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February 24, 2021 at 10:01 PM

Kamala Harris is the “most targeted American politician on the internet”

A Woman's Place         John: We have some alarming news.   According to the Los Angeles Times' Noah Bierman, “Research shows that Kamala Harris may be the most targeted American politician on the internet.”   The reason? She “checks every box for the haters o…
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February 24, 2021 at 8:02 PM

The GOP thinks immigrants are a burden

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   The GOP demonized immigrants. They tried to prevent immigrants from getting critical health care. They took away tax-paying immigrants' access to public benefits.   But the Supreme Court just announced that it will take up ch…
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February 24, 2021 at 6:02 PM

Rep. AOC had to do Ted Cruz’s job for him

A Woman's Place         John,   While Texas Senator Ted Cruz was off vacationing in Cancun, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez organized her supporters to raise over $5 million to help Texas rebuild after deadly winter storms devastated the state.   Working alongsi…
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February 24, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Rep. Lauren Boebert used her guns to intimidate House committee members

A Woman's Place         John,   This is how QAnon-aligned Rep. Lauren Boebert called into the House Committee on Natural Resources' first meeting -- to go over an amendment proposed by Democrats that would ban lawmakers from bringing guns to meetings.   Sourc…
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February 24, 2021 at 1:01 AM

Lauren Boebert will lose her seat next year if we act now

A Woman's Place         John,   Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert recently claimed that “the Democrat party is the greatest threat America faces.”   That is a bold and baseless claim from the same Trump loyalist who voted to overturn the 2020 election re…
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February 23, 2021 at 11:31 PM

McConnell won’t let Dems add two stars to the flag

A Woman's Place           John: We're one step closer to a truly representative democracy.   According to AXIOS, Puerto Rico's governor expects Congress to act on Puerto Rico statehood within the next month -- and advocates fighting for Washington, D.C. stateho…
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February 23, 2021 at 2:02 AM

McConnell won’t let Dems add two stars to our flag

A Woman's Place           John: We're one step closer to a truly representative democracy.   According to AXIOS, Puerto Rico's governor expects Congress to act on Puerto Rico statehood within the next month -- and advocates fighting for Washington, D.C. stateho…
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February 23, 2021 at 1:01 AM

Lauren Boebert can lose her seat next year if we act now

A Woman's Place         John,   Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert recently claimed that “the Democrat party is the greatest threat America faces.”   That is a bold and baseless claim from the same Trump loyalist who voted to overturn the 2020 election re…
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February 22, 2021 at 11:32 PM

A necessary step to ending white supremacy in our country

A Woman's Place         John,   In promoting a potential reparations bill, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee echoed how many of us are feeling: “I think that in 2021, we want to isolate white supremacy, white racism, domestic terrorism, we want to look at each other as …
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February 22, 2021 at 9:02 PM

Republicans want to block the only Native American Cabinet appointee

A Woman's Place         John,   Climate activist Rep. Deb Haaland is poised to make history as the first Native American to serve as Secretary of the Interior -- and yet according to conservative news outlets, Republicans are already “gearing up for a fight” o…
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February 22, 2021 at 8:02 PM

“The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of bold climate action.”

A Woman's Place         John,   As deadly winter storms devastated our country, Rep. Pramila Jayapal issued a necessary wake up call to Congress: “The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of bold climate action.”   For decades, Big Oil and Big Gas hav…
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February 22, 2021 at 6:01 PM

We refuse to give up

A Woman's Place         John,   Source: Twitter   Since January 6, bold progressive women in Congress have been leading the charge against white supremacy, conspiracy theories, and seeking accountability for the GOP attacks on our nation.   While Republicans …
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February 22, 2021 at 4:01 PM

The GOP is blaming teachers for their own failings

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   According to NBC News, “Republicans think school reopenings may be their winning issue in key races in the 2022 midterm elections that could help them recapture the chamber.”   That's why they're coming after teachers unions …
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February 21, 2021 at 10:02 PM

QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks she’s untouchable

A Woman's Place         Hi John, While Donald Trump was being acquitted by his loyalists in the Senate, QAnon conspiracy-driven extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene sent out a message to Democrats: “You've picked a fight you can't win. We will make sure of it.” Mar…
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February 21, 2021 at 8:02 PM

A far-right Supreme Court is closer than ever to overturning Roe v. Wade

A Woman's Place         John, Republicans have made it their mission to restrict a woman's right to choose -- and they're close to getting their wish. In Tennessee, Republican lawmakers introduced legislation to give a man who gets a woman pregnant the power to…
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February 21, 2021 at 6:01 PM

White supremacist Josh Hawley just had his best fundraising month ever

A Woman's Place         Hi John, Josh Hawley, the GOP Senator who fist bumped Trump's white supremacist mob on January 6, just had his best fundraising month since the start of his career. According to a widely-read op-ed from Hawley's home state press, The Kan…
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February 21, 2021 at 5:02 PM

NY’s Attorney General could succeed in prosecuting Trump

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   First, Donald Trump incited a deadly white supremacist mob to charge the U.S. Capitol and directly assault our democracy.   Then, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Lindsey Graham, and the rest of Trump's loyalists in the Senate acquitte…
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February 21, 2021 at 4:01 PM

McConnell won’t let Democrats add two stars to our flag

A Woman's Place          John: We're one step closer to a truly representative democracy. According to AXIOS, Puerto Rico's governor expects Congress to act on Puerto Rico statehood within the next month -- and advocates fighting for Washington, D.C. statehood …
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February 21, 2021 at 2:03 PM

The GOP’s anti-science agenda is costing lives

A Woman's Place          Hi John, Millions of Texans have spent days without power in freezing temperatures. But, Texas GOP Governor Greg Abott had nothing better to do than jump on Fox News to blame renewable energy sources and claim that “the Green New Deal w…
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February 21, 2021 at 1:02 AM

McConnell’s last hope to block a $15 minimum wage

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Senator Elizabeth Warren: “The federal minimum wage hasn't increased in more than a decade. Now, working families -- especially workers of color -- are battling a pandemic with barely enough to get by.”   “We need to raise th…
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February 20, 2021 at 11:31 PM

Congress could raise the minimum wage by next month

A Woman's Place           John   We have the latest from The Hill: “The battle over whether to keep a minimum wage hike in President Biden's COVID-19 relief package is heating up, with key players on both sides of the issue digging in for the fight.   “The deba…
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February 20, 2021 at 10:02 PM

POLITICO: The GOP tries to weaponize pandemic-exhausted parents against Biden

A Woman's Place           Hi John,   According to POLITICO, “Republicans see room to capitalize on the grim public health and economic situation the White House inherited from Donald Trump by trying to put Democrats on the defense” when it comes to protecting c…
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February 20, 2021 at 8:03 PM

Support for gun reform is reaching an all-time low

A Woman's Place           John,   According to The Hill, Joe Biden is “personally committed” to taking action on gun violence and reinstating talks on stricter gun laws and universal background checks.   As a gun law reform advocate, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon has h…
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February 20, 2021 at 6:02 PM

Speaker Pelosi’s not done seeking GOP accountability

A Woman's Place           John: We have some reassuring news.   Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that Congress will move to establish an independent commission to investigate the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, including facts “relating to the interference w…
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February 20, 2021 at 4:03 PM

The NRCC has us worried

A Woman's Place         John,   We're worried we won't have the resources we need to protect our House majority come 2022, and we need your help.   The National Republican Congressional Committee just announced it is working to unseat 21 Democratic women next …
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February 20, 2021 at 2:31 AM

Our democracy must be stronger than Trump’s 43 loyalists

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Shortly after the Senate acquitted Trump, Senator Elizabeth Warren shared her thoughts on the future of our democracy:   Source: Twitter   We couldn't agree more. The first step to strengthening our democracy is ensuring tha…
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February 20, 2021 at 1:01 AM

Lindsey Graham is threatening to impeach Kamala Harris

A Woman's Place         John,   Senator Lindsey Graham is throwing threats against Vice President Kamala Harris as apparent retaliation for Democrats opening an impeachment trial against Trump.   After voting to acquit, Graham said "I don't know how Vice Presi…
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February 19, 2021 at 11:31 PM

VP Harris could eliminate McConnell’s power in the Senate

A Woman's Place           Hi John,   “All right, should I do this?”   Those were Kamala Harris' words right before she cast the tie-breaking vote to move the Senate toward approving a much-needed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.   But as MSNBC reports, “a…
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February 19, 2021 at 10:15 PM

Ted Cruz parties in Cancun while Texans freeze to death

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   As millions of his constituents struggled to keep warm in freezing temperatures, Texas Senator Ted Cruz hopped on a plane to Cancun, Mexico for a vacation.   We are standing with AOC in demanding Ted Cruz resign immediately, …
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February 19, 2021 at 6:03 PM

Trump’s approval is soaring after his second acquittal

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   According to a new poll from POLITICO, Donald Trump received an 18-point approval rating boost among Republicans after being absolved of inciting a deadly insurrection in the Senate.   A majority of Republicans now say they w…
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February 19, 2021 at 4:03 PM

The “biggest winner of Trump’s whole impeachment trial”

A Woman's Place         John,   According to Lindsey Graham, “the biggest winner of Trump's whole impeachment trial is Lara Trump.”   Graham believes that in voting to convict Trump, GOP Senator Richard Burr “made Lara Trump almost the certain nominee for the …
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February 19, 2021 at 3:01 AM

Kamala Harris could eliminate Mitch McConnell’s power in the Senate

A Woman's Place           Hi John,   “All right, should I do this?”   Those were Kamala Harris' words right before she cast the tie-breaking vote to move the Senate toward approving a much-needed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.   But as MSNBC reports, “a…
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February 19, 2021 at 1:01 AM

A GA prosecutor just filed a criminal investigation against Donald Trump

A Woman's Place         John,   Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis has opened a criminal investigation into Donald Trump's January 2 call where he told Georgia's Republican Secretary of State to “find 11,780 votes” in his favor.   It was a blatant attempt to press…
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February 18, 2021 at 11:31 PM

Progressives are calling to undo Trump’s anti-abortion agenda

A Woman's Place           John,   Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and a number of Democratic women on the House Oversight Committee are demanding the FDA reverse the Trump administration's restrictions on abortion pill access.   Right before leaving …
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February 18, 2021 at 10:01 PM

The GOP will do anything to silence women

A Woman's Place           John,   We're following up about our fund to protect the 21 women the National Republican Congressional Committee just named as top targets.   In the past few hours, HUNDREDS of our grassroots supporters stepped up. If you joined us by…
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February 18, 2021 at 8:01 PM

The NRCC just put 21 women on its list of targets

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   The National Republican Congressional Committee just put these women on their list 2022 targets they'll do ANYTHING to defeat:   Ann Kirkpatrick. Katie Porter. Jahana Hayes. Stephanie Murphy. Lucy McBath. Carolyn Bourdeaux. C…
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February 18, 2021 at 6:01 PM

The “best oral arguments” against Trump

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   According to MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent, Democratic impeachment manager and delegate Stacey Plaskett gave one of the “best oral arguments” against Donald Trump.   Rep. Stacey Plaskett made the case that “the violence t…
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February 18, 2021 at 4:03 PM

Sen. Rand Paul is trying to steer the GOP further right

A Woman's Place         John,   Republican Senator Rand Paul, who led efforts to throw out Trump's trial as unconstitutional, laughed about his refusal to wear a mask on the floor during an interview on Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren.   Over the past…
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February 18, 2021 at 1:04 AM

Lauren Boebert already has a 2022 challenger

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Congresswoman Lauren Boebert -- who voted to overturn Biden's victory and tweeted about Nancy Pelosi's location during the insurrection on January 6 -- already has a 2022 opponent.   Kerry Donovan, a Colorado rancher, educato…
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February 17, 2021 at 7:47 PM

There’s more than one way to put Trump behind bars

A Woman's Place           John,   While Donald Trump was able to count on his loyalists in the Senate to acquit him in his impeachment trial, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has opened further investigations into Trump's January 2nd phone call urg…
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February 17, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Kamala Harris could eliminate McConnell’s power in the Senate

A Woman's Place           Hi John,   “All right, should I do this?”   Those were Kamala Harris' words right before she cast the tie-breaking vote to move the Senate toward approving a much-needed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.   But as MSNBC reports, “a…
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February 17, 2021 at 1:01 AM

The woman already fighting to unseat Lauren Boebert

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Congresswoman Lauren Boebert -- who voted to overturn Biden's victory and tweeted about Nancy Pelosi's location during the insurrection on January 6 -- already has a 2022 opponent.   Kerry Donovan, a Colorado rancher, educato…
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February 16, 2021 at 11:31 PM

The “present danger” within Congress

A Woman's Place         John,   Right-wing media outlets have been launching criticisms at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for refusing to apologize to Ted Cruz after she directly accused him of attempting to have her murdered.   Cruz, Hawley, and a number of other T…
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February 16, 2021 at 10:04 PM

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s support is only growing

A Woman's Place         John,   Trump-aligned QAnon conspiracist Marjorie Taylor Greene, the same woman who suggested that “a bullet to the head would be quicker” to remove Nancy Pelosi from power, is receiving a major boost from her biggest donors.   Accordin…
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February 16, 2021 at 8:03 PM

A GA prosecutor just filed a criminal investigation against Trump

A Woman's Place         John,   Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis has opened a criminal investigation into Donald Trump's January 2 call where he told Georgia's Republican Secretary of State to “find 11,780 votes” in his favor.   It was a blatant attempt to press…
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February 16, 2021 at 6:02 PM

Warren: This is “the single most effective executive action” Biden can take

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are leading a group of Democrats in reintroducing a resolution to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student debt through executive action.   Senator Warren, a longtime advocate …
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February 16, 2021 at 4:03 PM

Josh Hawley is turning his treason into cash

A Woman's Place         John,   Josh Hawley, the Republican senator whose early and vocal support for overturning the election helped incite the Capitol riots last month, now thinks he should be rewarded for his treasonous conduct.   On Monday, Hawley wrote to…
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February 15, 2021 at 10:01 PM

$1,400 checks should go to everyone who needs them

A Woman's Place         Hi John,   We've been clear on this: $1,400 checks are the bare minimum to keep people afloat as the pandemic's economic crisis stretches on into 2021.   But some members of Congress don't even think that's appropriate -- and they're tr…
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February 15, 2021 at 8:02 PM

The GOP is QAnon’s party now

A Woman's Place         John,   Nancy Pelosi is skewering Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy after he refused to take any action against conspiracy-spewing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene:   “McCarthy (Q-CA) Fails to Lead, Hands Keys to Party to Green…
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February 15, 2021 at 6:02 PM

Why #AOCLied was trending on Twitter

A Woman's Place         John,   Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently took to Instagram to share her firsthand experience of the violent insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.   After she posted a vulnerable, fear-filled recounting of the moment she though…