Roe vs. Wade overturned

The Supreme Court isn’t done for the term. They realized they had another minority to marginalize: indigenous Americans.

I mean, America’s never really honored its treaties with Native Americans, but you’d think they would reverse course in 2022. Nope, let’s go back to the days where we slaughtered them instead I guess.

You can put a fancy robe on a pile of shit and put it in a fancy building, but it’s still a pile of shit. And we’ve got 6 robed shit-piles up in the court right now.

Beer-lover and (alleged) rapist Kavanaugh overturned a 2020 ruling in favor of an 1882 ruling! So yes, LITERALLY back to the days where white Americans slaughtered indigenous Americans.

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US Supreme Court: Oklahoma can prosecute crimes committed against Native Americans on tribal territory

The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that the state of Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on tribal territory. This decision clarifies the 2020 McGi...
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Neil Gorsuch isn’t down with it, and he’s been quite supportive of Native rights, but no other conservatives (including alleged human being John Roberts) felt that Native Americans have any rights anymore. He said:

The Court’s suggestion that Oklahoma enjoys “inherent” authority to try crimes against Native Americans within the Cherokee Reservation makes a mockery of all of Congress’s work from 1834 to 1968. The [General Crimes Act] and [Major Crimes Act]? On the Court’s account, Congress foolishly extended federal criminal law to tribal lands on a mistaken assumption that only tribal law would otherwise apply. Unknown to anyone until today, state law applied all along […] Once more, it seems the Court thinks Congress was hopelessly misguided.
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SuperMatt said:
Glenn Youngkin is trying to push abortion restrictions in Virginia. That is guaranteed to be highly unpopular in the state. I think this shows that Youngkin wants to run for Prez in 2024.
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Well well well…

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Youngkin meets with megadonors amid hints he’s mulling White House bid — The Washington Post

The Republican governor also plans to headline a Nebraska GOP event, and has begun speaking more often about the needs of “Americans,” not just “Virginians."
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RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin flew to New York last week to meet privately with GOP megadonors in Manhattan, a move that underscores recent hints that the Republican is considering a run for president in 2024.

The day-long visit, which was not listed on Youngkin’s public calendar and included a trio of national TV interviews, comes as the new governor prepares to headline his first out-of-state political event since taking office, with an appearance next week in Nebraska. He also has begun speaking more often about the needs of “Americans,” not just “Virginians,” and has subtly changed how he answers questions about whether he will seek the White House.
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And a whole mess of useful idiots in Virginia got this ball rolling. To any locals who were paying attention, it was easy to see that he has no interest in Virginia, and was just a highly ambitious guy who saw this as a stepping stone.

After Jan 6, I fail to see how anybody in the nation could ever cast a vote for a Republican again unless they denounce it and clearly move away from it. Until then, it feels unpatriotic to even consider a vote for the party.
 
As a local living in Northern Virginia, yep, I am not happy with this guy as our governor for many reasons. He's like a malignant tumor that has unfortunately landed and insinuated itself on the Commonwealth. However, since he isn't really interested in this state anyway, and is already setting his sights elsewhere, maybe this will mean that he does less damage than he otherwise already has and could continue to do. (We can hope.....)

Unfortunately, the Commonwealth of Virginia is rather split, with Northern Virginia having a population with distinctly different lifestyles, attitudes and political interests than the southern part of the state, which rather complicates things.
 
Clix Pix said:
As a local living in Northern Virginia, yep, I am not happy with this guy as our governor for many reasons. He's like a malignant tumor that has unfortunately landed and insinuated itself on the Commonwealth. However, since he isn't really interested in this state anyway, and is already setting his sights elsewhere, maybe this will mean that he does less damage than he otherwise already has and could continue to do. (We can hope.....)

Unfortunately, the Commonwealth of Virginia is rather split, with Northern Virginia having a population with distinctly different lifestyles, attitudes and political interests than the southern part of the state, which rather complicates things.
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There are definitely some downsides to the VA method of having elections 1 year after a presidential election, and only having 1 term. You can get carpetbaggers like Youngkin who don’t care how unpopular their actions are, as long as it improves their standing on the national stage.

The good news is the Senate didn’t completely flip to Republican control, so he probably won’t be able to pass laws like the ones in Texas, Missouri, Alabama, etc.
 
Just heard a couple clips of Obama

"First thing I'd do is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." - 2008

"The Freedom of Choice Act isn't my highest priority" -2009

Ouch. Seems it never became a priority.

IMO one good thing is coming out of all this. Anger at the Democrats is finally getting mainstreamed. Not from the right. Not just from Progressives. From everybody. Demand nothing from your politicians and you get nothing, or in this case, worse. All the hurdles given as excuses now are valid, but none of them happened over night or even just since Trump. Took a long time to get here. Long history of bad faith for everybody. They're offering nothing other than begging for donations and votes. Sounds like trying to win over marginal racists isn't the only thing they learned from Trump.
 
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Unfortunately, the Commonwealth of Virginia is rather split, with Northern Virginia having a population with distinctly different lifestyles, attitudes and political interests than the southern part of the state
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Most states have become like that. The bundling of L v R makes it difficult for people to see common ground for all the lines in the sand. When you look at the presidential-vote-by-county for 2020, only 5 states are nominally uniform color: WV & OK are all red, MA, RI and HI are all blue – all other states have at least one alternate county.
 
Chew Toy McCoy said:
Ouch. Seems it never became a priority.
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A President can't sign a bill if it never comes out of committee. And given the financial situation the country was in on January 20, 2009 when he was inaugurated, the congressionally abandoned FOCA couldn't and wouldn't be his top priority.

NARAL Pro-Choice America, the preeminent abortion rights group on Obama's "not a priority" quote:

"With respect to the Freedom of Choice Act, President Obama can't move this bill on his own and, despite our prochoice gains in the last two elections, we don't have the votes in Congress necessary to pass the legislation at this point."
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Bette Midler FTW

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Chew Toy McCoy said:
Just heard a couple clips of Obama

"First thing I'd do is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." - 2008

"The Freedom of Choice Act isn't my highest priority" -2009

Ouch. Seems it never became a priority.

IMO one good thing is coming out of all this. Anger at the Democrats is finally getting mainstreamed. Not from the right. Not just from Progressives. From everybody. Demand nothing from your politicians and you get nothing, or in this case, worse. All the hurdles given as excuses now are valid, but none of them happened over night or even just since Trump. Took a long time to get here. Long history of bad faith for everybody. They're offering nothing other than begging for donations and votes. Sounds like trying to win over marginal racists isn't the only thing they learned from Trump.
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America needs new political parties. Sadly, all we have now is parties beholden to the ruling class, I mean the super rich.
 
Organizations and people you never heard of (and definitely didn’t vote for) spent hundreds of millions to campaign for the current Supreme Court justices.

Meet Leonard Leo (is that a real name?):

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One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.
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It isn’t even about political parties. It’s about a wealthy “donor class” that can spend unlimited money to put justices on the court... Justices who then overturn campaign finance laws to allow even MORE money to flow in. Citizens United was NOT a coincidence. It was the first of many goals. It was the first step in permanently establishing the oligarchy.

The only way to fight back is publicize this, and vote against every politician associated with this kind of dark money.
 
SuperMatt said:
Organizations and people you never heard of (and definitely didn’t vote for) spent hundreds of millions to campaign for the current Supreme Court justices.

Meet Leonard Leo (is that a real name?):

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One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.
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It isn’t even about political parties. It’s about a wealthy “donor class” that can spend unlimited money to put justices on the court... Justices who then overturn campaign finance laws to allow even MORE money to flow in. Citizens United was NOT a coincidence. It was the first of many goals. It was the first step in permanently establishing the oligarchy.

The only way to fight back is publicize this, and vote against every politician associated with this kind of dark money.
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I was going to post about this asshole but you beat me to it.
 
I miss that separation thing, I remember when it was once a thing

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Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, despite her position in support of abortion rights.
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ROME (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights.

Pelosi attended the morning Mass marking the feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul, during which Francis bestowed the woolen pallium stole on newly consecrated archbishops. She was seated in a VIP diplomatic section of the basilica and received Communion along with the rest of the congregants, according to two people who witnessed the moment.

Pelosi’s home archbishop, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, has said he will no longer allow her to receive the sacrament in his archdiocese because of her support for abortion rights. Cordileone, a conservative, has said Pelosi must either repudiate her support for abortion or stop speaking publicly of her Catholic faith.

Pelosi has done neither. She called the recent Supreme Court ruling removing constitutional protections for abortion an “outrageous and heart-wrenching” decision that fulfils the Republican Party’s “dark and extreme goal of ripping away women’s right to make their own reproductive health decisions.”

And she has spoken openly about the Catholic faith, including at a diplomatic reception at the residence of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See on Tuesday evening marking Independence Day.
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