[There is a discussion of rape in paragraph 12.] Three big stories today. First of all, the Democrats are taking a victory lap on the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a law that has transformed the U.S. economy and for which not a single Republican voted.
I cannot find the words to express my sadness at this decision on mifepristone. I simply cannot fathom how a judge could be so cruel. That the issue is even before any court is troubling: the decision (to have an abortion) is only between the woman and her doctor, and her counselor, should she have one she trusts. The judge should have no authority here, nor should any court.
What the actual hell? Denying healthcare to women so people can enjoy “viewing” more babies? Is that really what he said? Also, I’m a teacher, and when school boards ban books, I lose the opportunity to care for my students. Shakespeare plays read in full are a source of profound joy to those who read them. Is that all I have to say to get these people off our backs?
The fact that judges are allowed to make decisions about abortion in 2023 is appalling at best. Forced pregnancy is a lifelong sentence for a woman. No one addresses that issue. There is not a 13-year-old on planet earth that is capable of raising a child. These forced-birthers care not at all about the human damage they leave behind.
James Ho is a Judicial "Ho." Some third party thinks-he's-god doctor has no fooking rights in the decision of a woman about what she does with her life, and to suggest otherwise is to demonstrate what misogynist scum these wingnut assholes are.
"When my patients have chemical abortions, I lose the opportunity…to care for the woman and child through pregnancy and bring about a successful delivery of new life.” ....
With regard to documentation of the existence of a plot to steal the election. I think it’s reasonable to argue this started far earlier.
Forbes: May 2020
President Trump, who is concerned Democrats would benefit from such measures, tweeted Tuesday morning that there is "NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent," and definitively declared that "This will be a Rigged Election."
This month, the President has intensified his attacks on mail voting; last week, he threatened to cut federal funding to Michigan and Nevada, falsely claiming that the states were sending "illegal" absentee ballots to voters.
Democrats have argued that Trump's primary motivation is depressing voter turnout, by any means necessary, instead of uncovering and preventing fraud.
Most research, including the most recent Brennan Center's seminal report The Truth About Voter Fraud, demonstrates that the majority fraud allegations turn out to be baseless and that most of the few remaining claims reveal irregularities and other forms of election misconduct.
TheHill: August 2020
President Trump on Monday further cast doubt on the U.S. election process, claiming falsely that the only way he would lose in November is if the election is “rigged.”
Trump made the remark at the end of a speech to supporters in Oshkosh, Wis., on Monday afternoon as he implored them to vote. It follows months of Trump claiming without evidence that widespread mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic would invite fraud into the election.
“We have to win the election. We can’t play games. Go out and vote. Do those beautiful absentee ballots, or just make sure your vote gets counted. Make sure because the only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged,” Trump told the group of supporters at the outdoor campaign event. “Remember that. It’s the only way we’re going to lose this election, so we have to be very careful.”
“The only way they’re going to win is that way. And we can’t let that happen,” Trump said just hours before Democrats are set to begin their 2020 convention to formally nominate Joe Biden as the party’s presidential candidate.
Biden leads Trump nationally and in a number of key swing states, according to recent polling.
Democrats are increasing their scrutiny of the U.S. Postal Service after it warned states last week that it could not guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election would arrive in time to be counted even if voters follow state guidelines.
The disclosure came after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy adopted several changes to the agency, such as eliminating some mail-sorting machines, that have attracted criticism. DeJoy has cast the moves as cost-cutting measures meant to help the agency, which has long faced financial problems.
NBCNews: September 2020
At rally, Trump says 2020 election will be ‘rigged’ if he loses.
At an outdoor rally in Nevada with throngs of people, bucking state COVID-19 guidelines, President Donald Trump attacked polling that shows former Vice President Joe Biden is ahead in the battleground state and repeatedly sowed mistrust in the election process.
CNN: September 23, 2020
September 23 news conference: "Well, we're going to have to see what happens. You know that. I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster ... We want to have -- get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very trans- -- we'll have a very peaceful -- there won't be a transfer, frankly; there'll be a continuation. The ballots are out of control. You know it," he said.
CNN: September 23
Trump says the election will be decided at the Supreme Court
September 23 Oval Office: "But in terms of time, we go to January 20th. But I think it's better if you go before the election because I think this -- this scam that the Democrats are pulling -- it's a scam -- this scam will be before the United States Supreme Court. And I think having a 4-4 situation is not a good situation, if you get that," he said.
Conclusion? He knew he was losing. This was plan B. All along. Create a huge disparity in %of his voters vs Biden voters using mail in ballots. Undermine mail in balloting through rule changes and DeJoy’s USPS shenanigans. Create expectation of fraud among his base. On election night, call win early before all mail in ballots are counted. Point to later changes in totals as fraud. Invent dozens of crackpot scenarios. File dozens of losing but press generating lawsuits. Create a climate of mistrust and doubt. Hatch fake elector plan. Gin up angry mob rally - it will be wild, stop the steal, stand back and stand by, etc. Get Pence or if not, Grassley, to certify fake elector ballots. Occupy White House and defend with 5-4 or better Supreme Court. And it almost worked.
Governments have no damn business meddling in anybody's private medical treatment except to make sure that unqualified people do not practice medicine, drugs are safe, and to prevent the killing of babies capable of surviving out side the womb. Yes, it's complex, but generally not government's business! Remember, forced pregnancy is a WAR CRIME under international law. (Yes there was a Nuremberg Trial.). Women have legally become second class citizens! Who's next?
Governor Abbott is killing people in the Rio Grande River. Why isn't he charged or in jail pending trial and his program already terminated? Where are the "decent Texans?" Is Eisenhower the last President who will enforce the law? Who else can we drown or shoot, Canadians? English?
Some people like looking at baby pictures, ultrasounds, women holding pregnant bellies and so forth, but many others do not. Is this any reason to have laws forcing continued pregnancy? Men who need this dopamine jolt to bring on the happy make me go ewww.
Roger Stone was not saying anything new in November 2020 when he outlined how Trump and his allies could steal an election. That plot had been out there for a while. See The Atlantic, "How Donald Trump Could Steal the Election," Jeffrey Davis, March 29, 2020, and, in the same magazine, "The Election that Could Break America," Barton Gellman, Sept. 23, 2020. The blueprint was there for all to to see. Both articles cited the gaps in the Constitution that could make the stolen election possible. We should be grateful to the people who had the integrity and backbone not to let it happen.
"Indeed, Ho wrote, “It’s well established that, if a plaintiff has ‘concrete plans’ to visit an animal’s habitat and view that animal, that plaintiff suffers aesthetic injury when an agency has approved a project that threatens the animal.”
So pregnant women and teens are animals in a "habitat" now? Pretty soon to be put in zoos for the aesthetic pleasure rights of Judge Ho and his doctor friends? This tops even The Handmaid's Tale, I believe.
It would please me to learn that Judge James Ho resigned. For him to deny my enjoyment would be an aesthetic injury.
I cannot find the words to express my sadness at this decision on mifepristone. I simply cannot fathom how a judge could be so cruel. That the issue is even before any court is troubling: the decision (to have an abortion) is only between the woman and her doctor, and her counselor, should she have one she trusts. The judge should have no authority here, nor should any court.
What the actual hell? Denying healthcare to women so people can enjoy “viewing” more babies? Is that really what he said? Also, I’m a teacher, and when school boards ban books, I lose the opportunity to care for my students. Shakespeare plays read in full are a source of profound joy to those who read them. Is that all I have to say to get these people off our backs?
The fact that judges are allowed to make decisions about abortion in 2023 is appalling at best. Forced pregnancy is a lifelong sentence for a woman. No one addresses that issue. There is not a 13-year-old on planet earth that is capable of raising a child. These forced-birthers care not at all about the human damage they leave behind.
Judge Ho's analogy of fetuses and children to animals in a zoo is grotesque, as if the purpose of childbirth is entertainment of obstetricians.
Grotesque, as is so much of MAGA-world's histrionic characterization of personal, private medical care decisions.
Ho dramatizes and infantilizes both abortion and childbirth.
It's likely - indeed obvious - he knows nothing about either.
James Ho is a Judicial "Ho." Some third party thinks-he's-god doctor has no fooking rights in the decision of a woman about what she does with her life, and to suggest otherwise is to demonstrate what misogynist scum these wingnut assholes are.
"When my patients have chemical abortions, I lose the opportunity…to care for the woman and child through pregnancy and bring about a successful delivery of new life.” ....
So?
Ho is full of bullsh*t. Comparing a woman and an embryo to animals is disgusting. Women do not function just to delight obstetricians.
“Expectant parents eagerly share ultrasound photos with loved ones. Friends and family cheer at the sight of an unborn child.”
HO, HO, HO! Sounds like someone has never been outside of Barbieland!
What he meant to say is, „It cuts into my bottom line by denying me the income from doctor‘s fees I wouldn’t be able to charge them.“
With regard to documentation of the existence of a plot to steal the election. I think it’s reasonable to argue this started far earlier.
Forbes: May 2020
President Trump, who is concerned Democrats would benefit from such measures, tweeted Tuesday morning that there is "NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent," and definitively declared that "This will be a Rigged Election."
This month, the President has intensified his attacks on mail voting; last week, he threatened to cut federal funding to Michigan and Nevada, falsely claiming that the states were sending "illegal" absentee ballots to voters.
Democrats have argued that Trump's primary motivation is depressing voter turnout, by any means necessary, instead of uncovering and preventing fraud.
Most research, including the most recent Brennan Center's seminal report The Truth About Voter Fraud, demonstrates that the majority fraud allegations turn out to be baseless and that most of the few remaining claims reveal irregularities and other forms of election misconduct.
TheHill: August 2020
President Trump on Monday further cast doubt on the U.S. election process, claiming falsely that the only way he would lose in November is if the election is “rigged.”
Trump made the remark at the end of a speech to supporters in Oshkosh, Wis., on Monday afternoon as he implored them to vote. It follows months of Trump claiming without evidence that widespread mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic would invite fraud into the election.
“We have to win the election. We can’t play games. Go out and vote. Do those beautiful absentee ballots, or just make sure your vote gets counted. Make sure because the only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged,” Trump told the group of supporters at the outdoor campaign event. “Remember that. It’s the only way we’re going to lose this election, so we have to be very careful.”
“The only way they’re going to win is that way. And we can’t let that happen,” Trump said just hours before Democrats are set to begin their 2020 convention to formally nominate Joe Biden as the party’s presidential candidate.
Biden leads Trump nationally and in a number of key swing states, according to recent polling.
Democrats are increasing their scrutiny of the U.S. Postal Service after it warned states last week that it could not guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election would arrive in time to be counted even if voters follow state guidelines.
The disclosure came after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy adopted several changes to the agency, such as eliminating some mail-sorting machines, that have attracted criticism. DeJoy has cast the moves as cost-cutting measures meant to help the agency, which has long faced financial problems.
NBCNews: September 2020
At rally, Trump says 2020 election will be ‘rigged’ if he loses.
At an outdoor rally in Nevada with throngs of people, bucking state COVID-19 guidelines, President Donald Trump attacked polling that shows former Vice President Joe Biden is ahead in the battleground state and repeatedly sowed mistrust in the election process.
CNN: September 23, 2020
September 23 news conference: "Well, we're going to have to see what happens. You know that. I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster ... We want to have -- get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very trans- -- we'll have a very peaceful -- there won't be a transfer, frankly; there'll be a continuation. The ballots are out of control. You know it," he said.
CNN: September 23
Trump says the election will be decided at the Supreme Court
September 23 Oval Office: "But in terms of time, we go to January 20th. But I think it's better if you go before the election because I think this -- this scam that the Democrats are pulling -- it's a scam -- this scam will be before the United States Supreme Court. And I think having a 4-4 situation is not a good situation, if you get that," he said.
Conclusion? He knew he was losing. This was plan B. All along. Create a huge disparity in %of his voters vs Biden voters using mail in ballots. Undermine mail in balloting through rule changes and DeJoy’s USPS shenanigans. Create expectation of fraud among his base. On election night, call win early before all mail in ballots are counted. Point to later changes in totals as fraud. Invent dozens of crackpot scenarios. File dozens of losing but press generating lawsuits. Create a climate of mistrust and doubt. Hatch fake elector plan. Gin up angry mob rally - it will be wild, stop the steal, stand back and stand by, etc. Get Pence or if not, Grassley, to certify fake elector ballots. Occupy White House and defend with 5-4 or better Supreme Court. And it almost worked.
He deserves years of jail time.
Governments have no damn business meddling in anybody's private medical treatment except to make sure that unqualified people do not practice medicine, drugs are safe, and to prevent the killing of babies capable of surviving out side the womb. Yes, it's complex, but generally not government's business! Remember, forced pregnancy is a WAR CRIME under international law. (Yes there was a Nuremberg Trial.). Women have legally become second class citizens! Who's next?
Governor Abbott is killing people in the Rio Grande River. Why isn't he charged or in jail pending trial and his program already terminated? Where are the "decent Texans?" Is Eisenhower the last President who will enforce the law? Who else can we drown or shoot, Canadians? English?
Some people like looking at baby pictures, ultrasounds, women holding pregnant bellies and so forth, but many others do not. Is this any reason to have laws forcing continued pregnancy? Men who need this dopamine jolt to bring on the happy make me go ewww.
Roger Stone was not saying anything new in November 2020 when he outlined how Trump and his allies could steal an election. That plot had been out there for a while. See The Atlantic, "How Donald Trump Could Steal the Election," Jeffrey Davis, March 29, 2020, and, in the same magazine, "The Election that Could Break America," Barton Gellman, Sept. 23, 2020. The blueprint was there for all to to see. Both articles cited the gaps in the Constitution that could make the stolen election possible. We should be grateful to the people who had the integrity and backbone not to let it happen.
"Indeed, Ho wrote, “It’s well established that, if a plaintiff has ‘concrete plans’ to visit an animal’s habitat and view that animal, that plaintiff suffers aesthetic injury when an agency has approved a project that threatens the animal.”
So pregnant women and teens are animals in a "habitat" now? Pretty soon to be put in zoos for the aesthetic pleasure rights of Judge Ho and his doctor friends? This tops even The Handmaid's Tale, I believe.
with 20 years of data available regarding the use of mifepriston, why can't the FDA just reapprove the drug before it reaches the Supreme Court.?