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The Most Common Weapon in Mass Shootings is the AR-15: Brave AZ Congressional Candidates O’Callaghan and Smith Speak Out

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According to reporting from Forbes Magazine, there have been 565 mass shootings so far in 2023 with a forecast that the year will end with 700 of these senseless, and in many cases, preventable tragedies. A major reason for the astounding loss of life during these events is the ability of mentally unstable or racist/fringe … Read more

For my friends who continue to believe that legal abortion is safe

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On this very day in 2015 there are still liberals who cling to the belief that the anti-abortion stance is merely a ploy by wily “establishment” (whatever the hell that means) Republicans to keep the rank-and-files docile and the campaign coffers full. I, of all people, still hear this claim constantly from I know! “They’ll never overturn Roe! They need abortion as a wedge issue too much!”

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Possibly the most terrible idea to be espoused in the Hobby Lobby furor

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Crossposted from DemocraticDiva.com

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There are, of course, a plethora of terrible arguments, bad faith assertions, and vile statements by anti-choicers in the past week to choose from but I have to give the top honor to one Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry for this:

In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, there was a lot of chatter about how the court had ruled about what healthcare employers should or shouldn’t provide, which leads me to make a small but important terminological point: contraception is not “healthcare”.

I made this point in passing on Twitter and had, I think, the most violent and unhinged response that I can recall, and I’ve gotten into a lot of arguments on Twitter and elsewhere on the internet.

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