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 Alito's majority opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade leaks

As we’ve warned, SCOTUS isn’t just coming for abortion - they’re coming for the right to privacy Roe rests on, which includes gay marriage + civil rights.

Manchin is blocking Congress codifying Roe. House has seemingly forgotten about Clarence Thomas. These 2 points must change https://t.co/5Isec0osV0

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 3, 2022

The scenario that opens Ministry for the Future inches closer to reality

Watching vote suppression intersect with the inception of a proto-Gestapo

All the ways the media salts the earth to facilitate the roll out of even more repressive state apparatus

For people casually consuming "the news," here is a thread asking some basic questions about how reporters, editors, and news outlets determine which stories to tell and which stories to ignore. Those decisions shape what society treats as urgent. https://t.co/5VGRHIje82

— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) April 28, 2022

Blumenthal Remains Problematic

OK, so apparently there was misquote and Blumenthal meant only that Dems shouldn't block the hearing. A slightly more reasonable stance than we first thought, but the remarks still apply. Dems need to resist, block, oppose at every step. The theft of this seat is still in progress, and there's no reason to reward them for it.

@cdogzilla @rudepundit @SenBlumenthal He's always been an ambulance-chasing asshole (who lied about going to Nam: https://t.co/TLIDanjj8a)

— Kevin Murphy (@kcm74) February 1, 2017

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They Do, They Really Do ...

They just want to burn this country down. Wow ... https://t.co/Fajr4Bwmza

— digby (@digby56) November 4, 2016

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