Politics
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Abortion Heads to the Supreme Court (Again)
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I love having a mildly popular website. There are so many positives to it: needing to learn how to manage a database or else risk bankruptcy, the semi-regular libel lawsuit threats, barely making enough in ad money to cover…
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Quickies: The Wage-Suicide Link, Vulnerable Voting Machines, and Adaptive Fashion
Higher Minimum Wages Linked to Reduced Suicide Rate, Ars Technica: “A number of studies . . . have indicated that financial stressors are a significant contributor [to suicides]. And a few recent studies have suggested a public policy that can reduce financial stress does seem to have an influence on suicide rates: the minimum wage. Now, researchers from Emory University…
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Quickies: Trump Presidential Library at a Trailer Park, GOP Admits Voter Suppression, and the LGBT Mafia Strikes Again
$1 Billion for Briny Breezes? Real Estate Broker Thinks Trump Would Buy . . . and Residents Are Listening, Palm Beach Post: This is too on the nose not to share. Apparently, Trump family friend Vanilla Ice is pushing for a Palm Beach County trailer park as the site for Trump’s presidential library. Every word in that sentence is true.…
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Ohio to Charge Doctors with Abortion Murder if They Don’t Perform a Surgery that Doesn’t Exist
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I recently saw news that an Ohio state legislator had introduced a bill that would require insurance companies to cover the reimplantation of ectopic pregnancies into the uterus rather than the normal course of action, which is to remove…
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Ohio Bill Would Give Students “Religious Freedom” in Science Class
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Man, is it 2005 because the US president is a criminal, the last movie in a Star Wars trilogy is coming out, the Patriots won the Super Bowl, and US states are passing anti-evolution bills? Mmm, nostalgia! Seriously, this…
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Quickies: Homophobic Hallmark and Boomers’ Heightened Narcissism
Shot: Things We Saw Today: Hallmark Caves to Homophobes, the Mary Sue: “The campaign was spearheaded by One Million Karens who would like to speak to the manager Moms, which started a petition demanding that Hallmark not only remove the ads but cave to their demand not to create any sort of LGBT content. Their reasoning? ‘Such content goes against…
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Quickies: Fascist Trump Children’s Book and States Taking on Private Prisons
Metaxas’ “Donald Builds the Wall” Recalls Nazi Children’s Books, at Love, Joy, Feminism: “I watched a video of Metaxas doing a ‘dramatic reading’ of his book. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t being unfair to him—I do try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and my friends still [tell] me I hand out way too many second…
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Dr Fiona Hill Brings the Fire
Have y’all been watching the impeachment hearings? I have to admit, for many of us, it’s getting exhausting. We’ve been watching Russian influence take hold of our government for four years. None of what is being revealed seems new, but it is refreshing to see some non-partisan government officials with a moral compass standing up and speaking truth to power.…
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