Today's Top Stories:
GOP House candidate proposes new post-Dobbs rape panels
Ten years after the hysteria of "death panels" come terrifyingly real calls for rape panels, where anti-abortion zealots get to sit in judgement on a case-by-case basis to decide whether or not sexual assault victims will be granted access to abortion care. Proposed by Bo Hines, one of the next generation of slimy, dead-eyed and coal-hearted Republican radicals hoping to wield the levers of power in Congress, it's clear that dystopia is right around the corner unless we turn out in record numbers on Election Day.
VIDEO OF THE DAY: BREAKING: Kellyanne Conway reveals major news on a Trump 2024 run
Strap in, folks. It's gonna be a weird next two years.
Take Action: Pass the Congressional stock trading ban!
Michigan Democrats on verge of STUNNING development
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.
Judge approves independent monitor to oversee Trump Organization financial reporting in win for New York AG
In a huge loss for the disgraced ex-president and his family, their shady company was just assigned an official babysitter as it faces a serious investigation for decades of fraud. The Trump clan won't be able to move assets out of the company or cook their books this time around!
Take Action: Call on President Biden to commit to phasing out fossil fuels!
Arson attack on Tulsa donut shop hosting a drag event follows right-wing media campaign of fear
It was inevitable. After weeks and weeks of hysterical right-wing demonization campaigns against drag shows by Tucker Carlson, Jesse Watters, and the entire right-wing social mediasphere, a donut shop that hosted such a show was attacked with a Molotov cocktail and set alight in Oklahoma.
Take Action: Protect renters from unfair evictions!
A GOP official is allegedly knocking on doors to tell people they can’t vote
Americans in Texas are facing an onslaught of voter intimidation tactics in the lead-up to the midterm elections next week — and in at least one instance the intimidation is allegedly being carried out by a prominent member of the local Republican Party.
Ex-housekeeper for Jeff Bezos files discrimination lawsuit
A former housekeeper for Amazon oligarch Jeff Bezos says she and other employees suffered unsafe working conditions that included being forced to climb out a laundry room window to get to a bathroom anytime the Bezos family was home. Exactly the kind of behavior you'd expect from a sociopathic billionaire who forces his drivers to piss in bottles and runs his warehouses like a knock-off Mussolini.
This could be our last election if we don't win
Wisconsin Democrats: GOP governor candidate Tim Michels promised Republicans “will never lose another election” if he wins next week. They will stop at nothing to dismantle our democracy and install a one-party rule, forcibly imposing their extremist agenda on an unwilling public. To stop him, the Marvel cast is hosting an exclusive livestream event! Will you be a superhero and chip in ANY amount to get access to this must-not-miss event?
Realtor's lobby plows political cash into efforts to keep rents higher
Sky-high rents are the biggest driver of inflation in America, and a leech lobby of real estate investors is spending millions to make sure that a struggling American public gets no relief from their onerous tithing.
The United Nations overwhelmingly votes to condemn the US embargo on Cuba for the 30th time
The inhumane, 62-year-old embargo of Cuba, which was installed deliberately to impose such severe hardship on Cubans to provoke revolt against the government, was once again condemned by nearly the entire world — except, of course, for the United States and Israel, which maintains its own brutal embargo of the Palestinian territories. Imagine seeing the whole world speak out against this and still think that Cubans are the "bad guys."
Brooklyn Democratic Party failing to respond to Lee Zeldin threat
The local party apparatus of New York's bluest bastions appears frighteningly unconcerned about the threat posed by Trumper radical Lee Zeldin in a surprisingly close race for New York governor. Activists were befuddled when it was revealed the money from a bigwig fundraiser attended by current Governor Kathy Hochul herself would be going not to organizing but to paying salaries and "operating costs."
Milwaukee election worker under investigation for ballot fraud
Wow, would you look at that! Yet another Republican was busted committing voter fraud! This time, fake military ballots were created online and sent to the home of a Republican state rep. Whatever could they have been for?
Such a sad, sad, sad, sad state
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world
Hope...
Today’s Action: Protect abortion rights in Kentucky!
In all 50 states, crucial races up and down the ballot next Tuesday could turn the tide in the we-can’t-believe-we’re-still-having-to-fight-this-fight for abortion rights. The Supreme Court’s disastrous overturning of Roe v. Wade this summer placed the lives of pregnant women throughout the country at even greater risk, with those in red states subjected to extremist trigger laws designed to force them to carry unwanted and dangerous pregnancies to term without exception.
For us here at OD Action, that threat is deeply personal — Kentucky, a state deeply at risk for losing abortion care, is our home base. It’s a state where voters are historically disenfranchised and exploited, where communities suffer without proper support from negligent legislators, and conservative politicians who are completely unrepresentative of their constituents — we’re looking at you, Mitch McConnell — call the shots.
Protect Kentucky Access is hosting virtual phone banking EVERY DAY until Election Day to fight for reproductive healthcare and against a far-right amendment to ban abortion altogether in the state. Just an hour out of your day could mean reaching the voters necessary to secure reproductive healthcare for our commonwealth — national allyship could mean a world of difference for Kentuckians in this fight.
PS — Please don't forget to sign the petition compel Marjorie Taylor Greene to testify before the January 6th committee, and be sure to follow OD Action on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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