Welcome to Wednesday, October 19th, cappuccinos and espressos...

Today is the final day to register to vote in Wisconsin.

Are you registered to vote?

Do You Support the Use of Extreme Confinement Crates?

California’s Proposition 12 bans the sale of veal, pork, and eggs from animals raised in extreme confinement. Golden Staters passed the initiative with more than 62% of the vote in 2018, but the meat lobby has taken the case to the Supreme Court. 

On Oct. 11, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation argued to SCOTUS that the law violates the Constitution's "dormant commerce clause" by placing an unreasonable burden on interstate trade. The Supreme Court will make a decision next summer regarding the constitutionality of the law.

Should farmers be allowed to confine animals in tiny crates?

Should Police Use License Plate Readers To Track Women Seeking Abortions?

License plate readers could be weaponized against women seeking abortions in states where the procedure is banned.

Flock, a license plate reading company, has technology that captures license plate details and stores them in a vast database with the aim of reducing crime. Flock’s national law enforcement database allows police departments to share license plate footage with other departments. Police in states where abortion is legal can share the footage with states where abortion is illegal.

Activists worry that police could stake out abortion clinics to collect data on doctors and patients, and cross-reference them in Flock’s database to find personal information, including home address.

Do you support tracking women seeking abortions?

19 Days Until the Election

You don't have to wait until November 8th to cast your ballot.

Today, October 19th, Iowa, Rhode Island, and Tennessee begin early voting.

Check when your state begins (or began) early voting below.

Request your mail-in ballot today.

All the Memes Fit to Post

And, In The End...

It's New Friends Day. Today is all about making new connections in your life and celebrating friendships everywhere. Where will you make a new friend?

—Jamie Epstein

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