Women in blue states beware! Don't let men AND WOMEN in red states dictate your rights to vote and to make decisions over your own bodies.
They've already won the latter in most red states, don't let them win the former. It is up to each and every one of you to make sure it doesn't happen.
Thank you. These are such important topics. Women fought for many decades to win the right to vote, and now we have to fight to protect it. If the SAVE bill becomes law, you'll need to bring a birth certificate or a passport to the election office order to update your address - something you can now do easily online in many states.
The goal, of course, for Republicans is to disenfranchise as many people as possible. That will further entrench their power, which is all they care about.
Please tell your friends and family and encourage them to call their members of Congress and demand they protect your right to access voting.
This morning I watched "Z" on Turner Classic Movies. Monday I saw "I'm Still Here". The authoritarian playbook is always the same : enlist religion and the police/military in a battle against the chosen boogeyman- Communism, socialism, liberalism, feminism.
Now Truno and Project 2025 want to "protect" women. NO WAY.
We don't need protection. We need and demand respect as full human beings,capable of making our own decisions.
Yes, but grain of salt: White women voted for Trump - 5% more than for Harris. My demographic, white men, were, of course much worse (60% Trump). Still… how can anyone, how can any woman vote for that freak? Beats me.
I’m from Deep South Georgia (albeit born in Indiana because my teenage mother was evicted to her in laws because her mother pretty much disavowed her). In 1957 a teenager could not attend school if she were pregnant. My mother is amazing. A church pianist since age 8 with a Baldwin studio upright (that needs to go to heaven) proudly given by her parents, my grandmother Norras. That piano needs to make a winter fire, probably has ivory keys and brought great joy to literally thousands of church people and friends in the homes that it occupied. It is the enduring legacy of my lovely grandmother who only a grandchild can never ever appreciate enough while she is alive. Grandmother always pimped me about boyfriends and husbands because I was, after all the number one grandchild. When I kept bringing girlfriends home to visit and when nothing happened later on with regard to the guy thing, she became grateful for a beer and a conversation. So her big fat gay number one granddaughter is a lesbian doctor at a premier healthcare system. She never acknowledged it to me but she never quit loving me (and of course, don’t tell the other grandchildren, she loved me the most :). We would stuff ourselves together in a Queen Anne chair and watch soap operas. She (a Baptist) would play cards on Sunday with the church ladies. She got reported to the pastor. He admonished her severely with a glass of welcoming wine in her home on a weekday. She said they laughed and had their usual convivial conversation. What was he to do? Grandmother had pews and hallways named after her late husband and depended on her support. Was she going to proceed to a life of debauchery? Jesus god, this is the mentality of the white fucking christian nationalists today. My dad was a Baptist minister and summer was full of camps for the kids. One summer in the early sixties he was supervising and let the boys and girls swim in the pool together. The big honcho called him on the carpet. A friend said, well, Jim, not so bad, at least you didn’t let them use the same wash cloth. My point is, we came so far (past tense) yet we’ve gone so backward (present tense). To what end, to what profit, to what good?
Please tell us where we can apply pressure to insure that the freedom to vote is not impinged. Also, how can we help hospitals and clinics resist the pressure to stop treatments for trans kids. We need specific actions, so we can make our voices heard.
Thank you! A coordinated effort to keep track of the true facts of what is happening is critical.
A "Truth Depository" for major areas of our democracy being attacked by the Trump forces needs to be easily available to all, and posted as such on the internet and designated social media. I love the Contrarian and the in-depth articles can be housed here, but let's face it, we will never have millions of subscribers.The depository could have three columns - Here is the lie, Her is the Truth , Access the Contrarian for the details. (Women&LGBTQ issues, Economy, Foreign Relations, Ukraine, Workers, Social Security, Vets etc. etc.) I watched just a five minute clip of Trump talking about various issues today. Nothing but LIES came out of his mouth. People get overwhelmed, but worse, eventually get brain washed. We have got to find ways for ordinary folks to find out the Truth. The mainstream media is getting a little better, but within a 24 hour cycle the facts are gone.
Per the Constitution it’s the states that determine voting procedures and administration in all elections including federal so please next do a deep dive into the federal SAVE Act and how the feds will try to usurp state election powers. There’s a federalism/states’ rights issue here, it seems to me. Still, absolutely horrifying like everything these cruel, fascist nincompoops cook up. It’s not paranoia if they really are after us — and they really are after us.
Thank you. I will keep an eye out for your work. I know that as a woman I need to do more—I’m trying to figure out what that is. You say we must lean into connection. How are those who are not used to that doing it?
Women in blue states beware! Don't let men AND WOMEN in red states dictate your rights to vote and to make decisions over your own bodies.
They've already won the latter in most red states, don't let them win the former. It is up to each and every one of you to make sure it doesn't happen.
Thank you. These are such important topics. Women fought for many decades to win the right to vote, and now we have to fight to protect it. If the SAVE bill becomes law, you'll need to bring a birth certificate or a passport to the election office order to update your address - something you can now do easily online in many states.
The goal, of course, for Republicans is to disenfranchise as many people as possible. That will further entrench their power, which is all they care about.
Please tell your friends and family and encourage them to call their members of Congress and demand they protect your right to access voting.
This morning I watched "Z" on Turner Classic Movies. Monday I saw "I'm Still Here". The authoritarian playbook is always the same : enlist religion and the police/military in a battle against the chosen boogeyman- Communism, socialism, liberalism, feminism.
Now Truno and Project 2025 want to "protect" women. NO WAY.
We don't need protection. We need and demand respect as full human beings,capable of making our own decisions.
Yes, but grain of salt: White women voted for Trump - 5% more than for Harris. My demographic, white men, were, of course much worse (60% Trump). Still… how can anyone, how can any woman vote for that freak? Beats me.
I’m from Deep South Georgia (albeit born in Indiana because my teenage mother was evicted to her in laws because her mother pretty much disavowed her). In 1957 a teenager could not attend school if she were pregnant. My mother is amazing. A church pianist since age 8 with a Baldwin studio upright (that needs to go to heaven) proudly given by her parents, my grandmother Norras. That piano needs to make a winter fire, probably has ivory keys and brought great joy to literally thousands of church people and friends in the homes that it occupied. It is the enduring legacy of my lovely grandmother who only a grandchild can never ever appreciate enough while she is alive. Grandmother always pimped me about boyfriends and husbands because I was, after all the number one grandchild. When I kept bringing girlfriends home to visit and when nothing happened later on with regard to the guy thing, she became grateful for a beer and a conversation. So her big fat gay number one granddaughter is a lesbian doctor at a premier healthcare system. She never acknowledged it to me but she never quit loving me (and of course, don’t tell the other grandchildren, she loved me the most :). We would stuff ourselves together in a Queen Anne chair and watch soap operas. She (a Baptist) would play cards on Sunday with the church ladies. She got reported to the pastor. He admonished her severely with a glass of welcoming wine in her home on a weekday. She said they laughed and had their usual convivial conversation. What was he to do? Grandmother had pews and hallways named after her late husband and depended on her support. Was she going to proceed to a life of debauchery? Jesus god, this is the mentality of the white fucking christian nationalists today. My dad was a Baptist minister and summer was full of camps for the kids. One summer in the early sixties he was supervising and let the boys and girls swim in the pool together. The big honcho called him on the carpet. A friend said, well, Jim, not so bad, at least you didn’t let them use the same wash cloth. My point is, we came so far (past tense) yet we’ve gone so backward (present tense). To what end, to what profit, to what good?
Thankyou for your clear, concise writing.
Please tell us where we can apply pressure to insure that the freedom to vote is not impinged. Also, how can we help hospitals and clinics resist the pressure to stop treatments for trans kids. We need specific actions, so we can make our voices heard.
Thank you! A coordinated effort to keep track of the true facts of what is happening is critical.
A "Truth Depository" for major areas of our democracy being attacked by the Trump forces needs to be easily available to all, and posted as such on the internet and designated social media. I love the Contrarian and the in-depth articles can be housed here, but let's face it, we will never have millions of subscribers.The depository could have three columns - Here is the lie, Her is the Truth , Access the Contrarian for the details. (Women&LGBTQ issues, Economy, Foreign Relations, Ukraine, Workers, Social Security, Vets etc. etc.) I watched just a five minute clip of Trump talking about various issues today. Nothing but LIES came out of his mouth. People get overwhelmed, but worse, eventually get brain washed. We have got to find ways for ordinary folks to find out the Truth. The mainstream media is getting a little better, but within a 24 hour cycle the facts are gone.
Your words are clear and succinct much unlike even the best of other authors.
Per the Constitution it’s the states that determine voting procedures and administration in all elections including federal so please next do a deep dive into the federal SAVE Act and how the feds will try to usurp state election powers. There’s a federalism/states’ rights issue here, it seems to me. Still, absolutely horrifying like everything these cruel, fascist nincompoops cook up. It’s not paranoia if they really are after us — and they really are after us.
I am ready to defend my rights & those of others endangered by this administration!
Thank you. I will keep an eye out for your work. I know that as a woman I need to do more—I’m trying to figure out what that is. You say we must lean into connection. How are those who are not used to that doing it?
Women's rights are under attack from "trans" rights as are children's rights.