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Half of adolescents ages 13-19 now live in a state with severely restricted or no legal #abortion access – affecting their choices in college, place of work and family-planning.
https://theconversation.com/abortion-bans-are-changing-what-it-means-to-be-young-in-america-231251
Abortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America
The 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of abortion rights is affecting where young people choose to go to college, to work and to live, as well as the way they vote.The Conversation
A mom struggles to feed her kids after GOP states reject federal funds
In her rural Oklahoma town, Tabitha Shinn calculates down to the penny for groceries for her three teens but still must rely on giveaways from a food pantry.Annie Gowen (The Washington Post)
Another tragic loss from political polarization:
Federal funding for scientific research – for everything from large telescopes to programs studying AI and Alzheimer’s research – is getting squeezed
https://theconversation.com/federal-funding-for-major-science-agencies-is-at-a-25-year-low-232582
#science #research #USpolitics
Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
Research funding is down in recent years despite promises made with the CHIPS and Science Act.The Conversation
TRUMP CRIME FAMILY
Judge pulls plug on Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, clearing way for Georgia election workers to pursue massive judgment
Giuliani has been hiding behind a bankruptcy proceeding to keep from paying a $148 million dollar judgement
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
Absolute truth: Trump spoke at the Heritage Foundation as they kicked off Project 2025, and there’s video
Here, this is important; if anyone believes Trump’s lies about not knowing anything about Heritage Foundation / Project 2025 / Mandate for Leadership, here he is speaking to the Heritage Foundation in 2022 as they’re kicking off the project to build the “detailed plans for exactly what our movement will do.”
This is as firm a proof that he’s knowingly lying as could ever be had. It’s direct proof that he was lying, from his own mouth, in his own words, on audio and video. Use it.
[link] #politics #USPol #politics #uspolitics
WATCH: Trump Explicitly Endorsed Work on Project 2025
"This is a great group, and they're going to lay the groundwork and detailed plans for exactly what our movement will do"Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
What has been the most vile, nauseating, putrid, disgusting piece of inhumanity that you've ever seen..
This is worse.....
Trump lawyers invoke immunity ruling in bid to toss hush money verdict
Donald Trump, conficted felon and poster boy for breaking the 10 Commandments, is an affront to justice.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
It's not just American presidential candidates that are quite old.
Nearly 20% of members of #Congress are 70 or older, compared with only 6% who are under 40.
Some of the reasons behind this are unavoidable and pretty basic (experience and season of your life makes a difference).
https://theconversation.com/why-is-congress-filled-with-old-people-233051
#USpolitics #election2024 #congress
Why is Congress filled with old people?
Nearly 20% of House and Senate members are 70 or older, and only 6% are under 40. What explains Congress’ advanced age?The Conversation
Memo to clueless white male celebrities who imagine they are, by virtue of their status as prominent, wealthy, white males, leading the progressive movement:
You are not.
People of color and women are the base of the #Democratic party and have been for some time.
The next seventeen weeks would be a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really good time for you to listen substantially more than you speak.
#USPolitics #Biden #WeBackBiden #GoergeClooney #StephenKing
#BREAKING: AOC files impeachment articles against Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito
https://meidasnews.com/news/aoc-files-impeachment-articles-against-clarence-thomas-and-samuel-alito
#USPolitics #SCOTUS #supremecourt #law #AOC #impleachment #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #Thomas #Alito
Americans Abroad are the difference in close #election races - just ask Nikki Fried from #Florida, who won her statewide election to be Agriculture Commissioner by such a margin.
YOU can make the difference in your home state too, where critical races and issues are at stake in #election2024
Request your absentee ballot today at https://www.votefromabroad.org/ ... and #vote!
https://youtu.be/U-oAXFSO5Vw?si=RL1zBSFdpG91U8_R
#USPolitics #Biden #FL
Nikki Fried (Chair, Florida Democratic Party): Voters abroad MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Americans Abroad are the difference in close #election races - just ask Nikki Fried from #florida who won her statewide election to be Agriculture Commission...YouTube
Remember, when the Orange Abuser says he has nothing to do with #Project2025, he's doing what he does best: #lying.
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx-SWqSkQj5zbdpNOHGyAA_XRcsVc8v7FO?si=WY0eWsNjFqzeyxm5
#Biden #BidenHarris2024 #WeBackBiden #WeBackBiden #StillRidinWithBiden24 #USPolitics @politics @history @histodons #Democrats #democracy
Post van The Lincoln Project
Remember, when Donald claims not to be associated with Project 2025, he's just doing what he does best: LYING.YouTube
They could be playing with grandchildren, building houses for the poor or skydiving.
Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?
Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step back and pass the torch to younger people.The Conversation
Dear (predominantly white, male -- not relevant, just mentioning) pundits/influencers hyperventilating about medical issues you are NOT qualified to offer an opinion on:
Has it occurred to you who benefits MOST from the Democratic Party being portrayed as divided a month before the convention? Think about it.
Here's a little #Wordle puzzle that may help.
We are NOT divided, by the way. Ask a person of color who's a registered Democrat if you're curious about this.
Then LISTEN.
"There was nothing extreme in Sotomayor’s [dissent] concerns, & her fears were justified. As a national security analyst, … I know we don’t need to engage in hypotheticals … All we need to understand what a criminally immune Trump might do, with even one executive branch agency given carte blanche, is to remind ourselves what the nation learned about the FBI during the 1970s."
-- Frank Figluzzi, former assist. director counterintelligence at the FBI
#usPol #usPolitics
Supreme Court’s immunity ruling could help Trump weaponize law enforcement
In immunity ruling Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts dismissed as "extreme hypotheticals" what law enforcement might do, ignoring the FBI's history.Frank Figliuzzi (MSNBC)
Now Project 2025 wants to eliminate the National Weather Service.
#NOAA #Project2025 #Politics #USPolitics #Weather #NationalWeatherService #Trump #Election2024
Project 2025 plans to dismantle the federal agency that tracks hurricanes
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency that predicts changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coastlines and provides data that informs lifesaving forecasts such as tracking hurricanes, is in the crosshairs of Project…Media Matters for America
Voting for your #Congressional, state and local officials is important!
Your vote holds elected officials accountable for their actions. It forces them to listen to you and the issues that most concern you.
Exercising our right to vote is critical at every level of government.
Go to https://voteabroad.org/SocMediaVFA to request your ballot.
#expats #USPolitics #vote #voting #ballot #Congress #Senate #voteblue #TakeBackTheHouse
File under: #WTF
Automated ammunition vending machines have recently been installed in grocery stores across Oklahoma and Alabama.
Yes. Bullets are now being sold like candy in grocery stores.
https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2024/07/vending-machines-selling-bullets-at-grocery-stores.html
#sensiblegunlawsnow #Biden #BidenHarris #BidenHarris2024 #WeBackBidenHarris #StillRidinWithBiden24 #guns #gunviolence #guncontrol #USPolitics #law
Vending machines selling bullets at grocery stores
American Rounds offers vending machines, powered by artificial intelligence, that are selling ammo for guns at grocery stores in Alabama and Oklahoma.Molly Walsh | mwalsh@cleveland.com (cleveland)
The scale of the challenges that NATO faces today at its 75th birthday, both within and without the organization, dwarfs what it confronted as it commemorated its 50th anniversary in 1999 (the last time Washington hosted the summit).
4 things to watch for:
https://theconversation.com/4-things-to-watch-for-as-nato-leaders-meet-in-us-capital-for-high-stakes-summit-233059
#news #USPolitics #politics #NATO
4 things to watch for as NATO leaders meet in US capital for high-stakes summit
The three-day meeting is touted as a time to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary. But gathered leaders face serious questions that will affect NATO’s future.The Conversation
Play big.
Come together.
Tune out naysayers.
Control what you can control.
Ignore the rest of it. Not just #MSM. All the stuff you can't control. All of it.
You CAN control how many US citizens living abroad see this message:
#Expats are key to securing not just a 2024 win, but a win SO HUGE that MAGA cannot steal it. Go to http://VoteFromAbroad.org to #register to #vote and request your #ballot. DO IT NOW.
#Boost this!
#WeBackBidenHarris #StillRidinWithBiden24 #Biden #USPolitics
About 500 years ago, Machiavelli offered some #leadership lessons for would-be dictators.
But based on his studies of the fall of the Roman Empire and Renaissance Florence, he also offered advice for people who wished to avoid a Machiavellian dictatorship – and any Americans reading it should take notes.
A political science professor from Tufts University breaks down a few things to take into consideration from Machiavelli:
https://theconversation.com/machiavelli-226434
#politics #USpolitics #history
500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.The Conversation
#Biden hits it out of the park in #Philadelphia #Pennsylvania!
CLICK HERE TO WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/live/eANfPiAbWSM?si=KKXxiTYYoONuVyrE
#USPolitics #PA #Philly #BidenHarris2024 #NowPlaying
President Biden to deliver remarks at Mt. Airy Church in Philadelphia
President Biden speaks during Sunday services at Mt. Airy Church in Philadelphia.YouTube
A correction to post I did yesterday attributing a quote that belongs : Monique Pressley: “The proof of Biden’s ability to run the country is the fact that he is running it. Successfully. Not a debate performance against a pathological lying sociopath.” Thanks to
@heathercoxrichardson for the pointer to this quote.
My apologies
#HeatherCoxRichardson #USA #uspolitics #Election #election2024 #2024Election
Why calls for President #Biden to step down are hurting the party's base.
https://youtu.be/cZfgGAiCdqo?si=PYrYmPz1h-0ImYqN
Why Democratic calls for President Biden to step aside are hurting their base
President Biden is rejecting the possibility of stepping down after last week's poor debate performance. Basil Smikle and Jennifer Horn weigh in on the presi...YouTube
🇺🇸Patriotism encompasses devotion to the country as a whole – including all the people who live within it.
🇺🇸Nationalism refers to devotion to only one group or people over others.
Pictured ⬇️
An image from 1950 shows Superman teaching that patriotism should drive out nationalism. DC Comics
https://theconversation.com/patriotism-208170
#Politics #USPolitics #American #4thOfJuly
What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?
Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.The Conversation
The #Biden age/health/dropout story is a dirty op by the Russo-MAGA, similar to the “emails“ op against H. Clinton.
**It is designed to distract and confuse. Don’t fall for it!
What could be more newsworthy than an #authoritarian coup underway against Constitutional democracy led by the Chief Justice of #SCOTUS !
#USPolitics
There IS no perfect candidate.
The right historically picks on the weak, but after Karl Rove and Swift-Boating, their current tactic is to push over the biggest strongest domino hoping the rest will fall.
Don't fall for it.
Do be ridin' with Biden.
The stakes are too high to do otherwise. 🥥
#Election2024, #PresidentBiden, #USPolitics, #TuckersBalls
Here's something fun for the #FourthofJuly: A chilling 'accidental confession' on #Project2025.
#HeritageFoundation majordomo says the quiet part out loud, dog-whistles the #MAGA crowd to get ready for...
We can't even bring ourselves to say it. Watch it yourself.
https://youtu.be/LU39UVT1gEw?si=GJpvB_VkVl8ihZbI&t=27
Then go to http://VoteFromAbroad.org to #register to #vote and request your #ballot TODAY. The stakes are too high not to.
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #authoritarianism #immunity #Biden #Democracy #Law #USPolitics
Alert: MAGA ringleader says quiet part out loud in chilling 'accidental confession' on Project 2025
MSNBC’s Katie Phang reports on the fallout from The Supreme Court’s decision to vastly expand the powers of the president. MSNBC’s Jason Johnson and NYU’s Ru...YouTube
#Expats: To keep #Biden's game-changing #job creation policies in place, go to http://VoteFromAbroad.org, #register to #vote, and request your #ballot! DO IT NOW!
#jobs #economy #USPolitics #employment #StillRidinWithBiden24
161 years ago, more than 50,000 Americans died in the Battle of Gettysburg.
In the 21st century, residents of formerly Confederate states express greater support for political violence (even after adjusting for partisanship, race, gender & more).
https://theconversation.com/americans-in-former-confederate-states-more-likely-to-say-violent-protest-against-government-is-justified-160-years-after-gettysburg-208425
#USPolitics #Histodons @histodons
Americans in former Confederate states more likely to say violent protest against government is justified, 160 years after Gettysburg
On the 160th anniversary of the Civil War’s Battle of Gettysburg, a political scientist finds that residents of formerly Confederate states express greater support for political violence than others.The Conversation
BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨
Biden on campaign call: "I'm not leaving. I'm in this race to the end and we're going to win"
#AureFreePress #news #press #headline #breaking #breakingnews #Biden #USA #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
No law can completely stop the risk of subversion after an election.
But new changes in laws should help reduce the likelihood of some of 2020’s worst abuses being repeated.
https://theconversation.com/2020s-fake-elector-schemes-will-be-harder-to-try-in-2024-but-not-impossible-229094
#Election2024 #USPolitics
2020’s ‘fake elector’ schemes will be harder to try in 2024 – but not impossible
In the 2020 presidential election, groups of self-appointed electors in seven states met to cast votes for Donald Trump, even though Joe Biden had carried their states. Could that happen again?The Conversation
In case there was any question that "Biden's age" is a dog whistle for "Kamala's color" to those on the right, the GOP wanted to make it abundantly clear.
From the Axios article: "A new digital ad by the GOP's House campaign arm features Vice President Harris.
Why it matters: Trying to leverage concerns about President Biden's age, Republicans are increasingly pushing the idea that a vote for him is really a vote for his running mate."
https://youtu.be/Hx0VztBkJYQ?feature=shared (link to awful ad)
#USpolitics #Solutions for democracy #PopularVote
I often wonder: Why in the greatest democracy of the world 🤣 🤣 doesn't the popular vote not vote the President of that democracy ?
Ancient customs and too high regard for the letter of the constitution.
"Why We Need A National Popular Vote | Robert Reich"
by Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn8rWMVGlfQ
Quote by RR:
"15 mei 2023
Twice this century, the loser of the popular vote has won the presidency.
Here's a plan to make sure that never happens again.
If you want to know more or get involved, click the link below to read about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
-> nationalpopularvote.com/ <-
If your state is not already a member, I urge you to contact your state’s senators and reps to get your state on board."
#VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot
#MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain
Why We Need A National Popular Vote | Robert Reich
Twice this century, the loser of the popular vote has won the presidency.Here's a plan to make sure that never happens again.If you want to know more or get ...YouTube
[35]I don't think that anyone on this platform has to be convinced....
but maybe some of the reasoning this Republican voter has
can be used to make some of your friends or family change their mind.
"Our country is going to be absolutely nuts if he gets back in" [ < 1 min]
by Republican Voters Against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDaSr4p2oIc
#VoteBlue #UpAndDownTheBallot
#MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain
"Our country is going to be absolutely nuts if he gets back in"
Rich, a lifelong Republican from Washington state who supported Trump in the past, shares his deep concerns about the potential re-election of Donald Trump.R...YouTube
While most American Jews remain broadly supportive of Israel, others have protested vigorously against U.S. support for Israel and are demanding a cease-fire in the Gaza war.
They carry signs saying “Not in Our Name.”
They’re carrying on a long tradition of American Jews who have opposed Israel’s actions.
https://theconversation.com/jewish-critics-of-zionism-have-clashed-with-american-jewish-leaders-for-decades-230374
#Israel #Gaza #News #USPolitics
Jewish critics of Zionism have clashed with American Jewish leaders for decades
American foreign aid to Israel has long relied on the support of American Jews. But American Jews have never been unified in their support for Israel or about Israel’s role in American Jewish life.The Conversation