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November 24, 2020 at 8:01 PM

Michelle Obama has a lesson for Republicans

A Woman's Place         John,   While our country hangs in the balance as Trump refuses to concede the election results, Michelle Obama has made one thing clear: “Our democracy is so much bigger than anybody’s ego.”   Michelle Obama has been a fierce protector…

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November 24, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Kamala Harris could replace Mike Pence in more ways than one

A Woman's Place         John,   Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has largely laid low since becoming the first woman vice president-elect in history.   In anticipation of her future role in the White House, political observers are now suggesting Harris could…

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November 24, 2020 at 1:02 AM

Who made mask-wearing a political statement?

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   As coronavirus cases surge throughout the country, public health experts are calling on Joe Biden to prioritize his campaign promise of a national mask mandate.   After months of Donald Trump’s virtually nonexistent corona…

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November 23, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Stacey Abrams prepares for GA Senate runoffs: Let’s get it done

A Woman's Place         John,   Stacey Abrams has some reassuring words for us as we wait to see who will win the Senate races in Georgia and control the Senate: “We have seen what is possible when we work hard and when we work together. We know we can win Geo…

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November 23, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Blocking the GOP’s handmaid dream

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   Republican legislators have passed hundreds of laws meant to undermine the legitimacy of Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court. Now that anti-choice Amy Coney Barrett has solidified a conservative 6-3 majority in the Supreme Co…

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November 22, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Looking ahead at the Georgia runoffs, with Abrams as our inspiration

A Woman's Place         John,   Georgia's recount is over, and it has officially confirmed Joe Biden's victory in the state.   While ballots were being counted the first time around, Stacey Abrams made sure to reassure voters that “local election officials are…

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November 22, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Trump’s negligence towards health care workers hurts women the most

A Woman's Place         John,   On November 15, nearly 70,000 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in our country.   NPR reports that these numbers surpass the highs of the spring and summer surges. “They’re double the numbers hospitalized as of late Septemb…

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November 21, 2020 at 8:02 PM

The GOP is using a convicted sex offender to support Trump's election fraud claims

A Woman's Place         John, The first person that Donald Trump’s attorney called as a witness to the baseless allegations of Democratic voter fraud is a convicted sex offender, according to POLITICO.  One would think the GOP surely made a mistake in openin…

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November 21, 2020 at 4:01 PM

It's in reach: with your help, women will lead Biden’s cabinet

A Woman's Place         Joe Biden is gearing up for a round of presidential cabinet picks -- the confidants who will lead his administration. To date, only 81 women have served as presidential advisers compared to nearly 300 men. We need that to change. As Bi…

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November 20, 2020 at 8:01 PM

Nancy Pelosi rises above Democrats’ civil war

A Woman's Place         John, POLITICO: “[House Speaker] Pelosi will preside over one of the slimmest House majorities in decades, a fractured group that is still processing who’s to blame and how to move forward along with a Joe Biden administration and like…

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November 20, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Women’s advice for Kamala Harris: Buckle up

A Woman's Place         Hi John, Like you, millions of women across the country celebrated a monumental win as they saw Kamala Harris accept her place as vice-president elect in her iconic white suit -- but other women of color who’ve broken barriers have gro…

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November 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Elizabeth Warren: Will you keep Biden-Harris accountable?

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   After celebrating the incredible feat of getting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House, Elizabeth Warren took a moment to reflect and remind us that they will now “need to answer another important question -- how …

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November 18, 2020 at 8:00 PM

POLITICO: MAGA rallies push to keep Trump in office

A Woman's Place         John,   Trump’s MAGA nation is doing everything it can to undermine Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the eyes of Americans and the world before they make it to the White House.   According to POLITICO, “Activists throughout the far-right …

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November 17, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Trump is crying foul on the election results, and it’s working

A Woman's Place         John, After winning the election, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are ready to lead the country come January 20 -- but Trump is only getting started on his claims that Democrats ‘stole’ the election. NBC News reports that “while no evidenc…

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November 17, 2020 at 4:15 PM

Stacey Abrams flipped Georgia blue, Biden could return the favor

A Woman's Place         John, Stacey Abrams has been a reassuring voice for millions of us these past weeks.  After massive voter suppression in Georgia during the 2018 elections, Abrams stepped to the political forefront to protect every vote across the stat…

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November 15, 2020 at 8:01 PM

Who made mask-wearing a political statement? Oh.

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   As coronavirus cases surge throughout the country, public health experts are calling on Joe Biden to prioritize his campaign promise of a national mask mandate.   After months of Donald Trump’s virtually nonexistent corona…

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November 14, 2020 at 11:01 PM

Stacey Abrams is responsible for reshaping Georgia’s electorate

A Woman's Place         John,   As Americans across the country started to see Georgia shift blue for the first time since 1992, Stacey Abrams highlighted the role of changemakers: “My heart is full. Georgia, let's shout out those who've been in the trenches a…

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November 14, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Trumpian misogyny thrived in this election

A Woman's Place         John,   The New York Times has characterized Trump’s growing support as a “performance of an aggressive and aggrieved masculinity centered on the bullying and domination of others.”   Donald Trump has thrived off of toxic masculinity in…

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November 13, 2020 at 11:01 PM

Stacey Abrams completely reshaped Georgia’s electorate

A Woman's Place         John,   As Americans across the country started to see Georgia shift blue for the first time since 1992, Stacey Abrams highlighted the role of changemakers: “My heart is full. Georgia, let's shout out those who've been in the trenches a…

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November 13, 2020 at 8:04 PM

The first country ever to walk away from climate action

A Woman's Place         John,   The United States became the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact when it officially left the Paris Climate Accord last week -- at Donald Trump’s command.   Trump has consistently denied that …

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November 13, 2020 at 4:15 PM

WaPo: Election results show women still face a sexist political culture

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   The Washington Post: “the mere fact that we continue to mark so many “firsts” for women in politics tells us that the playing field with men remains uneven.”   As we know, “American democracy was founded as a patriarchal stat…

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November 12, 2020 at 8:04 PM

Stacey Abrams has transformed GA’s electorate

A Woman's Place         John,   As Americans across the country started to see Georgia shift blue for the first time since 1992, Stacey Abrams highlighted the role of changemakers: “My heart is full. Georgia, let's shout out those who've been in the trenches a…

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November 12, 2020 at 3:45 PM

Fighting for two Senate seats and counting

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   As the Democratic fight for progress moves to the Senate races in Georgia, Stacey Abrams has a clear goal in mind: “I want to push back against this anachronistic notion that we can’t win in Georgia. This is going to be the d…

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November 11, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Stacey Abrams reshaped Georgia’s electorate

A Woman's Place         John,   As Americans across the country started to see Georgia shift blue for the first time since 1992, Stacey Abrams highlighted the role of changemakers: “My heart is full. Georgia, let's shout out those who've been in the trenches a…

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November 11, 2020 at 4:05 PM

The Biden-Harris call for progress might be short-lived

A Woman's Place         John,   With a Biden-Harris victory, Democrats are finally on track to address our country’s most pressing issues -- from controlling the coronavirus and expanding health care access to protecting reproductive rights, tackling climate c…

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November 11, 2020 at 2:00 AM

Stacey Abrams has transformed Georgia’s electorate

A Woman's Place         John,   As Americans across the country started to see Georgia shift blue for the first time since 1992, Stacey Abrams highlighted the role of changemakers: “My heart is full. Georgia, let's shout out those who've been in the trenches a…

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November 10, 2020 at 4:01 PM

If SCOTUS strikes down the Affordable Care Act

A Woman's Place         John,   The Supreme Court is now hearing arguments for Republican-led California v. Texas, a case that attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- and with Trump’s 6-3 majority on the court, the GOP might just get its wish to strip mi…

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November 10, 2020 at 1:30 AM

A Black woman made Georgia a swing state

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   This year, Democrats are poised to win Georgia for the first time since 1992.   According to USA Today, “The results underscore the new political reality in a state that Republicans still considered safely red only four years…

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November 9, 2020 at 11:30 PM

Ramping up the fight for our health care

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   AXIOS: “The likelihood of a Biden presidency and a closely divided Senate means that nothing big is likely to happen in health care for at least the next two years.”   The conservative 6-3 majority in the Supreme Court might …

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November 9, 2020 at 10:00 PM

Stacey Abrams transformed Georgia’s electorate

A Woman's Place         John,   As Americans across the country started to see Georgia shift blue for the first time since 1992, Stacey Abrams highlighted the role of changemakers: “My heart is full. Georgia, let's shout out those who've been in the trenches a…

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November 8, 2020 at 7:30 PM

The example Stacey Abrams has set!

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   This year, Democrats have the best chance of winning Georgia that they’ve had since 1992.   According to USA Today, “The results underscore the new political reality in a state that Republicans still considered safely red onl…

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November 8, 2020 at 4:00 PM

USAID: We knew this would happen, but denial has ruled

A Woman's Place         John,   The country just recently recorded 121,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day -- and at least 22 states have set records for new weekly cases.   Over 235,000 Americans have lost their lives during the pandemic and public heal…

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November 7, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Trumpian misogyny thrived this election

A Woman's Place         John,   The New York Times has characterized Trump’s growing support as a “performance of an aggressive and aggrieved masculinity centered on the bullying and domination of others.”   Donald Trump has thrived off of toxic masculinity in…

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November 7, 2020 at 5:15 PM

The example Stacey Abrams has set

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   This year, Democrats have the best chance of winning Georgia that they’ve had since 1992.   According to USA Today, “The results underscore the new political reality in a state that Republicans still considered safely red onl…

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November 7, 2020 at 3:19 PM

We can’t fail to remove this wannabe tyrant from office

A Woman's Place         John,   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Donald Trump’s premature claims of victory are illegitimate, dangerous, and authoritarian. Count the votes. Respect the results.”   After Donald Trump prematurely declared victory on election night, he…

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November 7, 2020 at 3:00 AM

A Black woman made Georgia competitive for Democrats

A Woman's Place         Hi John, As votes were still being counted on Election Day, Stacey Abrams had a message for all of us: "Keep calm. Be patient. Allow local elections officials to do their jobs. What is most important isn’t the speed of the count; it’s …

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November 7, 2020 at 12:30 AM

The woman the GOP couldn’t defeat

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Trailblazer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a landslide victory to keep her seat in Congress -- much to the dismay of Republicans everywhere.   AOC’s Republican challenger, former NYPD officer John Cummings, built a war chest fr…

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November 6, 2020 at 2:30 PM

We can't let Donald Trump steal this election

A Woman's Place         John, Donald Trump prematurely declared victory -- and now, he's calling in favors from his conservative majority on the courts to try and stop ballots from being counted in Pennsylvania and other key swing states. We've known for mont…

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November 6, 2020 at 1:45 AM

Maddow: Trump’s false voter fraud claims are "dangerous, authoritarian"

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Donald Trump wants election officials to stop counting ballots.   Rachel Maddow spoke out against Trump’s claims that he should be declared the winner before every vote is counted and that there is massive voter fraud occurri…

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November 5, 2020 at 11:01 PM

A Black woman made Georgia competitive

A Woman's Place         Hi John, As votes were still being counted and results were largely uncertain on Election Day, Stacey Abrams had a message for all of us: "Keep calm. Be patient. Allow local elections officials to do their jobs. What is most important …

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November 3, 2020 at 8:01 PM

NPR: Trump leads Biden in day-of voters by 27 points

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   A record number of Americans have already cast their ballots in this election -- and voting analyses indicate that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold a decisive early-voting lead.   But an NPR poll reminds us that a lot can …

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November 3, 2020 at 3:31 PM

Looking forward with you

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   We’ve been counting down the days, and now it’s finally here.   Millions of Americans have already cast their ballots in this election and millions more will head to the polls today to have their voices heard.   This has be…

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November 2, 2020 at 8:05 PM

NPR - Trump leads day-of voters by 27 points over Biden

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   A record number of Americans have already cast their ballots in this election -- and voting analyses indicate that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold a decisive early-voting lead.   But an NPR poll reminds us that a lot can …

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November 2, 2020 at 4:02 PM

FiveThirtyEight: Prepare for a blue wave

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   FiveThirtyEight has forecasted that we will likely see a blue wave sweep the country, with Democrats favored to win the White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives this election.   But Democratic strategists warne…

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November 1, 2020 at 2:55 PM

NPR: Trump leads day-of voters by 27 points over Biden

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   A record number of Americans have already cast their ballots in this election -- and voting analyses indicate that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold a decisive early-voting lead.   But an NPR poll reminds us that a lot can …

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October 30, 2020 at 2:30 PM

Trump moves to block federal funds for Democratic cities

A Woman's Place         Hello John,   The Trump administration is “considering slashing millions of dollars for coronavirus relief, HIV treatment, screenings for newborns and other programs in Democratic-led cities that President Donald Trump has deemed ‘anarc…

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October 29, 2020 at 2:02 PM

John, the next five days are critical

A Woman's Place         Nearly 71 million Americans have already cast their ballots for this election, and NBC News is reporting that Democrats have a clear edge in early voting.   Current polling favors our fight to defeat Donald Trump, take back the Senate, …

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October 29, 2020 at 12:01 AM

Maddow urges us all: Act now

A Woman's Place         John,   Rachel Maddow: “When you wake up on the morning of Election Day, will you be able to say to yourself that morning: Well, whatever happens, I know that I did all I could do?”   We are now less than a week away from the highest-st…

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October 28, 2020 at 10:03 PM

Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation shuts the doors Ruth Bader Ginsburg opened

A Woman's Place         John,   Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate just confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as the next Supreme Court justice -- destroying the women’s rights legacy Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her entire life defending.   Barrett has made her anti-woma…

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October 28, 2020 at 7:01 PM

“A single House race” could determine the results of this election

A Woman's Place         John,   According to AP News: “A single House race in Montana could determine the presidential election.   “Or it could be one in Minnesota. Or Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan or even Alaska -- all districts where Speaker Nancy Pelosi h…

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