It’s been 632 days since the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. March 11, 2020, was the date, but I knew our lives weren’t going to be normal for a very long time as soon.....
“The right-wing media always accuses the left of wanting the pandemic to go on forever, but let me tell you, I want this thing to be over so badly that I can feel it in the marrow of my bones. And that’s why the arrival of Omicron has been such…”
“Mississippi’s case is the greatest threat to abortion rights and puts women’s health and lives on the line, with women of color and Latinas suffering the most. The need to protect women’s right to abortion has never been clearer." @RepSylviaGarcia
Texas law doesn't allow for abortion in the case of rape or incest-leading Dr. Ingrid Skop of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists to defend forcing a (hypothetical) 9-year-old to carry and deliver her rapist’s child.
"Now that Republicans are stoking a new moral panic over critical race theory, they’re using more and more books and movies as bait in their ever-evolving culture war."
"And in a move that may have achieved peak irony, a Kansas school district is removing—they’re careful to not say “banning”—The Handmaid’s Tale, a novel about a dystopia where books are banned."
@AdamSchiff told me, "For the rule of law to mean anything, it must apply equally to all Americans. The Department of Justice must be judicious in its actions, but they must also recognize that undue delay will....."
And @gtconway3d told me, "White-collar criminal cases take time to put together, and prosecutors are being careful. At least that's what I hope is going on."