Category Archives: Healthcare

Open Thread | Why Healthcare in America Will Never Get Truly Fixed

Posted on December 30, 2024 by rikyrah

The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller This is a highly under-appreciated and underdiscussed aspect of why the 🇺🇸 oligarchy hates the idea of universal healthcare. They want us trapped in our jobs. #MedicareForAll https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1870854708010852778 I’m not a fan of Medicare for All. … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Update on Abortion Politics Around The Country

Posted on June 10, 2024 by rikyrah

Women are risking their very lives being pregnant in Texas: Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) posted at 1:02 PM on Fri, May 31, 2024: BREAKING: Texas Supreme Court votes 9-0 to uphold forced birth, protect the rights of rapists, and place women’s … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | The GOP’s IVF Lie In the Senate

Posted on May 29, 2024 by rikyrah

Now remember, Republicans voted down Senator Duckworth’s actual pro-IVF bill…twice.  This is nonsense that they think can gloss over their stance of being against IVF, but, that’s not a popular stance. They are taking a hit because of Abortion Rights, … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | The 2024 Election – Election Season Is Now Really Beginning

Posted on January 25, 2024 by rikyrah

It’s been obvious that the MSM is desperate to put Dolt45 back in office. They miss him. I have said for awhile that they resent the competence of President Biden and his Administration. He’s bad for their grift. Nothing that … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 Elections, Abortion, Abortion Rights, Affordable Care Act, Breaking News, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Current Events, Education, Elections, Healthcare, Open Thread, Politics, President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala D. Harris | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Open Thread | Just So We’re Clear About What’s Happening to Women In Red States

Posted on January 22, 2024 by rikyrah

Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans Red states would rather let a patient die than let her terminate a dangerous pregnancy. And they’re barely pretending otherwise. BY DAHLIA LITHWICK AND MARK JOSEPH STERN JAN 09, 202412:13 … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Trump and Abortion – 2025 And Beyond

Posted on January 18, 2024 by rikyrah

Trump wins back antiabortion movement as activists plot 2025 crackdowns Many activists are looking past the former president’s refusal to endorse a national abortion ban, focusing instead on how a future administration could restrict abortion pills By Caroline Kitchener, Josh … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Calculated Cruelty: The New Phase for the Forced Birthers

Posted on January 12, 2024 by rikyrah

I have told you that I follow Jessica Valenti, for all the latest happenings about abortion in this country. She came out with Calculated Cruelty in October, but, let us in last week, on some of the updates of what … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Once Again…THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS for Abortion in these Red States….Don’t Believe It When They Lie To You and Say That There Are

Posted on December 11, 2023 by rikyrah

I follow Jessica Valenti on TikTok. A lot of my abortion and the fight for abortion material, I get from her. She has been screaming from the beginning: Don’t believe these Red States when they tell you that they have … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | To All Those Who Talk About ‘Not Voting in 2024’

Posted on November 13, 2023 by rikyrah

For those of you who are Black and are threatening not to vote in 2024. Oh well. Nobody is going to beg you. I don’t have the time. Anyone serious about 2024 doesn’t have the time. I have never been … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Now Republicans Are Trying to Redefine Abortion Itself

Posted on October 9, 2023 by rikyrah

A NYT Guest Essay Now Republicans Are Trying to Redefine Abortion Itself Oct. 2, 2023 By Jessica Valenti Ms. Valenti publishes the newsletter Abortion, Everyday. In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican Party has tested out … Continue reading →

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