This lets state governments ban abortion without exceptions for rape, incest, or the birthing person’s health. It allows them to criminalize those who seek or perform abortions, to cast suspicions on even “spontaneous” miscarriages, to make anyone who can carry a child fear their own bodies, fear being sexually active, fear–even more than usual–the possibility of rape, lest they end up pregnant when they don’t want to be. The conservative justices who placated the public during their nominations with words like “precedent,” “nonpartisan,” and “law of the land” decided that no precedent exists after all, no inalienable right to one’s own body, to one’s most intimate bodily functions, to self-determination, or the pursuit of happiness. Today, justices representing the religious and social views of a minority of Americans made a decision that will affect all of us. This is an assault on the personal liberties of women and other people with uteruses in this country, and we must fight back.
Don't Suffer Republican Fools
It’s April Fool’s Day, a good day to remember that when you vote for Republicans, the joke’s on you. After all, Republicans have gone out of their way to demonstrate that they DGAF about you, your family, this country, the world. It’s a party of selfishness, greed, and cruelty.
What someone considers a joke or finds funny tells you a lot about them. Humor requires self-awareness, empathy, and an attempt at understanding, otherwise, it’s not a joke, it’s just someone being a jerk.
You Don't Have to be a Candidate to Make a Difference
If you’re politically engaged at all you no doubt have been urged to run for office. In fact, we at The Guerrilla Politic have been shouting it from the rooftops for years.
But what if you don’t want to? What if the idea of running for office is about as appealing as a root canal? Should you just tune out and disengage? Of course not. In fact, just like a root canal, politics only gets worse when you ignore it. Like it or not, your community, your county, your state, and your country needs you.