Glenn – Georgia DA Willis’ subpoena-palooza: John Eastman, Rudy G., Jenna Ellis, Lindsey Graham & others.
Meidas Touch – Reenactment of Don Jr. DRUNK DIALING friend after Cassidy Hutchinson Humiliated Dad
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – July 5, 2022
MSNBC – Could Pat Cipollone Be The John Dean Of The Jan. 6 Case?
Ojeda Live – WATCH Richard Ojeda Explain the Top 5 Republican Motivators
Beau – Let’s talk about Texas and teaching history….
Yesterday, I was grieved to learn from Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter (it comes in the middle of the night) that Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of JJapan, had been shot, and even more grieved to learn he had died from it. I put the news in a comment in yesterda’s OT, adding I had (politically speaking) fallen in love with him upon seeing his reaction to Trump**. I went looking for the picture, and eventually found it, and I reproduce it above the cartoon to refresh everyon’e memories. Later, I received an almost complete grocery delivery – no substitutions, only one item shorted, and I received two of it out of four ordered – so that was a success. I got it mostly put away within an hour.
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The Conversation – Abortion decision cherry-picks history – when the US Constitution was ratified, women had much more autonomy over abortion decisions than during 19th century
Quote – But in his rather selective forays into history, Alito doesn’t ask what to me, as a historian, constitutes a set of fundamental questions: Why was abortion eventually criminalized during that time? What was the broad cultural and intellectual context of that period? And, more important, is there something peculiar about the 19th century? As far as women’s bodies and abortion are concerned, the 19th century saw a decrease in the trust in, and power of, women themselves.
Click through for history. For most of my life, it appeared to be that someone who had risen to the level of a Justice on the Supreme court may not have known everything, but they did know enough not to discuss, particularly in decisions, anything they knew nothing about.
Crooks & Liars – Trumpers Sure Seem Happy That Georgia Guidestones Were Destroyed
Quote – Part of a mysterious Georgia monument was destroyed by an explosive device on Wednesday, and conservatives seem really happy about that even though it’s an illegal act which prompted an active police investigation in Elberton, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. And now the monument has been leveled.
Click through for more. I had never heard of them either – the last time I was in Georigia was around 1970, and they didn’t go up until 1979-1980. Really, the only mystery is probably who paid for them. They wre for pretty sure supposed to give guidance after a nuclear war destroyed almost everything. Wikipedia has good details and Beau did a video on them. But RWNJ’s never met a conspiracy theory they didn’t love.
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Glenn – Supreme Court parade of horribles: what we CAN do about the court revoking our constitutional rights
Twitter – Ken Harbaugh is the Governor Missouri needs. But alas, he isn’t even running. (The CC is accurate.)
I have known @EricGreitens for 30 years. He is a broken man, who will do anything, including inciting violence, to regain power. He’s not the same person whose weddings I went to. Eric, drop out. Try to repair the damage you have done, to your family, your country, and yourself. pic.twitter.com/TA8DxzzSOF
— Ken Harbaugh (@Team_Harbaugh) July 6, 2022
Rebel HQ – Richard Ojeda RIPS Steve Bannon’s Podcast
Represent Us – Retired Four-Star General Issues a Dire Warning for America
Mrs. Betty Bowers – Don Jr’s Intervention
Beau – Let’s talk about Moore v Harper and SCOTUS….
Yesterday, I finished the last cartoon for July, and set up the template to work on August. I also learned from Heather Cox Richardson that a trailer for the Trump** documentary which was being filmed right around the 2020 election (to include the period of the insurrection) has been released. I scouted around for it and eventually found it – but it’s not embeddable, so it won’t be in the video thread, but here’s a link if anyone’s curious.
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The 19th – When abortion clinics close, low-income people will also lose access to other reproductive care
Quote – Robin Marty has three months. That’s how long the money will last. The abortion clinic she runs in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, halted abortions following the reversal of Roe v. Wade last month, but it has enough cash reserves to provide other reproductive health services, including birth control, HIV treatment, prenatal care and gender-affirming care through about September. In that time frame, her staff is working to implement a new model that would keep West Alabama Women’s Center in operation, serving as a key access point for thousands of low-income people in the region who rely on abortion clinics for other services — the kind that are unavailable to them through insurance or that they otherwise would have to get on months-long waitlists to receive.
Click through for story. I probably don’t need to remind anyone that this is a feature – not a bug. Robin saw this coming (and wrote a book about it) – if she isn’t prepared, no one is.
HuffPost – Washington Post Editorial Board Offers Grim Warning About Supreme Court’s ‘Next Move’
Quote – “Our democracy’s path rests mostly with the Supreme Court. If five justices overturn the North Carolina decision, they will know what they are doing, which is writing a recipe for election tampering,” the Post editorial board wrote. “They will also know why they are doing it: not because the Constitution demands it, but because they can.”
Click through for details. Should the Court decide wrongly on this, it will not affect the 2022 midterms – which means the 2022 midterms could just be the last free and fair national election in the United States for the foreseeable future -certainly the last in our lifetimes. How do we convince Democrats that it’s not illegitimate or immoral to campaign on fear when the threat is real?
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Glenn – This would have been the monthly recap, so I’m putting a piece from the Stephanie Miller show featuring Glenn instead.
MSNBC – Why Brittney Griner’s Arrest Is About Much More Than Brittney Griner
Ring of Fire – New Polls Show January 6th Committee Having A HUGE Impact On Public Opinion (It does not cease to amaze me how many people “know” what Merrick Garland “thinks” or “wants” – a man who has been in public service for over 25 years and is known for being tight-lipped for all of that time, possibly longer.)
Mary Trump – Why Donald Trump Throws Food: An Origin Story – Its all about the mash potato !!
Armageddon Update – Court Gone ROEgue
Beau – Let’s talk about Arizona, Trump, and DOJ….
Yesterday, the Smithsonian’s newsletter was on fire. Just to name three, it included links to articles about “A tour of the future,” a whooping crane “Colt” (that’s what the babies are called) which hatched from a wild egg but is being raised by a bonded pair of adults whose last clutch was infertile, and Orson Welles’s typewriter. After I finished posting, I spent some time withcartoons for the rest of July.There aren’ as manu as someother months – but they are all clusterd at the end of the month, so even though I was already halfway through, there are a bunch to do.
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Psyche – Medicine has failed chronic pain patients. Here’s what they need
Quote – Decrying the sorry state of how people in extremis were treated, [ American anaesthesiologist John Bonica] wrote: Many of these [patients] are exposed to a high risk of iatrogenic [medical] complication from improper therapy, including narcotic intoxication and multiple, often useless, and at times mutilating operations; a significant number give up medical care and consult quacks who not only deplete the patient’s financial resources but often do harm; some patients with severe intractable pain become so desperate as to commit suicide.
Click through for details. Not all chronic pain comes from aging, but a lot does – and not all aging leads to chronic pain – but a lot does.
Crooks & Liars – Another Trump Aide To Testify At Next Week’s Jan. 6th Hearing
Quote – Matthews resigned the night of January 6, 2021, saying in a statement that she was honored to serve in then-President Donald Trump’s administration but “was deeply disturbed by what I saw.” She added: “Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power.”
Click through for a little background. Just before finding this, I had been checking the House dot gov hearing page to see whether anything new had been scheduled.
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Glenn – Witness tampering of Cassidy Hutchinson, Jeffrey Clark’s crimes, AG Garland and DOJ’s legitimacy
Meidas Touch – BREAKING NEWS: Kinzinger says NEW WITNESSES have come forward to Jan 6 Committee
The Lincoln Project – Our Country
MSNBC – Biden Announces Presidential Medal Of Freedom Recipients (I didn’t count, but I don’t think all 17 are identified.)
Farron Balanced – Conservative Media Outlets Are Finally Throwing Trump Under The Bus
Beau – Let’s talk about Ohio, Indiana, a girl, and the Supreme Court….
Yesterday, I had not slept terribly well, but I got by with a few yawns. Virgil called, and, as promised, I told him about those of y’all who commented you are praying for him, and he was deeply appreciative, as predicted. Quite touched, in fact.
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Democratic Underground [maxrandb] – Hey MSM! Maybe the “story” isn’t 2 Dem Senators that won’t kill the filibuster
Quote – Just like they publish thousands of stories of “Dems need to reach out to rural America bullshit” and ZERO “Retrumplicans need to reach out to urban America” stories. They report thousands of time that 2 Dems Senators don’t want to kill the filibuster. When is the last time you saw a story concentrating on the 50 Retrumplican Senators that couldn’t give one fuck if women die, or if teens need to carry their Uncles baby to term?
Click through for full rant. I am SO over RWNJs babbling about the “liberal media.” Sometimes I just need to express it..
The 19th – 10 anti-LGBTQ+ bills impacting students go into effect across six states
Quote – It is already hard enough for transgender and LGBTQ+ youth to see themselves reflected in the culture or in the academic materials they’re learning from, Topping said — and harder still for LGBTQ+ youth to simply go to school if they are getting bullied. Taking away the ability for students to talk with teachers about their identity or learn about queer communities in school may hamper their ability to dream of a future with people like them in it.
Click Through for states and details. As usual, the cruelty is the point – at least the immediate point. The long-term point is genocide.
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