DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 10, 2022

I Finally Cut The Cord!  No, not cable, not yet, although that’s coming soon.  I finally unsubscribed from the Team LBR e-mail list that, come to think of it, I’d never subscribed to in the first place.  I figured that, as a District committee person, I should give the incessant begging the benefit of the doubt.  But Lisa Blunt Rochester’s relentless barrage proved to be too much. About half of the e-mails warn of the dire threat that GoMurphGo represents to the Department of Education, as if he had a fraction of a scintilla of an iota of a chance of winning.  The others borrow a tactic from the ShopRite Kennys:  Give me money, I’ll pocket part of it, and I’ll dole out the rest of the money you gave me so that I can collect political chits in the House Democratic Caucus.  By giving it to people I want to win.  Enough. You’re on mute.   Blahblahblah. I can’t hear you.  Not to mention, THERE’S A FUCKING PRIMARY ON TUESDAY. CAN’T YOU WAIT AT LEAST UNTIL WEDNESDAY TO STOP DIVERTING FUNDS FROM THOSE RACES?? ARE YOU PLANNING TO SPEND THE WEEKEND CAMPAIGNING WITH LYDIA YORK AT THE BRANDYWINE ARTS FEST?? IF NOT, WHY NOT??

Aaah, I feel so much better now. Nothing like a cleansing catharsis to start the day.  Feeling better from The Covid, too, but still testing positive.

GOP Forced To Roll Back Most Virulent Anti-Abortion Measures.  What happens when firebrands face blowback:

In South Carolina, Republicans failed to pass a near-total abortion ban during an extended legislative session Thursday night, unable to agree on whether to include exceptions for rape and incest. In West Virginia, a recent special session over similar legislation ended in gridlock.

At the same time,efforts to advance a strict nationwide ban in Congress have quietly fizzled. After pushing for a national “heartbeat ban” on abortion in the spring — which would have outlawed the procedure as soon as cardiac activity is detected, around six weeks of pregnancy — Republican lawmakers and some antiabortion advocates have retreated from the idea. Some legislators are now pushing for a 15-week ban; others have abandoned any kind of national abortion legislation.