He was facing a primary challenge by another Republican and the Democratic candidate poses a threat to the seat.

The California legislature is working on a bill to create a single-payer system (probably just an option) within the state.

I read that the only reason it went off as well as it did is that 400 Obama staffers volunteered their time to put together the event. They didn’t want it to be a complete dumpster fire.

I am pinning my hopes on the rogue IC tweet promising that 45 would die in jail.

I want either a giant protest or no one showing up (a la his inauguration).

Apparently, McMaster has a Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina. I’m starting to hope for a military coup.

One interesting thing about the failed AHCA initiative was how many Republican governors flipped out. They don’t want these costs shifted to their states (even the a-holes who resisted expanding Medicaid).

Atwood based it on real events. Much of what she describes in terms of how it happened is based on the fundamentalist revolution in Iran in the late 1970s/early 1980s.

Dude, you have a 37% approval rating. You have no hand.

90% of counties don’t have an abortion provider, so in reality the Supreme Court decision doesn’t matter. Most women don’t have access.

I’m a professor at a community college, and I did not strike. But the female faculty members hosted a 3-hour “teach-in.” I spoke about reproductive rights. Students spoke about disability rights. Staff members spoke about how immigration deportation threatens their families. It was powerful, and it was clear that our…

Actually, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was hastily planned over a weekend by Montgomery’s Women’s Political Council, headed up by English lit professor Jo Ann Robinson. It was originally supposed to be only Monday (the day of Rosa Parks’s trial). They were surprised by their success, when 100% of African American bus…

I was at a lunch yesterday organized by a women’s political committee in town. Speakers included representatives from Planned Parenthood, an environmental justice organization, an immigrants’ rights organization, and (oddly perhaps) our district attorney. The organizers commented that one of the difficulties they are…

And I think the skit was to promote responsible drinking. So, you know, he is clearly a immature dirtbag.

I’m sure it’s all Obama’s fault.

Or perky? I’m not sure.

I just have to say that Trump and his Russian oligarch associates have very poor spycraft.

I took one Core Power class. The teacher said, “Are you here to get a yoga butt?” At first I thought she was trying to say the spiritual was more important. Then I realized she was serious.

OMG. This explains so much. My 35+ year anorexic sister — who has just become the disease but is also/has always been super difficult and wants to be part of the 1% — recently turned 47. Her birthday consisted of a gift from Tiffany’s, a SoulCycle class, a “champagne massage” (did she drink it? or was it rubbed into…

I think that’s the evangelical Christians. American Catholic women use birth control at the same rates as non-Catholics. I was raised Catholic, and most Catholics I know just ignore Church teachings on birth control, extramarital sex, etc. (Of course, I’m lapsed.)