Pro-“choice” activists firebomb pro-life office:
Madison police and fire departments were called to the office of Wisconsin Family Action (WFA) around 6 a.m. on Sunday after a passer-by reported smoke coming from the building. The flames were extinguished and thankfully, no one was injured. Investigators found a smashed window and at least one molotov cocktail that had failed to ignite. A fire inside the office burned books and damaged furnishings. Additionally, the building exterior was covered with spray-painted graffiti, including the anarchy symbol (an A inside a circle, also used by Antifa), the anti-police tag “1312” (which stands for ACAB — All Cops Are Bastards), and the threatening phrase, “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either.”
As I noted earlier, it seemed that the most likely likely of the (likely) expungement of Roe v. Wade would be that they’d have to start trying to convince voters, one at a time, of the rightness of their cause.
As we saw in Minneapolis and Saint Paul during the George Floyd riots, violence is certainly one of the ways Big Left “convinces” people.
Come on Mitch, Antifa doesn’t exist.
Schumer is going to have the senate vote on his national abortion law today (WHPCA, the Women’s Healthcare Protection Act). It allows abortion on demand until birth of the child, would force Catholic doctors and hospitals to perform abortions, and would over ride state parental consent laws. Schumer has rejected a more moderate national abortion bill introduce by moderate Republicans Collins and Murkowski that would have merely codified Roe V Wade.
Schumer’s bill won’t pass, but does it sound to you like he is out to convince anyone?
Moderate Democrats need to be told this story. The base and leadership of their party has been radicalized on abortion. Both Roe and Casey specified that at some point during pregnancy, the state had a legitimate interest in protecting the life of the developing child. Today’s democrat party rejects this in favor of abortion absolutism.
Schumer has rejected a more moderate national abortion bill introduce by moderate Republicans Collins and Murkowski that would have merely codified Roe V Wade.
GOP standing tall for their values.
So Moderate. So Brave. So stunning.
I’m purely speculating here, but I’m betting that at least 99% of unwanted pregnancies that result from consensual sex, involve liberal women, that were impregnated by liberal men. These people will ultimately become part of the elitist class, probably running for election, knowing that they don’t have to be responsible for their own
As a few Tik Tokkers wrongly observed last week, “the hook up culture will be devastated,” if Roe v Wade were overturned. If they are that irresponsible, looking to abortion as a get out of jail free card, maybe it should be devastated.
DOH! Just as I hit Post Comment, I noticed my incomplete sentence on the first paragraph. Should have had “actions” in there.
As Liberals endless remind us, many people support some limited abortion – first trimester, rape, incest, save the life of the mother – so it shouldn’t be impossible to find a legislative solution which would pass a majority vote.
All Schumer had to do was not be crazy. And he couldn’t do it.
Moderation. Second attempt:
As Liberals endless remind us, many people support some limited abortion – first trimester, [sex crimes], save the life of the mother – so it shouldn’t be impossible to find a legislative solution which would pass a majority vote.
All Schumer had to do was not be crazy. And he couldn’t do it.
My prediction is that Schumer will go down as the worst majority leader in a century. He calls votes that he knows he will lose, and they are votes that, like today’s abortion bill, diminish his party’s standing and authority. Schumer’s Women’s Healthcare Protection Act is unlikely to get as many as 50 votes. McConnell wouldn’t make a mistake like this.
I often jump back and forth between blog posts in the morning depending on how much work it is to read (aka pay attention to). Just before I came here I was starting to read something about how “many of the world’s elite are shapeshifting lizardoid extraterrestrials”. The article implies “prove that it’s wrong”.
I can’t think of anything issue that is more lizardoid than abortion. I mean, I am not seeing any of the moderate arguments about medically necessary to save the mother, r@pe, etc that were used to sell the procedure. Late term? Just fine? Late term as in seconds before – or perhaps even when the child won’t die on table after extraction – also just fine. What sort of effed up person affirms this if not a shapeshifting lizardoid extraterrestrial?
WH is urging peaceful protests at SCOTUS homes. Protesting at a federal judge’s home, peaceful or otherwise is a felony. WH is committing a felony. AG Garland to issue a stern warning to make sure law is applied equally as to people who were invited into the Capitol building and were peacefully wondering the halls, in three… two.. never… Two Americas™.
jdm, bow to your overlords!
Regarding the “lizardoid” nature of the abortion debate, I think it derives from the fact that pro-life activists have been very effective at telling abortionists that they have a choice; they can perform abortions, or they can practice medicine, but not both.
Hence outside of liberal cities with government owned hospitals with a lot of Medicaid patients who really don’t have a choice, abortionists need every penny they can get to keep the abbatoirs open. That means they can’t retreat on late term abortion, can’t admit that they ought to be subject to ordinary medical best practices and inspections, and they will fight tooth and nail to keep revenue coming from things like contraceptive services that, quite honestly, they’re not really very good at doing.
So over time, if we reasonably point out that medical safety rules mean something, and that pro-life voters have the right to expect that their money will not be used to keep abbatoirs open, abortion pretty much disappears outside big cities and a couple of D1 college towns. The vehemence on the pro-abortion side simply is because they know how fragile the abortion industry is.
So — not legitimate political discourse?
The proper place to protest a public decision is at a public building. Bring this protest to the Supreme Court building.
Unless of course you condone abortion opponents to demonstrate and harrass people at planned parenthood clinics or to harass School Board member outside their homes….
No, not legitimate political discourse.
Demanding that members of the legislative branch adopt your preferred legislation is an exercise of political speech protected by the First Amendment
Demanding that members of the executive branch carry out the policies adopted by the legislative branch (for instance, by enforcing the border) is also an exercise of political speech protected by the First Amendment.
Demanding that members of the judicial branch adopt your preferred verdict in a lawsuit is not political speech. There are no “politics” involved, only the impartial and non-partisan search for justice, free of any taint of political pressure or payoff. There is no free speech right to tamper with witnesses, suborn perjury, or threaten judges at home. That’s domestic terrorism. It should be punished accordingly.
jdm, the mayor of Chicago IS a lizard person. Just look at a picture of her.
No! Wait, don’t do it, it’s horrific.
It has tweeted “this is a call to arms”. When called on that obvious call to violence its response was: insurrection is your thing, not mine.
Call to arms? Not a call to violence. Damn thing is as dumb as it is ugly.
You know what’s pissing me off the most about the vilification of the Catholic SCOTUS justices? The fact that Soromayor is also a Catholic, but no crap falls on her. Oh! Wait! She’s a “good Catholic” with the right thinking.
The proper place to protest a public decision is at a public building.
Not according to the president. He just gave his blessing to non-violent protests at the homes of ANY public official, elected or appointed.
kinlaw, you are quite correct.
From an angle less dependent on science fiction (sorry, JD), perhaps we are in a real life version of Revenge of the Nerds. I mean, think about it, we’ve let all the losers from high school get control of and run everything. All the stupid ugly weirdos that nobody wanted to be around found each other and took over government because we were all too busy making shit that people need/want for profit. They sold us all on the reasonable-ness of their policies and we accepted being too busy. And then, the maliciousness of their policies became manifest on the slippery slope of proggy politics. Abortion, gay marriage, transgender, and soon! pedophilia.
If you parse Psaki’s comments carefully, she endorses the protests at the homes of SC justices because the people opposed to the leaked Dobbs opinion have legitimate reasons for protesting.
Ditto the BLM protests.
Since the January 6th protesters and the school board protesters do NOT have legitimate fears, their protests are illegitimate.
You mean folks shouldn’t break into the Supreme Court building, sit in their chairs, and smear feces on the walls?
But I thought that was normal political discourse..
jdm, it wasn’t the nerds and geeks who took over. Those were people like me. We’re still losers and nobodies. Just ask the people in charge
It was the people on the Student Council who took over, the ones who were Important, the ones who Mattered. Them, and the Mean Girls who formerly ruled over the Kook Kids lunch table but now rule over the tenure committee, social media fact checkers, HR Equity Compliance Division . . .
You sure you’re an American, E? You’re having a terrible time understanding that there are THREE branches of government and ONE of them is not like the OTHERS.
Missing the point is Emery’s specialty.
Supreme Court justices are SUPPOSED to be insulated from the politics of the day. That is what makes Psaki’s (and Biden’s) remarks reek of ignorance. Whatever they want, they will pursue it no matter the costs to American institutions.
JD, I was recently surprised when my little pet theory was validated, so to speak, by someone else. Someone who writes professionally. Let’s see if he can convince you.
We Can’t Let Ourselves Be Oppressed by Weirdos, Losers, and Mutations
Otherwise, I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. Loser. 😉
Appointing someone to the Supreme Court is one of the most important actions a U.S. president can make. That’s because, under the Constitution, Supreme Court justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed from office. This is distinct from most other democracies, where high court judges either have mandatory retirement ages or strict term limits.
So, why not in the United States?
Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner, who specializes in the Supreme Court, said the intent was to insulate justices from partisan politics.
“That was put into the Constitution to preserve the total independence of the judiciary,” said Meltsner, the George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law. “Once a justice is confirmed and takes a seat on the court, they’re not beholden to anybody.”
“There should be a healthy discussion in which the pros and cons are considered, and hopefully in a non-political way.”
This makes Supreme Court justices free to issue rulings based on the law, rather than political favor, Meltsner said.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/09/21/why-do-supreme-court-justices-have-lifetime-appointments/
And Manchin sez that he won’t vote for Schumer’s WHPA.
This is the Dem’s political response to the leak of the Dobbs opinion, an effort to codify the right to an abortion at the federal level that won’t even get a majority vote in the senate.
Meanwhile, if you watch the MSM, you hear that Americans are wildly in favor of abortion rights.
Emery, funny you mention breaking into the Supreme Court and trashing it. Isn’t that what the left did with the Capitol and Supreme Court when Kavanaugh was confirmed?
I think we can come up with a further list, one of the examples including an invasion of the Minnesota Capitol by Occupy by the son of a VP candidate from 2016, of cases where the left has invaded government buildings–but regrettably, nobody was seriously prosecuted.
Glad to see you agreeing, by the way, that this sort of thing is wrong.
Remember the takeover of the Wisconsin state capitol building by progressives back in 2011?
You gotta have a really, really short and selective memory to be a progressive.
Like so short it is barely human.
I thought we weren’t using precedents anymore to decide what’s legal.
Remember when a Bloomington mosque was hit by an improvised explosive device? The FBI, ATF, and who knows how many agencies were on the case immediately. The perps, from Illinois, got caught and convicted. Odds of the Madison firebombing leading to an arrest? How close to zero is Jen Psaki’s empathy quotient?
You’re right, doc. The FBI sniffed those White guys out faster than a dog empties a food dish.
Proves they can actually be effective when properly motivated.
I am more worried about Psaki’s intelligence quotient than her empathy quotient.
Not to mention sheet head Schumer standing on the steps of the Supreme Court and threatening justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch.
And as expected, Schumer’s vote on his WHPA failed to get 50 votes as every GOP senator and Joe Manchin voted against it.
But it did get the remaining 49 Democrat senators on the record as voting for abortion up to the moment of birth, with no parental notification for minors, and no protection of conscience provision for doctors who believe that abortion is taking a human life.
Way to go, Chucky-boy!
What MP notes. If I were a GOP marketer, I’d be very keen on making this known–if you vote for Democrats, you are voting for a caucus that favors legal abortion with no regulation or notification right up to birth, and forcing doctors to perform them.
And ahem, it’s a freaking surgery. Yes, all doctors (my son-in-law is in med school) learn basic surgical techniques in med school, but I shudder to think of a doctor whose last experience tying a suture was in his twenties being forced to perform an abortion. Bad things will happen.
Democrats do not see how weird and crazy Schumer’s vote scheme was, because they look at the media it shows the image they see when they look into a mirror.
I don’t powerful emotional feeling about abortion, I just hate shitty arguments like the developing child is part of its mother’s body. This makes no sense. It has different DNA, its own nervous system, it feels distress when the mother feels nothing, etc.
Imagine if McConnell held a one seat majority in an election year when the GOP was widely predicted to get trounced in November. McConnell insists on holding a vote for an anti-abortion law that says that all abortions are illegal from conception through birth, no exception for rape or to save the life of the mother, all reported miscarriages will be investigated by federal law enforcement, and McConnell demands that every GOP senator vote in favor of it, with the idea that this will help drive out the GOP base.
It is insane.