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The person who wrote this is obviously misinformed. Justin Jones was reinstated and sworn in today, as the successor to himself.

Justin Jones Returned to TN Legislature As expected, the Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday voted to reappoint Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives. The council vote was 32-0.

Valid point but irrelevant to the point I am making. My point is, Republicans are vastly out of touch with the American People regarding abortion, and they are becoming more so with the increasingly strident anti-abortion measures and rhetoric they promote. With few exceptions, they are not...

At least this Republican is listening; U.S. Representative Nancy Mace, R-SC. Are there more? “We are getting it wrong on this issue,” she said. “We’ve got to show some compassion to women, especially women who’ve been raped. We’ve got to show compassion on the abortion issue because by and...

And that is precisely why the Republicans are headed for trouble. They don't seem to understand the majority of Americans want abortion rights. Or if they do understand, they don't care. Instead of moderating abortion rules after the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, they are plunging headlong...

I did not start this thread to debate abortion, and I will not do so here. I started the thread to show how Republican overreach on abortion is motivating voters in blue, red and purple states to turn out in large numbers to defeat abortion bans or limitations, or to approve abortion rights...

Example: California, Nov., 2022 California voters approve Proposition 1, an amendment that enshrines abortion rights in the state constitution; 66.9% to 33.1%.

Example: Montana, Nov., 2022 Red-state Montana voters rejected a legislative referendum for the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. The measure declared that an embryo or fetus is a legal person with a right to medical care if born prematurely or survives an attempted abortion, among other birth...

Example: Kansas, Aug., 2022 Red-state Kansas voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have said there was no right to an abortion in the state; 59.0% to 41.0%.

Example: Michigan, Nov., 2022 Purple-state Michigan voters approved an amendment to the state’s constitution guaranteeing the right to abortion and other reproductive health services; 56.7% to 43.3%.

Example: Vermont, Nov., 2022 Blue-state Vermont voters approved a state constitution amendment, the Reproductive Liberty Amendment," 76.74% to 23.26%.

Example: Kentucky, Nov., 2022 Red-state Kentucky GOP-dominated legislature imposed a near-total ban on abortions and put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. Voters rejected the proposed amendment 52.3% to 47.7%.

Voters don't elect their representatives to be in step with the House. They elect their representatives to represent them.

As with any presidential election, in which all US House Seats and a number of US Senate seats are also in play, a host of issues come to the fore. But as we head into 2024, I think there is a single issue that will top all others in importance, and I think that issue alone will result in voters...

Did they incite violence in last week's events? I know of no physical conflicts or property damage. If disruptive loud talk constitutes violence, then yes, they were violent. But that would stretch the commonly understood meaning of "violence."

DeSantis Now Pro-Tax, Pro-Tolls Out-foxed by Disney, and embarrassed to have the Disney chapter in his book and a key stump speech element rendered obsolete by Disney's pro move (vs. DeSantis' rookie mistake -- thinking he won before he won), DeSantis is now scrambling to save face and saying...

Said King George to America's Founders

Another Reason DeSantis is Slipping A couple weeks ago (or so), I asked above why DeSantis's standing in the polls plummeted compared to Trump's. That was before Trump was indicted. Some ideas were floated and I concluded that the primary reason for DeSantis's decline was that Trump's vicious...

That's one argument. I'm sure we'll hear others.

There is the long game to consider. These people are now national figures. Their livelihood on the speaking circuit is guaranteed for life, if they chose to go that route. Their political stature has greatly increased, as evidenced by likely action by county councils to re-appoint them to their...