIME Magazine that he would let states monitor women’s pregnancies and punish those who violate abortion bans.https://t.co/Bc1THoWuAV
(https://x.com/ResoluteSquare/status/1786457454881935758?t=rdLr1mt6fg72DqlbqtIzHA&s=03)
And, it’s not just about abortion. I don’t know how many times we have to tell you that the GOP is coming for IVF and Birth control. They always were.
VIDEO: Youngkin won’t add legal protection for birth control access
By Dogwood Staff
May 2, 2024
Access to birth control remains vulnerable to potential future attacks after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin effectively blocked a bill that would have made access to contraception a legal right in Virginia.The fight to protect reproductive freedom continues as advocates gear up to fight for a constitutional amendment in Virginia that would guarantee the right to an abortion. Video: Jessica Craven
So, how do those folks feel about Governor Sweater Vest…he was always a right-winger.
Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charles_gaba) posted at 7:43 AM on Thu, May 02, 2024:
🚨 While Trump lies about his “position” on abortion and states like ID, TX, FL & AZ institute draconian laws, House Republicans are pushing a NATIONAL BAN.
Donate DIRECTLY to these Democrats TODAY to help flip the House blue. #Blue24
https://t.co/V45fFz3BMy.
(https://x.com/charles_gaba/status/1786013649145938318?t=WscRifK4FfRHefFEiy2CVw&s=03)
The Vice-President has been out giving speeches. Making sure that the American people know who is responsible for the loss of body autonomy in this country, and what that means for women.
When we tell the Black youth to be careful, and that they don’t have a safety net like their palm-colored friends, this is what we mean:
Hank (@HANKonX) posted at 10:06 AM on Sat, May 04, 2024:
NEW: James Carlson, one of the primary agitators in the recent Columbia’s riots, turns out to be a millionaire’s heir with a long history of violent protests.
A lawyer and self-styled anarchist, Carlson is the son of late ad mogul Dick Tarlow.
Despite his privileged background, he boasts a rap sheet dating back to 2005, with numerous charges including assault on a police officer.
Living in a lavish $3.4 million Brooklyn brownstone property, Carlson has been a fixture in anti-capitalist movements across the country.
His latest escapade at Columbia involved breaking into the university, barricading doors, and causing substantial property damage, resulting in charges of burglary, reckless endangerment, and more.
Moreover, Carlson faces a hate crime charge for an incident in April, where he allegedly set an Israel supporter’s flag on fire and assaulted the individual with a rock.
This is only the latest in a string of protests he has led, which include disruptive actions at major New York City traffic arteries earlier this year.
Carlson’s stepmother, currently linked romantically to singer John Cougar Mellencamp, shares ownership of a $15 million mansion on Fifth Avenue.
His father, who passed away in 2022 leaving a $20 million estate, was a significant figure in advertising, associated with big names like Revlon and Ralph Lauren.
Carlson (40), was arrested early Wednesday for his role in the violent takeover at Hamilton Hall.
… https://t.co/WkXBQohtJC
(https://x.com/HANKonX/status/1786774507648102779?t=wvRu53sOD9g0mwnzjth42A&s=03)
😒😒😒😒😒
Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) posted at 7:43 PM on Sun, May 05, 2024:
NEW: Columbia Law students are demanding that the school cancel finals and pass all students because they are so traumatized from NYPD “violence” they witnessed last week.
LMAO.
The sensitive and “shaken” students say they’re so upset by police in riot gear that they can’t take finals.
“The violence we witnessed last night has irrevocably shaken many of us on the Review,” the editors of the Columbia Law Review wrote.
“We know this to be the same for a majority of our classmates.”
“Videos have circulated of police clad in riot gear mocking and brutalizing our students. The events of last night left us, and many of our peers, unable to focus and highly emotional during this tumultuous time.”
“We believe that canceling exams would be a proportionate response to the level of distress our peers have been feeling.”
https://t.co/Ek9bcrBjWG
(https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1787281917207015567?s=02)
If the GOP Can’t Keep Voters from Putting Abortion on the Ballot, They Will Try To Trick Voters. They Will Cheat.
The “Decline to Sign” movement is gaining traction in GOP-dominated states
JESS PIPER
MAY 6
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The event to raise money for local Crawford County candidates was held inside an auction house right off the highway. It was a BBQ supper, with a silent auction, and a Bluegrass band. The event also had petitions at the ready for several amendments, including the abortion petition.
As I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed a minivan and a woman stopping each person going down the drive. She was standing next to her van, while a man sat in the driver’s seat. She had what looked like paper tickets in her hand — I assumed she was checking in guests for the event. As I stopped, she smiled and asked if I wanted information on the petition to put abortion on the ballot in Arkansas?
I returned her smile and said, “sure.” She handed me a piece of cardstock with a QR code. I was really excited to scan it, because I thought Arkansas may have a way to electronically sign the petition, and I could share it with my Arkansas friends…
Oof. I was way off.
When I scanned the code, it took me straight to a Google drive. I was hesitant immediately. The first folder in the drive is titled, “Arkansas Abortion Amendment Myth vs. Fact” and that was pretty much a dead giveaway; the lady stopping folks headed to an event intent on signing the abortion petition was going to hit them with disinformation first.
Another folder in the Google drive was something called “Decline to Sign.” This graphic included bulleted points. Among them:
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Was the woman standing in that parking lot just some solitary extremist trying to dissuade voters from signing a petition? Some woman who got a crazy idea, created a Google drive, printed up cardstock with a QR code, and decided to lie to folks on their way to sign a petition in a small town in Arkansas?
No. “Decline to Sign” is a coordinated movement and we saw it in Missouri as well. It is well-funded and not at all grassroots. They have signs, sites, and lawmakers who are bought and paid for to do their dirty work.
I noticed “Decline to Sign” popping up on social media from Missouri GOP State Senators and Representatives. The messaging was exactly the same. Some Reps even started tweeting out videos of themselves, sitting on the same couch in front of the same bookcase, reading a script about “out of state” folks coming to Missouri to gather signatures and steal identities or allow abortions up to birth. It was creepy because it was so scripted and the deliveries were so automated. The politicians also had those dead eyes you need to straight up lie to someone.
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CLAP CLAP CLAP
Denise Oliver-Velez 💛 (@Deoliver47) posted at 8:50 AM on Mon, May 06, 2024:
I cited Audre Lorde’s wisdom about “single issue” folks a while back
‘There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives’
https://t.co/pBQ6wr4lm4
(https://x.com/Deoliver47/status/1787479972816335292?t=l18H482mhw7Y5ybn9wYXWA&s=03)
Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) posted at 1:38 PM on Mon, May 06, 2024:
Planner of Trump’s Project 2025 calls for repealing the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote https://t.co/JKrvOh0jnO
(https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1787552478826840567?t=mwsKF1DwefsAxB0NnNyROw&s=03)
Sons of Killmonger & Disciple of Dark Brandon (@2Strong2Silence) posted at 5:47 AM on Tue, Apr 30, 2024:
Good morning to all the black students that are “protesting”about genocide with your newfound white friends at these PWI’s, I hope you notice this shit ain’t going on at ANY HBCU. Guess your revolution ain’t that deep. https://t.co/d7pn7XdgLS
(https://x.com/2Strong2Silence/status/1785259578080239834?s=02)
albacri12 & a fan account (@texastrilogy12) posted at 7:59 AM on Tue, Apr 30, 2024:
HBCU students know the moment they start acting like that, SWAT Teams would be called in to settle the unrest, plus unlike these Ivy League schools, HBCU can not afford to destroy there campuses. They don’t have billionaire donors to foot the bill.
(https://x.com/texastrilogy12/status/1785292905596227734?s=02)
LOL
NurseScientistPhD-CNS (@ResearchCNSPhD) posted at 9:14 AM on Tue, Apr 30, 2024:
HBCU students are more scared of their mamas than they are of SWAT! Graduation parties have been planned. Outfits have been purchased. They know better than to have their mammas out here looking like fools because they got suspended & aren’t going to graduate! https://t.co/SnFwjfXm6B
(https://x.com/ResearchCNSPhD/status/1785311696204034352?s=02)
Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) posted at 10:38 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
Mike Johnson says Republicans must take total control of government so they can enact their Project 2025 agenda, including a national abortion ban, or else America is “facing very serious threats” https://t.co/g3s4Nzve6F
(https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1787869591839875495?t=VLqLLSo_XHO1i2C_oyXuWw&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 10:07 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
Johnson: President Trump has done nothing wrong… it has to stop and you’re going to see the Congress address this in every possible way because we need accountability. All these cases need to be dropped because they are a threat to our entire system https://t.co/Vvg6pQRU52
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1787861735174734030?t=lst3CFYaKAOvNsa6qfq1oQ&s=03)
Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) posted at 9:43 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
Trump has to sit there in silence while the porn star he had an affair with & paid off testifies against him, and if he says a word about her at any point today or in the days ahead, he could be thrown in jail.
And this is the Republican frontrunner for the presidency.
Unreal.
(https://x.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1787855711130526187?t=E6TEnzYCXR1ohGqTnKqTrw&s=03)
Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) posted at 8:37 PM on Mon, May 06, 2024:
NEW: Judge Cannon enters an Order “temporarily staying” the requirement for Trump to have to file his CIPA Section 5 notice in the MAL classified documents case.
Sec. 5 requires Trump to disclose to the Government the classified materials he intends on using at trial.
Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) posted at 10:26 PM on Mon, May 06, 2024:
This case was set for trial on May 20, which obviously won’t happen. It should have been ready to try by the end of last year. Extending the 5(a) deadlines indefinitely is the same thing as giving Trump an indefinite trial delay.
(https://x.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1787685468668350875?t=rhPIVqRZKQZvqcmCzfMb3g&s=03)
Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) posted at 1:55 PM on Mon, May 06, 2024:
This Alvin Bragg case is really coming together, you really understand why Trump spent 100 million dollars of donor money to try and punt these cases
(https://x.com/MollyJongFast/status/1787556878613922158?t=edMqqgtP0sd9Y6DIGUrHgA&s=03)
Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) posted at 11:42 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
Interesting! Popular streamer No Life Shaq said Kendrick helped the reaction community make “life-changing money” b/c he removed copyright claims on his music for video creators.
@JustinTinsley asked how much $$ this battle will generate. Looks like the people getting some of it https://t.co/sseAF3wj4Q
(https://x.com/BritniDWrites/status/1787885811503145006?t=xQx7kwd-cGdY0QPba2Tp3g&s=03)
Summarize (@summarizest) posted at 6:46 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
Summary of the link:
A federal judge rebuked Alabama’s Republican Attorney General for thrẹatening to prosecute groups aiding out-of-state abortions, affirming the right to interstate travel and allowing a lawsuit by groups like the Yellowhammer Fund to proceed.
Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) posted at 6:50 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
Judge Thompson got this right and the 11th Circuit must affirm. The right to travel is fundamental. As I argued here: “The Constitution does not permit states to make prisoners of citizens within its boundaries and regulate who can help at their gates.” https://t.co/I3cYdMszhJ
(https://x.com/AnthonyMKreis/status/1787812164998242696?t=h7jpwRTqmkwmPOnsdJTFbQ&s=03)
Democrat, Environmentalist, & the establishment (@BlueSteelDC) posted at 8:10 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
The research corridor attracts growth of whites +, POC with a college degree.
The population grew so much in NC that while Michigan lost one elector NC picked up one
The growth is driven by formerly blue state residents from NY, MD etc
Democrat, Environmentalist, & the establishment (@BlueSteelDC) posted at 8:14 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
We lost this state by a photo finish in 2020 about 1.3% of the vote. Coincidentally that is the exact growth rate since 2020 https://t.co/ZHpo1JdtES
(https://x.com/BlueSteelDC/status/1787833266721956152?t=_3Hpdn_EymAYSqWcYVlHIg&s=03)
Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) posted at 8:14 AM on Tue, May 07, 2024:
Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard vetoed action by trustees to hire former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to conduct a probe into the mayor and village finances during a raucous Village Board meeting Monday. https://t.co/yPWCQzxRGj
(https://x.com/chicagotribune/status/1787833291300540496?t=XDa2ymlteoj_v5huEdVHgQ&s=03)
Nagatha Christie (@WOlookingitup) posted at 11:21 AM on Thu, May 02, 2024:
If they don’t care about my freedoms and a rights as a Black woman in this country, IDGAF about theirs. Simple. Enjoy whatever Trump and the GOP have in store. They have been explicit about wanting to ban Muslims and detain “immigrants” (aka anyone not white). Take heed or don’t.
(https://x.com/WOlookingitup/status/1786068433215602817?t=M-fw_ulFJwoNVHNCn1jUog&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 1:11 PM on Mon, May 06, 2024:
‘I make no apologies for my administration protecting the rights to organize and bargain collectively. Therefore, I’m vetoing this resolution. Signed sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden Jr.’ https://t.co/omoAXGU2E7
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1787545862488695295?s=02)
Del Quentin Wilber (@DelWilber) posted at 7:12 AM on Mon, May 06, 2024:
Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist ….by @AlanSuderman & @garanceburke . First in our series this year on the “AI Campaign.” https://t.co/2XcHPwOJGa
(https://x.com/DelWilber/status/1787455312191984095?s=02)
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