The Continuous Republican Assault Upon the Rights of Women, Minorities, Immigrants, and the LGBTQ Community

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THE FASCIST LOVE FOR GUNS

Ron DeSantis makes it even harder to track gun criminals with new ban - The Independent

GOP Sen. Hawley Warns FOX News About the Lack of Aggressiveness and Gun Worship in Preschool Boys - Dailykos

What other countries say about the gun violence problem in the U.S. - Yahoo (dot com)

SCOTUS shocker: Supreme Court refuses to block blue state assault weapon ban - Salon


FIGHTING BACK

Montana Supreme Court nixes extremist anti-abortion laws, citing constitutional privacy rights - Dailykos

Pete Buttigieg says GOP falling in ‘delicious’ trap: ‘Coca-Cola, Disney and Bud Light are on the other side’ - news.yahoo (dot com)

Pete Buttigieg said there’s something “delicious” about far-right members of Congress positioning themselves against corporations that promote diversity or progressive ideas as he believes it unites most Americans who are on the other side of the fence.

Florida trucker boycott: Strict new immigration law draws response - USA Today

Latino Truck Drivers Rally To Protest Florida Immigration Bill - wearemitu (dot com)

Latino Truckers to Boycott Florida, Videos Show: Will Not Be Going - Newsweek

Voters can make North Carolina Republicans pay for abortion betrayal - Dailykos

Chart of women registering to vote after Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade spells trouble for GOP - Boing Boing

Comedian Attacks Dylan Mulvaney in Anti-Trans Bit, Audience Retaliates - radaronline (dot com)

Anti-Fascist. Armed to the Teeth - Rolling Stone (dot com)

Why youth activists in Louisiana say they’ll ‘no longer stay quiet’ - PBS (dot org)

As Republican state lawmakers in Louisiana have pushed a barrage of bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights, a new wave of youth activism has been awakened, especially in the state’s rural, conservative strongholds.
 

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PART ONE - THE MISOGYNISTIC MAGA WAR ON WOMEN:

Hospitals In Two States Denied An Abortion To A Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law - Talkingpointsmemo (dot com)

Nebraska legislature clears balconies amid protests over abortion measure: report - Raw Story

North Carolina Governor Rips State GOP for Ignoring ‘Will of the People’ With Abortion Ban - News.yahoo (dot com)

GOP state lawmakers try to change rules to thwart abortion measures - MSN (dot com)

On the heels of the overwhelming success abortion rights supporters saw at the ballot box in the 2022 election cycle, some GOP-led states have undertaken efforts to change the rules governing the ballot measure process, pushing new constraints that make it more difficult for initiatives to not only get on the ballot, but also to win approval.

Protesters Arrested After Throwing Tampons Onto Floor of Nebraska Capitol while the Nebraska legislature voted to restrict gender-affirming care and abortion - thedailybeast (dot com)

5th Circuit Judge Ho in abortion pill case asks if Mother’s Day is ‘celebrating illness’ - news.yahoo (dot com) (only your own, bubba)

Trump judge's Mother's Day quip shows absurdity of abortion pill hearing - MSNBC

PolitiFact: After switching parties, Tricia Cotham flip-flops on abortion - politifact (dot com)

Pure torture: Florida family says DeSantis-backed abortion law put them through hell - MSN (dot com)

PART TWO - THE FASCIST MAGA WAR ON THE GAY COMMUNITY:

Unbowed, Proud Boys Plan Biggest Pride Month Disruptions Ever: ADL - Businessinsider (dot com)

Another Florida Pride Event Canceled As Other Organizers Dig Their Heels In - HuffPost

Texas' political witch doctors are brewing more toxic laws - SanAntonioReport (dot org)

People who are different, who don’t conform on gender identity, who choose personal pronouns that discomfort aging white, conservative politicians, cannot be legislated back into closets. The looming new laws are simply the latest effort to attack cities and their diverse populations, especially the LGBTQ community.

Mississippi judge bars transgender senior from attending high school graduation dressed as a girl - news.yahoo (dot com)  The 17-year-old, who was born male has dressed as a girl throughout her four years at Harrison Central High School.

Ted (Cancun) Cruz Launches Investigation Into Bud Light for Ad Featuring Transgender Influencer, Because No, He Doesn’t Have Anything Better to Do - Vanity Fair

OTHER NEW POSTS FOR TODAY:

The Cruel and Retrogressive Mentalities of the Republican Party - and Why Many DON'T Support Them

The Fanatical Mindset of the Religious Right

So I Totally Expect Russia to Invade Ukraine
 

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PART THREE - THE RACIST MAGA WAR ON LATINO IMMIGRANTS (certainly not Russian ones)

Of Course The 'Homeless Vets Displaced For Immigrants Story Is A Hoax' - Wonkette

Homeless Vets Story Eaten Up By Fox News Turns Out to Be Spectacularly False - Mediaite (dot com)

New York homeless men say they were offered money to pose as military veterans and falsely claim they were pushed out of a hotel to make room for migrants - MSN (dot com)

Spirit Airlines asks Puerto Rican family to show passports then denies them flight - news.yahoo (dot com)

Civil-rights group issues Florida travel alert in response to DeSantis' immigration crackdown - news.yahoo (dot com)

One of the oldest Hispanic civil-rights groups in the United States issued a warning Wednesday advising immigrants not to travel to Florida

PART FOUR - MAGA DOESN'T GIVE A FK ABOUT CHILDREN NOT REALLY:

Not when you're fighting a livable minimum wage that'd lift families out of poverty, cutting child nutrition benefits, outlawing free school lunches while boosting your own salaries, trying to undermine healthcare and social safety net programs, trying to legalize child brides, and child labor, and fighting against gun control legislation to get weapons off the streets that have mutilated and murdered children in MASS SHOOTINGS.

Child labor bill passed by Iowa Legislature appears to violate federal law, federal officials say - NBC News (dot com)

The Iowa legislation, not yet signed by the governor, is among at least 14 bills introduced this year in states around the country that weaken child labor protections.

Show MAGA America the photographs of kids decapitated in school massacres - Dailykos

(only, it wouldn't make a fkng bit of difference to MAGAS if they DID.)
 

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LIKE I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU - THEY'RE AFTER CONTRACEPTION AS WELL

THE MAGA WAR ON WOMEN:

Anti-abortion activists take direct aim at contraception: report - MSN (dot com) and Alternet (dot org)

In a report for "Reveal," broadcast by many National Public Radio (NPR) affiliates, host Al Letson and his colleagues devoted an entire hour to efforts by anti-abortion activists — including the group Students For Life — to outlaw contraception as well.

"For many in the anti-abortion movement," Letson reports, "overturning Roe v. Wade isn't enough. They want to restrict access even in states where abortion remains legal.…. But the attacks go beyond abortion. Groups like Students For Life have been targeting other forms of reproductive healthcare, including something millions of people rely on every day: hormonal birth control."

(see: The Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into The New Abortion - podcast.apple (dot com))

MEANWHILE:

Mother forced to give birth to stillborn son joins lawsuit against Texas abortion ban - news.yahoo (dot com)

Pregnant Texas woman threatened with arrest if she left hospital to seek abortion: lawsuit - MSN (dot com)

A new lawsuit against the state of Texas reveals additional horror stories that have occurred thanks to the state's strict anti-abortion laws.

Male Republican Senators Ignore Women, Including Republican Women Lawmakers, Vote for Abortion Ban in South Carolina - TheDailyBeast (dot com)

THE MAGA WAR ON EVERYONE:

What's the common thread between defending the rights of women, Jews, Blacks, Latinos and other minorities?... of immigrants, gays and transgenders? ...of Ukraine's right to exist?

THIS:

FASCISTS, RACISTS, BIGOTS, SUPREMACISTS, AUTHORITARIANS, AND NEO NAZIS DON'T STOP AT ONE. THEY COME FOR ALL! When will they come for YOU?

Tennessee Adds Three More Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws to Its Books - Advocate (dot com)

Montana governor signs law to define sex as only male or female - Huffpost

South Carolina Legislature Passes 6-Week Abortion Ban - HuffPost

Target Bows to Backlash Over Transgender Merchandise, Says Changes Coming - Newsweek

Hamburger Mary's sues DeSantis over law they say targets drag shows - USA Today  Less than a week after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that targets drag performances, one popular Orlando restaurant that regularly features drag shows is pushing back.

New Posts This Wednesday In: The Continuous Republican Assault Upon the Rights of Women, Minorities, Immigrants, and the LGBTQ Community - The Criminality of Donald J Trump - The Republican War on Education: A Culture War Upon KNOWLEDGE ITSELF - The GOP Is A Dime Store Front For a Terrorist Organization Called MAGA.
THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, ON MANY FRONTS, IS FAR FROM OVER, IN FACT IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN