The Politics Thread

[Vee]

If you think you've seen this movie before, you're not alone.

 

[DRW50]

I know the talking points against this are that now Democratic voters are more likely to vote in all elections so it doesn't matter - I'm not sure I believe that, but I do remember Democrats doing well in a lot of 2004 special elections and still losing in November. Hopefully the environment is better this year.

[JaneAusten]

That's true but we are talking about averages. And George Bush was the incumbent then not a democrat. But I do think the narrative now is helping Biden and Roe is helping democrats. The media and press have helped turn Biden into the underdog. I am sure that is not what they intended.  I never thought I would see a democratic presidential candidate leading in the second most reliable voting block, people over 65.  And when SCOTUS allows the banning of mifepristone, just wait to see the impact of that.

[JaneAusten]

Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA's approval of mifepristone : NPR

So mifepristone is safe for NOW due to standing. It wasn't based on anything other than this, which means it's still open for appeal at some point. Also the right is proposing to use the Comstock Act to block shipments of mifepristone by mail.

Don't think this stops anything. I haven't read the opinions but I would not be shocked if Thomas or Scalia in their opinions included language guiding future suits they know might have a chance of making this ban the possibility of sticking.  Women are not going to forget this.

There is still one case yet to be announced that is an abortion case that has to do with a lot of what's been covered in the media, which can women be treated with livesaving procedures related to pregnancy related to an abortion. We'll see.

 

[Wendy]

Not only is the issue of saving women's lives with abortion still hanging, so is whether a POTUS is a king, since this crew is pondering presidential immunity.

Today's ruling regardless, this so-called SCOTUS is a s-h-i-t-show of the highest order.

[DramatistDreamer]

Not even TFG…

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks on guns

[Wendy]

Oh, yay! More bloodshed by the gun nuts on the way thanks to the GQP Kangaroo Court...

[DramatistDreamer]

And right on the heels of the high school graduation ceremony of the kids who survived the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, with empty chairs dedicated to the kids who were mowed down as first graders-and speeches from the survivors about how they will carry that day and the memory of their fallen classmates with them for the rest of their lives. Similar to what happened to the original Sandy Hook Elementary School, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school, the site of yet another school massacre, is set to be demolished next week.
So…yeah, SCOTUS is serving up more opportunities for these types of tragedies. Sadly.

[janea4old]

January 2023 update from X González, the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High student, famous for giving a speech and years of working in activism 
https://www.thecut.com/article/x-gonzalez-parkland-shooting-activist-essay.html

Edited June 15, 2024 by janea4old

[DramatistDreamer]

The fact that the Surrey, of all places, is where one of the best known Tories is staring down the barrel of defeat is quite something.

UK Chancellor Hunt Admits He's 1,500 Votes Away From Historic Defeat

[Vee]

As always @janea4old @marceline @DRW50 @JaneAusten :

 

 

Edited June 16, 2024 by Vee

[DRW50]

That's one of the reasons why that hatemonger Charlie Kirk is pushing so hard for the cultists to get low-information voters/people who rarely vote to go for Trump - to offset the loyal voters who are sickened by him. And of course the media is full speed ahead, including his cynical attempts at getting black voters (mainly through finding criminals who say he is just like them, so vote for him). Or doing "fun" videos with repulsive Logan Paul that are pushed in the same breath as badly doctored Biden videos so the media can tell us Trump is the life of the party and Biden is decrepit.

 

[Vee]

 

[DRW50]

Even now the media is trying to hype him as an example of why Virginia may go for Trump this year. They will never let him go. 

[DRW50]

Trump has had such cognitive decline that the media is ignoring as much as possible, and even when they talk about it, much of the public goes "la la la" because they still think if you are loud and obnoxious that means you are a strong man.