Month: October 2022
Abortions Are Now Not Available in 14 States
125,780
Politico: “As of Wednesday, abortions are almost entirely unavailable in 14 states — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. And access is significantly limited in a 15th state, Georgia, where the procedure is allowed until the detection of fetal cardiac activity, which usually happens around six weeks of pregnancy.” … “The 14 states were responsible for 125,780 abortions in 2020… And 41,620 abortions were performed in Georgia the same year.”
Newt Gingrich Is Still Wrong
“I think he’s the most important Senate candidate in the country because he’ll do more to change the Senate just by the sheer presence, by his confidence, by his deep commitment to Christ, by the degree to which he has – you know, he’s been through a long, tough period. He had a lot of concussions coming out of football.”
— Newt Gingrich, defending Herschel Walker (R) on Fox News.
350 Political Ads Can’t Be Wrong
350
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “We watched nearly 350 campaign ads that came out in the second half of September. Abortion dominates Democratic messaging, while Republicans are much less likely to mention it. Crime has become a huge focus for Republicans, with Democrats trying to inoculate themselves by featuring law enforcement officers in their ads.”
Walker Girlfriend Stunned, Not Shocked
“Sure, I was stunned, but I guess it also doesn’t shock me, that maybe there are just so many of us that he truly doesn’t remember. But then again, if he really forgot about it, that says something, too.”
— A woman who told the Daily Beast that U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R) paid for her abortion, after Walker denied it.
Message from an Estranged Son
“Wear a condom, damn.”
— Christian Walker, responding to reports that his father, Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R), paid for a girlfriend to have an abortion.
That Time of Day
4:20
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra retweeted President Biden’s 3 p.m. marijuana policy announcement at exactly 4:20 p.m.
Abbot Redirected $1 Billion in COVID Funds to Border Issues
$1 billion
Making Up Media
Ron DeSantis needs to consult an encyclopedia,
Or, if he’s pressed for time, Wikipedia.
What he’ll find
Is that only in his mind
Does there exist a thing called “national regime media.”
