They're always looking for any opportunity to take away women's autonomy and force them into pregnancy and parenting: The Trump administration is moving to freeze tens of millions of dollars designated for certain family planning organizations, including Planned Parenthood.

So on this here #internationalwomensday I'm reading political takes on why MAGA is pissed at Amy Coney Barrett, for whom i have exactly zero love lost, but wooo boy. First: her face. "She looks bitter." Man, you can't win. Smile, you're a lightweight. Don't smile the right way: you're bitter.

personally would not describe the myth of a man cursed to roll a rock uphill FRUITLESSLY FOR ALL ETERNITY as “a reminder that you can overcome anything” but you do you, meta ad

Polling shows 63% of Americans disapprove of Trump/Musks plan to eliminate the Department of Education, teachers among them.

I mean you could cancel your town halls OR you could stop doing things that hurt your constituents 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m giving myself a break from politics for a few days so I don’t have to get worked up about the @nytimes.com having 3 Dems on to critique the party & none of them Black or Brown, the voters most loyal to our party. PASS THE EGGNOG PLS.

And we’re off to the races.

Great piece by Jessica Grose about the impact of more men in caring industry jobs on society and the economy: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/o...

This piece by my friend Alex Abramovich is must read - beautifully bringing together what insurance denials, vaccine denying, abortion vigilantism have in common. A gorgeous, terrifying, invigorating five minute read: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/de...

In a sense, Blake Masters’ campaigns were a success then: demonstrated loyalty to Trump & showed willingness to be rubber stamp for the corporate gun lobby:

A phrase I absolutely hate: “support for traditional families” (for example, used in todays NYT). It’s as bad as “pro-life.” I support traditional families & non trad ones. If you only support traditional fams, you should be described as “anti-families that are different from yours.”

You can criticize this appointment all you want but who among you has never set up your own brother-in-law with a hooker, recorded the interaction in a seedy hotel room and sent the video to your own sister in order to penalize her for taking your other brother's side in a business dispute?

This is just so amazing Disbarred and jailed But you pay your money and you take your ride in the Trump administration

This is what his MOM thinks of him:

Real normal employee stuff

My friend Sarah Wildman has an extraordinary ability to face the hardest truths and tease out meaning. I am so grateful for her. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...

Trump’s abortion bans are killing women. She had two little boys. She needed a d&c. Instead, she died in the hospital.

“I worried that the heart of this country wasn’t big enough to love someone like me” Congresswoman-elect McBride looks back on her journey and offers hope for a better future.