Political Activist | Social Justice Advocate
Political Activist | Social Justice Advocate
No. Conservatives like to say that the United States is not a democracy, but a constitutional republic. Here’s what they mean: It’s an excuse for conservatives to install people who they want in power, in power.
For years, republicans have said they would never arrest or target or prosecute women for abortion. We knew it was a lie because they were doing that. They were arresting and prosecuting women for abortion even before Roe was overturned.…
As republican politicians across the United States ban books and dictate how and what teachers are going to teach, teachers are being vilified as indoctrinating students. It’s not the public school teacher’s job to tell their students what to think.…
We view neighborhoods with high rates of illegal behavior as dangerous or high crime. But what if we started to frame these communities as high need? Every action is a reaction to something else. It doesn’t justify or excuse the…
The verbal and physical attacks on our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters are increasing. The thugs doing this are encouraged by republican politicians. These politicians are pushing anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the country. For example, in 2022, 315 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced,…
What happens when a state flips from red (republican) to blue (democrat)? Let’s take a look at Minnesota. In 2022, Minnesota flipped the state legislature from republican control to democratic control. In the chamber, two seats flipped by the slimmest…
Here’s an excerpt from George Carlin on religion. “Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list…
Above is a portion of a 2023 bill that South Carolina republicans are debating about the death penalty for women having an abortion. This is how you read bills that republican lawmakers are trying to pass. When they say Abortion…
Here are some tips from Jessica Valenti who writes about abortion every day. Most Americans don’t actually know what republican legislatures are up to. We get numb to how horrible republican lawmakers are trying to pass abortion bills. Our job…
“To our knowledge, this is the biggest faith-related campaign in history.” And that, is the misguided focus of the Jesus ad run during the 2023 Super Bowl. White evangelical Christian groups are behind the commercial. The same groups that are…