If only the pro-choice movement had focused on upholding "safe, legal and rare" instead of advocating for abortion on demand and "shout your abortion" there would have been enough mercy so that a 10 year old didn't have to carry a rapist's baby to term.
There is no legitimacy in the Court. It is and has always been a political institution. The sooner establishment Democrats stop fretting about the Court’s legitimacy, the sooner they can pack it with justices who will support good, popular policies that improve people’s lives.
It’s precisely *because* they cannot legislate murder out of the human heart that civilized societies regulate the instruments of murder in human hands.
Barack Obama is articulate but has never made a memorable speech. The reason is that his views are utterly conventional. He’s unable of saying anything outside of the elite consensus. He’s a walking, talking Atlantic magazine subscription.
What else dies in darkness? Weeds, which unless mulched over and denied the sunlight they need to grow, will eventually smother and starve the rest of the plants. Media, time to mulch your garden.
@danpfeiffer We need to start reclaiming Tough on Crime, Pro Life, Freedom, and other right-wing distortions. Housing for all because we’re tough on crime. Gun control because we’re pro life. Free health care because you should have the freedom to live.
“Let me promise you one thing, Pennsylvania. As your next U.S. Senator, no one will be less informed or prepared than I to make decisions affecting your lives. You get it, right?”
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz said today that he would forego certain security clearances that are provided to all U.S. Senators to keep his dual citizenship with Turkey.
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