Anyone who was surprised wasn’t paying attention. The endorsement of Donald Trump ally Geoff Diehl —the character who’s trying to unseat Senator Elizabeth Warren—by alleged moderate Republican and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was as predictable as the outcome of former UFC star Ronda Rousey’s WWE matches. Party loyalty is thicker than water, and the idea […]
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Abortion is a Normal Part of Everyday Life
The GOP is uniformly the party of forced pregnancy and the party committed to eliminating female autonomy.
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Does the GOP Act Like Nearly Half Their Base Wants to Preserve Roe v. Wade?
41 percent of Republicans say they do not want Roe v. Wade overturned, so why are there no signs of division over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh?
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A Million Women March on Collins and Murkowski
Expecting Sens. Collins and Murkowski to defend abortion rights is a fool’s errand unless unprecedented pressure is brought to bear.
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Doing Things You Might Regret
As they used to say, the whole world is watching—and unfortunately, that includes the most reactionary elements of the world. This is why recent events in North Dakota bear close watching: An environmental activist from Seattle was sentenced Tuesday to serve one year in prison for targeting an oil pipeline in North Dakota. Michael Foster, […]
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Democrats Can’t Win Back Rural Voters Who Watch Fox News
The right wing media is exploiting misleading stereotypes of Democrats.
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What If Conservatives Were Pro-Life Instead of Simply Anti-Abortion?
American children are 70 percent more likely to die before adulthood than kids born in other wealthy democratic countries.
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Will Anyone Really Be Surprised if Roy Moore Wins?
In an infamously bloody scene in The Untouchables (1987), Robert De Niro declared, “I get nowhere unless the team wins.” Three decades later, De Niro’s line is, in effect, Donald Trump’s motto–and if that motto is shared by a majority of the Alabama electorate, then Roy Moore is guaranteed to win the state’s special US […]
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How Not to Save the Planet
Last year, I expressed misgivings about efforts by those concerned about the climate crisis to rely upon the “necessity defense” when prosecuted for acts of civil disobedience intended to raise awareness about America’s refusal to commit to an expedited transition away from fossil fuels. At the time, I was concerned that if climate hawks were […]
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Birth Control Access Is Less Partisan Than You Might Think
Some red states are making it easier to get birth control, even as they roll back access to abortion.
