Another in a line of proposed questions for Amy Coney Barret at the confirmation hearing. I actually think it is criminal if these questions are not asked. You are an open and staunch advocate of the “Originalism” theory of interpreting the Constitution, a theory popularly associated with your model, Justice Antonin Scalia. Originalism and Women…
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Biden approaches peak lead as Pence didn't help Trump with women (or flies)
There was that perceptible ‘splaining tone which is much like Mike Pence calling his wife “Mother”. Pence did himself no favors trying to bully the moderator, Susan Page. And Trump claims he received from COVID, “a blessing from God”. The real blessing is that KO is back on the politics beat: x NEW VIDEO: “I…
KS, ME, IA, TX & ID-Sen: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D. OH) Helps These 5 Women Flip The Senate
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) in support of Barbara Bollier (D. KS), Sara Gideon (D. ME), Theresa Greenfield (D. IA), MJ Hegar (D. TX), and Paulette Jordan’s (D. ID) U.S. Senate campaigns: We need to flip four seats to take back the Senate and remove Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from…
Trump woos women voters with attack on Michelle Obama at event commemorating suffrage
All of Donald Trump’s favorite pickup strategies — meeting porn stars at golf tournaments, asking to be spanked with magazines sporting his pug-ugly mug, calling women who turn him down fat slobs, grabbing unsuspecting women by their privates — are pretty much worthless in a political context. So the guy is flailing. That was on full display…
Trump's outreach to suburban women continues with 'mad woman,' 'she yaps,' and 'ditzy airhead wife'
Oh, yeah, the “suburban housewife” is going to be voting for Donald Trump, all right. Suburban women just love this kind of rhetoric. In one morning, Trump out-gaffed Joe Biden for the rest of the year, referring to VP candidate Kamala Harris as a “mad woman” and saying Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a dumb person who “yaps.” Oh,…
“This is how Donald Trump speaks to accomplished women”
UPDATE sorry, but after posting it apparently the Lincoln Project pulled the video. Leaving this up for now so you have a sense of what it was. If video gets reposted I will put back up aka Maxwell 2 the brand new Lincoln Project ad one that will remind you of some of Trump’s “greatest…
AZ-Sen: Martha McSally (R), “Women in the military get pregnant to 'skirt' deployment”
From Salon: x YouTube Video Arizona Republican senator and former Air Force combat pilot Martha McSally once published an academic paper in which she said military servicewomen should be counseled against the “foolishness of entering into a lifetime commitment (motherhood)” to avoid deployment, and called for the Pentagon to repeal the policy that allows women…
GOP Spokeswoman Liz Harrington attack on Biden shows GOP believes women not equal to men
GOP spokeswoman Liz Harrington slams Joe Biden because he had the nerve to paraphrase the constitution by replacing men with people in all men created equal. Spokeswoman Liz Harrington, really? x x YouTube Video Watch complete episodes here. The Washington Post reported Liz Harrington rather ridiculous commentary about Joe Biden as follows. Republicans are now attacking former…
KS, TX & MN-Sen: Sen. Jacky Rosen (D. NV) Helps These Women End Moscow Mitch's Majority
Received this e-mail yesterday from U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D. NV) in support of Dr. Barbara Bollier (D. KS) and MJ Hegar’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaigns and U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaign: In 2018, voters here in Nevada and in neighboring Arizona elected women to the U.S. Senate. In 2020, we…
CNN sources: Trump's calls with women foreign leaders have been 'near-sadistic'
There’s so much unhingery packed into this CNN story on Trump’s phone calls with foreign leaders that choosing among the outrages is kind of like picking your favorite Egyptian plague. Want a shower of frogs? Fire ‘n’ hailstones? Locusts? They’re all here, and then some. So let’s start with this gem, which comes courtesy of…
GA-Sen A & B: Vanity Fair Highlights Why White Suburban Women Are Abandoning The GOP In Georgia
Vanity Fair has a great piece about the all the political turmoil the good state of Georgia is facing. Governor Brian Kemp (R. GA) has royally fumbled reopening the state during the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler (R. GA) has been tarnished by scandals over her insider trading. There’s also the tragic shooting…
KY, ME, KS & IA-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Helps These 4 Women End Moscow Mitch's Majority
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Amy McGrath (D. KY), Sara Gideon (D. ME), Barbara Bollier (D. KS) and Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaigns: I want to tell you about four incredible women. They've all got their own unique story, but they have one really…
ME-Sen: Maine Women, “Susan Collins (R) ‘right’ and our ‘right’ aren’t the same thing anymore”
From Salon: Women voters who propelled Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to wins in four consecutive Senate races have increasingly soured on the so-called “centrist” Republican as her record has drifted farther right since President Donald Trump's election. Maine is a uniquely women-dominated state. About 77% of women residents are registered to vote, and 65% of women voters…
Trump wishes women reporters were more like '50s TV housewife Donna Reed
Donald Trump turned the loony spigot on to full blast for his recent interview with Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post, and boy did the cray-cray flow. In addition to claiming people are “starting to feel good now” and that “the one thing that the pandemic has taught us is that I was right,” Trump suggested that…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Endorses 20 Democratic Women For Down-Ballot Races
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA): 2020 is the most important election of our lives. We need to win back the White House — but we can’t stop there. To put people first as we work through this crisis — and to make big, structural change in 2021 and beyond…
KY, TX, ID, GA, KS, IA, ME & MN-Sen: Refinery29 Lists These 8 Women That Could Flip The Senate
Refinery29 has a great piece out today emphasizing why it’s important for Democrats to win the U.S. Senate along with winning the White House. Author Sophie Hayssen makes the case that there are eight seats that not only could be flipped but also increase the number of women in Congress: By winning the Senate, Democrats…
GA-Sen A: National Organization For Women PAC Endorses Teresa Tomlinson (D) For U.S. Senate
Received this e-mail from former Columbus, GA Mayor, Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: We just got some extraordinary news. The National Organization for Women Political Action Committee is endorsing Teresa in Georgia’s Democratic primary to take on David Perdue in this battleground Senate race. In the national president’s announcement, they highlighted that: “Teresa…
NH, MN, KY, ME, TX, IA & KS-Sen: Jeanne Shaheen (D) Wants These Women To Join Her In The Senate
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s (D. NH) re-election campaign: 26. That’s the number of women currently serving in the U.S. Senate. We’ve come a long way since trailblazing women activists secured our right to vote a century ago and since the first few brave women served as U.S. Senators. But we…
Zerlina Maxwell slams double standard for women after Elizabeth Warren's exit.
MSNBC commentator Zerlina Maxwell did not pull any punches as she admonished an unfair system biased against women. She was speaking about the breaking news that Elizabeth Warren had suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Zerlina Maxwell nails it. x x YouTube Video Zerlina Maxwell was asked if Elizabeth…
This Doctor explains why Medicare for All is existential for Black Women & POC.
Dr. Victoria Dewey pointed out an important reality while in Las Vegas Nevada speaking to Bernie Sanders supporters. The fact that black women's healthcare is systemically undermined, only when all have health insurance are Black women able to secure equitable health care. And that is Medicare for All. Dr. Victoria Dewey: An unabashed supporter of Medicare…