THE RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO.: TWO WEEKS ON

 

Monday August 8, 2022.  It looked to be a normal day in the race towards the midterm elections this November. The Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago had given a headlining speech a CPAC that appeared to be embracing the leanings towards something at least fascism adjacent (if not outright fascist) and, while taking some hits as the January 6 House Select Committee that proved he likely helped plan the 2021 attempt to overturn the 2020 Presidential election, still didn’t appear to be in a situation facing anything near accountability.  On the other side The Biden administration was about to announce the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a wide ranging (though far from perfect) bill that would finally give the Democrats a win on passing some of their agenda before the midterms. For the rest of us it’s going to work or families getting kids ready for school or college while maybe taking in some last summer vacation plans.  Then the news broke……

 By the time the day ended we all learned that Mar-A-Lago (the current home of former electoral vote winner The Mad Fuhrer of Mar-A-Lago) had been raided by the FBI.  It came out of nowhere and took people across the political spectrum by surprise.  Almost instantly supporters of the Mad Fuhrer claimed that this was sheer Federal government overreach with some even claiming it was political in nature targeting the person many consider the be the Coupublican nominee for President in the 2024 election.  On the other side there were some random people who may have delighted in this but most people were in shock since, even as some Democrats in Congress as well as various online petitions were urging the DOJ to charge the Mad Fuhrer, nobody expected this to go down when they got up on this early August Monday morning.

What was even more up in the air was the debate for the reason the DOJ had the FBI search Mar-A-Lago that day.  The early official story had to do with the former electoral vote winner’s refusal to still hand over to  NARA (National Archive and Records Administration) every box of documents related to his time in office. These documents were supposed to be archived before he left office and yet ended up missing with some reports of him possibly flushing documents he didn’t like down the toilet of the White House while in power. 

There were people across the political spectrum that weren’t entirely sold on the documents as a rationale for the search and seizure of documents at Mar-A-Lago.  On the right wing there was the usual excuses for the Mad Fuhrer claiming it’s a political attack and that Merrick Garland acting on Biden’s orders that we’ll briefly go over later.  Sources on the left were skeptical mainly because we didn’t know what documents were seized with some speculating that it might have been tied in to what happened on January 6, 2001 and the Mad Fuhrer’s role in it. While, in retrospect, it seems slightly misguided, the fact that nobody knew what documents the FBI took back from Mar-A-Lago  (or what they were about) it’s understandable that people might think that.

What we didn’t expect was news breaking around the mid to late evening hours on August 11 (three days after the raid) that there were reports of nuclear documents may have been among the files taken from Mar-A-Lago. It was especially telling given that one commentator on CNN stated that “unless nuclear codes” were found in the documents the raid was sure to “backfire” on the Biden administration.  While we still aren’t certain that there were the infamous nuclear codes (something no former President should have once they leave office) in his possession at Mar-A-Lago, there were documents at least as sensitive as the codes that could launch a nuclear weapon were in the residence of someone who had no business having them anywhere near him since Biden was inaugurated in late January 2021.             

Then on Friday came a new level of shock for a week that had already taken a lot of people by surprise when it comes to current events. After a request was filed by Attorney General Garland to unseal documents related to the raid (calling the Mad Fuhrer’s bluff), it was released to the public. In it was then learned that not only was the Mad Fuhrer (Now Currently in Exile @) Mar-A-Lago under investigation for keeping classified documents but also for possible obstruction of justice.  This seemed within what people were expecting.  What wasn’t expected was learning that the Mad Fuhrer (Now Current in Exile @) Mar-A-Lago was being investigated for reported violations of the Espionage Act.

Yes, you read that right. The former leader of the U.S. is being investigated for violating the Espionage Act.  Since things are still ongoing there’s a lot we don’t know.  What we are aware of from the subpoena and from what we’ve learned about the raid is telling indeed.

 Shortly after the raid it was revealed that the FBI seized 11 sets of comments in various stages of classification.  Several of them were labeled “top Secret” with one labeled “Top Secret/SCI”  The latter means it should only be seen in a secure classified location – something Mar-A-Lago doesn’t qualify as by a long shot. In fact one former reality show contestant who was invited to Mar-A-Lago bragged on social media that he basically was allowed almost everywhere and that Secret Service didn't seem too concerned about it. If true, does that sound like a place where one would feel comfortable about storing top secret documents?

The Mad Fuhrer almost immediately went on a varying degree of crying about his so-called persecution and that he['s being targeted because the Democrats fear running against him in 2024, using some variation of this over the past two weeks.  He's also appeared on news sources sympathetic to him and claimed that the anger is the worst he's ever seen in this country (while ignoring the fact he helped intensity a good shitload of it) and that something bad will happen in this country if the Department Of Justice et al go after him.  His minions have taken his talking points  and spun them with the two main ones being that the Mad Fuhrer is being targeted as a political hit by the Biden Administration and that "if the FBI can target him than they can target any of us and that all Americans should be alarmed.:"  Both sound semi rational on the surface but they're both bullshit.,  

First, the Mad Fuhrer lost the election and shouldn't have those documents in the first place.  They were supposed to be archived by NARA as part of the leaving process. but, since he sulked off to Florida when the coup attempt didn't go his way, a lot of what should've happened in those last few weeks didn't happen.  Also, one of his lawyers said a while back after 15 boxes of documents were returned to the government that there were no more Top Secret documents at Mar-A-Lago - they fucking lied. It also makes the reports that the Mad Fuhrer had a standing order that declassified any document he took home to be bullshit (his administration  actually made mishandling some documents a felony). 

 As for the Biden administration I agree with E.J.Dionne (whom I normally think is way too moderate) that Biden et al wanted to focus to be on the Inflation Reduction Act which finally got passed by both Houses of Congress and was about to be signed into law.  Being somewhere close to getting some issues on Biden's agenda somewhere close to realized would be the thing they want to focus on. The FBI raid knocked that down a bit on the media focus, which means a lot of people hear about the raid but maybe not so much about the IR Act,.  Reports are a lot of Democrats in Congress were shocked by the raid as well, meaning it's unlikely that they all got together to make this raid happen right after the Mad Fuhrer came off of CPAC full of adoration over him seeming to even lean further towards fascist like thoughts and policies.  

As for the "if the Mad Fuhrer can be raided by the FBI then they can go after any American" talking point, those pushing this overlook the FBI's COINTELPRO program of the 1960s which targeted civil rights, feminist, and anti war groups with disinformation, spying,misinformation to destroy people's lives, and even some allegations of them engaging in assassinations.  The right wing overlooks this either because they are totally unaware of this or, more likely, because those the FBI went after were those people and groups they disagreed with and opposed.  By exploiting the poor teaching of history in American schools and how many people don't know history, they can ignite fear amongst those who drunk the Mad Fuhrer (Now Currently in Exile @) Mar-A-Lago's non carbonated drink mix who see what they want to see and fail to see what obviously has happened with January 6, 2021, The Mad Fuhrer keeping documents he shouldn't have had, and the like.

This leaves us to now.  The Mad Fuhrer is still occasionally spouting off how he's being persecuted and some are suggesting he held those papers as leverage to possibly threaten to sell to other countries if he gets charged.  While that is conjecture what we do know is that this story is far from over and that, unless the Mad Fuhrer is held to some accountability, he will only be emboldened and keep taking things farther until him or his fans try another coup attempt.  

As those of us who remember the January 6 2021 coup attempt can attest to - This needs to be stopped before that even becomes an option again.

LIFE IN POST ROE MUR'KA: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND WHERE THIS COULD LEAD

 As I type this it has been about a month and a half since the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v Wade, thus taking away what was a constitutional right ( in this case, the right of those who can get pregnant to be able to have and access an abortion if a pregnancy is unwanted or if their life is in danger) on a federal level from over half the country's population. A number of states (almost all ran by Coupublicans) had trigger laws that automatically went into effect making the procedure illegal while other states pushed through abortion bans in as quick a time as possible, regardless of what the aftermath may be.  In the time since the situation women (as well as trans men and non binary people who can get pregnant) find themselves in when it comes to their health has become the shit show that reproductive freedom and reproductive justice advocates predicted it would with storied of women who end up in medically induced comas or, in one case dead, because their pregnancies either were ecotopic or they had a condition that would make carrying a fetus to term life threatening or fatal. There's also the case of a 10 year old girl in Ohio who was raped and had to cross state lines to get an abortion not being believed by the right wing media and the doctor being targeted by the same asshats when it was proven true.  It doesn't take a lot of searching online to see how the right wing's pro forced childbirth agenda is causing havoc and problems for actual people.  

While I had planned to write about these things I do see them covered fairly well elsewhere so I;m going to take a different tack on the subject. This was supposed to close out the new print issue but certain surprise events caused a shake up there so this is off to the blog.  With that in mind let's explore LIFE IN POST ROE MUR'KA: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY, AND THE PLAIN SCARY.

THE GOOD
This goes to the state of Kansas, where voters turned out against a proposed amendment that would say people don't have a constitutional right to an abortion in said state, thus allowing legislators to push laws to make it illegal in Kansas too.  Written confusingly (in this case voting no was protecting the right to choose for those who can get pregnant) and planned for a vote not even in the midterms but during a primary election in a midterm election year those trying to force this upon people were counting on low voter turnout and confusing language to get their way.  If SCOTUS hadn't of jumped the gun by overturning Roe, they might have succeeded.

Instead, people were angry enough to get out to vote in numbers few expected otherwise.  Add to this (for full disclosure) the confusing manner in which the law was written (I think in hopes they could confused people into voting their rights away if they weren't paying attention) and this law was widely kicked to the curb across the political spectrum.  Yes, even a good chunk of GOP voters sent this down in flames.  

To tell the truth I was expecting this to go the other way in part due to voter suppression efforts on the GOP side, the confusing language of the bill, and primary election turnout expectations,  The fact that Kansas did the right thing is a sigh of relief and hopefully a blueprint for voters and the left to fight for and expand their rights in the upcoming elections.

THE BAD

This goes out to the bad faith arguments on the pro forced childbirth side given when challenged on certain things.  From heads of pro forced childbirth organizations claiming that street lights in DC are powered by aborted fetuses to claims that the treatment for ecotopic pregnancy isn't an abortion when the procedure is an abortion , there's a tendency top shift goal posts to deflect from the aftermath of their side getting what they want, even though the majority of Americans don't want this.  Add to this one politicians' attempt to claim abortion and infanticide are one in the same by trying to gotcha reproductive justice advocates over a question over whether babies can be terminated after they're born and when called on the question's stupidity and bad faith casing refusing to let up.  This last example is especially heinous since this guy knows there's a difference between the two  (anyone who understands basic pregnancy cycles and how the law works can see this) and is trying to gibe raw meat to his base as he faces re-election.  

Expect to see more of this bullshit in the next couple of years (abetted by the corporate owned mainstream media who often refuses to push back on arguments anyone who thinks about it for more than five minutes can see are made in bad faith) since in the blow back from this (and their plans for a national ban - we all know these asshats are planned for this now) along with the gaslighting that those in red states can simply travel to a state where abortion is legal despite knowing that i take resources and time to travel to another state and that some states are planning vigilante style laws to sue those helping someone who leaves a states for this procedure or wants to force their laws onto doctors in other states to stop residents from states where it's illegal from getting an abortion (this will effect poor to lower middle class people the most since everyone knows the upper middle class and the wealthy will likely be able to travel for this with little interference [especially if its a family member or a mistress of a pro forced childbirth right wing politician).

WHERE THIS COULD LEAD

 The ugly part here is that while the mainstream media is gaslighting people that are reminding the people that this is merely the start, people in the pro forced childbirth movement are already working on plans to make contraception illegal (even for married couples). Justice  Thomas even suggested doing so in his argument for overturning Roe.  Meanwhile,there are hints that same sex marriage and LGBTQIA rights will be under attack next and that more rights may be taken away regardless of the views of the American people. Hell, one or two people in Congress have even suggested that states should be able to outlaw interracial marriage as "states rights."  

The gaslighting is especially nauseating because people either try to claim that SCOTUS is just leaving this to the states (while ignoring that some of these pro forced childbirth states are trying to prevent those who can get pregnant (yes, the majority of people who get pregnant are women, but some trans men and non binary people can as well) form being able to travel to get it done. 

The fact that other rights may be in the cross-hairs as some sort of sick christian supremacist fantasy also pays no account to how this will affect gay couples in red states or interracial couples if it gets to that point.  Will their marriages be grandfathered and allowed but not new ones? Will they automatically be divorced by state decree? What if a couple can't afford to move?  The fact that those wanting to push this bullshit never give this any thought shows that being cruel is the feature here and that any claims from the right wing that all lives matters is bullshit. A fact made especially poignant when reports emerge of pro choice protests having trucks rammed through them or some asshat deciding to just scream at and physically assault protesters.

SO IS THIS THE END OF THE LINE

Of course not.  However, things are complicated now for obvious reasons.  Because of this we have to acknowledge that this upcoming election is important and we need to vote out any asshole that thinks overturning Roe was a good thing.  We also have to remember that politicians usually won't do anything unless there's pressure form the people to make them act. While it will seem like an uphill battle this is ture now more than evee.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT'S CURRENT FRAMING OF THE COUPUBLICANS IS CONCERNING TO SAY THE LEAST (OR A FEW THOUGHTS ON WHY THEY SHOULD STOP COWERING AND FIGHT)

 It's June 23, 2022 as I type this. We are just slightly over four months away from the 2022 midterm election - and the the Democratic party mainstream appears to be hanging on by a thread.

Decades of catering to the middle of the road Road White soccer moms in the suburbs instead of the people who historically make up their base have created a situation where the party has largely failed to gain that vote and has partially damaged the power of Labor teachers and civil rights organizations that decades ago made up their base. As a result, mainstream wisdom is predicting a big win for the Coupublicans this November with third-party winning either one or both houses of Congress in the process.

Meanwhile, on a variety of issues, establishment Democrats appear to be playing from behind when it comes to messaging.  From the various culture war issues that the American right-wing seems to rely on this bread and butter even issues of the economy and energy issues the dumb seem to accept the right-wing messaging spread through the corporate own mainstream media rather than go out and create their own or fight back.

Part of this lies in the fact that the democratic party establishment manage to hold on to what power they had through constant appealing to the center instead of standing on what they're supposed to stand for. While this strategy was successful in earning money from wealthy donors it also gave the party at appearance of being wishy-washy and wimpy in the eyes of many people.

So what does this have to do with the Democratic party establishment today? Even as they're facing a crucial midterm election establishment Dems sing to go out their way to point out a difference between who they call "typical Republicans" and the Mad Fuhrer (Now currently in Exile @) Mar-A-Lago. On the surface it is an old political ploy play in a way to get votes On The Other Side by claiming they're not like the guy at the top of the ticket. While an approach like this may have worked somewhat in the past it is a dangerous road to go down to in an age of political polarization like the last twenty or so years.

In the 2016 election, for example, this approach almost cost them the Senate as a number of GOP voters either voted for Biden or left the top of the ticket blank but still voted for Coupublicans in the Senate and House races. On the surface right now it appears they're going to try the same tactic for the 2022 midterms.

What the strategy leaves out is that, to varying degrees, each of our two major political parties how shockingly different attitudes towards the other one. Establishment Democrats have often gone on record claiming the need for a strong opposition party; an understandable point but one seemingly at odds with the current political climate. Mainstream Coupublican politics, meanwhile, has gotten increasingly wrapped up in conspiracy theories such as QANON and the like and as such have been feeding the worst amongst them (and their supposed belief that all Democrats are a satanic cabal who do sick things to children [all without any actual concrete proof] and need to be wiped off the face of the Earth). As you can see, the two parties are not the same when it comes to how they regard each other.  One is showing respect to the other in a dignified way and the other is increasing engaged (either out of a sincere belief or in bad faith messaging to gain votes) with bad faith based arguments that dehumanize their political opposition and appear to be edging closer and closer to being fascism adjacent.  It also means that the Democratic party establishment I may be blind to the fact that these conspiracies are somewhat of an existential threat and and they can't be reasoned with.

So what do the Democrats need to do? First up they need to fight and fight hard against the Coupublicans instead of hoping to chip away at a few of their votes. Now is not the time to try and claim that the average person in the opposition party can be reasoned with and is not as extreme ask the guy who led them for 5 plus years (especially since many of them either hope to vote for him again or are looking at someone equally as extreme such as Florida Gov. Ron Desantis, for example). They need to try and get has many of the Dems in office as possible and not cave when it turns out an establishment Dem loses a primary or something like that.

It's not that the Democratic party establishment is incapable of fighting. In fact, they can be quite vicious when they need to be. Unfortunately, they are more likely to be aggressive when fighting progressives on their side(such as the Congresspeople involved in what's called The Squad or Sen. Bernie Sanders (I know Bernie's technically an independent but it still qualifies)) than their political enemies on the other party that are way more willing to go for the throat. If they really want to win that shit has to stop, they need to focus some of that anger they spew towards non moderates on their side and aim it at the Republicans. More often than just during a campaign ad a month before election.

At this point the good news is nothing is absolutely certain. The January 6th select Congressional committee hearings actually found the domes leading on the issue rather than catching up with right-wing framing in regards to the coup attempt year-and-a-half ago. While there is no guarantee that this will win over those few moderate Republicans left (who appear to be getting more and more rare by the minute) it has managed to put on the map pure Earth than there was during the first hearing a couple weeks back (according to polls a majority of Americans claim to want the Mad Fuhrer prosecuted for his role leading up to the January 6th coup attempt). But there is still four months until the midterm elections and a lot can change between now and then.

What is true when all is said and done is that the Democratic party establishment needs to stop its constant catering to the middle and fight like hell to make sure they went in November.  The fact that the progressives in the HOuse and Senate the Dems often tend to attack in one way or another were the ones fighting hardest to try and make President Biden'[s agenda happen while "moderates" such as Senators Joe Machin (WV) or Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) do almost more damage to Biden than the GOP does a lot of times is proof that they need to get the courage and adapt to changing political times.  If that means speaking to more and doing things for more average people than their  wealthy donors they need to take that step.

It's up to them to do so. Nobody else can do it for them. While I cannot see how the midterms will turn out I can say that if the Coupublicans when one or both houses of Congress then this country's future will be very bleak indeed.

THE LEAKED SUPREME COURT DECISION REGARDING ROE V WADE AND WHY IT MAY BE MORE DIRE THAN PEOPLE THINK

 

I've been meaning to write this post for about the past week and a half but have been germinating over what to say.  This may do little more than scratch the surface but it's something still need to think about right now.

Like the majority of Americans I was shocked when news broke of the Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that's most likely going to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that struck down state laws outlawing abortion.  If this is correct something that has been a constitutionally-protected right this country for 49 years will become illegal in much of the country, stripping those who can get pregnant the ability to make the decision of what to do with said pregnancy when it happens.

With this leak many Americans have found themselves angry and have taken to the streets in protest in actions ranging from simple protest rallies to at least one instance I know about of an intersection being blocked. All of this occurring while the corporate-owned mainstream media seems to have taken the right focusing on the leak rather than the content in the leak. 

By letting the news story be about the leak rather than about half the population of a constitutional right the corporate-owned mainstream media dilute some of the anger from the story.  It also runs the risk of what's really at stake at this does happen.

Those in the pro forced childbirth camp (most of them aren't actually "pro life" so we will not call them that) claim that by getting rid of Roe it will provide protection to what they consider "unborn babies." what it really will do is make access to abortion virtually a nonentity if you are not middle to upper middle-class or above. At the same time at this decision will be released this many states that would seek to Outlaw abortion (if they wouldn't already outlawed do to fucked up trigger laws that would automatically make abortion illegal once Roe is overturned) will place various laws to push through said bans and punish those that perform or seek them (we;ll touch upon that later in the post).  These states, in many cases, also don't have infrastructure in place to help the possible rise in expectant mothers who would be struggling financially with next to no relief and no options thanks to right wing ignorance and short-sightedness. And some of these states baby been cut unemployment benefits and would force people to take lower-paying jobs under the guise of "keeping the economy going."

In addition, there is no mandatory maternity or paternity leave in this country, and there seems to be a mockery of the idea of extending that very same right to people from many of those who desire to take away the right of a woman (as well as those trans men and non-binary people can get pregnant) from being able to control their own bodies and plan their own families if they so choose. 

Overturning Roe will also do is play a role in stripping back to rights men at least five or six decades.  People forget that it wasn't until the 1970s but a woman could have a bank account in her own name.  It was also around that time that people began to slowly realize it's wrong for a woman to be raped by her husband (yes, sickeningly enough, marital rape was legal until sometime within the last five decades). I give these two examples the show things have in fact come along way for women in those five decades but, if Roe goes away then those rights we take for granted could be on shaky ground as well.

On the more immediate front, stripping away the right to choose doesn't affect just abortion. Being forced to have a child before you're ready also potentially limits job prospects (having to take care of a kid is a time commitment that can't eat up time normally spent studying or working even when the child is wanted) as well as possibly forcing women into bad and/or abusive relationships because of the pregnancy (and the pressure to stick together for the kids).  While these everyday doors are bad enough late for those who can get pregnant whether they are women, trans men, or non binary people is even worse and more horrendous than pre Roe.

Several states have legislation in the pipe that would make it illegal women to go to a state where abortion is legal to take care of the procedure.  Never mind that legislation such as this in reality actually violates the right to travel that most Americans assume is automatic, legislation like this basically makes those who can get pregnant prisoners under a repressive form of house arrest and gives them less rights than residents of said states born with a penis. Some states are even planning state laws that would prosecute abortion providers in states where are the procedure would still be legal the face prison time or doing what is legal in the state they worked in if they perform an abortion on someone living in a state where it isn't legal.

In other words, states where abortion would be outlawed are planning to prosecute and imprison women buys they're not ready to have a kid and choose to have an abortion, possibly with homicide charges. This differs from before Roe v Wade in that back then fetal life wasn't the reason why was it illegal and prosecutions tended to be related to vice and morals issues more than anything else.  They also generally didn't target the women that sought out abortions but targeted doctors.  This time around,  though the legislation proposed against abortion rights in various states has a hatefulness to it that targets women as well as LGBTQ people and non binary people who can get pregnant. Their proponents almost seem to salivate at the chance to punish these people if they make a choice that goes against interpretation of a specific religion that seems to have grabbed one political party in this country rather than laws based in reality.

Who this would really target though are poor and lower middle class women, especially those that aren't white, who often don't have the resources or aren't able to get the time the travel hours out of their way to you have a medical procedure they should rightfully have access to. Laws like these also are hard to enforce on those who can get pregnant who are at least middle middle class or higher-income who have more resources and may be able to travel more easily and without questions to have the procedure done.

It should be clear at this point that while these laws might not mention race or class specifically. The people who would most likely be affected by this would be non-white women and poor people of all races. Some of these people will face more desperate situations pigeons well upper-class white women will be able to able to make the decision Bible where they can with minimal hassle (and you know damn well that this purses of corporate CEOs and right-wing politicians what happened abortions done no questions asked - all while the latter proposes and passes more restrictive laws to limit what those who can get pregnant do with their bodies).

Now some moderates and right-wingers may try to gaslight those being alarmed at this, claiming it's about protecting "the unborn" and wouldn't really affect other parts of life. The problem with this is shit like this always snowballs and has unintended consequences that takes rights form people other than those targeted). Even before this decision became public right-wingers are already proposing that the Supreme Court overturn Obergefell v Hodges, the 2013 SCOTUS decision that made same-sex marriages legal nationwide. Also, a number of right-wing politicians are already proposing going after the right to contraception (something, ironically enough, that lessens the number of abortions), either wanting them outlawed out right or making it illegal for single women to have birth control. Even if this is nothing more than culture-war talking points heading to the midterms the fact that some people in positions of power or even proposing this shows that this has nothing to do with protecting families or even protecting those who can get pregnant but is actually about control, power, and a desire to punish those who don't fit their narrow definition of what their interpretation of their religion says people should live and love.

As I mentioned earlier one heartening thing about all the sickening turn in the wars on both women and LGBTQ people who can get pregnant is that is has pissed off a lot of people and made them take out to the street in protest, from the typical marches to, in some instances, people blocking traffic to peaceful protests outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices, who are crying butt hurt over this supposed " invasion" of their privacy even as barriers were put up in front of the Supreme Court so people couldn't protest there. This anger and outrage (as well as the desire to fight against it) is unlikely to go away - nor should it. And I have a feeling once the ruling is made public that people will be in the streets voicing their outrage over SCOTUS and right-wing politicians taking rights away from over half the country's population.  This is going to get tense, and possibly ugly, but it will have to be done.

As I post this the US Senate is voting on The Women's Health Protection Act, which would codify Roe v Wade into federal law (something they should have done a long damn time ago). Like many I called my senators (though those doing so in blood red states may wonder if it does any damn good). The Democrats seem to be slightly recharged by this (we'll focus on that in another post) but if this vote fails they better be prepared to bring it up until they get it passed. It will take a while but establishment Dems need to fight their natural urge to cave to Coupublicans and actually work for the people instead of their wealthy donors to make this so.

The upcoming SCOTUS ruling on Roe isn't completely unexpected given the shenanigans Coupublicans have pulled they've had control of Congress.  However at this point in time it will not be the end of the story people will need to fight back against this and realize that things are going to get worse and very very ugly before they get better.

Yes, I’m aware that this post is a very brief detailing of what’s at stake here if Roe v Wade is overturned but it should be something to consider for those wondering what the fuss is about or those naïve enough to think that the right wing will stop with abortion and not touch other rights.  They want to push the country back decades and it’s up to the rest of us to do what we can to fight that tide and stop it.