Wisconsin judge gives green light to lawsuit challenging state's so-called abortion ban
Since the fall of Roe, Wisconsin Republicans have been trying to stop all abortions through a 173-year-old law that — wait for it — doesn't even mention abortion. The law does ban attacking a woman in an attempt to kill her unborn fetus, so it's nice to know that Republicans agree on at least one unacceptable motive for attacking women. Judge Diane Schlipper ruled that the suit challenging the law can continue, likely the beginning of the end for Wisconsin's oppressive anti-abortion era and, with a Democratic governor and new fair-minded Supreme Court majority, a new beginning for personal freedom in the cheese state.
Take Action: Call on the DOJ to stop DeSantis’ draconian anti-abortion law in Florida!
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jamie Raskin finally announces decision on US Senate run
The powerful Maryland Democrat released a highly anticipated statement over the weekend announcing his intention to run for re-election in the US House of Representatives, leaving the race to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin in 2024 wide open. Raskin said, "At this moment, I believe the best way for me to make the greatest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: to run for reelection to the House of Representatives in Maryland’s extraordinary 8th District; and to go anywhere in America where President Biden, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and other Americans ask me to go to campaign for a runaway victory for the party of democracy, freedom, justice, and progress."
Take Action: Say NO to a national abortion ban!
Winning one open Arizona seat is key to taking back the House
Yassamin Ansari for Congress: Winning in Arizona means we get our majority back — and losing means that some of the most unhinged election-denying, democracy-hating Trumpers in the country will be headed to Washington. Yassmin Ansari is a fantastic candidate running for Congress in a crucial Arizona seat to make sure we deliver President Biden a new majority for his second term! Can you chip in to help keep Trump's most radical minions out of office?
Years behind schedule, US destroys last chemical weapons stockpile
The Biden administration announced Friday that the United States has finally destroyed what remains of its once-massive military chemical weapons arsenal, while vowing to "prevent the stockpiling, production, and use" of the internationally banned weapons of mass destruction. Better late than never.
Take Action: Pass the Green New Deal now!
Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors to go into effect for now following federal appeals court ruling
While similar bans have recently been blocked in Arkansas and Missouri, a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel — made up of three George W. Bush-appointed judges — reinstated the Tennessee law in a 2-1 ruling, immediately banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth throughout the entire state.
Right-wing judge tosses reparations case from last known Tulsa race massacre survivors
A reparations lawsuit filed by the three last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre — Lessie Benningfield Randle, 108, Viola Fletcher, 109, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102 — was dismissed with prejudice by self-described "constitutional conservative" Judge Caroline Wall, meaning it cannot be refiled. The plaintiffs called out how others have benefitted from the “exploitation of the massacre” — which killed nearly 300 people and decimated Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, aka Black Wall Street — while they have yet to “recover for unjust enrichment.”
Take Action: Demand Congress protect Affirmative Action!
White House officials worried Trump showed reporters classified material while in office, new book recounts
A forthcoming book by an ex-Trump administration aide describes an episode in which officials worried that then-President Trump was cavalier in his handling of classified information while talking to reporters at the White House. You mean the guy who stored boxes of stolen top secret docs in a guest bathroom at Mar-a-Lago also willfully disregarded the rule of law while in office?! Shocking!
Pete Buttigieg SMACKS DOWN Republicans who voted NO but took credit
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Get them, Pete.
Corporate windfall profits surge to $1 trillion a year as working people suffer
A newly released analysis by humanitarian groups Oxfam and ActionAid shows that 722 of the world's top corporations made combined windfall profits of $1 TRILLION per year in 2021 and 2022 as people across the planet struggled to meet basic needs due to the price hikes that businesses have used to pad their bottom lines. An evergreen reminder: the real cause of inflation is good old-fashioned corporate greed, folks.
Iowa GOP schedules Jan. 15 for leadoff presidential caucuses...on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Republican Party officials in Iowa acknowledged that committee members hadn’t considered the possibility of the contest falling on the federal holiday before arriving at the date, and didn't bother moving it once they did. Sounds about white.
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