The Fall of Roe v Wade: US Politics, June 2022

Lubbock, TX, to Tupelo, MS, is nearly 900 miles, and soon there won't be an abortion clinic that whole stretch https://t.co/NdnNyejQxi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 24, 2022

And there's no reason to expect that not to stretch all the way to South Carolina, ASAP. (Though I guess Georgia depends on this year's election.)

I guess that's the American way of life. good luck with that.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, June 24, 2022 1:20 PM

get what you're saying, but this requires immediate response with impact. signs and shit obviously don't do a damn thing.

don't talk about it, be about it.

(also stay home where the cops can't beat the shit out of you)

what's the lowest cost of living state that is unlikely to outlaw abortion (until it's banned federally the next time we have a republican trifecta)? new mexico?

yeah gotta be NM.

it’s definitely the poorest “safe” blue state

Probably not lowest cost of living, but I've been pondering whether Maryland or Delaware may at least be reasonable alternatives to Texas if it becomes time to bail.

i'm just thinking out loud here. i realize moving isn't an option for most people.

This thread title proved all too accurate.

That's why I like the silly ones.

nobody's going to make a dent in Texas, but if a bunch of people did the opposite and moved to less populous red-leaning states, we'd possibly have this shit locked out

then again, maybe people would move and adopt the local politics

not sure mass migration for electoral purposes is a workable strategy, given the American left's less than legendary organizational skills

I wonder how many high skill and/or tech-y businesses will just straight up leave these states. Like, with an activist rightwing Supreme Court removing federal protections and red states going hog wild with that, uh, “freedom” I can’t imagine it’s going to be easy attracting talent to an area that seems determined to return to the Stone Age.

While I’m loathe to give too much credit to corporations, I do think that a substantial backlash will come from corps. If they try to touch gay marriage, for example, or relegate the issue to the states, there will be mass exoduses of talent and knowledge that corporations cannot survive without, just as they know that they cannot survive if many if their employees cannot access healthcare properly.

agreed

It’s so wild that these fascist fossils are so upset about losing their grip on power that they’re willing to further immiserate their constituents. You think anyone with half a fucking brain will want to visit some of these places now, much less move their skills and families? The hollowing out of the American Heartland started with neoliberal practices and corporate consolidation, and it will continue to be hollowed out by the Christofascist spite of a bunch of small-minded idiots.

sad that relying on corporate interests is like the only thing approaching hope at this point.

and honestly whatever mealymouth admonishments or threats or they make in the near term most of these corporations will still be giving money 2022 & 2024 to the very republicans ushering in this hellworld

Hawley's theory sounds like wishful thinking to me. Very few people are just going to pick up and move the second the laws get changed for the shittier, and a lot can happen in state politics before things reach the point of significant migration. In any case, I damn sure hope democrats get that they need to focus on the states more than ever now. Part of why we are in this position is their failure to do that.

You think anyone with half a fucking brain will want to visit some of these places now, much less move their skills and families?

Land votes, ppl don’t.

My friend, who is somewhat dopey politically, had an Eeyore moment after same-sex marriage was federally legalized in 2012. He posted how he felt like this was going to be a red line and that conservatives were out for blood, they would eventually get power back and get their revenge and erode a lot of our freedom.

Stopped clock et al but naive me thought we were on a leftward drift and it wouldn't happen.

It started in less than a fucking decade.

I keep remembering the moment I woke up the day after election day, 2016, and has I known the full scope of what was coming, might have wound up comatose. I mean it was obvious it would be bad but the ramifications won't be spent in MY fucking lifetime.

And Manchin still will vote no to end filibuster or expand court after he got easily duped

Few people can AFFORD to move. If you live paycheck to paycheck, even if you have a new job or the same job lined up in the new state, do you have the $1000+ to move all your shit across state lines, miss several days of work, etc

Trust me when I say I know that.

Remember that Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Browning were lawyers long before they were judges.

"When I said 'Roe is settled law' I didn't lie. I only meant it was settled law at the moment that you asked me. I never said it would remain settled law. Gosh! Nobody knows what the future might hold."

after he got easily duped

oh sure, that’s what happened

Few people can AFFORD to move. I

Can't be posted enough

xpost I gather that there were implied scare quotes in that post.

Oh I know tabes, I forgot to write an xpost but my response was to someone upthread.

in downtown Portland for work this month and there are definitely some PBs slinking around downtown this afternoon, sketch as all hell. NOT FEELIN GREAT ABOUT IT

Can’t say they’re not on top of things

I’ve gotten six fundraising emails from Democrat candidates today. It’s tacky and highlights a real disconnect between many politicians and their constituents that is only growing.

— roxane gay (@rgay) June 25, 2022

Yeah, the texts and emails have ratcheted up, but I’d expected that.

It’s so wild that these fascist fossils are so upset about losing their grip on power that they’re willing to further immiserate their constituents.

COVID was the eye-opener for me on this, because once you realize they are willing to actually kill their own followers you realize there’s sort of no limit.

I mean, not the slow grinding death of poverty and shitty healthcare that’s been the norm and would require tax increases to do anything about, but even on something where they didn’t have to raise taxes and could be legitimate life-saving heroes just for telling people to get vaccinated, they actively worked against it.

they literally want us all to die, it's a suicide cult

https://medium.com/reluctant-moderation/american-death-drive-6298d617d3b2

"The president has been very clear -- he is not for expanding the Court," says @PressSec

— j.d. durkin (@jd_durkin) June 24, 2022

look nobody wants to damage the status quo just to prevent a few women from dying

xpost literally the only solution to the problem, Joe. the other one is "waiting 12 years until maybe we get the Presidency again AND one or more of these fossils dies AND the Senate isn't a Republican majority set to torpedo every nomination AND then waiting for one of the many psychotic rulings of 2022 to be challenged and get to SCOTUS again AND....." etc etc

codifying into federal law NOW after this ruling, like, would it even survive a legal challenge.

meanwhile, in Iowa....

Tonight a truck jumped traffic + plowed into peaceful protestors crossing the pedestrian walkway at the Federal Courthouse. I was walking along side them—the crowd included children alongside me. Thank you for @crpd for responding. The license plate was WRAPTOR in Hawkeye colors. pic.twitter.com/nnYRNFfN45

— ashleyvanorny (@ashleyvanorny) June 25, 2022

dumb fucker did it with a vanity plate and his VIN is being shared all over Twitter so this truck will probably be a burnt out husk by the end of the week.

but this is what they want, they want people to be scared to protest, and frankly, it fucking works on a lot of us. especially on people who have others who depend on them.

just a sick feeling in the stomach, all of this. and a familiar one.

DHS warns of potential violent extremist activity in response to abortion ruling: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/24/politics/dhs-warning-abortion-ruling/index.html

stop scaremongering, they’re on the case

I know there are women out there who are afraid. To those of you who feel alone and scared: I want you to know the President and I are fighting for you and your rights. We are in this fight together. pic.twitter.com/1J54ZY2aYk

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) June 24, 2022

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/haley-carter-july-4-parade-threats-jesse-kelly-17261619.php?t=1c5cd956cd

Jesse Kelly's Twitter account is the predicted horror show.

just going full-on Turner Diaries now

Big Brain Jesse K(KK). when asked about using Cancel Culture:

Because I’m not a Republican. I’m not “better than that”. I’m a monster. I believe in hitting people who hit me.

I already got a DEI director fired in Miami for putting on a drag show for children.

This is The New Right. We embrace cancel culture.

a drag show for children

Like...panto?

President Xi, my country yearns for freedom

— Blkpnthr☭ (@highbredvenus) June 24, 2022

our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

FUUUUUUCCCCCKKK

wow. Mask off https://t.co/9pXEYuXyyV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2022