The abortion law builds on legislation passed in 2010 that represented a major shift for a traditionally Catholic country, transforming Spain into one of the most progressive countries in Europe on reproductive rights. Spain's constitutional court last week rejected a challenge by the right-wing Popular Party against allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
The debate will be heated in Spain, I imagine, as the conservative opposition pushes back. My daughter had horrible menstrual pain during her adolescence and young adulthood. I'm certain that she would have benefitted from that time.
There are lots of black Americans in the Democratic party and in Biden's administration. The current VP is a black woman. I'll suggest that it's not democrats who aren't listening to the voices of POC. Kevin McCarthy remarks recently that the members of the GOP look like an exclusive country club while the DNC looks more like the population of the country.
Your linked article says nothing about immigrants taking black jobs.
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Now, a new NBER study suggests that immigration has more far-reaching consequences than merely depressing wages and lowering employment rates of low-skilled African-American males: its effects also appear to push some would-be workers into crime and, later, into prison.
There are lots of black Americans in the Democratic party and in Biden's administration. The current VP is a black woman. I'll suggest that it's not democrats who aren't listening to the voices of POC. Kevin McCarthy remarks recently that the members of the GOP look like an exclusive country club while the DNC looks more like the population of the country.
That was an interesting projection.
So? If a party makes a point on hiring and appointing black Americans to use as pons and feign virtue, that's also a type of racism.
The Republicans party closely reflects the ratio of black Americans in the population.
please provide evidence that members of the Reublican party appoint people to their positions because of race. Not only do democrats do this, they brag about it.
A theory from 2007 that does not mention undocumented immigrants is your proof that current immigrants are taking "black" jobs? Pfft.
The current unemployment rate for black Americans is lower than it was during the last administration.
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So? If a party makes a point on hiring and appointing black Americans to use as pons and feign virtue, that's also a type of racism.
The Republicans party closely reflects the ratio of black Americans in the population.
please provide evidence that members of the Reublican party appoint people to their positions because of race. Not only do democrats do this, they brag about it.
Sometimes people assume or believe that POC are in high level or sought after positions because they are just tokens or pawns in some virtue signaling exercise. Those kind of assumptions can be considered a sort of casual racism.
We can look at the demographic data for the political parties.
I don't need to provide evidence for something I didn't say. You are employing a strawman argument. Maybe you have evidence for your claim that democrats do that AND brag about it.
In its obituary, the Texas Tribune noted how hard she had fought for Houston: "She often used her trademark chutzpah to fight for federal funds to be sent to Houston. In 2009, she secured $1 billion for the city's light system after cornering then-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ahead of then-President Barack Obama's first joint address to Congress. She could reliably be found in the aisle ahead of the State of the Union address, among the few members to directly meet with the president on his way to the dais.”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote on X: "She was an extraordinary advocate for her district and her values, and her impact and achievements will be long remembered.”
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Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) wrote on X: "Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was a fierce advocate for Houston and her constituents. No one worked harder for her community and if Houston needed something, she got it done.”
In discussing her work on behalf of Houston, Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) echoed Allred in his statement.
"It is with profound sadness that I acknowledge the passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a devoted leader, a proud-fellow Houstonian, and someone who I was proud to call a friend,” Hunt said.
He added: "Although we had our political disagreements, there were many moments with her, both public and private, that showed me that bipartisanship and service to country first can still bring members of Congress together.”
A spokesperson for the Secret Service said in a statement Saturday that the agency has not provided certain resources in the past but has instead provided other security measures including from local partners. A Secret Service official told CNN that examples of these alternatives included having local sniper teams in place when the Secret Service could not provide their own, or having hand-held magnetometers and other measures established at certain events where larger, walk-through magnetometers weren't available.
The same organization that raised eyebrows during Obamas administration with lax security and unprofessional/compromising conduct on "advance" trips. That's the same organization that deleted text messages from agent phones on early January of 2021 when the VPs life was threatened by the former president's angry mob.
"Here's the deal. We have to stop funding it. We have to stop giving these people jobs,” he argued. "We have to hold them accountable.”
"It's not just the Secret Service,” Roy added later. "It's the Pentagon, the Department of Defense, the FBI, the CIA, DHS.”
Look at that. The party of law and order wants to defund all of the institutions responsible for maintaining law and order. He might want to wait until his candidate is done having political rallies where he insults and agitates people.
That's a good read. I've read it twice and listened to an audio version that is available on YouTube.
There is also an ABC adaptation of the book that was first aired in the 1960s that is available on YouTube. There are 3 episodes, each about an hour long.
I did see the original. But thanks for bring this up because I'll watch it again in light of our "new beginning."
As I'm reading about Dems sidelining Biden, Harris being ripped apart by this and that, Biden's dropping out is a threat to Democracy, Harris being linked to the worst president in history, the border the border the border, I'm likely to lay low. The republican party's news organization Fox News is already campaigning against her. I'm one that loves politics and talking about politics, but lately it's been just too exhausting and I have to tune out. I thought I'd be back to posting after the convention, but I'm still exhausted by it all. LOL.
Let me just say that I don't think Democrats sidelined and tossed aside Biden. They saw a weakened candidate and asked him to step down and he did. I predicted he would after the convention but the assassination attempt might have delayed that a bit.
This is unlike a party that has been has remained largely silent to a candidate that lies, cheats, is an adulterer and a felon.
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As I'm reading about Dems sidelining Biden, Harris being ripped apart by this and that, Biden's dropping out is a threat to Democracy, Harris being linked to the worst president in history, the border the border the border, I'm likely to lay low. The republican party's news organization Fox News is already campaigning against her. I'm one that loves politics and talking about politics, but lately it's been just too exhausting and I have to tune out. I thought I'd be back to posting after the convention, but I'm still exhausted by it all. LOL.
Let me just say that I don't think Democrats sidelined and tossed aside Biden. They saw a weakened candidate and asked him to step down and he did. I predicted he would after the convention but the assassination attempt might have delayed that a bit.
This is unlike a party that has been has remained largely silent to a candidate that lies, cheats, is an adulterer and a felon.
Needless to say I'm Team Harris 10,000%.
I was team Harris in 2019. This is an easy switch for me. There are forces intent upon creating division within the democratic party. That's how fascists win and we must push directly back on that messaging.
In other news, director Cheatle at for questions in the House of Representatives today. Biden should fire her. She played politics during the entire hearing rather than actually answer questions in good faith.
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There are lots of black Americans in the Democratic party and in Biden's administration. The current VP is a black woman. I'll suggest that it's not democrats who aren't listening to the voices of POC. Kevin McCarthy remarks recently that the members of the GOP look like an exclusive country club while the DNC looks more like the population of the country.
That was an interesting projection.