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Bans Off Our Bodies Highlights: Over a Million Rally!

November 2, 2022 Over, Million, highlights, rally, Bodies, bans0 comment

This weekend, over a million people joined Bans Off Our Bodies marches across the nation. And we should feel hope. Hope for a world where everyone has bodily autonomy. A world where everyone is respected, valued, and has fully protected civil and human rights. After countless attacks on abortion and reproductive rights, people came together to declare that abortion is healthcare and to demand that our elected officials take action before it’s too late. Coast to coast, we declared “Bans off our bodies!” Watch and share this video from marches and…

Biden administration offers plans — including doing nothing — for drought-starved Colorado River

October 29, 2022 Biden, nothing, offers, Colorado, administration, doing, including, plans, River, droughtstarved0 comment

The Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Department of the Interior, has announced three options to protect the Colorado River by limiting releases from the Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams. The Washington Times stories: White House

AFGE heightens calls for major SSA workforce improvements at union rally

October 29, 2022 calls, Major, Union, rally, workforce, Heightens, improvements, AFGE0 comment

A group of union officials and Social Security Administration employees gathered outside SSA’s headquarters in Baltimore, to voice frustrations with a shrinking agency workforce, and some of the major fallouts from it. The American Federation of Government Employees organized the rally on Oct. 26, where union leaders urged SSA to make several major changes to its workforce policies, like improving telework opportunities and increasing employee pay. The rally also built on the union’s demands from an Oct. 20 town hall to boost funding for the agency in fiscal 2023. “SSA…

The Double-Negative Election

October 29, 2022 DoubleNegative, Election0 comment

This has become the double-negative election. Most Americans consistently say in polls that they believe that President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have mismanaged crime, the border, and, above all, the economy and inflation. But roughly as many Americans say that they view the modern Republican Party as a threat to their rights, their values, or to democracy itself. Based on Biden’s first two years in office, surveys show that most Americans are reluctant to continue following the policy path he has laid out. But polls also show no enthusiasm…

House-Passed ‘Right to Contraception’ Bill Creates Problems, Doesn’t Solve Them

October 29, 2022 Bill, them, Doesn't, solve, creates, Problems, contraception, HousePassed, right0 comment

The Left has pushed a radical pro-abortion agenda across the country ever since the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to correct a grave error by overturning Roe v. Wade and abortion on demand. In the states, the Left has responded to the high court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by promoting taxpayer-funded abortion “tourism,” flouting state abortion laws, and seeking to enshrine so-called abortion rights in state constitutions. At the federal level, the Biden administration announced executive actions to promote abortion and abortion travel, particularly under the…

MoveOn Launches $30M+ 2022 Political Program: Us v. MAGA

October 29, 2022 Political, launches, Program, MAGA, 2022, MoveOn, $30M+0 comment

MoveOn is mobilizing millions of voters to protect democracy from the extreme right. Program will include key down-ballot races, including secretary of state. Washington, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action announced the launch of its 2022 political program: America for All: Us v. MAGA. MoveOn is mobilizing millions of voters to protect democracy from the extreme right that seeks to overturn our elections, silence our voices, take control of our bodies, and block policies that will benefit all Americans. MoveOn’s over-$ 30 million election program—its largest ever for a midterm—will…