The idea that overruling Roe would "just" "send the issue back to the states" has always been deeply misguided. Congress and/or the Court could easily make Gilead national. Among the movement that dominates the federal judiciary it's already very thinkable
(And even if it were true, pundits making the "don't worry, if Roe is overruled they won't ban abortion where *I* live can go straight to hell without passing Go in any case) prospect.org/features/men-o…
The lack of empathy in these takes has always been astounding. Even the most insulated Beltway pundit presumably knows people in or from Tampa or Houston or Atlanta. Do you think everybody in these states can afford plane tickets and hotel rooms to get a medical procedure?
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And...there we go. I have to say trotting Dungy and Tiricio out to go to the mattresses for Gruden yesterday was pretty bad then and looks even worse now
Matt Taibbi's ShakeShack is (pretending to be) OUTRAGED by stories that point out that COVID treatments are promising but no substitute for vaccines that prevent people from getting sick in the first place
Imagine THIS being the COVID-related media coverage you find objectionable (as opposed to, say, the massive Fox anti-vaxx disinfo campaign.) I had no idea it was biologically possible to be that far up your own ass
And needless to say this is the DeSantis party line: why worry about stopping people from getting a deadly virus if you can treat some of the people who get extremely sick
This is not actually the way I would like the Mariners to solve the problem of me having to chair an APSA panel in the middle of their first meaningful Game 162 in 20 years 🙃🙃🙃
At least I will receive $450 in compensation for performing this service [taps earpiece] oh I will PAY $450 to be able to do this I see nothing at all abnormal about my profession
In retrospect having Tom Glavine throw out the first pitch was a bad sign
Gottenheimer/Sinema oppose two of the most broadly popular provisions in the bill (cheaper prescription drugs/upper-class tax increases)! There is no empirical basis for what is asserted here as unassailable fact at all
A lot of elite reporters and politicians alike have views in the "socially liberal, fiscally conservative" empty quadrant and love to project them on the public in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence
Would also love to hear an explanation for why Kyrtsen Sinema feels pressured by constituents (LOL) to oppose the radical leftism of [checks notes] Joe Biden, when Mark Kelly with exactly the same constituents does not
Wine-drinking, food-eating, breath-taking MAVERICK defies Washington's RULES by threatening to allow the Senate to obstruct popular legislation for the first time in history
Opposing legislation because your wealthy donors tell you to may not be how things are done in Washington D.C., but a breath of fresh air is here to SHAKE THINGS UP
See, there's your problem. If the BBBA focused on material issues like child care and Medicare benefits rather than mandatory daily diversity training they'd have a better chance of getting Sinema's vote