Links Dump for 7/22/2024 - SCS- SOMERVELL COUNTY SALON

I’m grateful I may have the chance to vote for a woman for president for the second time in my lifetime. This time, I hope she will win the popular vote and the electoral count. It’s past time for the majority to rule. It’s past time for our country to join with other democracies in electing a woman as our leader.

Franklin Graham is the poster child for Christian nationalism — and he’s a liar

Are Republicans Faking Their Abortion Infighting?

As you can imagine, the articles about Vance that I like most are the ones that expose his anti-abortion extremism. After all, Donald Trump was hoping to get a running mate who could appear moderate on abortion rights, and that is not Vance.
In addition to supporting a national abortion ban and saying he believes that federal legislation may be necessary to stop women from leaving their states for care (!!), Vance has also voted against IVF and birth control protections, wants law enforcement to be able to get women’s out-of-state abortion records, and regularly calls Democrats “childless cat ladies.”
The most recent and relevant abortion rights news on Vance, though, is his support of the Comstock Act—the federal zombie law that a Trump administration would use to enact a back-door national abortion ban. While the Comstock story is getting plenty of pick-up, much of the coverage is focusing on what that would mean for abortion medication. But remember: Comstock would not only make it illegal to ship abortion medication, but any tools at all having to do with abortion. And because conservatives have spent years trying to redefine certain kinds of birth control as abortifacients, IUDs and emergency contraception would be on the line as well. (AED’s Comstock Act explainer is here.
For some other good reading, Joan Walsh is at The Nation writing about Vance’s misogyny, and don’t miss Laura Bassett’s piece about Vance at The Cut, which reminds us—among other things—that Vance opposes no-fault divorce.

In 2016 JD Vance said “I can’t stomach Trump” and he’s a “total fraud” (audio) (so maybe Trump is just stupid!)

Trump-the-Uniter Couldn’t Last for One RNC Speech

Kamala Harris Takes Dig at J.D. Vance for Not Telling ‘Full Story’ in RNC Speech

“Frankly, what is very telling is what he did not talk about on that stage,” she continued, listing the various conservative issues Vance is connected to, including Project 2025, abortion, and IVF.
Despite a common theme of unity at this year’s Republican National Convention, Harris warned both Vance and Trump’s plans were “extreme” and “divisive.”
“Here’s the thing, if you claim to stand for unity, you need to do more than just use the word,” Harris said to a chorus of applause.
“You cannot claim you stand for unity if you are pushing an agenda that deprives whole groups of Americans basic freedoms, opportunity, and dignity.”