For folks who want to listen along with today's medication abortion arguments at SCOTUS here's a link



Arguments start at 10 ET/8 The Vortexsupremecourt.gov/oral_arguments… The nuts and bolts of today's argument is less about how far the conservatives roll back mifepristone access and the likely reality that there are at least 5 votes to use the Comstock Act to impose national abortion bans in a variety of flavors

I desperately need folks to understand that this is intentional. Johnston and his ilk depend on reinforcing poverty as a policy choice in part to bleed social services and redirect funding to their Christian grifts. They actually say this part out loud.

https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1718771032465817755

If I accomplish anything in this one short life I've been given its to help folks FUCKING GRASP that "cultural welfare" is economic welfare. There are no fiscal conservatives. CULTURAL WELFARE IS ECONOMICS FFS

Next stop for the mifepristone case is the 5th Circuit who is all but certain to issue a positively batshit ruling.

The antis are going to force the Comstock Act issue before SCOTUS one way or another. For those who need a refresher, here's what the Fifth Circuit had to say the first time around

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Honestly if you’re a white person who says they’re committed to racial justice and you’re in good standing with most your family I have *questions* for you and they are definitely pointed Full disclosure I’m in contact with exactly three members of my birth and extended family for this specific reason

Okay so some moments of joy from today’s graduation. In her speech Olive gave a special shout out on behalf of her for her older brother to the gym teacher who really did not like him. Because. She’s Italian 😂💥 She also declared this was the year she leaves the drama behind.

SO SAY WE ALL ❤️😂

God today was hard. Like. I’ve been in progressive journalism for over 10 years and have covered a lot of shitty things that impact me and my family personally. But going to Olive’s elementary school graduation today hit different than even I was braced for The day started with her older brother in angry tears that he didn’t move his chemistry final so he could be at her ceremony because….what if. And then it moved to alerts about additional police at all the schools because…threats

Ketanji Brown Jackson Day Two coverage starts now!

Sen. Durbin starts by saying everyone can keep it short and snappy and that would be fine too Durbin, as the ranking member kicks off the questioning by asking Judge Jackson about her judicial philosophy.

Okay folks here we go! Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing should be starting any minute now. You can follow the proceedings here in addition to my tweets. @AngryBlackLady is tweeting over at @RewireNewsGroup

ITS GONNA BE A WEEK

judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-n… Sen. Durbin calls the committee to order and begins the proceedings. THIS IS HISTORY

Also it's going to be a lot of Senators speaking soooo... be prepared.

Well y’all knew it was only a matter of time before there was a second puppy in this house. Twitter, meet Newt’s new bff Pistachio aka Stach for short

She’s a heeler mix and an absolute unit of a pup and already fully a part of our pack ❤️ Newtie and Stach are already the best puppy detective team this side of the Mississippi

My extended family was full of John Birchers who are also the cultural origins of ‘white voters at diners’ genre Anytime you see a journalist interviewing some rando white at a diner do yourself a favor and Google ‘John Birch Society’ it’ll help I promise

This framing is not just lazy it’s carrying water for two women who absolutely bear the responsibility of their SCOTUS votes that put Roe at the risk it is. For what?

https://twitter.com/19thnews/status/1498429925719785477

Lol feminism tells me it’s Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins to the rescue 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Okay here we go, folks. Tune in here.

God save the United States and this honorable* Court indeed #DobbsvJackson Roe v Wade and PP v Casey "haunts our country" Mississippi SG Scott Stewart starts his argument

Okay here we go folks

God Save the United States and this Court indeed Roberts kicks off the mornings events by congratulating Justice Thomas on thirty years on the Court

HELLO FELLOW LAW NERDS! TODAY IS THE DAY! WHERE WE FIND OUT IF ITS UP TO JUSTICE KEGSTAND TO BLOCK THE TEXAS ABORTION BAN!

I will be live tweeting this mornings arguments, as will @AngryBlackLady over at @RewireNewsGroup

supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments… The Court will hear arguments in two cases today, one brought by providers and one brought by the Biden Administration. Arguments start at 10 am ET and 11am-ish ET so you can bet your butts @AngryBlackLady will have plenty to say on Boom!Lawyered later today

Sooooo…. did you hear the news? Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told reporters this week that there’s no reason to worry about the lack of a rape exception in Texas’ #SB8 because Texas was going to “eliminate rape.”

I have some thoughts here. First of all, as others have pointed out, there’s no way to “eliminate rape.” Rapes go unreported. There are no pre-cogs available to enable Minority Report-style reporting for first-time rapists. It’s all bad faith nonsense.

Okay what just happened at SCOTUS? Well for starters they let the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, a law that bans abortion at about 6 weeks pregnancy, take effect without a single court hearing arguments on its constitutionality. THAT IS SO BAD. I CANNOT STRESS JUST HOW BAD THIS IS.

Well, it happened. The Supreme Court effectively overturned Roe v. Wade tonight for folks in Texas under cover of darkness That’s right! The biggest abortion rights news in 50 years happened in the shadows Instead of issuing a ruling blocking Texas’ 6-week abortion ban from taking effect, the Court did nothing. But in this case, doing nothing is actually doing EVERYTHING. Because by doing nothing, the justices said Roe is no longer good law.

Okay folks waiting on SCOTUS how are we doing? Here's what I can say right now. We're in unchartered waters for abortion access no matter what unfolds in the next hour

Do you feel like there is SO MUCH ABORTION NEWS happening today? That’s because there is.

First is the fight over a 6 week abortion ban in Texas. That’s the one that creates “abortion enforcers” and offers a bounty on patients, providers, and others who help. Today advocates filed an emergency petition asking the Supreme Court to step in. Later today Justice Alito told the defendants in that case they could respond to that request by 5 pm tomorrow.

That’s about 8 hours before the ban is set to take effect.

There is going to be a lot of talk about the Biden-Harris Executive Orders dropping today and I am HERE FOR IT including the protections against sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. THIS ONE IS A BIG DEAL HERE IS WHY Remember in June when SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch momentarily became a progressive folk hero for his role in authoring the Court's decision that said employers couldn't fire you for being gay or trans? Here's a refresher

rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2019/1…

One of the least surprising bits from yesterday's nazi parade and storm on the Capitol were the presence of so many well-known anti-choice protesters and activists At @RewireNewsGroup we've covered the intersection of fascism and anti-choice politics for a long time now!

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